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Video Game Design

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Description: Participants design, build, and launch an E-rated online video game - with accompanying required documentation - that addresses the annual theme. Semifinalists participate in an interview to demonstrate the knowledge and expertise they gained during the development of the game.

Important: Ask your chapter advisor for this event's guidelines and rubric.

Theme: Create a deep space-themed RPG where the primary method of progression is puzzle-solving rather than combat. Challenge: Your game must include core RPG elements (such as character stats, a leveling system, or branching dialogue), but you may not include traditional combat. Instead, players must use their character's skills and stats to solve environmental, logical, or social puzzles to survive the dangers of deep space.

Event Submissions

Deadline: March 27, 2026

Submission Requirements:

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Preliminary Test: No

Pre-Submissions: Yes

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