Muse Launches $10,000 Indie Game Challenge

Is this the summer for indie competitions or what? Muse Games have just announced their own game creation challenge in the form of “Immunity”, a $10,000 Unity 3D-based indie game development contest.

Contestants can submit a simple game prototype to be voted on by the development community and general public, and ultimately compete for a $10,000 contract to finish the game for distribution on musegames.com and beyond.

Either professional and non-professional individuals, or teams, are being asked to submit simple Unity-based prototypes demoing their game concept. Voting participants will then be able to play the game and judge its primary mechanic. The top 5 concepts will be granted "immunity" and evaluated by the Muse team.

Submission will take place between 8/25 and 10/15, with the $10,000 grand prize winner being announced at the UNITE Unity 3D development conference in San Francisco, Oct 27-30. Participants and spectators will be able to track the progression of the winning game concept to completion on the Muse Games blog.

"As Indie developers ourselves, we believe strongly in the Indie community and want to reward developers for making great games," says Co-Founder Austin Lane. "Hopefully we can make this model a successful one for the future, and ultimately raise the stakes on browser-based indie development."

So what are you waiting for? For more information about Muse Games and the $10,000 Immunity challenge please visit: http://musegames.com/community/immunitychallenge