The Northeast's Largest Convention of Science Fiction, Fact, and Fantasy
Friday, March 28 - Sunday, March 30, 2003 at Stony Brook University, Stony Brook,  NY 11790
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Amateur Game Programming Showcase

Many classic games started out as bits and pieces made by hobbyist game programmers. The industry was started by amateurs, and we believe it still relies heavily on amateurs. The Amateur Game Programming Showcase is a place where aspiring game programmers can show their stuff to the masses, well at least the masses at I-CON.

We've heard the stories that amateur games can't compete with multi-million dollar corporate sponsored games. This is the furthest from the truth! Amateur games might not have the cinematics or ultra-detailed graphics engines that everyone seems to be looking for in games, but to make up for this they have superb game play and storyline and are highly creative in nature. Amateur games are likely to be more fun than commercial games. And what's the point of a game? To be fun!

So with that said, don't hesitate to submit your game to the showcase. You'd only be making fans and gathering respect from your fellow gamers and programmers.

Now for some legal stuff. Please read and agree to the rules before submitting anything. We look forward to your submissions.

Rules and Terms

1. All submissions must be received by March 1, 2003.
2. All submissions of original programs must be sent by one of the original author or authors.
3. All submissions of Mods and Total Conversions must be sent by one of the original author or authors of the Mod or Total Conversion.
4. All submissions must include installation instructions and/or an installation program.  In the case of Mods or Total Conversions, these instructions must include an indicator of which other product or products is required by the Mod or Total Conversion.
5. All submissions must be in the form of Recorded CDs.
6. All submission media (the CDs)  become property of I-CON.
7. I-CON reserves the non-exclusive right to duplicate the submission media for the purposes of archives and backups and for internal use.
8. I-CON reserves the right to retain the submission media, and to present and demonstrate the contents during the I-CON 22 convention and at any time thereafter.
9. I-CON reserves the right to copy or install the contents of the distribution media to one or more computing systems for the purposes of evaluation and of presentation and demonstration.
10. I-CON reserves the right to capture screen images from programs submitted, and use these images in publicity material.
11. All other rights of "ownership", including the right to distribute copies of the programs and data submitted, remain with the author or authors of the files.
12. I-CON assumes no responsibility for the inclusion of third-party materials within the submission.  Legal responsibility for unauthorized use of copyrighted or trademarked materials within a submission is the sole responsibility of the author or authors of the submission.
13. Any submission which is available for distribution at a fee, no matter the amount, at any time prior to March 28, 2003, will be considered Commercial and excluded.  This includes any software marketed as Shareware or as a demonstration of a commercial product.
14. Any submission whose author or authors are found to be offering copies of their submission for sale during the convention will be excluded, and further punitive action may be taken.
15. Any submission bearing the brand logo of any software development group with prior commercially-released software will be considered Commercial and excluded.
16. If a submission is chosen for presentation, the author, or one of the authors if there are more than one, must be in attendance at the I-CON 22 convention, or the submission will be excluded.
17. I-CON reserves the right to exclude any submission from presentation, At Will, with or without "cause".
18. I-CON may request permission from the authors to forward copies of the distribution media to commercial software developers or publishers on the behalf of the author or authors.  Inclusion of a given submission shall not be contingent on the granting of such permission.

03/24/2003