Universal Games has partnered with Unity Technology to launch the Universal Game Day Challenge, a celebration of game development.
The challenge will see Unity developers from around the world submit game design documents and pitch videos for the opportunity to build a PC game that features one of Universal’s IPs such as Back to the Future, Jaws, Battlestar Galactica, DreamWorks Voltron Legendary Defender or Turok.
The first phase challenges the entire developer community to share their vision in a Game Design Doc, and pitch it in a recorded video. Six entries will be selected by our panel of expert judges and move onto Phase 2, where they will be invited to an exclusive VIP Mentorship Summit to work with visionaries, engineers, and spokespeople from Universal, Microsoft, Intel and Unity to help them make the most of their project.
The finalists will be tasked with creating a vertical slice of their vision using Unity, and submit for the ultimate goal: a consultancy agreement with Universal and the chance to make their game a reality.
Every contestant gets the opportunity of a lifetime to design a game for an iconic world.
The game design can be for any one of the five properties listed in the contest:
- Battlestar Galactica (2004 TV series)
- Voltron The Legendary Defender (2016 TV series)
- Back to the Future™ film trilogy
- Jaws (1975 film)
- Turok Son of Stone comic book characters
Submissions will be judged based on creative use of the brand, gameplay narrative and design, contestant capability to deliver a finished Windows PC game, and integration of tools.
The entries will be judged by these eminent personalities:
Lauren Montgomery: Co-executive Producer at DreamWorks TV and Showrunner for Voltron Legendary Defender
Dean Takahashi: Lead writer for Games Beat of Venture Beat Magazine
Bob Gale: Oscar-nominated screenwriter-producer-director, best known as co-creator, co-writer and co-producer of the Back to the Future™ films
Kate Edwards: Kate Edwards is the CEO and principal consultant of Geogrify, a consultancy for content culturalization, the Executive Director of Take This, and is the former Executive Director of the International Game Developers Association (IGDA).
The event also marks the first time that Universal is inviting developers to create games based on some of its portfolio of films and television shows.
The competition will take place through October 25.
