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<h3>Hackable Games</h3>
<h2>Mozilla Game On: Build the Next Generation of Web Based Games.</h2>
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<li><strong>Project Name:</strong> Hackable Games</li>  
<b>Mozilla: The Web is the Console</b>
*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 Game On is a competition from Mozilla, the global non-profit community and makers of Firefox.
* Game On reflects Mozilla's commitment to investing in bleeding edge gaming technologies and use games to teach digital literacy and webmaking.
* We are calling all developers, designers, youth and educators to build the next generation of web based games.


<li><strong>Project goals</strong>:<br><br>
<b>Build the Next Generation of Web Based Games.</b>
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>
* Re-imagine the Web as the console;  
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>
* Use the power of the web to revolutionize the way we make and play games. 
3)<strong>Foster diversity</strong> in games for different  audiences; that represent who players are and what they like.<br>
* Invent new game mechanics, create new story lines, engage diverse audiences and introduce aesthetically challenging content.
4)Use games to <strong>teach digital literacy and webmaking</strong>. Bake in coding skills as gamers make, remix and play.<br>
* Make games that can be played on your desktop, on your phone, on your tablet with tools like the new Firefox OS.
5)<strong>Invite the world to make their own amazing games on the web; </strong>
* Design play that like the web itself is hackable by design. Games that let you pull assets and data from across the web into your game world. Games that let you remix, fork and share to your heart’s content.
**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.
* Engage your players to learn as they make, remix and play.
**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/ >


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<br><b>Game On Facts</b>
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* Make browser-based mobile games, hackable games and games for learning
<li><strong>Project Owner</strong>: Chloe Varelidi </li>
* Win a trip to the Game Developers Conference  to meet industry pioneers.
* Have your completed game featured in Mozilla’s Marketplace.
* Submissions open on December3, 2012 and close February 20, 2013. For more info and updates stay tuned here.
<br><b>Game On Call to Action: </b>
* During Game On we will be launching Game Jams to build prototypes for the competitions in various cities
* The first one takes place in London at the Mozilla Festival: Nov 9-11
* Games are a major part of this year's Mozilla Festival in London.
** Got a game idea for the competition you'd like help testing and finishing up?
** Want to showcase a new technology or teach others how to use it?
** Interested in playing with new technologies and meeting people who love making and hacking games as much as you do?
* Join us for a series of game jams and learning labs at MozFest! Learn more at mozillafestival.org.


<li><strong>Contact Info</strong>: chloe@mozillafoundation.org</li>
<br><b>Judges (more soon)</b>
* Siobhan Reddy , Media Molecule
* Alice Taylor, Makie Lab,
* Greg Trefry - Institute of Play, NYU Game Center, CoAP, Gigantic Mechanic
* Jo Twist, UKIE
* Rasmus Lerdorf
* Michael John, Sr Creative Dir, EA
* Nick Fortugno, Parsons, The New School for Design, Playmatics
* Drew Davidson, Carnegie Mellon
* Martin Best, Mozilla Gaming Labs
* Lisa Long, Six to Start


<li><strong>Links to more info / homepage</strong>: TBD</li>
<br><b>Partners</b>
*NESTA <link>
*Nominet Trust <link>
<b>Assets</b>
* SPOKESPERSON: Chloe Varelidi, Hackable Games Lead, Mozilla. @varelidi .
* CONTACT DETAILS: chloe@mozillafoundation.org
* <b>QUOTES</b>:
*CHLOE VARELIDI BIO:Chloe is the lead for Mozilla's Hackable Games Lab, a virtual lab to create, tinker, and play with remixable games that use the web as platform. She was previously the Creative Director and a founding staff member at Quest to Learn and the Institute of Play in New York, where she designed and produced digital and analog games and curriculum that teach game design to youth. She also runs a street game festival in her hometown of Athens, Greece, and occasionally makes her own handcrafted electronics. Chloe holds an MFA in Design and Technology from Parsons, The New School for Design.


<li><strong>What do you plan to ship or announce at the Festival?</strong></li>
* TBA '''LOGOS'''<nowiki>: </nowiki>[https://www.dropbox.com/sh/cxg55av4l60140g/uBUGwDaQoA Mozilla Festival] | [https://assets.mozillalabs.com/Brands-Logos/Webmaker/ Mozilla Webmaker] | [https://blog.mozilla.org/press/media-library/ Mozilla and Firefox]
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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.


