The Serious
Games Showcase & Challenge (SGS&C) is the premier venue for
recognition of excellence in the field of Serious Games development.
Since 2006, SGS&C
has helped foster creativity and innovation in Serious Games as part of NTSA’s
I/ITSEC Conference held in each year in Orlando, Florida. This year’s conference
is November 26-30, 2018, and 2018 SGS&C winners will be announced at the
awards ceremony on November 29.
IMPORTANT DATES
August 1: Game
submissions open
September 7: “Intent
to Submit” form deadline
September 14: All
games, application forms and supporting information due
October 12: Finalists
notified
November 26 – Nov 30:
SGS&C at I/ITSEC 2018
November 30: Awards
at I/ITSEC in Orlando, Florida
All games qualify
for:
Innovation Award – The Innovation Award aims to
recognize innovation in serious games; that is, those games that exhibits a
unique characteristic or technique. For purposes of the Challenge, innovation
is defined as a characteristic or technique that enhances the serious game in a
new or different way. The technique can
be in terms of hardware integration, instructional design, game design, content
topic or a combination thereof. The Innovation Award will be judged by and is
awarded at the sole discretion of the Innovation Committee. Innovation finalists will showcase their game
on the I/ITSEC conference exhibit floor.
The winner will be announced at the Challenge Award Ceremony.
People’s Choice Best Game – I/ITSEC attendees will get their
say for this award. Ballots are collected until the eve of the last day of
I/ITSEC after which “The People have spoken!”
Each game qualifies
in one of these categories:
Best Game Business Category – The Business Category is
historically the largest and most competitive. This award is judged by our
esteemed panel of international evaluators. The winning game earns bragging
rights as the Best Business Game.
Best Game Student Category – You don’t have to be an athlete
to compete intercollegiately. Go up against other top colleges and
universities, and network with top-paying employers at I/ITSEC. This award is
judged by our esteemed panel of international evaluators and comes with a
high-value Grand Prize.
Best Game Government Category – Who has the best game ideas: DoD
or DHS? US or Australia? Government Category games must be funded or internally
developed by non-academic government agencies. International federal, state,
and local Governments vie for recognition as the Best Government game, as
judged by our esteemed panel of international evaluators.
Best XR (VR/AR/MR) Category – “XR” is the new hip term that
all of the cool kids are using to summarize the category of Virtual Reality
(VR), Augmented Reality (AR) and Mixed Reality (MR). This award is judged by
our esteemed panel of international evaluators and comes with a high-value
Grand Prize.
All games aimed at
teaching middle and high school students:
Students’ Choice
Award – This award is for games that address learning needs of middle and high
school students (the future working generation) and is judged by the students
who play the games.
Ready to Enter The Challenge?
Check out the
SGS&C Official
Rules
Go to the How To Enter page to access
the Intent to Submit and Submission Forms.
