What are the Prizes?

• First Place: $8,000
• Second Place: $1,200
• Third Place: $600
• Door Prize (selected at random from the eligible non-winning entries): $200

What criteria will be used for judging?

• All games will be reviewed to ensure that they meet all contest requirements.
TIP:Remember, the game: must not include any on-screen violence; must increase advocacy; and must foster advocacy!

• Three (3) winning entries will then be chosen based on the following weighted scoring criteria and One (1) entry will be randomly drawn from the remaining non-winning entries to receive the door prize.

1st Place, 2013, "Love in the Dumpster" from Jean HEHN, Belgium

Scoring Criteria

Educational Value (20%)

• Does the game provide information about dating violence?
• Are there examples of potentially abusive behavior?
• Does the game suggest safety plans?
• How effective is the game at providing sources for assistance?

Entertainment Value (20%)

• Playability
• Innovative approach to game play design
• Graphics and music
• Re-Playability
• Intuitive gameplay

Increasing Awareness (20%)

• Awareness among abusers, bystanders, and victims (as discussed above)

Fostering Advocacy (20%)

• Increasing Engagement and Providing Empowerment (as discussed above)

Game Elements (20%)

• Goals, Challenges, Rules, Constraints, Interaction, Competition, and Enjoyable (as discussed above)

Official Rules

1. All entrants must be 13 years of age (or older) at the time of entry.
2. Entries can only contain graphics or audio that the entrants have rights to use (e.g. works in the public domain; original creation by the entrant; rights granted by the rights owner).
3. Entries cannot contain on-screen violent content or have a pervasive theme of violence and should be age-appropriate for ages 13 and up.
4. Entries must include elements to "increase awareness" of dating violence. Examples and clarification are available on the contest page.
5. Entries must include elements to "foster advocacy" related to dating violence. Examples and clarification are available on the contest page.
6. Entries must use a web service to allow interactivity between the player and the game and / or between players themselves. The use of any web services as well as the use of any sensors in the player's hardware must not infringe on the player's right to privacy and must follow appropriate security protocols. Further discussion and examples related to privacy and security are including on the contest page with updates on Jennifer Ann's Group's Google+ page. We recognize that this requirement is not easily defined but will be guided by the spirit of this rule:
   The game should be as engaging, immersive, and interactive as possible without sacrificing anybody's privacy or security.
7. Entries must be functionally error-free and ready to run "as-is."
8. Entries cannot include branding for third-party organizations (text acknowledgements are acceptable). Jennifer Ann's Group will supply a 400x200 image that identifies them as the sponsor - this image will be placed on the entry's splash screen.
9. Entries must be playable with Android 4.x+ HTML5, iOS 6.x+, Unity Web Player, or Windows Phone 8.1+.
10. Entries must include a separate 30-120 second video showing actual gameplay of the entry.
11. Jennifer Ann's Group and any other entity associated with this contest are not responsible for any lost or misdirected entries. All entries must be received by June 1, 2015 at 11:59PM (GMT-4).
12. As a condition of receiving their prize, winning entrants must grant Jennifer Ann's Group the non-exclusive, royalty-free, licensable, non-assignable rights to the: compiled, object, and source code; necessary media files; and associated intellectual property rights of their entry for republishing, promotion, and internal use.
13. Winning entrants agree to electronically provide all of the assets necessary to facilitate Jennifer Ann’s Group’s rights to publish, promote, and utilize their entry in any format or language and on any platform currently known or yet to be invented in order to promote the awareness of and prevent Teen Dating Violence worldwide.
14. Entrants also give their consent to Jennifer Ann’s Group and to those whom Jennifer Ann’s Group may authorize, to photograph, film, videotape, and/or to use a photographic/digital reproduction of their 2015 Life.Love. Game Design Challenge entry with or without their name, to identify them by name, and/or to quote or record statements made by them, for any editorial, promotional, marketing, or other purpose related to the mission of Jennifer Ann's Group (“the prevention of Teen Dating Violence through Awareness, Education, and Advocacy”). This consent does not extend to the purposes of endorsement of product or service advertising for any unrelated third parties.

