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<DIV>Swinburne University of Technology's annual <STRONG><FONT color=#ff0000>Games Design Competition</FONT></STRONG> is back again, and this year it's going to be bigger and better than ever!</DIV>
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<DIV>We have launched a brand new website, which is easier to navigate, has all the documentation that your students need to build their ultimate arcade game and is now compatible with more platforms and languages. </DIV>
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<P style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; MARGIN: 10px 0px; WORD-SPACING: 0px; FONT: 13px/18px Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; COLOR: rgb(68,68,70); TEXT-INDENT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px; WHITE-SPACE: normal; LETTER-SPACING: normal; BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(247,247,249); TEXT-ALIGN: left; orphans: 2; widows: 2; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px" mce_style="margin-top: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; text-align: left; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; "><FONT face=Tahoma color=#000000>SwinGame 2012 is a games development competition for all Australian Secondary School students. It is your chance to win great prizes, gain real-world experience in software and games development and work on a fun creative project with your friends.</FONT></P>
<P style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; MARGIN: 10px 0px; WORD-SPACING: 0px; FONT: 13px/18px Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; COLOR: rgb(68,68,70); TEXT-INDENT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px; WHITE-SPACE: normal; LETTER-SPACING: normal; BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(247,247,249); TEXT-ALIGN: left; orphans: 2; widows: 2; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px" mce_style="margin-top: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; text-align: left; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; "><FONT face=Tahoma color=#000000>The SwinGame competition is an exciting opportunity for you to showcase your technical and design skills by creating a game using the SwinGame Software Development Kit to build an Arcade game.</FONT></P>
<P style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; MARGIN: 10px 0px; WORD-SPACING: 0px; FONT: 13px/18px Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; COLOR: rgb(68,68,70); TEXT-INDENT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px; WHITE-SPACE: normal; LETTER-SPACING: normal; BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(247,247,249); TEXT-ALIGN: left; orphans: 2; widows: 2; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px" mce_style="margin-top: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; text-align: left; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; "><FONT color=#000000><FONT face=Tahoma>The competition is open fo<SPAN style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; FONT-SIZE: 1em; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; MARGIN: 0px; COLOR: rgb(0,51,170); PADDING-TOP: 0px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left" mce_style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; text-align: left; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1em; color: #0033aa; "></SPAN>r<SPAN class=Apple-converted-space> </SPAN></FONT></FONT><A style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px; COLOR: rgb(101,173,197); TEXT-DECORATION: none" href="http://www.swinburne.edu.au/ict/schools/swingame/" target=_blank mce_href="http://www.swinburne.edu.au/ict/schools/swinGame/"><FONT face=Tahoma color=#000000><STRONG><FONT color=#000080>Registration Now</FONT></STRONG>!</FONT></A><FONT color=#000000><FONT face=Tahoma><SPAN class=Apple-converted-space> </SPAN>You are required to submit your deliverables by 5.30pm on Friday 3rd August, 2012.</FONT></FONT></P>
<P style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; MARGIN: 10px 0px; WORD-SPACING: 0px; FONT: 13px/18px Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; COLOR: rgb(68,68,70); TEXT-INDENT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px; WHITE-SPACE: normal; LETTER-SPACING: normal; BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(247,247,249); TEXT-ALIGN: left; orphans: 2; widows: 2; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px" mce_style="margin-top: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; text-align: left; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; "><FONT face=Tahoma color=#000000>This year's prizes are:</FONT></P>
<UL style="PADDING-LEFT: 30px; MARGIN: 15px 0px; WORD-SPACING: 0px; FONT: 13px/18px MavenProRegular; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; COLOR: rgb(68,68,70); TEXT-INDENT: 0px; WHITE-SPACE: normal; LETTER-SPACING: normal; BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(247,247,249); orphans: 2; widows: 2; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px">
