Vote for the Best N-Gage Concept

Published by ikona on October 22nd, 2008 in Mobile Gaming, Nokia Games Summit

Mobile Games Innovation Challenge Top 10 Developers!
An independent panel of industry experts from across the globe has spent the past few weeks deliberating through over a hundred entries to come up with a shortlist of the most innovative mobile games concepts.

The competition was launched in April 2008 and called for mobile game developers to submit concepts that will help drive mobile gaming to the next level, relying on the advanced features and functionality of N-Gage-compatible devices, and Java- or Symbian-based Series 40 or S60 Nokia devices. Go to competition website for more information

Top 10 concepts - vote for your favorite!

Top 10 developers and their concepts are listed below. Please choose the one that in your opinion would help drive mobile gaming to the next level. Or leave your comments about the concepts to the Comments section at the end of the story.

#1: Active Tecnologia e Consultoria Ltda. (Brazil) - Cinemarena

Cinemarena envisages an interactive cinema or even an entirely new category of games to be played by viewers in a movie theatre using cell phones to control their characters (avatars) which are shown on the big screen.

#2: CreatePlayShare (India) - Ball

A Ball inside your mobile phone with which you can play any ball game from any genre and do anything with the ball in much the same way as you can in real life. With Ball, users can also invent, create, play and share their own newly created games.

#3: A Different Game (Sweden) - Ghost Wire

Ghost Wire is a casual collection and adventure game, where you use your mobile phone to communicate with ghosts. Your mobile phone is used as a medium to find and collect ghosts that exist around you.

#4: Eclipse Interactive (UK) - Watchers

Watchers is a conspiracy adventure game that uses Nokia Maps and other real world tools to find locations. Players must explore these locations to uncover clues and use all their wits, and any means necessary, to find out who they are, why they are trapped, and who’s behind it all. It’s supported with episodic gameplay and offers players the chance to provide content to challenge other fellow conspiracy theorists.

#5: Int13 (France) - Kweekies

Kweekies is an Augmented Reality virtual pet game that allows players to interact with their pet by utilizing the embedded camera of their mobile device.

#6: Jadestone (Sweden) and C4M (France) - Melokey

Melokey is a music game for mobile phones where you will learn to master songs and play them against others in-game characters and competitors to win the hearts of your fans. Once you’ve got the hang of how to master the play interface via the immersive single player campaign, you can start playing your own favorite music - not just on your own but together with friends if you like.

#7: LemonQuest (Spain) - Wave Pirates

Wave Pirates merges a fun action game with the most innovative controls and playability. You are a fearless pirate navigating the seven seas, looking for gold and glory while the music, including songs you take from your own mobile, makes the waves flow according to the melody.

#8: Onur Yazilim (Turkey) - Comet Hunter

Comet Hunter is a 2-D shooting game which combines the excitement of shooting with natural sound effects made by the player him/herself. Players shoot by creating firing effects with their lips, mouth and teeth.

#9: Simlife (China) - XDancery

XDancery is a mobile music game. Players can touch the screen, draw patterns on the screen, shake the phone or sing into the phone to hit the music tempo notes. Based on the Bluetooth Connection between their phone and PC, players can even play it by dancing in front of their computer screen! What’s more, the game can analyze any music in MP3 format and generate new games for each different music automatically, that means players can enjoy millions of new games after installing XDancery. It’s a game which integrates music, fun, health and relaxation.

#10: TechnoBubble (Spain) - Fun Cam

Fun Cam is a mixed reality game. Connect your camera phone to the TV and point the camera at yourself. You will see yourself on the TV screen and you could interact and manipulate with the objects that appear around you. Mixing the reality with the digital world in your TV using your phone as a handheld console and motion-controlling sensor.

To rock the industry

“The Mobile Games Innovation Challenge has demonstrated the huge potential of this industry on a global level, and the innovation that can be applied to mobile games,” said Mark Ollila from Nokia Games Publishing.

“We’ve seen some groundbreaking ideas and some really unique concepts. It just goes to show how many creative minds there are out there and it really looks like we’re going to set out what we wanted to achieve with this Challenge - to rock the industry. Everyone’s now talking about the awards ceremony and we’re looking forward to an exciting outcome,” Mark continued.

Top three to Nokia Games Summit in Rome

The top three developers who best meet the requirements will be invited to present their concepts at the upcoming Nokia Games Summit in Rome, Italy on October 29. The winners will be chosen by the jury who chose the top 10 developers. The jury includes first class visionaries, designers and leaders of the gaming world.
The three most innovative game concepts will be offered Nokia Publishing pre-production contracts. In addition, the first winner will be awarded 40,000 EUR, the second 20,000 EUR, and the third 10,000 EUR to enable further development of the chosen concept.

Now it’s your turn! Vote for your favorite concept in the poll. The concepts are described above.

Which of the ten Games Innnovation Challenge concepts is your favorite?

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