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Intel Level Up Game Developer Contest
CountryUnited States
Formerly calledIntel Game Demo Contest
StatusInactive
First awarded2006
Last awarded2017

The Intel Level Up was a series of annual video game competitions organised by Intel to support independent video game development, with winning games receiving monetary rewards in addition to the award.[1] The first competition, titled the Intel Game Demo Contest, was held in 2006.[2][3] It was restarted in 2009 as the Intel Level Up Game Developer Contest.[4] The competition has not been held after 2017.[5]

A distinctive feature of the contest was the participation of game-industry luminaries as judges. At different times, the judges were Sid Meier, Will Wright, Chris Avellone, Todd Howard, Tim Schafer, Chris Taylor, etc.[6][7][8][9][10][11][12]

Winners

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2006

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Award[13] Category Winner Developer Notes
Best Threaded Game 1st Place Command: Operation Winter Storm Koios Works
2nd Place Gun Dragon Avocado Overboard
3rd Place Tiki Lounge Blackjack The Jelly Filled Games
Honorable Mention Insanipaint
Honorable Mention El Condor Pasa Sweet Mobility
Best Game on the Go 1st Place Toblo Steve Chiavelli, John Jensen, Brad Rasmussen, Ben Smith, Zach Peterson DigiPen
2nd Place Insanipaint

2007

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Award[14] Category Winner Developer Notes
Best Threaded Game 1st Place Harmotion Erik Chan Bottomless Pit Games
2nd Place Burning Tires Rasmus Barringer
3rd Place AntiPlanet Lev Dymchenko
4th Place Synaesthete Zach Aikman, Andy Maneri, Will Towns, Joe Tkach DigiPen
5th Place Red Assault Andreas Papathanasis
Best Game on the Go 1st Place Penguins Arena Cristophe Canon Frogames
2nd Place Empyreal Nocturne Reed Gonsalves, Chad Taylor Double Hawk Games
3rd Place Hexaxis XXI Tim Hackett
4th Place Othello³ Alain Labrie Ware-Wolf Games
5th Place Helicomaster Jean-Philippe Doiron, Simon Ampleman

2008

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Award[15] Category Winner Developer Notes
Best Threaded Game 1st Place Goo! Tommy Refenes Pillowfort Games
2nd Place Xenus II: White Gold Sergey Zabaryansky Deep Shadows
3rd Place Winding Trail Elena Sagalaeva
4th Place Predtechi Sergey Zabaryansky Deep Shadows
5th Place Deadly Light Yakov Sumygin
Best Game on the Go 1st Place Magic Worlds Dmitry Dobryak
2nd Place I’m Lulu King! Cheng Chen
3rd Place Sub0 Bradley Wesson
4th Place Army of Earth Tom Spencer-Smith
5th Place Protozoa Mauro Persano
Best Game on Intel Graphics 1st Place Pixel and Vega in: Crunch Time! Aaron Murray Tandem Games
2nd Place Protozoa Mauro Persano
3rd Place Goo! Tommy Refenes Pillowfort Games
4th Place Winding Trail Elena Sagalaeva
5th Place Army of Earth Tom Spencer-Smith
Judge's Choice 1st Place Deadly Light Yakov Sumygin
2nd Place Lens Flare Programming using 3D plains instead of sprites Alip Kumar Saha
3rd Place Army of Earth Tom Spencer-Smith

2009

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Judges: Sid Meier, Will Wright, Rick Raymo, Brad Wardell, Christophe Canon, Mathieu Mazerolle, Mary Beth Haggerty, Dmitry Oganezov, Gina Bovara, Jeff LaFlam, Brad Werth, Steve Winburn.[12]

Award[5] Category Winner Developer
Judges' Choice Rise of Flight: The First Great Air War Albert Zhiltsov
Best Game Optimized For Intel Graphics 1st Place I Know Your Deeds Yakov Sumygin
2nd Place Spin Tires Pavel Zagrebelnyy
3rd Place Infersus Infersus
Best Threaded Game 1st Place Infersus Infersus
2nd Place I Know Your Deeds Yakov Sumygin
3rd Place The Ray Tracing Game Eugene Klyuchnikov
Best Game on the Go 1st Place Spin Tires Pavel Zagrebelnyy
2nd Place Germination Bradley Wesson
3rd Place Rise Of Pirates Stefans Keiss

