About

INTRODUCTION

In order to encourage the development of the ACG industry and promote the application of information technology in the ACG industry, the Xiamen International Animation Festival Organizing Committee (hereinafter referred to as the “Organizing Committee”) will organize the “Cyber Sousa” Award contest.

In order to ensure that the competition is open, fair and just, and to ensure that the assessment work is carried out in a standardized and orderly manner, the Selection Regulation are formulated.

The game contest aims to find and attract creative gams and outstanding game developers at home and abroad, to establish a channel for interfacing of talents and topnotch industrial resources thus creating an efficient incubation mode for the professionalization of outstanding game developers and the commercialization of creative gams.

2020 (13th) Xiamen International Animation Festival Game Contest includes three categories of awards, i.e. “Best Games Award”, “Best Game Plans Award” and “Straits Star Game Award”. Each category of awards has a total prize money of 440,000 Yuan.

AWARDS

Best Games Award

  • Golden Award of Best Games, Prize-money:90,000 Yuan, Number of Winners: 1
  • Silver Award of Best Games, Prize-money:70,000 Yuan, Number of Winners: 1
  • Bronze Award of Best Games, Prize-money:40,000 Yuan, Number of Winners: 1
  • Best Game Application Award, Prize-money:20,000 Yuan, Number of Winners: 1
  • Best Game Art Award, Prize-money:20,000 Yuan, Number of Winners: 1

Best Game Plans Award

  • Best Game Plans, Prize-money:20,000 Yuan, Number of Winners: 3

Straits Star Game Award

  • Straits Star Game Award, Prize-money:20,000 Yuan, Number of Winners: 3

Special Note

  • Relevant personal income taxes relating to the prize money will be withheld by the Organizing Committee of Xiamen International Animation Festival.
  • The developers of “Straits Star Game Award” must be registered or operated only in Fujian and Taiwan.
  • According to the Opinions of Xiamen Municipal People’s Government on Accelerating the Development of Software and Information Technology Service Industry (XF (2018) No.374), for the project team winning the award in the Xiamen International Animation Festival, which has set up an independent legal person enterprise in Xiamen with the main business income reaching more than 2 million Yuan for the first time, each enterprise will be given a one-time starting business subsidy of 500,000 Yuan.
(2019)13th Game Contest

SCHEDULE

SCHEDULE

2020.08.10~2020.11.05  ENTRY

2020.11.06~2020.11.10  REVIEW

2020.11.12 ROAD SHOW & AWARD CEREMONY (ONLINE)

会场

ENTRY

ENTRY REQUIREMENTS

  1. There is no limit on the theme, type and playing mode of the candidate work provided but it must be original. In case of collective works, an approval must be acquired from the primary developers.
  2. The name, theme, graphics, text and playing mode of the candidate work must conform to Chinese laws, regulations and code of ethics. No porn, violence, bloody, crime-inducing or politically implicit information.

2018 (11th) Contest

REGISTRATION METHOD

The method of entry and the materials to be submitted are as follows:

Requirements on submittal

  1. Application form & Description document:Click to download “Application form”(PDFWORD),and have it filled, sealed or signed.
  2. Game installation package:fully functional and playable, at least including core playing mode of the game.
  3. Game footage:game PV or gameplay movie.
  4. Game presentation movie:movie for introducing game development concept, playing method, innovation point, etc
  5. Game Planning Document:if there be.

Language requirements

Application form & Description document  should be filled out in Chinese , English or Japanese.

Registration

The registration materials should be uploaded to the webstorage ( Such as Dropbox etc.) . Please send the link and download password to the mailbox: xiamengamecontest@hotmail.com. The title of the email indicates “Game Contest Registration + Game Name”.

Attentions

  1. A completely filled and signed (or sealed) application form is the prerequisite for valid registration. Deadline for receipt: 23:59 November 05, 2020.
  2. Each contestant shall be the author or legal owner of the work. In case of a collective work, the contestant shall provide a written guarantee to the legal ownership of the work. If such a written guarantee is not available, the work shall be registered in the name of all authors.
  3. All registered contestants shall be deemed to have authorized the Organizing Committee of Xiamen International Animation Festival to publicize and display the candidate works (in full or in part) for non-commercial purposes.
  4. The ONLINE roadshow and the award-giving ceremony is scheduled in November 12, 2020.

Legal issues

  1. All contestants shall be legal owners of the candidate work who enjoy the copyright and bear the corresponding legal responsibilities. The contestants shall separately bear all losses and liabilities arising from any claims against the candidate work and indemnify the losses of the Organizing Committee if such claims thereto generate severe impacts on and bring losses.
  2. The author shall enjoy the copyright of the work. However, the Organizing Committee has the right to show and display the candidate works on relevant media during the contest.
  3. The Organizing Committee does not restrict the contestant to attend any similar contests or relevant commercial activities beyond the period of this contest. However, the contestant shall bear all consequences arising from any conflict with the rules of other competition organizers or relevant organs.
  4. All contestants who submit application form will be deemed to have unconditionally accepted the Organizing Committee’s regulations. All disputes shall be submitted to Xiamen Arbitration Committee for settlement through arbitration.
  5. The Organizing Committee of Xiamen International Animation Festival shall enjoy final rights to interpret the detailed rules.

2017 (10th) Contest

EVALUATION

EVALUATION RULES

Evaluation rules of “Best Games Award”

  1. The jury will score the candidate works in terms of creativity, playing mode, art & graphics, story-telling and general experience.
  2. The golden, silver and bronze awards will be determined in the order of the general score. If two works have the same score, the jury will make a final decision through voting.
  3. The Best Game Art Award and Best Game Appliaction Award will be determined in preferential consideration of relevant item scores of the works and with reference to the general experience. The jury will discuss and make a final decision based on the scores of relevant evaluation items.

2016 (9th) Contest

Evaluation rules of “Best Game Plan Award”

  1. The jury will score the candidate works in terms of creativity, playing mode, analysis of target market and business mode.
  2. The works will be ranked in the order of the general score. If two works have the same score, the jury will make a final decision through voting.

2015 (8th) Contest

Evaluation rules of “Straits Star Game Award”

  1. The jury will score the candidate works in terms of creativity, playing mode, analysis of target market and business mode.
  2. The works will be ranked in the order of the general score. If two works have the same score, the jury will make a final decision through voting.

JUDGES

NEWS

Notice on Holding 2020 (13th) Xiamen International Animation Festival’s Game Contest

In order to encourage the development of the ACG industry and promote the application of information technology in the ACG industry, the Xiamen International Animation Festival Organizing Committee (hereinafter referred to as the “Organizing Committee”) will organize the “Cyber Sousa” Award contest. In order to ensure that the competition is open, fair and just, and …