A 3D programming contest organized by Macao Polytechnic Institute (MPI)

The 2nd ALICE competition 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 shool.

• 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.

• 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.

• The playtime/demo time is based on the duration of the exported video (in .mov format) from the ALICE programming environment (submitted by each participating team along with the ALICE program).

• 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. 

• Participating teams are to complete the Entry Form and submit it by email or by post to the following address by 5pm, 30 December 2009:
  
  

  	Division for Pedagogical Affairs  (B102)
  	Macao Polytechnic Institute
  	Rua de Luís Gonzaga Gomes
  	Macao
  	Email: ALICE2009@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.

• All necessary files for each team are to be stored on an individual CD/ DVD containing a single ALICE world (in .a2w format) and an exported video of the story/game (in .mov format) from the ALICE programming environment. 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,09 April 2010.
                   

  	Division for Pedagogical Affairs  (B102)
  	Macao Polytechnic Institute
  	Rua de Luís Gonzaga Gomes
  	Macao
  	Email: ALICE2009@ipm.edu.mo

• One submission is allowed for each team. Each team member can only participate in one team. 

• 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.

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.

• 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.

• 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: ALICE2009@ipm.edu.mo

Date for the award presentation is to be determined.

   Secondary School Category

   Open Category    

*** Sponsored by Canon Hong Kong Company Limited (Macau Branch).

For more information, please email ALICE2009@ipm.edu.mo.

To download ALICE please go to: http://www.alice.org/index.php?page=downloads/download_alice2.2