Linux Foundation umumkan pemenang Tizen App Challenge berhadiah $4 juta


Linux Foundation hari ini mengumumkan pemenang dari Tizen App Challenge di Mobile World Congress 2014 di Barcelona, Spanyol. Total hadiah sebesar $4.040.000 akan diberikan kepada 54 peserta dalam 9 kategori, serta peringkat top 10 untuk aplikasi HTML5.

Kontes berbasis keterampilan - yang dirancang untuk memotivasi dan menghargai pengembang aplikasi menggunakan platform mobile TIZEN untuk mengembangkan aplikasi asli yang inovatif, kreatif, dan fungsional baik untuk kategori "game" dan "nongame" - telah mempercepat ekosistem mobile TIZEN dan memperluas TIZEN STORE. Penyerahan terbagi rata antara aplikasi TIZEN native dan aplikasi HTML5, yang menunjukkan momentum yang kuat untuk kedua lingkungan pengembangan ini.

Berikut ini adalah daftar pengembang yang menjadi pemenang beserta aplikasi dan game buatan mereka yang dibagi kategori dan besar hadiahnya:

Game App Categories, Winners and Prizes

Action, Adventure, Arcade and Sports:
  • $200,000 Grand Prize Winner: Beyond Space, Silesia Games Sp. z o.o.
  • $100,000 Runnerup Winner: Tasty Tadpoles, Mark White
  • $100,000 Runnerup Winner: Whale Trail, ustwo™
  • $40,000 Honorable Mention Winner: Zombie Shatter, Song Wang
  • $40,000 Honorable Mention Winner: Nine Hole Golf, OmniG Software Inc.
  • $40,000 Honorable Mention Winner: Spirit, Jakyl / Marco Mazzoli

Roleplaying and Strategy:
  • $200,00 Grand Prize Winner: Sage Fusion 2, Kidalang
  • $100,000 Runnerup Winner: Buns Invasion Heroes of Epic Saga! HD, Ievgenii Mykhalevskyi
  • $100,000 Runnerup Winner: Tiny Miner, cator GmbH
  • $40,000 Honorable Mention Winner: Meanwhile, In A Parallel Universe, Zombies Indie House
  • $40,000 Honorable Mention Winner: Bug Bites & Defense, Maxhp
  • $40,000 Honorable Mention Winner: RPG Symphony of the Origin, KEMCO

Board, Card, Casino, Puzzle, Word, Trivia, Music & Others:
  • $200,00 Grand Prize Winner: Seven Stars 3D, Idealdimension
  • $100, 000 Runnerup Winner: Paper Cannon, Fabian Frühwirth and Stefan Maier
  • $100, 000 Runnerup Winner: Word Chaos, Giantix Studios
  • $40,000 Honorable Mention Winner: Rhino Rink, Jellimatic Studio
  • $40,000 Honorable Mention Winner: Jelly Slice, Okijin Ltd
  • $40,000 Honorable Mention Winner: Stage Dive Legends, www.handygames.com GmbH

NonGame App Categories, Winners and Prizes

Productivity, Finance and Utilities:
  • $120,000 Grand Prize Winner: Remind Me, Laveena Samar
  • $60,000 Runnerup Winner: Recordoid, Somyac Slawomir Baranowski
  • $60,000 Runnerup Winner: QR Scanner, Mobimax
  • $30,000 Honorable Mention Winner: Objectality, R&F Consulting, Inc.
  • $30,000 Honorable Mention Winner: TiNote, YoungJin Suh
  • $30,000 Honorable Mention Winner: Bright Flashlight, Strawberry Appz

Education, Kids and Reference:
  • $120,000 Grand Prize Winner: Bramble Berry Tales The Story of Kalkalilh, Loud Crow Interactive Inc.
  • $60,000 Runnerup Winner: iCanCount, GAMEPEA
  • $60,000 Runnerup Winner: Magister, Barrington Henry and Danielle Matthews
  • $30,000 Honorable Mention Winner: BabyApps:ALLIN1, Je Keun Moon
  • $30,000 Honorable Mention Winner: Maths Challenge 2.0, Mathieu Barbier
  • $30,000 Honorable Mention Winner: Learn and Spell English Words, Wobble Monkey Studios

