WGDC Contest: First Findings and List of Most Popular Questions

Wargaming Developer Contest continues to gain momentum. Registration of ideas and projects ends in 10 days, August 15. At the moment, nearly 500 people in 54 teams are participating in the competition, who have announced 107 projects and 358 ideas. Knowing the tendency of many to postpone registration for the last days or even hours, we expect that on August 14 and 15 these figures will increase, if not several times, then by tens of percent.

It is clear that we cannot disclose the list of projects and their details until October 15, the finish line of the development phase. However, we are pleased to share information on intermediate statistical results, tell about the trends that have been noticed, and give answers to the most popular questions asked by potential WGDC ​​participants to our support team.

Intermediate figures for ideas and projects

Approximately 50% of the ideas submitted were approved. The main criterion: compliance with the rules and topics of the competition. The quality of ideas and projects at this stage was not evaluated.

The distribution of ideas into categories is as follows:



As for projects, approximately the same 50% were approved. The distribution of projects into categories:

Main trends

Before the start, we assumed that the topic of numbers and statistics was already exhausted and it was impossible to come up with something new and interesting, but we were pleasantly surprised by the flight of imagination of some participants and unconventional approaches to processing statistics.

Another trend is a clear bias towards ideas and projects supporting the “Clan Wars”. There is already no surprise. Firstly, the clan APIs are actively developing, and before the start of the contest there were several releases of fresh methods. Secondly, the elite of World of Tanks plays in clans, the stakes are extremely high, and therefore players use every opportunity to get any legal advantage over their opponents.

Key questions of the participants

Below is a selection of current questions on the competition and answers to them.

The main question that worries developers is “What will happen after August 15?”

After August 15, it will not be possible to register as a participant in the competition and add a new project. However, editing already added projects will be available until the end of the development phase.

“Are ideas just accepted?”

Yes, ideas are simply accepted, but the idea needs to be substantiated.

Excerpt from the rules of the competition:

“In the" Registration "section, register using Wargaming_id and fill out the form. Attach to the questionnaire a description of your idea in the form of a pdf-presentation (4-6 slides with layouts) or a video of 2–3 minutes in duration, which should be briefly stated: the essence of the Project, target audience, the value of the Project for the target audience. ”

“Will prizes for the best ideas be awarded along with the main prizes or earlier?”

The general award will take place at the fourth stage of the competition.

Clause 2.2 of the Rules of the WGDC ​​Open Public Competition:

“The competition is held in four stages:
• The first stage -“ Registration and submission of ideas ”- within one month from the start of the Competition - until August 15, 2014.
• The second stage “Development” - within two months - from August 15, 2014 to October 15, 2014
• The third stage “Determination of Winners” from October 15, 2014 to November 12, 2014
• The fourth stage - Awarding of winners from November 12, 2014 to December 12, 2014 ”

“ Nomination “For contribution to the development of products and services for the Wargaming community” - what is taken into account in it? ”

In the nomination“ For contribution to the development of products and services for the Wargaming community ”any projects are considered already created before the start of the competition. The jury will choose a project that, during its existence, according to the jury, has made the greatest contribution to the development of Wargaming's projects.

In this category there are no restrictions on specific products and services, as well as types of end user interfaces.

To submit work in this nomination, you must provide a link to a web resource (or a link to the store of the platform for which the application was developed), on which you can download the installer (if necessary) and perform full testing of the functionality of the developed software.

In addition, projects published before the start of the competition can take part in the main categories. This will be possible if participants make improvements to their projects as part of the competition.

We are very grateful to those participants who, in their presentations, indicate which part of the project will be finalized, since only the functionality developed during the competition will be evaluated.

“Nomination“ Best Project Idea ”- which ideas are in mind? Ideas about innovations in the game, or what? ”The

nomination“ Best project idea ”implies the choice of the best idea for projects of the main nominations, namely:

• The best modification of the game client.
• The best functional project.
• The best application for social. networks / mobile application.

“What happens if the game client updates and my mod submitted to the contest breaks down?”

We will evaluate the mods for the version of the client for which it was created. Updating the mod for the current version of the game client is welcome.

“What does it mean,“ approved / not approved ”in the status of my project? What happens if my project has not yet received the status of "approved"?

We have already begun screening for compliance with the subject of the contest and its rules. If your work has received the status of "not approved", then it does not correspond to the subject of the competition or is contrary to the rules. If your work is under consideration, this does not mean that everything is lost and you need to abandon the project - we just haven’t reached it yet, and you can safely continue to develop your project. The final status of the work should be obtained after the development phase. Up to this point, all projects can be finalized, and presentations improved.

“I have an idea that extends to several categories. For example, Wargaming TV is one idea that can be both a mobile application and a desktop one. Is it possible with one idea to participate in two categories at the same time? ”

One project can be presented both in the nomination “Best functional project”, and “Best modification of the game client” or “Best mobile application / application for social networks” if it satisfies the theme of these nominations.

“If someone else suggested the same idea as mine, or a similar one, will the one who first proposed it be evaluated? And if ideas just look a bit like that, then what? In general, I would like to know more about this. ”

You need to understand that the most interesting, fresh and innovative ideas will win, and coincidence is unlikely.

The order of presentation of ideas also does not play a role. If the authors of similar ideas will refine them to finished projects, we will evaluate the final execution of projects, and not the feed rate. Projects will be evaluated in accordance with clause 6 of the "Competition Rules".

“In paragraph 5.1 of the rules of the conduct it is written: “ ... The competitive work of the participants (hereinafter referred to as the Project) is any FREE software product ... ” . How will the project be evaluated if the main part of its functionality is free, and additional functions that expand the functionality are paid (a kind of “prema” in Wargaming projects)? ”

In this case, when evaluating the project, only the free part of the project’s functionality will be taken into account.

“The user agreement states that it is forbidden to study and modify the files of the game client. How will this item affect this competition if, say, the application is going to use the content of the game (models, textures, etc.)? ”

Clause 4.4. User Agreement:

“The User agrees not to examine the code, not to decompile or disassemble the Project, not to modify the Project, except for modifying the Content with the permission of the copyright holder, and not to create derivative products based on the Project or its parts. User-modified Content is subject to all the requirements of this Agreement in relation to the Materials, including but not limited to section 6. ”