Playing the Game on a Global Stage
Calling all digital technocrats, computer games aficionados and creative types!
Now is the time to put your skills and imagination to the test - on the world stage.
The Gold Coast is taking part in the Global Digital City Network (GDCN) Game Competition, an international contest aimed at encouraging the development of games and game art.
The GDCN is an organisation of cities dedicated to promoting world-class digital and knowledge based industrial activity among its members.
Chair of Council's Economic and Cultural Development Committee, Cr Jan Grew, said Gold Coast was one of 12 GDCN member cities.
The others are Chuncheon City (Korea), Dubai (United Arab Emirates), Dundee (Scotland), Inuyama City and Kakamigahara City (Japan), Dalian City, Jilin City, Yanji City and Shenyang City (Peoples Republic of China), Nizhny Novgorod (Russia), and Taipei (Taiwan).
'The best entries in the competition from each city will be presented at the Sixth General Assembly of the GDCN, which is scheduled to take place in Dubai in November this year,' said Cr Grew.
'Twelve international awards will be presented to the best entries at the General Assembly.
'GDCN member cities want to encourage young people and game players to explore their creative interest in games.
'We decided a competition that provided the chance for international recognition would be an effective way of doing that.'
Cr Grew said the competition was an opportunity to internationally showcase both the quality of skills within the GDCN pool and the network's approach to cross-city collaborative teamwork.
'It's also a wonderful opportunity for talented people to have their creativity recognised in an international arena,' she said.
'I am confident the Gold Coast will be very strongly represented in this competition and I urge everyone who has the skills and ability to give serious consideration to submitting an entry.'
The deadline for entries is September 8th, 2005.
Those interested should visit www.gdcngamecomp.com and join the newsletter for details of a forthcoming information session on the competition.