The Qualcomm YetiZen 2013 Mobility Unleashed Game Developer Contest (the "Contest"), sponsored by Qualcomm and administered by YetiZen, LLC (hereinafter "Sponsor", "Administrator", "we", "our", or "us") is open for participation to individuals who are at least 18 years of age as of December 20th, 2012, are legal residents or citizens of the United States of America and have technical programming education, experience and/or knowledge to create gaming functionality for mobile devices (collectively, including meeting all Contest-related eligibility requirements herein, "Participants", "You", "I", "yourself", or "me"). Employees and directors, together with members of their immediate families (parent, child, sibling and spouse of each regardless of where they reside) and those living in their same households (whether or not related), of Sponsor and its subsidiaries and equity affiliates and any person supporting the Contest, including the Administrator and their parent, subsidiaries and equity affiliates, and any advertising and promotion agencies of any of the foregoing entities are ineligible to participate or be awarded and retain any Contest prize.

By your participation, including registration, verification activities and redemption of any Contest prize (collectively "Entry"), you agree these full Official Rules ("Rules") which will govern all aspects of your relationship with the Contest and its official web site (official website will be entered here once site made public) ("Site") and Sponsors, Administrator, and agents. These Rules cannot be modified or superseded except by Sponsor or administrator, in its reasonable discretion, posted on the Site. The Contest begins on January 17th, 2013 at 10:00:00 AM Pacific Standard Time ("PST") and ends on February 8, 2013, at 5:00:00 PM PST ("Contest Entry Term"). Contest consists of the Submission Period. Please visit http://www.worldtimeserver.com/ or other world time database to determine your local time.

Contest Submission Period

Period	Start Time	End Time
Submission Period	January 17, 2013 at 10:00:00AM (PST)	February 8, 2013 at 5:00:00PM (PST)

Participation in the Mobility Unleashed Game Developer Contest Submission.

1. If you wish to participate in this Contest, you must go to the Site and submit your Entry for the Contest ("Contest Submission Period"). At time of submission, you will be required to accurately and truthfully provide all mandatory submission information specified on the Site for participation, including agreement to the Official Rules, Privacy Statement and Terms of Use (subject to confirmation or verification by Sponsor and/or Administrator). Both individuals and companies are eligible for participation in the Contest (exception: individuals working for a company that submits an Entry cannot participate as an individual). Membership of a company that is competing may fluctuate within the parameters of these Official Rules until the close of the Contest Registration Period, at which time the membership of registered companies are locked for purposes of the Contest Submission Period and continuing participating in the Contest (subject to confirmation or verification by Sponsor and/or Administrator). Participants can submit either as an individual or as a maximum of one (1) Company. Each Company is solely responsible for its own collaboration and cooperation with respect to Contest participation. In no event will Sponsor or Administrator officiate in any dispute regarding the activities and participation of Company members.


2. All projects submitted to the Contest must be developed for either the Android devices or the Windows RT (collectively referred to as "Game(s)").


3. Games submitted to the Contest that are on devices using the Snapdragon processors will be given special consideration http://www.qualcomm.com/snapdragon/smartphones


4. Games should be released and available for download on a mobile store, though projects in development can also be considered. In the case of the latter, a Game must at least be in the prototype stage provided to us.


5. Submissions must include
• Game Synopsis



Create a Game Synopsis that includes each of the following elements: (a) a "Name/title" for your Game (up to a maximum of 30 characters); and (b) A "Game Description" of up to a maximum of 2,000 characters. Game Description must not infringe on any third party rights, and must be used in accordance with all applicable licensing and use terms; and (c) three (3) screenshot images of the Game, which must be in .jpeg format, capture the play and style of the Game as accurately as possible and contain no unfinished artwork or graphical artifacts. Each screenshot cannot exceed a maximum file size of 2MB ("Screenshots").


• Game Video



Create a video that depicts the Game's functionality and gameplay.

6. To be eligible for judging, the Entry must meet the following content/technical requirements: (i) be originally developed, or, to the extent that pre-existing source code is incorporated into the Game, contain only source code that does not infringe on any third party rights, conforms to all applicable licensing and use terms, and is clearly identified in the Game Description (submitted as part of the Game Synopsis) as coming from another source; (ii) be written in English; (iii) conform to all applicable licensing and use terms (iv) does not contain any third-party promotion marketing or advertising in any form or of any kind; (v) is not obscene, indecent, violent, hateful, libelous or contain other offensive or inappropriate content, explicitly or by innuendo, as determined in Our reasonable discretion; or (vi) does not infringe on any third party rights or otherwise violate or be prohibited by applicable law or regulation.


