Dare to be Digital Do-ers
Dare to be Digital is the UK’s premier video games design competition open to international university students. In its 10th anniversary year, Dare is expanding its focus to give an exciting new dimension to the gaming culture.
DREAM + DO = DARE
Dare 2009 has two components: DREAM and DO.
Dream: A creative community
The creative community will be the influencers of Dare content. They will pitch game ideas that the community and the selected teams will review, vote on and choose which prototypes that the DO hothouse will deliver. The DREAM community will be invited to come to Dare ProtoPlay to show off their creative talent to the general public in the format of the Hyde Park speaker’s corner.
Do: An inspirational core
Apply Now!The original Dare to be Digital competition for talented and well qualified arts and science students and graduates but now characterised by a UK wide and international selection process to choose teams of five students to take part in the Dare hothouse in Dundee, Scotland. In the hothouse the teams will work for nine to ten weeks to create a prototype game or other interactive digital entertainment. They will receive a stipend, industry mentoring and immediately at the end of the competition, they will need to demonstrate their game to an audience of thousands at Dare ProtoPlay, part of the Edinburgh International Festival. The three best prototypes as judged by the industry will be nominated for the BAFTA Ones To Watch Award.
Our partnered games studios and publishers will be invited as judges at the selection events.
Selection event cities:
- Glasgow
- Liverpool
- London
Dare 2009 applicants will need to take up a new challenge – work on a game idea that’s voted for by the public. The 3 main criteria of Dare remain: Creativity, Market Potential & Best Use of Technology. The challenge this year is to turn an idea chosen by the public into a creative, popular and technologically exciting game prototype.