With a grand prize of more than $9,000.00 I’m sure plenty of talented developers will be trying their luck in the Pixel Game Maker MV Development Challenge. The contest takes place until March 30, 2020 at 8 AM (PT) and offers winners the chance to be the first Pixel Game Maker MV creations published on the Switch. There are several other award categories as well, and winning entries may also be adapted into books, comics, and more.
Awards Category
Grand Prize (1 person or group): 1,000,000 JPY
Side View Award: 50,000 JPY
Top View Award: 50,000 JPY
Multiplayer Award: 50,000 JPY
Pixel Game Maker Select Award: 50,000 JPY (This will be based on user votes so please make sure the game’s page is set to “Public”)
PLAYISM Special Award: The winning work will be published by PLAYISM.
Taking place until March 30, 2020 at 8:00 a.m. PT, the competition offers a grand prize award of ¥1,000,000 JPY (approx. $9,332 USD) and opportunities to be among the first Pixel Game Maker MV creations published on Nintendo Switch. In addition to the grand prize, there are award categories for side view, top view, multiplayer games, and more. Winning entries may also be adapted into books, comics, and more.
Sister software to RPG Maker, which sold more than 2,000,000 copies worldwide, Pixel Game Maker MV puts 2D game development in the hands of first-time developers with no programming knowledge while maintaining the flexibility, power, and depth required by long-time game creators through extensible scripting.
Featuring native physics and local multiplayer support as well as 20 sample games and a host of modern, sci-fi, and fantasy assets, Pixel Game Maker MV makes it easy to get started prototyping. Developers can carry their games through to completion using the assets to hand or import their own to create top-down or sidescrolling action games in any genre.
“If you can imagine it, you can create it with Pixel Game Maker MV,” said Noboru Mogami, producer, Kadokawa Corporation. “With this contest, we’re hoping to find amazing talents to highlight and nurture. We’ve already seen some truly wonderful things come out of our community so far and we’re looking forward to the delights our creators still have in store for us.”
Pixel Game Maker MV is available now on Steam in Japanese, English and Simplified Chinese for $84.99 USD/€71.99.
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