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Great times with the first versions of games
Tuesday, July 14th, 2009Great E3 for us
Friday, June 5th, 2009We had many great meetings and added one new developer! The the ESA today revealed that the 2009 Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) saw over 41,000 attendees. The 216 exhibitors showed off their wares to the thousands of attendees from 78 countries.
E3 2009
Linked In Group now started
Saturday, May 16th, 2009Be sure to join and add your comments and tell others about the group!
Developer Benefits
Saturday, May 2nd, 2009• Premiere nationwide event for your IP
• Industry legends judge all entrants
• Players across the country vote for their favorite game in the competition
• All games receive B!G buzz during heavy event PR
• Winner receives funding to complete their Big Screen Gaming experience
• Your team and your game will live in infamy for creating the first B!G Screen Game (think Pong or “Video killed the radio star”)
Event Logistics
Saturday, May 2nd, 2009• Highly socialized events where gamers play alongside spectators
• Consumers vote online and in-theater after playing
• Competition events held in the top 10 U.S. markets
• 8-week competition period
Information about the game
Saturday, May 2nd, 2009• 24 simultaneous players minimum
• 40’ in-theater screen minimum
• 1280 x 1024 resolution
• All players visible at all times on one huge screen (no split-screen)
• 10-15 minute game experience
• Complete by June 30, 2009 for July launch
• PC based gaming platform
Demo and Testing
Saturday, May 2nd, 2009
The line forms here
May 8th starting at 9:30A we will have a by invite only demonstration. At this event we can also do testing of games in development to allow view of content on a theater screen. Let us know if you would like to attend and we will provide the location and event details.
User Model / Handheld Configuration
Thursday, April 30th, 2009User interface is left to the discretion of each developer. The reason for using the iTouch/iPhone for the competition was to allow leverage of existing efforts in iPhone game development you might be doing now. The idea for the hand held device is to have what is important to the individual in player view only. This keeps the B!G screen clear of all but the action! As an example of content; how many lives I have left or how much gas is left in my vehicle all the “dashboard” sort of stuff is on my hand held. Now if you have more than one level or page on the hand held for me to play at home with, well that is up to you how deep you want to take me the player in your game experience.
Game platform which will be at each theater
Thursday, April 30th, 2009This is the configuration that will be at each event. We are providing a box with this configuration to each competing company to allow for the best possible understanding of the gaming environment.
Hardware Platform:
Area-51 X58 Machine:
1GB NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280
10,000 RPM RAID with 10,000 RPM 16mb cache 600GB space
Sound Blaster X-Fi High Definition Surround Sound Audio 7.1
8 Hi-speed USB 2.0 ports
6GB RAM
Software Platform:
Microsoft Vista OS
B!G SCREEN GAMING Blog
Wednesday, April 29th, 2009Welcome to B!G Screen Gaming 1st Annual Developer competition blog. This is to bring games to the B!G SCREEN. Add your comments to be sure everyone produces amazing content.