The Warmup

General Information
The Game Awards Warmup is a an annual online-based competition for all of those who cannot compete in the main competition and as a warmup for those also competing in the main competition. The warmup is a small-scale competition that lasts for a week. This year it starts on the 9th November.
Every year has a special theme that all games must adapt to. The theme and the rules are released at the beginning of the competition. The warmup competition is open to everybody (also non-students)! So cancel all meetings, gather a team and prepare yourselves for the competition!
There are two prizes in the warmup competition, one for the Warmup winner and one for the People’s Choice winner. The first winner will be chosen by a jury of professionals and the latter by your fellow Game Awards community members.
The 2008 competition run of Swedish Game Awards was the first to have a proper warmup competition. The theme was “vikings in the future” and with only modest promotion 15 games were submitted, all with different takes on the future and on vikings. Games ranged from dance games to drink-beer-and-avoid stuff-action! Since then the competition has been a great success with many unique and amazing games. We are therefore very proud to once again host the Warmup and hope you find this years rules and theme exhilarating and challenging!
For questions, please contact the Game Awards team.
Rules
§1 – Participation
To participate in the Warmup Competition you need to be a Swedish or Norwegian resident or Swedish or Norwegian citizen. You do not, however, need to be a student to participate. Participants may be associated with, but not sponsored by, a company in the games or entertainment industry. It should be clear that it is the participant and not the company that is behind the entry. This is to encourage both students and independent developers.
§2 – Profile & Screenshots
To participate you need to have a 100% filled out profile on www.gameawards.no. Additionally, you need to upload at least two in-game screenshots while the competition is open.
§3 – Requirements
The game submitted must follow the requirements to be able to compete in the warmup competition. These requirements will be released when the competition opens. If a game does not follow the requirements, it will be instantly disqualified and removed from the Game Awards Warmup website.
§4 – Technology
Games may use any technology. The final submission must be a zip-file with either a standalone exe/installer or all files and folders needed to install the game. The game should run on the Windows XP operating system.
§5 – Dates and Submission
The competition starts at 08:00 (CET) on the 9th of November 2009, at which time the theme and requirements competing games will be released. The deadline for submissions is 23:59:59 (CET) on the 15th of November.
§6 – Disqualifications
Game Awards reserves the right to disqualify any entry, no matter what reason.
Requirements
§1 – Theme
Follow the theme. It is however open for interpretation. The theme will be announced on the 9th of November.
§2 – Controls
Only specific control schemes will be allowed. Control scheme requirements will be announced on the 9th of November.
§3 – Limitations
Certain limitations to the game will be given. The limitations will be announced on the 9th of November
Judgement
§1 – Warmup Judgement
The entries in the warmup competition will be judged by the professionaly jury by only one criteria – fun! Make sure you make the game as fun as possible.
§2 – Judgement People’s Choice
Members of the Game Awards community will be able to vote for their favourite games in the competition, with the most voted-for game selected as winner of the People’s Choice award.
-Filip Marzuki

Who won the competition?:-)