2022 Game Creation Challenge Results!
Winner - High School Team Division
Team Waterdrinkers from Southside High School in Fort Smith took home the High School Team Game Prize.
Consisting of Dang Nguyen (9th grade), Christian Rawley (10th grade), and Matthew Senetho (11th grade), their tower defense game Resist the Unknown, lets you take control of Resistor Force as you protect Murica’s precious mineral asteroid!
Click to play “Resist The Unknown”
Best Game - Middle School Division
Click to play “The Legend of Purple Chicken: Power of the Poultry.”
Austin Zgoda of Hasbrouck Heights, NJ is taking home the scholarship prize for the Middle School Individual game creator with The Legend of Purple Chicken: Power of the Poultry.
In the game, you control the titular chicken as they flap their way around spikes on a journey home.
Winner - High School Individual Division
9th grader Soren of Douglas High School submitted the top game in the Individual Challenge with their charming platformer Alien Adventure.
The game’s polish, including in-game tutorials and a world map made it the best game in a very close field.
Click to play “Alien Adventure”
Honorable Mentions
There were some great entries this year, here are a few highlights!
Click to play “Claustrophobia: Into the Lungs of Hell”
High School team Meatbag Games from Southside High School in Ft Smith Arkansas brings us Claustrophobia: Into the Lungs of Hell, a survival horror game that we’re still puzzling over!
Next up, Ridge Colquitt, also of Southside High School captured our hearts (or maybe stomachs) with Burger Builder!
Click to play “Burger Builder”
Congrats to the 2022 winners and we look forward to seeing what comes in 2023!