7. Entries may NOT contain, as determined by us, in our sole and absolute discretion, any content that:
• is sexually explicit, unnecessarily violent or derogatory of any ethnic, racial, gender, religious, professional or age group; profane or pornographic;


• promotes alcohol, illegal drugs, tobacco (or the use of any of the foregoing) or a particular political agenda;


• defames, misrepresents or contains disparaging remarks about other people or companies;


• contains trademarks, logos, or trade dress, without express written consent of the rights holder(s) or a reasonably apparent lawful basis for your use(s);


• contains copyrighted materials owned by others (including photographs, sculptures, paintings, and other works of art or images published on or in websites, television, movies or other media) either without express written consent of the rights holder(s) or a reasonably apparent lawful basis for your use(s);
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• contains materials embodying the names, likenesses, voices, or other indicia identifying any person (other than a member of your family or community for whom you have received consent) including, without limitation, celebrities and/or other public or private figures, living or dead either without express written consent of the rights holder(s) or a reasonably apparent lawful basis for your use(s);


• contains look-alikes of celebrities or other public or private figures, living or dead either without express written consent of the rights holder(s) or a reasonably apparent lawful basis for your use(s);


• communicates messages or images inconsistent with the positive images and/or good will to which we wish to associate; and/or violates any law;


• contains packaging or building (exteriors/interiors) owned by others.


8. Administrator reserves the right to investigate and verify, conditionally reject, or reject outright any tendered Entry, in our sole and absolute discretion, that we in good faith determine may not, or does not, meet the above criteria or any terms and conditions in these rules.Submit Entry


9. The Entry and all Entry-related information must be in English. Input and submission of the Participant-specific and Contest-related registration and Entry submission information (including all information designated as mandatory) constitutes official tender by prospective Participant(s) for Entry in the Contest subject to continuing eligibility, participation, verification and adherence to the Rules. Personally identifiable information submitted in conjunction with an individual Participant’s registration for the Contest must match the information submitted at the time of Entry submission.


10. All eligible Entries will be preliminarily (and at any time, may subsequently be) screened for conformity with the Official Rules and may be posted on [insert link for final submission page once available] for public viewing.


11. By entering the Contest, each Participant/Company warrants that Participant’s/Company’s right to enter the Entry is not restricted in any way. In the event an Entry includes elements not owned by Participant/Company, then Participant/Company may be required to provide, if requested, a legal release for use of such elements, in a form satisfactory to judges such that Sponsor/Administrator may use such elements, in whole or in part, and any modification thereof, in any and all media now known or hereinafter developed without territorial, time or any other limitation. In addition, if the Entry includes collaborative contributions from multiple individuals, Participant/Company warrants that he/she has the right to include such contributions in the Entry, in accordance with the terms and conditions of these Rules and then Participant/Company may be required to provide, if requested, a legal release for use of such elements, in a form satisfactory to judges and such the Sponsor/Administrator may use elements, in whole or in part, and any modification thereof, in any and all media not known or hereinafter developed without territorial, time or any other limitations. Should Sponsor/Administrator become aware of any potential dispute between a Participant/Company and/or any alleged collaborator that would impair the validity of an Entry for purposes of this Contest, Sponsor/Administrator reserves the right in its sole discretion to exclude such Entry from the Contest. Participant/Company grants to and sponsor/administrator (including their other affiliates and subsidiaries, employees, agents, and contractors), any testing partners, and the Administrator and Contest judges an irrevocable, royalty free, fully paid up, worldwide, non-exclusive license to use, review, assess, test and otherwise analyze its Entry in connection with this Contest. By entering, Participant/Company is also giving sponsor/administrator permission to feature its Entry and any associated materials, in any medium including, but not limited to, website, television, radio and/or printed materials, and to promote this Contest, future contests and sponsor/administrator products.


12. Participant/Company understands and acknowledges that sponsor/administrator may have developed or commissioned materials similar or identical to the Participant/Company’s Entry and Participant/Company waives any claims it may have resulting from any similarities to the Participant/Company’s Entry. Participant/Company understands that sponsor/administrator cannot control the incoming information that will be disclosed to its representatives in the course of entering, or what its representatives will remember about each Entry. Participant/Company also understands that sponsor/administrator will not restrict work assignments of representatives who have had access to Contest entries. By entering this Contest, Participant/Company agrees that use of information in sponsor/administrator representatives’ unaided memories in the development or deployment of sponsor/administrator products or services does not create liability for sponsor/administrator under these Official Rules or any copyright or trade secret law. Participant/Company understands that it will not receive any compensation or credit for use of its Entry, other than what is described in these Official Rules.
Judging Criteria; Judging Process; Prizes.


