Serious Games for the Labour Market in Egypt

To all the bright and talented developers out there, It’s time to spot your fellow developers and team up!

The Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH in collaboration with the Information Technology Institute (ITI) and the Social Innovation Egypt Design Thinkers, along with Yomken.com, are hosting the first event of its kind, marking the kick-off of Serious Gaming in Egypt..

Having such leading organisations for social innovation solutions and pioneers of design thinking in Egypt, makes the aim of this event is to be not only a portal for future opportunities for its participants, but also a step towards the era of booming creativity and human centred innovation in the game development industry.

In duration of a 3-day hackathon of non-stop creativity, participating teams are invited to unleash their talents through solving a mission. The mission is to develop an amusing and challenging game based on a manual to prepare blue-collars for the job market. The process will include a lot of fun, competition, innovation, renowned external jury, and a rewarding prize in the end.

The jury will take their decision based on:

  • The quality of the Serious Game prototype
  • The Game Design Document

Winner prize:

  • Official Certificate of recognition by GIZ
  • Smart Watches for winning team members
  • Funding for developing the game up to 40,000 EGP
  • Wild Card for a Design Thinking Training for your team by GIZ

Date and Location

Date of the hackathon: 14/9/2017-16/9/2017

Location: Information Technology Institute, Smart Village.

The kick-off of the Hackathon will take place during the Run Double Jump 2017 on 14th September,  an annual event targeting all Arab-Indie Game Developers as well as Gamers to promote Indie development in the MENA region and hence promoting its Gaming Industry in general.

Interested teams will then have two full days to develop a serious game based on the theme introduced during the event and get a change to win the aforementioned prizes.

How to apply?

You can apply as groups of 3-5 people or as individuals and team up during the hackathon. Your group should be able to produce a running application for Android systems (a prototype), in addition to, submitting a complete Game Design Document for your game to the jury.

Click here for the application form.

The application deadline is 10/9/2017