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Winner Selection

1. Finalists will be chosen by the Selection Committee that will be comprised of a group of Video Game experts and Teen Dating Violence experts.
2. Finalist selection will be based on the scoring criteria as set forth in the Scoring Criteria section.
3. Of the three finalists, one will be chosen by the Selection Committee as the First Place Prize Winner; one will be chosen as the Second Place Prize Winner; and one will be chosen as the Third Place Prize Winner.
4. A "door prize" winner will then be randomly selected from those entries not chosen as winning entries.

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2nd Place, 2013, "Janie's Sketchbook" from GPTouch, Thailand

Scoring Criteria

Educational Value (20%)

Entertainment Value (20%)

Increasing Awareness (20%)

Fostering Advocacy (20%)

Game Elements (20%)

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Prizes

• The First Place Winner will receive $8,000 ("First Place Prize").
• The Second Place Winner will receive $1,200 ("Second Place Prize").
• The Third Place Winner will receive $600 ("Third Place Prize").
• The "door prize" winner will receive the prize of $200.

Note:
Entrants are responsible for any federal, state, and local tax consequences and for compliance with all governmental reporting and payment requirements.
Winning funds will be sent in U.S. Dollars via cashier's check or via PayPal (at the option of the winners); please note that winners will be responsible for any fees assessed by PayPal if they prefer to receive their winnings via PayPal (there is no cost associated with receiving winnings via cashier's check).

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General Rules

1. Prize winners will be required to sign and complete an Affidavit of Eligibility and a Liability and Publicity Release (where legally permissible) and return the signed documents within ten (10) days of receipt of attempted delivery, otherwise the Entrant may be forfeited and the Entrant with the next highest score will be selected.
2. In the event that a prize winner is under the age of 18, a parent or guardian will instead have to sign the Affidavit of Eligibility and the Liability and Publicity Release (where legally permissible).
3. The prize winners will also electronically provide all source files and components necessary to re-create the winning game on another platform and / or to localize the game for another country if Jennifer Ann's Group so decides.
4. Additionally, the prize winners give Jennifer Ann's Group the right to the Entrant's name, voice, picture, portrait and likeness for advertising and promotion purposes without further compensation, where permitted by law.
5. These Official Rules and all matters related to the Contest will be governed by the laws of the State of Georgia U.S.A., without regard to its conflict of laws principles.

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Limitation of liability

1. The organization and its directors, officers, shareholders, employees, advertising and promotion agencies involved in this contest shall have no liability and shall be held harmless by entrant, and any team members of entrant, for any damage, loss, or liability to person or property, due in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, by reason of entering the contest, the acceptance, possession, use, or misuse of any prize, or while preparing for, participating in, and/or, traveling to and from any contest-related activity.
2. Any and all claims, judgments, and awards shall be limited to actual out-of-pocket costs incurred, including costs associated with entering this Contest, but in no event attorney's fees. Jennifer Ann's Group and its promotion and advertising agencies are not responsible for technical, hardware, software, or telephone failures of any kind, lost or unavailable network connections, fraud, incomplete, garbled or delayed computer transmissions, whether caused by Jennifer Ann's Group, users, or by any of the equipment or programming associated with or utilized in the Contest.

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Tampering

1. If for any reason the Contest is not capable of running as planned, including infection by computer virus, bugs, tampering, unauthorized intervention, fraud, technical failures, or any other cause beyond the control of Jennifer Ann's Group that corrupts, impairs or affects the administration, security, fairness, integrity, or proper conduct of this Contest, Jennifer Ann's Group reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to cancel, terminate, modify, extend or suspend the Contest and/or prizes.
2. Jennifer Ann's Group reserves the right to disqualify any individual who tampers with or in any way corrupts the entry process. Jennifer Ann's Group may prohibit an Entrant from participating in the Contest or winning a prize if, in Jennifer Ann's Group's sole discretion, they determine that said Entrant is attempting to undermine the legitimate operation of the Contest by cheating, hacking, deception, or other unfair practices or intending to annoy, abuse, threaten or harass any other entrants or Jennifer Ann's Group's representatives.