Judging Criteria.


13. All eligible Entries received will be judged based on following criteria (with associated % weightings as noted):


• Fun Factor (30%): The fun factor will be evaluated based on how the Game design creates a positive user experience. This may include how intellectually challenging, relaxing, stimulating or satisfying the Game is. A key indicator for the fun factor will be the desire to keep playing; and
• Innovation (30%): Game innovation will be evaluated based on how creative and technically unique it is; and
• Production Quality (40%): production quality will be evaluated based on how seamless the overall gameplay is, the quality of the assets used, User Interface design, and performance and stability of the Game. Production Quality will take into special consideration if the game meets the following criteria:

• Graphics/GPU


Open GL-ES 2.0, 3.0
3D graphics
At least 30fps
DX 9.3, 11
Target for 1080P
Use of pixel/fragment shader effects
Use of vertex shaders
Use of geometry shaders
Use of common shaders like


Bloom/glow
Diffuse
Specular
Transparency
Depth of field
Motion blur


• CPU


• Take advantage of multiple cores (4) to use multi-threading


• Network


• Multiplayer games (4+ players, MMO)
• Take advantage of LTE
• Usage of AllJoyn


• Misc


• Any other unique features or use of technologies (e.g., camera, audio, AR/Vuforia)
• Cross platform gaming across smartphones, tablets, TVs


• Sensors
• Use of accelometer
• Use of gyros


• Middleware


• Use of middleware engines like Unreal, Unity3D




Application of the Judging Criteria to Entries shall be at the judges' reasonable discretion and, as to matters of subjectivity, the judges' sole discretion. The judges' decisions are final and binding in all matters relating to this Contest.




Judging Process

Each Eligible Entry will be judged as follows:




After the close of the Submission Period, all eligible Entries received will be reviewed, considered and evaluated by qualified judges, pursuant to the Judging Criteria described above.




Judging for finalists, and announcement of winners, will be performed live at YetiZen Innovation Lab, 540 Howard Street, San Francisco, CA 94105, USA on February 22nd, 2013




Prizes

If an eligible Entry is selected as a Contest Finalist, the following prize(s) will be awarded to Participant or in the case of a team Entry to the individual who completed the Entry, subject to verification:




An exclusive announcement at YetiZen's annual Epic GDC 2013 Party and an opportunity to play a video trailer of the game at the party ($5,000 value).




A sponsor booth all week long at YetiZen Innovation Lab during GDC week March 25-29, 2013 (a $20,000 value) at all Thought Leadership luncheons.




10 Hours of Mentorship from game industry veterans (from such industry leaders as Ian McGee, David Helgasson, Josh Rose, Patrick Mork, Jason Citron, Jesse Janosov, Mike Ayer, Kenneth Williams, Ankur Jain, Jill Ford, Kenneth Williams, and Randy Angle)




$10,000 in distribution credits through Taptica, subject to Taptica performance restrictions.




Consideration for acceptance into YetiZen's Accelerator program, 5th round, beginning March 2013.

• For details on YetiZen Accelerator Program see: http://yetizen.com/about-yetizen-accelerator/ and the FAQ at: http://yetizen.com/faq/

All prize Finalists are 'potential' Finalists, subject to notification, verification and acceptance of such prizes. Taxes, duties or other costs, if any, relating to receipt, acceptance and or use of Finalist prizes are the sole responsibility of the Participant and YetiZen is not responsible for any disputes arising between Team members regarding prize dispersal. Potential Finalists will be notified by sending a message to the e-mail address, the phone number, or mailing address (if any) provided at time of registration within seven (7) days following completion of judging. If the notification is returned as undeliverable or potential Finalist is otherwise unreachable for any reason, We may award to a runner-up. If there is a dispute as to who is the potential Finalist, We will consider the potential Finalist to be the authorized account holder of the e-mail address used to enter the Contest.




We reserve the right in their sole discretion to substitute an alternative prize or element of a prize of equal or greater value due to unavailability or inability to deliver such prize or prize element. All Contest prize consideration will be awarded solely to the officially registered Participants. We accepts no responsibility or liability for disputes, if any, that may arise between officially registered Participants, including regarding teammate issues, relating to participation in the Contest and award/distribution of Contest prizes. In the event a potential Finalist cannot be reasonably notified, verified or confirmed based on two (2) attempts (and further attempts at Our sole discretion), a Contest prize is declined or a potential Finalist or an Entry is determined not to be eligible for Contest participation or award of a Contest prize for whatever reason, an alternate Finalist may be chosen based on the Judging Criteria in accordance with these Rules.




