Game Development World Championship (GDWC) announces a brand new category to its already ongoing World Championship, The Brainwave Award, which highlights new technologies for game development and improves the player experience. The category winner is selected by measuring player experience with brainwave scanning technology developed by Brainamics. The Brainwave Award is presented in collaboration with Brainamics and The Game Development World Championship.
The Brainwave Award category is open for all games participating in the GDWC 2022. GDWC will nominate five games to compete for the prize.
“We are really excited about introducing the Brainwave Award to the GDWC! All competing games will be analyzed using Brainamics‘ proprietary neurotechnology based testing methodology and the game that induces the greatest user experience for the players will receive the first prize.” – Philipp Zent, CEO, Brainamics
Rewards
In Brainwave Award One winner will be picked by Brainamics by using brainwave scans to measure playtesters’ experience playing nominated games. The Brainwave Award Jury Choice will have one Winner. All five nominees will also receive a report for the playtesting brainscan data from their game.
Brainamics will Reward the Winning team with:
- Brainwave scan analysis playtesting session worth 2000 USD.
- Report from the game’s brainscan analysis & testing used to determine the winner.
The GDWC will Reward the Winning team with:
- GDWC 2022 Trophy and Digital Winner Certificate.
- GDWC Swag!
Nominees
Brainamics will Reward the Runner-ups with a full report from the game’s brainscan analysis & testing used to determine the winner.
“We’re excited to work with Brainamics and utilize this new technology to measure player experience and find the best game in the Brainwave Award category” – Olli Mäntylä, Director of GDWC.
When does GDWC happen?
GDWC is basically constantly running. 2022 season submission period runs from March 7th, 2022 for the whole year, ending on February 28th, 2023. During this period we take submissions for GDWC 2022 and conduct various activities to highlight participating games and developers. GDWC 2022 will culminate in the Awards Show during Spring 2023. Location and date to be announced later.
