Announcing the 2009 Unity Awards!
Come get the fame and fortune that's rightly yours at the annual awards ceremony to be held at Unite '09
The Unity Awards is our way of honoring the best content being created with Unity. Given that the Unity community is growing faster than ever we're confident that this year's entries are going to be the best yet.
Work with friends or go solo. Make a game. Any game. Standalone, web player, dashboard widget, iPhone, Wii, it doesn't matter. Build something great to win something great.
Categories and Prizes
We'll be awarding a unique prize to the winner of each category.
- Best Overall Game - $5000
- Best iPhone Game - $2500
- Best Technical Achievement - $1000
- Best Visual Design - $1000
How to Enter
Send an Entry Application email to contest@unity3d.com before 11:59pm GMT on September 7th, 2009. The subject line needs to include your game name like this "UA 2009: Avert Fate". The body of the email needs to include:
- Team Name
- Member Names
- Game Name
- Game Description
- Technology used (Terrains, procedural, ragdolls, etc.)
Be sure to point out anything exceptional you're doing here if you think you're in the running for the Best Technical Achievement award - Number of players, network or single machine
- Target distributable (standalone, web player, iPhone, etc)
- Website/blog/development journal?
- Optional concept art
- Optional playable demo
Beta Milestone
Unity Technologies wants everyone's game to shine and sparkle. In that spirit, all teams are encouraged to share a beta version of their entry on the Unity forum. Doing so will generate valuable play testing feedback you can use to improve your game. Don't be afraid to share your game multiple times to get even more feedback!
If you don't want to expose your game to the Unity forum, you will still need to submit a beta version to Unity Technologies. Either way, you must share a beta before 11:59pm GMT on September 21st, 2009. Teams who have not shared their beta with the forum or Unity Techologies by the deadline will be disqualified.
Important Dates
- September 7th - Last day to send Entry Application email
- September 21st - Last day to submit/post a beta build
- October 5th - Last day to submit your final build
- October 30th - Winners announced
List of Current Entries
If you want to see a listing of current entries submitted for this year's Unity Awards then please read the following thread in the Unity Community Forums:
Previous Award Winners
If you want to draw inspiration from last year's Unity Awards, or from the Top DOG contest of 2007, then please click on either of the following links:
Rules & Regulations
- All submitted content must have been created using Unity, Unity iPhone or Unity Wii.
- All submitted content must be the creation of the individual(s) submitting the game. The team must have permission to use any externally-created assets. Copyrighted materials that are used without proof of permission will lead to immediate disqualification.
- All entrants must be 18 years of age or older at the time they submit their application.
- Unity Technologies reserves the right to use submitted game content in promotional materials like unity3d.com, newsletters, press releases, etc.
- Teams that fail to send an Entry Application before 11:59pm GMT on September 7th, 2009 will be disqualified.
- Teams that fail to submit a beta to Unity Technologies or the Unity forum before 11:59pm GMT on September 21st, 2009 will be disqualified.
- Games must have been completed or published after September 1st, 2008.
- Submissions to previous Unity Awards or Top DOG are not eligible for Unity Awards 2009.