General Terms and Conditions


Internet Usage Advisory


A Participant is solely responsible for the equipment and Internet access required to connect to the Site and/or otherwise participate in the Contest. No responsibility is assumed for information not received from Participants, inaccurate information or corrupted files, whether caused by any of the equipment, computers, telephone, cable, network, electronic or Internet hardware or software malfunctions, failures, connections, availability or garbled or jumbled transmissions, service provider/Internet/web site/use net accessibility or availability, air or ground traffic congestion, or unauthorized human intervention or by any human, mechanical or computer error or failure which may occur in the processing or storing of information.




Rules Interpretation and Contest Adjudication.


The Contest and its continuing terms and conditions, benefits and participation are offered to Participants at the sole discretion of Us or Our affiliates. We reserve the right to limit or restrict upon notice participation in the Contest to any person at any time for any reason. We reserve the right to amend or interpret the Rules or official Contest communications and any element or elements arising under or relating to the Contest at any time, upon published notice to Participants on the Site. A Participant shall be deemed to have notice of any such amendments or interpretations upon publication of the same on the Site and shall be deemed to have accepted such amendments or interpretations by virtue of a Participant's continuing participation in the Contest. Should a Participant not wish to continue to participate in the Contest pursuant to the prevailing Rules, as amended or interpreted, a Participant may terminate participation in the Contest upon notice to Sponsor and/or Administrator. Except where prohibited, Participants in the Contest agree that: (1) any and all disputes, claims, and causes of action arising out of or connected with this Contest, or any benefits received, or the administration of the Contest shall be resolved individually, without resort to any form of class action, and exclusively by arbitration, to take place in the State of California, United States pursuant to the Rules of the American Arbitration Association, then effective, (2) any and all claims, judgments and awards shall be limited to actual out-of-pocket costs incurred, including costs associated with participating in the Contest and in no event shall Participants be entitled to receive attorneys' fees or other legal costs; and (3) under no circumstances will a Participant be permitted to obtain awards for and Participants hereby waive all rights to claim punitive, incidental and consequential damages and any other damages, other than for actual out-of-pocket expenses, and any and all rights to have damages multiplied or otherwise increased. Except where prohibited, all issues and questions concerning the construction, validity, interpretation and enforceability of these Rules, or the rights and obligations of Participant(s) and Sponsor and Contest Administrator in connection with the Contest, shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the United States and the State of California, without regard for conflicts of law doctrine of any jurisdiction, and subject to resolution only in the City of San Francisco, State of California, United States. By Entry and participation in the Contest, Participants, including on behalf of their organizations/companies, agree that the City of San Francisco, State of California, United States will be the exclusive forum for any formal dispute resolution.

Disclaimers and Idemnification.


