National STEM Video Game Challenge

The 2012 National STEM Video Game Challenge is launched in partnership with Digital Promise, a new initiative created by the President and Congress, supported through the Department of Education. The initiative is designed to unlock the promise of breakthrough technologies to transform teaching and learning.

Categories for middle school and high school students.

What are the different Challenge Entry Streams?
Individual Entries:

• Written game design documents
• Games made with Gamestar Mechanic
• Games made with Gamemaker
• Games made with Kodu
• Games made with Scratch
• Games made with any tool (Open Platform)
• Educational games made with any tool (PBS KIDS Stream) (Learn More, PBS KIDS Stream Rules)

Team Entries:
Make a game about any topic using any game creation tool. Limit of four (4) youth per team.

What are the prizes for each Entry Stream?
Each individual winner and each member of a winning team will received an AMD-powered laptop computer with game design and educational software.
Each winning entry will also earn an award of $2,000 for your school (or the non-profit organization of your choice)!