Flash Application Competition
Today we are kicking off the first official Indowebster sponsored Flash Application Competition!
First Place Prize
The winner will get new mobile phone Nokia N97 !
Second Place Prize
Second place will get new mobile phone Nokia 97 Mini !
Third Place Prize
Third place will get new mobile phone Nokia 96 !
Due Date
All entries are due by 00:00 WIB, March 22nd, 2010. If your submission is received late, then I may still post your entry, but you cannot win one of the prizes.
Example
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=va33sU-_Bzk or http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rDRTAZiIX-8 Its look like inside iPhone, click able, play able and drag able using mouse pointer, but you must make it on flash version. We will using touch screen for testing and Windows XP OS with newest flash player from Adobe.
Submission
Name a zip file the name of your application and put in the following:
1. Your built swf.
2. A readme.txt that contains your e-mail at the very least. It should also contain your name and whether or not your source code can be released if you don’t win 1st or 2nd place.
3. All your source in a subfolder called /src. Please don’t forget your fla, Flex Builder or Flash Develop project. NOTE: If you do not say otherwise, you are giving me the right to publish source code with your application. If you only wish to publish source if you win a prize, then PLEASE note that in your readme.
When your package is ready, please use Indowebster.com or Mediafire.com and send it to [email protected].
If you are uncomfortable sending source via Indowebster.com or Mediafire.com, then don’t – I won’t vouch for their privacy policy, I’m using them simply out of convenience. Just note it in your readme and I’ll contact you for source after I have finished judging, if appropriate.
I suggest you download the following example and peruse it. It has additional information for those wanting to make the most of their shout out: example_application
If you submit your application and decide you want to resubmit because you found a bug, or whatever, then please just keep track of the number of submissions you have made and suffix your zip file with the version number. Ie: nokia_viper, nokia_viper_2, etc. I’ll only judge the last one you submit. If you submit more than 3 versions I reserve the right to disqualify you for wasting my time. :)
Contest Rules
1. The application must be delivered as a swf.
2. If I right click and view your swf’s properties in Windows XP it must show size as 5 MB or less or you will be disqualified (that’s size, not size on disk). For those looking for exact measurements, it’s 5120 kilobytes. If there is some discrepancy between the two, use the lowest to be safest.
3. The code must be yours.
4. You must provide the ability for me to build your application from Flash Develop (using the Flex3 SDK) or Flash CS3. Flash Develop supports importing Flex Builder projects, so Flex Builder is probably okay.
5. If you enter the competition, then you are giving me the right to post source code along with the swf on the Nokia website. You can optionally opt-out of having the source code posted if you simply want to show off your Nokia application swf without actually participating in the competition. Put another way, to win a prize, you must be willing to release your source code.
6. Don’t cheat. That means the swf must be self-contained. Don’t load external files from anywhere. Everything must come out of your 5mb swf file.
7. It doesn’t matter if the swf has been posted elsewhere before, so long as it is allowed to be posted again.
8. If there’s a gap in the rules that you’re not sure about, please ask and I will clarify. I reserve the right to modify or add new rules to the competition to preserve the spirit of the competition (more specifically to avoid cheating!).
9. I’m not responsible for your ensuring your ability to receive the prize. If your country is not Indonesia, you are not allow to follow this competion.
10. You can enter only once. We will likely have future competitions so you don’t need to use up all your good ideas for this one, just your best!
Q & A:
+ Are there any restrictions, or criteria on which the flash application will be judged?
- Not specifically. I’ve done plenty of reviews for several events. I doubt reading them would help you, but it might give you an edge if you want one.
+ How do we submit the flash application to you?
- Basically, you’ll be uploading a zip with the swf, source and a readme which has your contact information that I won’t read until after I do the judging. Details will be coming in the next week or two.
+ Is this competition open to all ActionScript and Flash Player versions?
- As long as you follow the build requirements listed in the rules. Specifically the ones detailing that I need to be able to build the flash application without fussing around.
+ Does the programmer surrender all rights to the application and the source code when they enter the competition?
- Not at all. You grant me only the right to post the swf file if you participate because you can opt out of the source code part completely. If you want to be eligible for a prize, though, you have to agree to let me post source code. You’ll be able to opt-out of prize eligibility in your readme that goes with the submission.
+ What if I don’t use one of your required methods of code building?
- That will disqualify your entry. If you can’t do Flex Builder or Flash CS3, then you must use the free option available to you. I can’t be fuddling around with 90 different ways to build each entry. Flash Develop is free as is the Flex SDK. That is the preferred submission method.
+ Are system fonts considered an external resources?
- I don’t see any particular good reason to consider system fonts an external resource. If you embed a font, then yes, your swf will be larger and it will have to still meet the 5M size listed above. If you’re simply using a device system font, though, that’s completely fine.
That’s it! Best of luck everyone!