Music, Video, Photo, Entertainment, and Font:
  • $120,000 Grand Prize Winner: SplendidEffects, Michal Łuszczuk
  • $60,000 Runnerup Winner: Picture Frame, Tran Thi Ha
  • $60,000 Runnerup Winner: Fish Pond, Illusion Tech
  • $30,000 Honorable Mention Winner: Seesu Music, Gleb Arestov
  • $30,000 Honorable Mention Winner: XENOZU Video Player, XenZu Technologies LLC
  • $30,000 Honorable Mention Winner: My Secret, Zoltan Puski

News, Magazine, Sports and Weather:
  • $120,000 Grand Prize Winner: The Reel, Fluid Interaction
  • $60,000 Runnerup Winner: Weather Tip, Mobiteka
  • $60,000 Runnerup Winner: Hacker News (YC), Dharmesh Patel
  • $30,000 Honorable Mention Winner: News, www.drawapp8.com
  • $30,000 Honorable Mention Winner: SCOOP!, 42SHIFT
  • $30,000 Honorable Mention Winner: Weathy, LoopthyTS Developer Team

Social Networking:
  • $120,000 Grand Prize Winner: Fast Chat, Maciej Różański
  • $60,000 Runnerup Winner: Tizona Chat, Slawomir Musial
  • $60,000 Runnerup Winner: Are You Who, YanKiKi
  • $30,000 Honorable Mention Winner: Blood Donor Manager, Mind Storm Software Pvt. Ltd.
  • $30,000 Honorable Mention Winner: Social Search, KDF Infotech
  • $30,000 Honorable Mention Winner: WishU, Xiaodong HU

Lifestyle, Health, Travel and Navigation:
  • $120,000 Grand Prize Winner: Travel Translator, ProExe
  • $60,000 Runnerup Winner: Moment Collections, FiveFan
  • $60,000 Runnerup Winner: Best Parking, BestParking.com
  • $30,000 Honorable Mention Winner: Pharmacist, Yury Dubovoy
  • $30,000 Honorable Mention Winner: Six Weeks, Dinh Nho Hiep
  • $30,000 Honorable Mention Winner: SmartProtect PLUS, Tamal Basak

Top 10 Rated HTML5 Apps

The top 10 HTML5 apps were also eligible for an additional prize of $50,000 each. The developers with winning HMTL5 apps include:
  1. Sage Fusion 2, Kidalang
  2. Zombie Shatter, Song Wang
  3. Tasty Tadpoles, Mark White
  4. POiSE: Space Adventure, IK Studio
  5. SCOOP!, 42SHIFT
  6. Weathy, LoopthyTS Developer Team
  7. Dragon Blocks, cator GmbH
  8. Score Rush, Xona / Turbulenz
  9. Kiba & Kumba: High Jump, Kaisergames/Spielmeister
  10. Wall Tactics, GinHD

Semua entri yang memenuhi syarat telah ditinjau oleh panel hakim internasional, yang ahli dalam pengembangan software dan inovasi teknologi. Untuk game dinilai berdasarkan skor dalam empat kriteria: nilai hiburan, desain visual, kinerja, serta kontrol dan input. Untuk nongame dinilai berdasarkan skor dalam empat kriteria: kegunaan, desain visual, kinerja, serta kontrol dan input. Semua aplikasi akan diterima dan disertifikasi untuk bisa dimuat di TIZEN STORE.

"Kami senang dengan jumlah dan kualitas aplikasi yang disampaikan kepada Tizen App Challenge, yang benar-benar membuat penilaian aplikasi menjadi salah satu tantangan terbesar kami," kata Brian Warner, Senior Member Services Manager untuk Linux Foundation Collaboration Projects. "Kontes ini membudidayakan beberapa aplikasi yang paling fleksibel dan kreatif saat ini, sementara pemberian hadiah sangat layak untuk diberikan buat pengembang yang sangat berbakat."

Berikut ini video demo dari beberapa aplikasi dan game pemenang:


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