National STEM Game Challenge

The White House announced the National STEM Video Game Challenge yesterday. This is a mobile game development contest, with a $50,000 grand prize and $25,000 prize for the best undergraduate or graduate student developed game, and a $25,000 prize for the best game reaching an underserved population.

Games should emphasize some specific (but fairly broad) Science, Technology, Engineering and Math skills. Submissions are due January 5th.

About olano

Marc Olano is an Associate Professor in the CSEE department at UMBC and Director of the Computer Science Game Development Track. Dr. Olano's primary area of research is real-time 3D graphics, with forays into other applications of programmable graphics hardware.
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