<strong>What will you be doing at the Game Arcade?</strong>
* TBA'''Photos'''<nowiki>: </nowiki>[http://www.flickr.com/photos/mozilladrumbeat/favorites/ Mozilla Flickr favorites] | Best from last year's Mozilla Festival [http://www.flickr.com/photos/mozilladrumbeat/galleries/72157627965849097/ 1] [http://www.flickr.com/photos/mozilladrumbeat/galleries/72157627966228025/ 2] [http://www.flickr.com/photos/mozilladrumbeat/galleries/72157627967420803/ 3] | Best of Mozilla Webmaker [http://www.flickr.com/photos/mozilladrumbeat/galleries/72157631590359710/ 1] [http://www.flickr.com/photos/mozilladrumbeat/galleries/72157631590759165/ 2] | [http://www.flickr.com/photos/mozilladrumbeat/galleries/72157629520245479/ Photos approved for press use]
 
*  TBA '''Poster and postcard'''. [https://www.dropbox.com/sh/pyt67gusp3r92gk/aMhlTdGiO_ Source files] + [http://www.google.com/webfonts#UsePlace:use/Collection:Open Sans OpenSans font] '''
  ***Play with new technologies that push the limits of the browser.
* TBA TWEETS
 
* USEFUL LINKS:
  *** Meet people who love making and hacking games as much as you do.
** About Mozilla Webmaker https://webmaker.org/en-US/about/
 
** Mozilla Webmaker launch press release https://webmaker.org/en-US/about/
  *** Learn more about Mozilla's Game On Competition <link http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/gameon/ >
** Mozilla Festival press page http://mozillafestival.org/press/
 
** Additional Mozilla Festival assets http://mozillafestival.org/share/
  *** And did we mention there will be tiny plastic turtles and a Werewolf Human API?
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*<strong>Who is coming? </strong>
[Orgs] UKIE http://ukie.info/ <uk interactive entertainment association> [Bigger Brands] Mind Candy (Moshi Monsters), Six to Start (Zombies Run), MakieLab (Makie.me), BabyCastles [Edu people] Minecraft EDU, Gaming Mozilla Labs, CERN, Quest to Learn, NYU Poly Game Innovation Lab, MIT Lifelong Kindergarten, [Indie studios] Play My Code, Gigantic Mechanic, Owlchemy Labs, Craftyy. [waiting from Media Molecule Little Big Planet to get confirmation from Sony= ETA, next week  ]
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<ul><strong>QUOTES </strong><br>
With Game On and Hackable Games we are hoping to both explore what gaming looks like on the web but also tie into many other projects that we are doing here at Mozilla; from FirefoxOS to Webmaker, we are asking you to re-imagine the Web as the platform;<br>
 
  <li> to make; we are empowering people to move from consumption to creation. In specific not only play games but start making their own; Games that represent who players are and what they like.
 
  <li> to learn; use games to teach digital literacy and web making skills such as programming, design thinking and empathy.
 
  <li> to share; we are inviting the world to remix, make and share amazing games on the web.
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<b>BIO:</b>
<strong>Chloe Varelidi</strong> is the lead for Mozilla's Hackable Games Lab, a virtual lab to create, tinker, and play with remixable games that use the web as platform. Chloe was previously the Creative Director and a founding staff member at Quest to Learn and the Institute of Play in New York, where she designed and produced digital and analog games and curriculum that teach game design to youth. She also runs a street game festival in her hometown of Athens, Greece, and occasionally makes her own handcrafted electronics. Chloe holds an MFA in Design and Technology from Parsons, The New School for Design. </li>
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Please attach or add links for if you have for:<link http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/gameon/ >
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<li><strong>Logos</strong> (JPEG large enough for print (300dpi)TBA</li>
<li><strong>Your photo</strong> (printable, 300 dpi)http://www.flickr.com/photos/66772999@N05/8077849435/in/photostream
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<li><strong>Photo of your project at work</strong> / in the field (screen shot, event shots, etc.)http://www.flickr.com/photos/mozillaeu/6319041240/in/set-72157627940090157/</li>
<li><strong>Videos / demos</strong> or any other visual that you would like to include</li>
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