Game Idea Contest Shortlist Announced

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You may remember Nokia's Mobile Games Innovation Challenge which ran over the summer, where professional game developers were invited to submit ideas for games with a cash prize and development contract for the top three. The competition closed earlier this month, and Nokia has now published the shortlist of the ten best suggestions, three of which will win prizes. See below for the full list and links to the developers' sites. One name we are VERY glad to see is Simlife, who created the absolutely excellent unofficial game Lament Island, and it's also nice to see such a wide range of countries represented. The winners will be announced on the 29th of October at the Nokia Games Summit in Rome.

Top 10 developers and their concepts are:

- Active Tecnologia e Consultoria Ltda. (Brazil) - Cinemarena - set in a movie theatre, controlling avatars on the big screen

- CreatePlayShare (India) - Ball - play any ball game on your mobile device or even create your own new game

- A Different Game (Sweden) - Ghost Wire - use your mobile device to communicate with ghosts

- Eclipse Interactive (UK) - Watchers - conspiracy adventure game that uses Nokia Maps and other real world tools to find locations

- Int13 (France) - Kweekies - augmented reality virtual pet game that allows players to interact with their pet by utilizing the embedded camera of their mobile device

- Jadestone (Sweden) and C4M (France) - Melokey - a music game for mobile devices where you learn to master songs and play them against other in-game characters to win the hearts of your fans

- LemonQuest (Spain) - Wave Pirates - a fun action game where players turn into a pirate navigating the seven seas, looking for gold and glory

- Onur Yazilim (Turkey) - Comet Hunter - a 2-D shooting game which combines the excitement of shooting with natural sound effects made by players themselves

- Simlife (China) - XDancery - a music game where players can touch the screen, draw patterns on the screen, shake the device or sing into it to hit the music tempo notes

- TechnoBubble (Spain) - Fun Cam - a mixed reality game that connects your camera on your mobile device to the TV