<LI><SPAN style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" mce_style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; "><FONT face=Tahoma color=#000000>1st prize is $1,000 cash for the team or individual student</FONT></SPAN></LI>
<LI><SPAN style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" mce_style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; "><FONT face=Tahoma color=#000000>2nd prize is $500 cash for the team or individual student</FONT></SPAN></LI>
<LI style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px"><SPAN style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" mce_style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; "><FONT face=Tahoma color=#000000>3rd prize is $250 cash for the team or individual student</FONT></SPAN></LI></UL>
<P style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; MARGIN: 10px 0px; WORD-SPACING: 0px; FONT: 13px/18px Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; COLOR: rgb(68,68,70); TEXT-INDENT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px; WHITE-SPACE: normal; LETTER-SPACING: normal; BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(247,247,249); TEXT-ALIGN: left; orphans: 2; widows: 2; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px" mce_style="margin-top: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; text-align: left; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; "><FONT color=#000000><FONT face=Tahoma>The winning teams or individuals will be announced at Swinburne's<SPAN class=Apple-converted-space> </SPAN></FONT></FONT><A style="COLOR: rgb(101,173,197); TEXT-DECORATION: none" href="http://www.swinburne.edu.au/openday/" mce_href="http://www.swinburne.edu.au/openday/"><FONT face=Tahoma color=#000080><STRONG>Open Day, 2012</STRONG></FONT></A><FONT color=#000000><FONT face=Tahoma><SPAN class=Apple-converted-space><STRONG><FONT color=#000080> </FONT></STRONG></SPAN>-<SPAN class=Apple-converted-space> </SPAN></FONT></FONT><A style="COLOR: rgb(101,173,197); TEXT-DECORATION: none" href="http://www.swinburne.edu.au/campuses/hawthorn/" target=_blank mce_href="http://www.swinburne.edu.au/campuses/hawthorn/"><FONT face=Tahoma color=#000000>Hawthorn Campus</FONT></A><FONT face=Tahoma color=#000000>.<BR style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px" mce_bogus="1"></FONT></P>
<P style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; MARGIN: 10px 0px; WORD-SPACING: 0px; FONT: 13px/18px Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; COLOR: rgb(68,68,70); TEXT-INDENT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px; WHITE-SPACE: normal; LETTER-SPACING: normal; BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(247,247,249); TEXT-ALIGN: left; orphans: 2; widows: 2; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px" mce_style="margin-top: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; text-align: left; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; "><FONT face=Tahoma color=#000000>Start creating your game now and impress us with your skills. If you need help, please don't hesitate to </FONT><A style="COLOR: rgb(101,173,197); TEXT-DECORATION: none" href="http://swingame.com/index.php/contact.html" mce_href="/index.php/contact.html"><SPAN style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; FONT-SIZE: 1em; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; MARGIN: 0px; COLOR: rgb(0,51,170); PADDING-TOP: 0px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left" mce_style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; text-align: left; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1em; color: #0033aa; "></SPAN></A><A style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px; COLOR: rgb(101,173,197); TEXT-DECORATION: none" href="http://swingame.com/index.php/contact.html" mce_href="/index.php/contact.html"><FONT face=Tahoma color=#000000>contact us</FONT></A><FONT color=#000000><FONT face=Tahoma><SPAN class=Apple-converted-space> </SPAN>or register and use the forum. </FONT></FONT></P></DIV>
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<DIV>Find out more about SwinGame on our new website!</DIV>
<DIV><A href="http://swingame.com/">http://swingame.com/</A></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma>Bianca van Meeuwen<BR>ICT Outreach Officer</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma>Faculty of Information and Communication Technologies </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma>Swinburne University of Technology<BR>PO Box 218 John Street </FONT>
<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma>Hawthorn 3122</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><A href="mailto:bvanmeeuwen@swin.edu.au">bvanmeeuwen@swin.edu.au</A> </A></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma>p: 9214 8768<BR>f: 9819 5993</FONT></DIV>
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