SINGAPORE POLYTECHNIC
&
PEOPLE’S ASSOCIATION FAMILY LIFE SECTION
Present
The National Games Design Competition is an annual event organised Singapore Polytechnic
School of Design for students to showcase their creativity and innovation in the area of games
design. This year's competition is jointly organised with the People's Association's Family Life
Section. The theme for this year’s competition is "Family". The competition will be open to all
students. There will be 2 categories in this year’s event:
Primary/Secondary: This category is open to all primary and secondary school students
Tertiary: This category is open to students studying in polytechnics, junior colleges and
universities.
How does the competition work?
Participants are to send in a written proposal for their game. 10 selected finalists per category
will be reimbursed $100 for the production of their prototype.
There is a limit of up to 5 students per entry.
What do I stand to win?
All finalists will stand to win board game prizes. In addition, there will be trophies and cash
prizes for the top 3 winners in each category
Primary/Secondary: 1st prize: $400; 2nd prize: $200; 3rd prize: $100
Tertiary: 1st prize: $800; 2nd prize: $400; 3rd prize: $200
About Family Life Section
The Family Life Section promotes family life in the community through the Family Life
Champions (FLCs) who are appointed grassroots leaders in the community.
The promotion of family life includes organisation of programmes and activities to help
singles befriend members of the opposite sex with the eventual goal of getting married;
fostering strong marriages amongst married couples; promoting parental-child and
intergenerational bonding; and enhancing the role of men in the family so that they have a
larger role to play at home.
The board game designed should promote family interaction and bonding, and be playable by
all members of the family from all walks of life.
"For more information on the promotion of family life in the community, please visit
www.familylifechampion.org"
"Registration form can be downloaded from www.familylifechampion.org"
"For game enquiries, please contact Mr Loh Chi Yong at [email protected] or call 68704708
NAME OF TEACHER ADVISOR/ PARENT(S):
CONTACT NUMBER:
E-MAIL ADDRESS:
NAME OF PARTICIPATING SCHOOL:
TEAM INFORMATION
NAME OF STUDENTS :
Category: (Circle one choice)
Primary/Secondary
Tertiary
Game Title:
Game Description (Number of Players, age group, game play) Limit to 1,000 words
Describe how your game will improve family bonding
Insert comments from your family members on how your proposed game has helped bring the
family closer
How it works
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Submission of entries is open from 1st May to 31st May 2010.
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Entries can be submitted via email to [email protected].
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10 finalists will be selected from each category. Results will be announced on 4th June 2010.
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Finalists will be required to create a prototype of their boardgame.
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$100 reimbursement will be given to each team to create the prototype. Finalists need to
produce their receipts, proof of purchase and prototype to be eligible for claims.
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All prototypes are to be submitted by 8th July 2010 to Singapore Polytechnic, School of
Design. Participants shall bear all costs incurred in submitting the entry.
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Finalists will be required to present their game to a panel of judges during the finals of the
National Games Design Competition on 17th July 2010.
Rules and Regulations
1. The submitted entries should neither have won awards in any other competitions nor been
submitted for other similar competitions.
2. Entries submitted must be the participants' own project work or invention. Any form of
plagiarism will be rejected.
3. The rules and regulations are subjected to change without prior notice.
Participants
1. Only students from Primary Schools, Secondary Schools, Junior Colleges, Institutes of
Technical Education and University Institutions are eligible to participate.
2. Participation from foreign students studying in Singapore at levels equivalent to University or
below are welcomed.
3. Team participations are limited to a maximum of 5 students per team.
4. Students who graduated in 2010 can also participate as long as they are able to produce a
letter of endorsement from the school that they graduated from.
5. Participants are allowed to submit more than one entry. Separate entry forms and proposals
must be submitted for multiple entries.
Judges
The decisions of the judges are final and binding. The organizers reserve the right to disqualify any
entries that fail to meet the above conditions.
Judging Criteria
All proposal entries will be judged according to the following:
Game Appeal (30%)
Does the game appeal to the whole family and to all ages?
Fun and Replayability (30%)
Is the proposed game fun to play and do players wanted to play it repeatedly?
Relevance to Theme (40%)
How relevant is the proposed game to the theme of family bonding.