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** Mozilla invites you to push the limits of what gaming looks like on the web and to build hackable games; games that let their players remix, fork and share to their hearts' content. | ** Mozilla invites you to push the limits of what gaming looks like on the web and to build hackable games; games that let their players remix, fork and share to their hearts' content. | ||
<li><strong>Project goal</strong>:<br> | <li><strong>Project goal</strong>:<br> <br> | ||
1) Re-imagine <strong>the Web as the (gaming) platform</strong>; and create the tools for games that like the web itself are hackable by design. | <ol>1) Re-imagine <strong>the Web as the (gaming) platform</strong>; and create the tools for games that like the web itself are hackable by design.</ol> | ||
2)Move from <strong>consumption to creation</strong>. Mozilla is asking you not only to play games but to start hacking them to make your own; | <ol>2)Move from <strong>consumption to creation</strong>. Mozilla is asking you not only to play games but to start hacking them to make your own; </ol> | ||
3)<strong>Foster diversity</strong> in games for different audiences; that represent who players are and what they like. | <ol>3)<strong>Foster diversity</strong> in games for different audiences; that represent who players are and what they like. </ol> | ||
4)Use games to <strong>teach digital literacy and webmaking</strong>. Bake in coding skills as gamers make, remix and play. | <ol>4)Use games to <strong>teach digital literacy and webmaking</strong>. Bake in coding skills as gamers make, remix and play.</ol> | ||
5) <strong>Invite the world to make their own amazing games on the web; </strong> | <ol>5) <strong>Invite the world to make their own amazing games on the web; </strong> </ol> | ||
<li>At the <strong>Mozilla Festival's Game Arcade</strong>; to play with new bleeding edge game technologies and meet people who love making and hacking games as much as you do. | <li>At the <strong>Mozilla Festival's Game Arcade</strong>; to play with new bleeding edge game technologies and meet people who love making and hacking games as much as you do. | ||
<li><strong>At Mozilla's Game On </strong>; a competition calling all developers, designers, youth and educators to build the next generation of web based games. Submissions open December 3rd 2012 and close February 20th. 2013. <link http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/gameon/ > | <li><strong>At Mozilla's Game On </strong>; a competition calling all developers, designers, youth and educators to build the next generation of web based games. Submissions open December 3rd 2012 and close February 20th. 2013. <link http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/gameon/ > | ||
<li><strong>Project Owner</strong>: Chloe Varelidi </li> | <ul> | ||
<li><strong>Project Owner</strong>: Chloe Varelidi </li> | |||
<li><strong>Contact Info</strong>: chloe@mozillafoundation.org</li> | <li><strong>Contact Info</strong>: chloe@mozillafoundation.org</li> | ||
<li><strong>Links to more info / homepage</strong>: TBD</li> | <li><strong>Links to more info / homepage</strong>: TBD</li> | ||
<li><strong>What do you plan to ship or announce at the Festival?</strong></li> | <li><strong>What do you plan to ship or announce at the Festival?</strong></li> | ||
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<ul><li><strong> Hackable Games at the Game Arcade </strong> From cardboard arcades to cutting edge broswer gaming technologies, join us for a series of sessions showcasing the latest and most hackable game technologies. Re-imagine what is possible on the browser and to look at games as hackable; games that let their players remix, fork and share to their heart’s content. | <ul><li><strong> Hackable Games at the Game Arcade </strong> From cardboard arcades to cutting edge broswer gaming technologies, join us for a series of sessions showcasing the latest and most hackable game technologies. Re-imagine what is possible on the browser and to look at games as hackable; games that let their players remix, fork and share to their heart’s content. | ||
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<li> And did we mention there will be tiny plastic turtles and a Werewolf Human API? | <li> And did we mention there will be tiny plastic turtles and a Werewolf Human API? | ||
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* <strong>Who is coming? </strong> | * <strong>Who is coming? </strong> | ||