2010

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Judges: Chris Avellone, Vic Davis, Todd Hollenshead, Todd Howard, Rod Humble, Raph Koster, Rick Raymo, Bill Roper, Tim Schafer, Adam Sessler, Jeff Vogel.[16][11]

Award[5] Category Winner
Best Game on a Laptop 1st Place Purple
2nd Place Icebreakers
3rd Place Car Washer: Summer Of The Ninja
Honorable Mention Billichess
Honorable Mention Gladius
Best Game on a Desktop Have Time Will Travel
Best Game on a Netbook 1st Place Cycle
2nd Place Mechanism III
3rd Place Karttoon Rally
Honorable Mention Bullzeye
Honorable Mention Heliride
Honorable Mention Spellbinder
Judges Choice Best Art Design Mechanism III
Best Character Design Icebreakers
Best Graphics Performance Purple
Best Sound Design Have Time Will Travel

2011

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Judges: Andy Schatz, Jeff Vogel, Wolfgang Engel, Chris Taylor, Jim Rossignol.[10]

Award[5] Category Winner Developer
Game of the Year Blackwell's Asylum Blackpipe
Best Adventure/Role Playing Blackwell's Asylum Blackpipe
Student Game Of The Year The White Laboratory Tao Xin
Best Strategy Game The White Laboratory Tao Xin
Best Casual Game Divo Logic Droids
Best Educational Game Atooms To Moolecules Bitsits Games
Best Puzzle Game Splice Cipher Prime Studios
Best Shooter Game MilitAnt Xibalba Studios
Best Simulation Game Imagine Earth Serious Brothers
Best Strategy Game (tie) Plutonic Repulse: A Tale Of Limerence Blackcow Studios
Judges Choice Best 3D Thunderwheels G-Boot Games
Best Physics Thunderwheels G-Boot Games
Best Art Beatbuddy Threaks
Best Sound Beatbuddy Threaks
Best Character Trash TV Lawrence Russell

2013

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Judges: Andy Schatz, Wolfgang Engel, Rami Ismail, Jordan Weisman.[9]

Award[5] Category Winner Developer
Game of the Year Perfection. Dumb and Fat Games
Best Puzzle/Physics Game Perfection. Dumb and Fat Games
Best Adventure/Role Playing Lilly Looking Through Geeta Games
Best Action Game Assault Android Cactus Witch Beam
Best Platformer Game Protocell Team Primordia
Best “Other” Game Cube & Star: A Love Story Doppler Interactive
Skill and Craft Best Art Design Lilly Looking Through Geeta Games
Best Game Physics Torquel FullPowerSlideAttack.com
Best Sound Beatblasters III Chainsawesome Games
Best Character Design Life Goes On Infinite Monkeys
Best 3D Graphics Forced BetaDwarf Entertainment

2014

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Judges: Chris Avellone, Wolfgang Engel, Rami Ismail, Marc Saltzman, Tim Schafer, Chris Taylor, Nathan Vella, Tyrone Rodriguez.[8]

Award[5] Category Winner Developer
Game of the Year Duet Kumobius and Tim Shiel
Best Action Game Duet Kumobius and Tim Shiel
Best Adventure/Role Playing Bravada Interbellum Team
Best Platformer Game Biglands: A Game Made By Kids Diego Acevedo
Best Puzzle Game Framed Loveshack
Best “Other” Game OTTTD Smg Studio
Skill and Craft Best Art Design Toast Time Force Of Habit
Best Use Of Game Physics Airscape: The Fall Of Gravity Cross-product
Best Sound Duet Kumobius and Tim Shiel
Best Character Design A Good Snowman Is Hard To Build Alan Hazelden, Benjamin Davis, Ryan Roth
Best 3D Graphics Forced 2: The Rush! BetaDwarf Entertainment

2015

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Judges: Chris Avellone, Kate Edwards, Wolfgang Engel, Rami Ismail, Tim Schafer, Chris Taylor, Tyrone Rodriguez.[7]

