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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>: | <li><strong>Project goal</strong>: | ||
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. <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. <br> | ||
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;<br> | 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;<br> | ||
3)<strong>Foster diversity</strong> in games for different audiences; that represent who players are and what they like.<br> | 3)<strong>Foster diversity</strong> in games for different audiences; that represent who players are and what they like.<br> | ||
4)Use games to <strong>teach digital literacy and webmaking</strong>. Bake in coding skills as gamers make, remix and play.<br> | 4)Use games to <strong>teach digital literacy and webmaking</strong>. Bake in coding skills as gamers make, remix and play.<br> | ||
5)<strong>Invite the world to make their own amazing games on the web; </strong> | 5)<strong>Invite the world to make their own amazing games on the web; </strong> | ||
***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. | ***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. | ||
***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/ > | ***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/ > | ||