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E4's Grand Master Flash Rules

UPDATE: The Competition is now closed. This page is left for reference purposes only

Calling all game gurus, web monkeys and tech titans! For the second year running, we’re on the hunt for brand new and brilliant Flash games… and there’s a huge reward for the winning entry.

Step 1: Read the rules

You're already doing it now, so that's a good start, but please follow them to the letter 'cos if you make a mistake we may have to disqualify your entry. If you have a question, take a peek at the FAQs.

Step 2: Make a game

Build an amazing game (or dig out and dust down one that you have built in the last year), according to our spec. Your game must:

  • Be built in Adobe Flash and submitted in SWF format. No FLA, FLV or EXE files, thank you, and certainly nothing more esoteric.
  • Adhere to our judging criteria: we're looking for playable, original, entertaining games which are all your own work.
  • Be no more than 720px wide and 600px high. We're happy to receive smaller games, but any bigger and they won't fit on our pages. Take a look at some of our other games to see what we mean.
  • Include the E4 Grand Master Flash rosette symbol somewhere in the game – we suggest the loading screen is a good place to put it – and a link to e4.com/games.
  • Be light enough that they are easily playable. We allow up to 20Mb of filesize for uploads but really that's too much for a Flash game. 5Mb is a lot of filesize, so if your game requires more, consider sending us a slimmed down or shorter version.
  • Comply with E4.com's terms and conditions and privacy policy and the E4.com Grand Master Flash competition special terms and conditions. Make sure you read 'em. We cannot stress that enough.

Step 3: Upload your game

Submit your game using the form. If you want to submit different games, we'd be delighted to see them, but each entry must be uploaded as a separate entry. Don't send the same game in forty times, as that won't improve your chances and it will probably just annoy our email elves.

Step 4: Don't be late

Get your entry in before the deadline: that's at 10am precisely on Monday 17 August 2009. Soon after, our judging panel will convene to sift through all the entries and pick their favourites. Then, the public only go and blimmin' vote for them. And someone is crowned Grand Master Flash 2009. No, really, it's that simple!

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  • Comment by:
    I FACE I
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    I FACE I
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    Mon Aug 17, 2009 at 09:36 am
    Comment:
    At what date did this contest start please? There will be one next year won't there? Thanks
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    zookartz
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    Sun Aug 9, 2009 at 11:20 pm
    Comment:
    I read in the FAQ's that this competition not restricting to UK residents, so entries are welcome from anywhere around the world. Is it okay that i'm not the UK or Europe resident?
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    steveberry
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    Thu Jul 23, 2009 at 01:53 pm
    Comment:
    Using an open source library is fine, as long as you adhere to the terms of the copyright holder's licence.
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    blackmoondev
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    Thu Jun 25, 2009 at 11:31 am
    Comment:
    Is using open source libraries like glaze (http://code.google.com/p/glaze/) allowed?
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