The main objective of this Information Technology (IT) competition is to promote the application of IT and cultivate IT talents and interests with an aim to facilitate IT development in Macao.
Eligibility *
The 4th ALICE competition is open to the following two categories:
Secondary School Category: all secondary students in Macao. Each team (2 to 3 members) in this category may have a secondary teacher as its mentor (optional). A mentor can assist the team with the technical aspects of the competition but the creative aspects should be the work of the students. A mentor can assist no more than 2 teams. Members and mentor of a team must be from the same school.
Open Category: all Macao residents, including foreign students attending universities/higher education institutions in Macao. Each participating team in this category must comprise of between 2 to 3 members.
*Macao ID cards, valid Student or Teacher ID cards are required for verification of eligibility.
Competition Format
The participating teams are required to use ALICE 2.2 programming world to write a program to tell a Story or play a Game.
For the Secondary School Category, in addition to the objects, worlds, and sounds provided in the local standard ALICE 2.2 library, participating teams can also use imported pictures and sounds outside the standard ALICE library. The use of imported 3D models other than those found in the local standard ALICE 2.2 library is not allowed.
The playtime/demo time of the Story or Game should not be less than 2 minutes but no more than 5 minutes for Secondary School Category and should not be less than 3 minutes but no more than 10 minutes for the Open Category.
Each team must make an oral presentation of the Story or Game (on a date to be determined) after the submission of the program. The oral presentation should consist of a 10-minute presentation (explaining the program) and a Q&A session for the judges.
All members of the participating teams must participate in the presentation to address possible questions by the judges. 5% of the total marks will be deducted for any team member’s absence. Teams that are absented from or late for the presentation will receive zero marks for the presentation part.
Theme
The theme of the Story or Game should be related to promoting Green Macao.
Registration
Participating teams are to complete the Entry Form and submit it by email or by post to the following address by 5pm, 30 December 2011:
Technical and Scientific Committee Secretariat (B102)
Macao Polytechnic Institute
Rua de Luís Gonzaga Gomes
Macao
Email: ITC@ipm.edu.mo
An in-class tutorial for ALICE programming will be provided for FREE by MPI for all interested participating teams on a date to be announced. Remember to indicate your interest in the Entry Form. Late entries will not be entertained. Acknowledgements of receipt will be sent via email.
Submission 1
All necessary files for each team are to be stored on an individual CD/ DVD containing a single ALICE world (in .a2w format) and a captured video of the story/game (in .mov format). The following information should be clearly labeled on the CD/DVD:
(a) title of your Story or Game
(b) names of the members (and mentor if applicable)
(c) name and email address of the team leader (corresponding member)
A documentation of the program, in a format provided by the organizer, regarding the program should also be included on the CD/ DVD.
The file names for the submission should be work.a2w, work.mov, and submission.doc.
A signed Declaration of Original Work form must be submitted along with the CD/ DVD.
Participating teams are to submit the CD/DVD and the Declaration of Original Work form in person. It must reach the following address by 5pm, 13 April 2012.
Technical and Scientific Committee Secretariat (B102)
Macao Polytechnic Institute
Rua de Luís Gonzaga Gomes
Macao
Email: ITC@ipm.edu.mo
One submission is allowed for each team. Each team member can only participate in one team.
1 Please make sure that the correct program and the required files are submitted and that a properly working CD/DVD is submitted.
Judging Criteria
The judging criteria are as follows:
. Effectiveness (in conveying the story or in game playing) [25%]
. Match of the theme [10%]
. Creativity [15%]
. Quality of code [25%]
. Documentation [10%]
. Oral presentation [10%]
. Team work [5%]
A panel of judges consisting of external experts will judge the programs based on the criteria set above.
Contents of Entries
Any entry which has been determined by the organizer or the judges to be obscene, illegal, unreasonably violent or contrary to any laws, regulations or public policies in Macao will be immediately disqualified.
Intellectual Property Rights
The ALICE program submitted must be the participants’ own original work. A Declaration of Original Work form must be submitted along with their CD/DVD.
Each participating team must ensure that their entry does not infringe any copyright or any other intellectual property rights of any other third party in any part of the world.
All intellectual property rights relating to any entry submitted shall be deemed to be owned by MPI.
MPI shall have the exclusive right to use any or all of the intellectual property rights relating to any entry in whole or in part for non-commercial publicity without giving any of the participants any remuneration or royalties of any form whatsoever.
Participants must declare their sources for any imported media (images, sounds, 3D models**) not produced and owned by themselves in the submission document (submission.doc).
** 3D Models are applicable for Open Category only.
Other Requirements
The organizers reserve the right to disqualify any competitor who does not comply with the Rules and Regulations.
The decision of the panel of judges is final. Appeals will not be entertained.
Under rare circumstances, the organizers reserve the rights to modify the Rules and Regulations for the competition.
If you have further queries, please contact the organizers through the following email: ITC@ipm.edu.mo
Important Dates
Dates
Events
25 November 2011
Announcement of the competition
10 December 2011
Information session (15:00 - 16:30 at Lecture Theater 3, MPI Wui Chi Building
30 December 2011
Last day to submit the Entry Form for the competition
13 April 2012
Last day to submit your program
June 2012
Oral Presentation
July 2012
Announcement of Winners and Award Ceremony
Prizes
Secondary School Category
First Prize (1 team):
MOP 15,000 for the team and 1 iPhone 4S 32 GB (or equivalent product) for the mentor
Second Prize (1 team):
MOP 10,000 for the team and 1 iPhone 4S 32 GB (or equivalent product) for the mentor
Most Creative Idea Prize (1 team):
MOP 8,000 for the team and 1 iPhone 4S 32 GB (or equivalent product) for the mentor
Merit Prize (3 teams):
1 Canon CP800 Digital Photo Printer (or equivalent Canon model) for each member and the mentor