Award[17][5] Category Winner Developer
Game of the Year The Franz Kafka Videogame Denis Galanin
Best Adventure/Role Playing The Franz Kafka Videogame Denis Galanin
Best Action Game Synchrom Morphiks
Best Linux Game Spacejacked Rotten Mage
Best Platformer Game Bean Dreams Kumobius
Best Puzzle Game Tumblestone The Quantum Astrophysicists Guild
Best “Other” Game Galactic Missile Defense Blacksheep Games
Skill and Craft Best Art Design Karma, Incarnation 1 AuraLab
Best Sound Karma, Incarnation 1 AuraLab
Best 3D Graphics Steamfarer Igor Rashkuev
Best Character Design Bulb Boy Bulb Boy Team
Best Game Physics Super Adventure Pals 2 Massive Monster

2016

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Judges: Chris Avellone, Kate Edwards, Wolfgang Engel, Rami Ismail, Tim Schafer, Tyrone Rodriguez, Anne Toole.[18][19]

Award[5] Category Winner Developer
Game of the Year Ellipsis Salmi Games
Best Action Game Ellipsis Salmi Games
Best Adventure/Role Playing Elsinore Golden Glitch Studios
Best Platformer Game Little Bug Buddy System
Best Puzzle Game She Remembered Caterpillars Jumpsuit Entertainment Ug (haftungsbeschränkt)
Best “Other” Game Duskers Misfits Attic
Skill and Craft Best Art Design Overland Finji
Best 3D Graphics Guns Of Icarus Alliance Muse Games
Best Character Design Tooth and Tail Pocketwatch Games
Best Game Physics Goatpunks Studio Canvas
Best Sound Animated Puzzles Star Mexond Games

2017

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Judges: Chris Avellone, Kate Edwards, Wolfgang Engel, Rami Ismail, Tim Schafer, Gary Rowe, Tyrone Rodriguez, Laila Shabir.[6]

Award[5] Category Winner Developer
Game of the Year Resynth Polyphonic LP
Best Puzzle/Physics Game Resynth Polyphonic LP
Best Adventure/Role Playing Cat Quest The Gentelbros
Best Platformer Game Pepper Grinder Riv Hester
Best Action Game Megaton Rainfall Pentadimensional Games
Best Open-Genre Game Paperbark Paperhouse Games
Skill and Craft Best Art Design Cat Quest The Gentelbros
Best 3D Graphics Stardrop Joure Visser
Best Character Design The Adventure Pals Massive Monster
Best Game Physics Pepper Grinder Riv Hester
Best Sound Yankai’s Peak Kenny Sun

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Co-Founder, Jim Rossignol; Rossignol, Jim (16 March 2010). "Intel Level Up 2010 Game Demo Challenge". Rock, Paper, Shotgun.
  2. ^ "Intel Game Demo Contest". techpowerup.com. 21 March 2006.
  3. ^ "Intel Game Demo Creation Contest Official Rules". Archived from the original on 2006-04-09. Retrieved 2024-01-14.
  4. ^ "Intel Launches 2009 Level Up Game Dev Competition". Gamasutra.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h i "Hall of Glory". Archived from the original on 2018-08-26. Retrieved 2024-01-14.
  6. ^ a b "Level Up 2017 Judges". Archived from the original on 2017-05-06.
  7. ^ a b "Level Up 2015 Judges". Archived from the original on 2015-11-27.
  8. ^ a b "Level Up 2014 Judges". Archived from the original on 2014-04-10.
  9. ^ a b "Level Up 2013 Judges". Archived from the original on 2013-04-02.
  10. ^ a b "Level Up 2011 Judges". Archived from the original on 2011-10-10.
  11. ^ a b "Level Up 2010 Judges". Archived from the original on 2012-10-19.
  12. ^ a b "Level Up 2009 Judges". Archived from the original on 2009-06-18.
  13. ^ "2006 Intel Game Demo Contest Winners". Archived from the original on 2006-10-17.
  14. ^ "2007 Intel Game Demo Contest Winners". Archived from the original on 2007-12-25.
  15. ^ "2008 Intel Game Demo Contest Winners". Archived from the original on 2008-09-21. Retrieved 2024-01-15.
  16. ^ Co-Founder, Jim Rossignol; Rossignol, Jim (21 June 2010). "Intel Level Up 2010: Shiny Judges!". Rock, Paper, Shotgun.
  17. ^ Webber, Jordan Erica (20 August 2015). "Intel Level Up contest winners feature Kafka, reincarnation". PC Gamer.
  18. ^ "Level Up 2016 Judges".
  19. ^ "Indie Game Developers IGD". Facebook.
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