GDC: Microsoft wants you all to dream, build, and play

Microsoft announces a contest to inspire the budding game developer in all of us.

By Eugene Huang

Will you be able to beat Udder Assault?

Will you be able to beat Udder Assault?

Today, at the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco, Microsoft announced a contest titled Dream-Build-Play, in which aspiring developers will compete to make the best game amongst a sea of applicants.

Microsoft will offer a grand prize of $10,000 USD, as well as an Xbox Live Arcade publishing contract, meaning that the winning game could appear on the XBLA marketplace, conditions permitting. The other nineteen runners-up in this contest won't walk away empty-handed either, with the total prize value exceeding $40,000 USD. Runner-up prizes include merchandise from Microsoft, Alienware, Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) Inc., Autodesk Inc., and Softimage Co.

To be eligible, a contestant must be a user of Microsoft's game development tool XNA Game Studio Express, and must also be a member of the XNA Creators Club. Further details regarding this contest can be found at the contest's website at http://www.dreambuildplay.com.

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