WE, AND OUR RESPECTIVE PARENTS, SUBSIDIARIES, AFFILIATED COMPANIES AND OUR DISTRIBUTORS, ADVERTISING, PUBLIC RELATIONS, MEDIA, CONTEST AND JUDGING AGENCIES, AND ALL OF OUR RESPECTIVE OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, REPRESENTATIVES AND AGENTS (COLLECTIVELY, THE RELEASED PARTIES) EXPRESSLY DISCLAIM ANY AND ALL WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND (WHETHER EXPRESS, IMPLIED, STATUTORY OR OTHERWISE), INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, IMPLIED WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. RELEASED PARTIES SHALL NOT BE LIABLE OR RESPONSIBLE FOR THOSE GUARANTEES, WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS MADE OR OFFERED BY ADVERTISERS, PARTNERS, MANUFACTURERS OR SUPPLIERS, INCLUDING THOSE RELATING TO THE PRIZES. UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES SHALL RELEASED PARTIES BE HELD RESPONSIBLE OR LIABLE FOR A PARTICIPANT'S USE OF THE INFORMATION AND/OR PRODUCTS PROVIDED AND/OR MADE AVAILABLE THROUGH THE CONTEST OR FOR ERRORS OR ANOMALIES RESULTING IN THE UNINTENDED OR ERRONEOUS PARTICIPATION, AWARD OF CONTEST PRIZES OR OTHER BENEFITS UNDER THE CONTEST TO PARTICIPANTS. RELEASED PARTIES OFFER NO ASSURANCES, GUARANTEES, WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS THAT THE CONTEST OR CONTEST WEBSITES WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR-FREE AND DOES NOT GUARANTEE THE ACCURACY OR RELIABILITY OF ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED THROUGH THE CONTEST. RELEASED PARTIES ASSUME NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANY COMPUTER-RELATED DAMAGES DUE TO DOWNLOADING MATERIALS. RELEASED PARTIES WILL NOT BE LIABLE, AND ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE, FOR DAMAGES OF ANY KIND RELATED TO A PARTICIPANT'S PARTICIPATION OR INABILITY TO PARTICIPATE IN THE CONTEST, WHETHER THE DAMAGES ARE DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL. FURTHER, BY PARTICIPATING IN THE CONTEST AND/OR ACCEPTING A CONTEST PRIZE, A PARTICIPANT AGREES THAT RELEASED PARTIES SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR, AND WILL BE HELD HARMLESS BY PARTICIPANT AGAINST, ANY LIABILITY FOR ANY DAMAGE, INJURY OR LOSS TO PERSON (INCLUDING DEATH) OR PROPERTY DUE IN WHOLE OR IN PART, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, TO ACCEPTANCE, POSSESSION, USE OR MISUSE OF A CONTEST PRIZE, PARTICIPATION IN ANY CONTEST PRIZE-RELATED ACTIVITY, USE OF ANY TENDERED ENTRY OR OTHER RIGHTS GRANTED HEREIN OR PARTICIPATION IN THIS CONTEST. SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE LIMITATION OR EXCLUSION OF LIABILITY FOR INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES; THEREFORE THE ABOVE LIMITATIONS OR EXCLUSIONS MAY NOT APPLY.




Any attempted participation by any other means except as permitted by these Rules or official Contest communications is void. Released Parties will not be responsible for lost, late, incomplete, stolen, misdirected, undelivered, delayed, inaccurate, garbled or illegible materials, entries, email or mail; or for any computer, telephone, cable, network, satellite, electronic or Internet hardware or software malfunctions, failures, connections, or availability, or for garbled or jumbled transmissions, or for service provider/Internet/Web site/use net accessibility or availability, traffic congestion, or unauthorized human intervention, or for inaccurate capture of any information, Prize orders or other information, or the failure to capture any such information. Released Parties are not responsible for any incorrect or inaccurate information, whether caused by printing errors, Site users, tampering, hacking, or by any of the equipment or programming associated with or utilized in the Contest, and are not responsible for any error, omission, interruption, deletion, defect, delay in operation or transmission, communications line failure, theft or destruction or unauthorized access to the Contest Site or any communications means or for any other error or failure of any kind in connection with or relating to this Contest, whether caused by any human, typographical, printing, mechanical, computer or other means, including, without limitation, errors or failures which may occur in connection with the processing or storing of information, the administration of the Contest, the uploading, processing validating, posting and/or judging of entries, the announcement of the Contest Prizes or in any Contest-related materials. Released Parties are not responsible for injury or damage to Participants' or to any other person's computer related to or resulting from participating in this Contest or downloading materials from or use of the Site. Released Parties reserve the right, in its sole discretion, to reasonably suspend or cancel the Contest should any virus, bug and/or other cause beyond the control of Released Parties that corrupts the administration, security or proper operation of the Contest. In the event the Contest is cancelled, Released Parties may, at its sole discretion, determine the Finalists from among all eligible and non-suspect validated Entries received up to the time of such action using the judging procedure outlined above. Participants agree to release, defend, indemnify and hold harmless Released Parties from and against, and accept all responsibility of any kind, including but not limited to financial, for any liability, claims, losses, damages or proceedings, including but not limited for death, (including reasonable attorneys' fees) relating to any actions taken by a Participant, including submission of Game Descriptions, thumbnails and Games, or anyone else purporting to act on Participant's behalf in regard to the Contest (whether or not such use occurred with or without your permission). Participant also agrees to release, defend, indemnify and hold harmless the Released Parties from any and all liability, claims, losses, damages or proceedings, including but not limited for death (including reasonable attorneys' fees) relating to Contest Prizes and any other matter in connection with a Participant's participation in the Contest or Released Parties designees.

Contest Administrator.


30 The Administrator of this Contest is YetiZen LLC, 540 Howard Street, Second Floor, San Francisco, California 94105, U.S.A.




31 General Contest-related inquiries or questions may additionally be sent to [email protected]