The prizes of this contest are designed to help you showcase your game and grow your business on Google Play, whether that's through promotions on the Google Play Store or other consumer and developer facing marketing channels, chances to network with industry experts and influencers or devices to help you reduce your development costs.
Finalists (Up to 20)
- A paid trip to London to showcase your game at the Final held at Saatchi Gallery. Trip only includes accommodation for up to 2 nights for up to 2 company representatives.
- Inclusion of your game on a promotional billboard in London for 1 month.
- Inclusion of your game in a dedicated Indie Games Contest collection on the Indie Corner for one (1) month. The collection will run in the following countries: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Israel, Italy, Jordan, Latvia, Lebanon, Lithuania, Kenya, Malta, Morocco, Netherlands, Nigeria, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Republic of Ireland, Romania, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Tunisia, Turkey, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates and the United Kingdom (including Northern Ireland).
- Two (2) tickets to attend a 2018 Playtime event. This is an invitation-only event for top apps and games developers on Google Play.
- One (1) Pixel 2 device.
Top 10 (in addition to the above)
- Inclusion of your game in the “New Indie Highlights" collection (if the game is new to Google Play) or in "Our Indie Picks" collection (if the game was already available in Google Play) of the dedicated Indie Corner in the US, for 1 week.
- Promotion of your game on Android Developer / Play Developer marketing channels.
- Promotion of your game on Google Play consumer marketing channels.
- One (1) Daydream View device.
Top 3 (in addition to the above)
- Premium placement of your Game in the dedicated Indie Games Contest collection on the Indie Corner for one (1) month. The collection will run in the following countries: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Israel, Italy, Jordan, Latvia, Lebanon, Lithuania, Kenya, Malta, Morocco, Netherlands, Nigeria, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Republic of Ireland, Romania, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Tunisia, Turkey, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates and the United Kingdom (including Northern Ireland)
- Consideration for placement in other Google Play Store collections (at Google’s discretion).
- A 25,000 EUR voucher from Chartboost, a leading games-platform agency, to be used for a social media marketing campaign to promote the winning game.
- A 50,000 EUR voucher from Bidalgo, a digital performance marketing agency, to be used for a paid digital marketing campaign to promote the winning game.
- Two (2) 1 hour sessions of personalized consultation about the winning game with members of the Google Play team.
- Two (2) tickets for the 2018 Google I/O and paid travel to San Francisco, subject to Google’s sole discretion.
- One (1) Google Home Mini.
1x Winner (in addition to the above)
- An additional 25,000 EUR voucher from Chartboost, a leading games-platform agency, to be used for a social media marketing campaign to promote the winning game.
- An additional 50,000 EUR voucher from Bidalgo, a digital marketing agency, to be used for a paid digital marketing campaign to promote the winning game.
- Feature in an Android Developer Story video produced by Google Play and promoted on Android Developer/ Play developer marketing channels
- Two (2) tickets to attend GDC San Francisco 2018.
Prizes for games developed with Unity
2x Unity Prize Runners Up
- A 12 months pro Unity subscription.
1st Unity Prize Winner
- Two (2) tickets to a Unite event of the winner's choice
- A 12 months pro Unity subscription.