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10th Edition of the e-magiciens Festival<BR>
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Valenciennes, in the north of France, greets, for the 9th consecutive time,<BR>
the European meetings of the young digital creation, which will be held from<BR>
27th to 30th November 2007. Organized by the Chamber of Commerce and<BR>
Industry of the Valenciennes region, this event is the annual meeting of<BR>
young creators, students and professionals of digital animation, cinema,<BR>
sound and video game. On 5,000 visitors, we include 500 professionals coming<BR>
from 10 countries. Every year the festival presents in preview nearly 300<BR>
animation films and multimedia works from about 50 European countries. In<BR>
the program on the National Scene of the Phoenix theatre: projections,<BR>
conferences, previews, tributes and teaching workshops. One of the main<BR>
event of the festival is a set of student's contest and awards on animation,<BR>
web sites, games...<BR>
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This year the ENJMIN (Graduate School of Games and Interactive<BR>
Media,www.enjmin.fr) is in charge of the competition related to video games.<BR>
The participation is open to students registered in university or college,<BR>
including students registered for the year 2006-2007.<BR>
Candidates have to supply two copies of a file (1) and a lay-out of the game<BR>
(2).<BR>
(1) : The file must contain : the attached application form, a description<BR>
of the game and its originality, and the possibility of achievement if it is<BR>
a project.<BR>
(2) : With the games or the lay-out of the game, you have to join an<BR>
installation guide, a user guide explaining technical constraints, setup<BR>
conditions, a .avi format video as a record of one game's session, and a<BR>
"walkthrough" (description of a course in the game that has to be<BR>
achieved). The game must operate with PC Windows XP or a portable games<BR>
console (Nintendo DS or PSP). In case it is a game for portable console, the<BR>
totality of the operation device has to be suppplied and will be returned to<BR>
candidate after the evaluation.<BR>
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The game will be appreciated according to the script intentions, the<BR>
originality of concepts and universe, as well as the feasibility to carry it<BR>
out. The comprehensive layout represents an illustration of these different<BR>
aspects.<BR>
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Information : <BR>
www.youngcreation.net/<BR>
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For any question about the game contest contact<BR>
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Pr. Stephane Natkin<BR>
<FONT COLOR="#0000FF"><U>stephane.natkin@cnam.fr<BR>
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Susan Gold<BR>
goldfile@gmail.com<BR>
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