#CPCRetroDev 2023
11th International retro game creation contest of the University of Alicante
Best of Amstrad CPC games
Total of prizes: 2270 €
Further information on CPCRetroDev's official webpage
- PRO Category: Best games ranked by experts' votes
- 350€ - Best game - Sponsored by Vdo. de Transformación Digital
- 250€ - 2nd best game - Sponsored by Amstrad ESP
- 175€ - 3rd best game
- 100€ - 4th best game
- 50€ - 5th best game
- UA Category: Best UA games ranked by experts' votes
- 150€ - Best UA game - Sponsored by Vdo. de Transformación Digital
- 75€ - 2nd best UA game - Sponsored by Vdo. de Transformación Digital
- Special Mentions:
- 150€ - Gominolas' mention to best Music and Sound Effects
- 150€ - Pablo Ariza's mention to best Technical Development and AI
- 150€ - Relevo's mention to best Enjoyment and Playability
- 150€ - 4MHz's mention to best Graphical and Artistic Quality
- Sponsored Mentions: Given by contest sponsors
- 200€ - AUA's Award to most popular game (picked by popular vote)
- 100€ - Arcade Vintage's award for best Arcade game
- 50€ - Genesis8bit's award to best game with multiplayer options
- 50€ - Blast Annual's best Opera Prima
- Sponsored BASIC Category: AMSTRAD SAKIS, SdA! and Amstrad Cent Pour Cent's awards for the best games made in BASIC
- 80€ - Best game
- 40€ - 2nd best game
CONTRIBUTORS
Sponsors who have contributed to the general pool of prizes.
CPCTelera contributes with 200€ to add to the general prize list.
From the University of Alicante, the directive organizations Vicerrectorado de Cultura and Vicerrectorado de Transformación Digital contribute to add 300€ and 600€ to the general prize list respectively.
Anonimous Contributor
Adds 400€ to the general prize list.
MENTION SPONSORS
Sponsors who added a special prize.
AUA contributes by giving 200€ as a prize for the Most popular game picked by popular vote.
Arcade Vintage contributes by giving 100€ as a special award for the best Arcade game.
Genesis8bit gives 50€ as an award for the best game with multiplayer options.
Blast Annual gives 50€ for the best Opera Prima.
AMSTRAD SAKIS and Somos de Amstrad add 50€ to the prizes of the BASIC category.
Amstrad Cent Pour Cent adds 70€ to the prizes of the BASIC category.
Amstrad ESP sponsors the 2nd prize of the PRO category with a total of 250€.
- Special Experts:
- Jon Cortázar - Best Enjoyment and Playability
- Cesar Astudillo (AKA Gominolas) - Best Music and Sound Effects
- Pablo Ariza - Best Technical Development and AI
- Rafael Castillo - Best Graphical and Artistic Quality
- Professional Experts:
HOW TO SUBMIT YOUR GAME
- Join #CPCRetroDev 2023 itchio's jam (JOIN button at the top)
- Create your game's webpage on itchio (next section)
- Be sure it includes everything required
- Submit your project (SUBMIT button at the top)
HOW TO CREATE YOUR GAME WEBPAGE
To participate, create a game webpage containing at least:
- Game title.
- 4 screenshots.
- An up-to-40 seconds game trailer video.
- An attached CDT file with your game.
- These sections on the webpage:
- Description: a short description of your game.
- How to play: instructions, controls and anything required to play
- Authors and licenses: authors' names, contact information, third party contents and license, links and references to originals.
- Gesture: screenshot and description of the gesture to GESTURE by X.
Additionally, we recommend you to include:
- Attached DSK/SNA/CPR files with the same game as in CDT format.
- Attached ZIP file with source code (including a MIT/GPL or similar free software license)
- Attached PDF user manual.
- Attached PDF making-of: description on how the game was created, technologies used, problems and solutions found, learned lessons, pictures and screenshots of the development, etc.
- Explanations on how to run on real hardware.
- More videos (gameplays, promotional, etc).
- Any other goodies, images, videos, sections or contents the developers want to add.
TAKE INTO ACCOUNT
Other important rules to take into account:
- All your content should respect itchio's community and cpcretrodev's rules.
- Your game should be freely available during contest. Itchio's options:
- Pricing: No payments
- Visibility & access: Public
- Kind of project: Downloadable
- Decorate your page as much as you want. Here is a sample game page as reference but you can check CPCRetroDev2021's and CPCRetroDev2022's submissions for inspiration too!
- Don't ever modify/delete your page after submission deadline.
- Any changes to your submission (game page/attachments) during evaluation period may result in disqualification.
- These includes distributing new versions outside itchio or modifying external linked stuff.
On submission you will be asked to specify game page, game name, group name and a contact email.
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