The Sandbox Ragnarok Game Jam Judging Criteria

This document is to define the judging criteria for all submitted entries for the Game Jam event held by The Sandbox and Gravity.

Winners of each award will be selected following the process and criteria below.

Summary

: Winners of each award will be selected through the three evaluation rounds. All three judges, ‘The Sandbox Staff,’ ‘External Judge,’ and ‘Gravity Staff,’ are required to participate in the 1st round for a fair evaluation.

(Gravity’s evaluation has greater weight as this Game Jam’s theme is ‘Ragnarok’).

1. 1st Round: The Sandbox Staff, External Judge, and Gravity Staff
2. 2nd Round: All The Sandbox employees to vote
3. 3rd Round: All Gravity employees to vote

TOP3(Overall Excellence)

: Overall Excellence Awards are given to high-quality games using Ragnarok IP.

1. Selection Process
   1. 1st Round - Evaluation by internal judges (Top 10 entries with the highest points will be selected)
      • Judges: The Sandbox Staff, External Judge, and Gravity Staff
      • Percentage of the score by judges (Total 100 points)
        • The Sandbox Staff: 25%
        • External Judge: 25%
        • Gravity Staff: 50%
   2. 2nd Round - All The Sandbox employees to vote (6 entries selected)
   3. 3rd Round - All Gravity employees to vote (3 entries selected)
2. Judging Criteria
   1. 1st Round
      • IP relevance (25 points)
        • Does the game have places from Ragnarok?
        • Does the game have characters from Ragnarok?
        • Does the game have items from Ragnarok?
        • Does the game have the Ragnarok narrative?
      • Creativity (25 points)
        • Does the game have a wow factor compared to the previous games in The Sandbox?
        • Does the game utilize the logic in Game Maker in its own way?
        • Does the game have the assets made by default templates? Or custom assets?
        • Does the game have the reinterpreted elements of Ragnarok?
      • Level of Completion (25 points)
        • Does the game have no issue with interruptions?
        • Can the game be played till the end?
        • Does the game have no bugs?
        • Are the custom assets in the game created following the technical guideline?
        • Does the gameplay have no issue due to the environmental elements?
      • Design (25 points)
        • Is Ragnarok’s design theme well applied to the assets in the game?
        • Is Ragnarok’s color theme well applied to the overall game environment?
        • Are the places from the Ragnarok universe well depicted in the game?
   2. 2nd Round
      • All The Sandbox employees vote for 2nd round.
        • This follows the previous Game Jam judging criteria.
   3. 3rd Round (Final)
      • All Gravity employees vote for the final round, and winning entries will be selected.
        • All employees are encouraged to vote, but it may depend on Gravity’s internal circumstances.

Best Idea

: All you need is your creative mind for the Best Idea Award. Show us what you got!

1. Selection Process
   1. 1st Round - Evaluation by internal judges (Top 75 entries with the highest points will be selected)
      • Judges: The Sandbox Staff, External Judge, and Gravity Staff
      • Percentage of the score by judges (Total 100 points)
        • The Sandbox Staff: 25%
        • External Judge: 25%
        • Gravity Staff: 50%
   2. 2nd Round - All The Sandbox employees to vote (50 entries selected)
   3. 3rd Round - All Gravity employees to vote (25 entries selected)
2. Judging Criteria
   1. 1st Round : It weighs 50% greater in creativity points.
      • IP relevance (25 points)
        • Does the game have places from Ragnarok?
        • Does the game have characters from Ragnarok?
        • Does the game have items from Ragnarok?
        • Does the game have the Ragnarok narrative?
      • Creativity (25 points) x1.5
        • Does the game have a wow factor compared to the previous games in The Sandbox?
        • Does the game utilize the logic in Game Maker in its own way?
        • Does the game have the assets made by default templates? Or custom assets?
        • Does the game have the reinterpreted elements of Ragnarok?
      • Level of Completion (25 points)
        • Does the game have no issue with interruptions?
        • Can the game be played till the end?
        • Does the game have no bugs?
        • Are the custom assets in the game created following the technical guideline?
        • Does the gameplay have no issue due to the environmental elements?
      • Design (25 points)
        • Is Ragnarok’s design theme well applied to the assets in the game?
        • Is Ragnarok’s color theme well applied to the overall game environment?
        • Are the places from the Ragnarok universe well depicted in the game?
   2. 2nd Round
      • All The Sandbox employees vote for 2nd round.
        • This follows the previous Game Jam judging criteria.
   3. 3rd Round (Final)
      • All Gravity employees vote for the final round, and winning entries will be selected.
        • All employees are encouraged to vote, but it may depend on Gravity’s internal circumstances.

Best Design

: Best Design Awards are given to the entries with great descriptions of Ragnarok’s color, design theme, and elements of the Ragnarok universe.

1. Selection Process
   1. 1st Round - Evaluation by internal judges (Top 30 entries with the highest points will be selected)
      • Judges: The Sandbox Staff, External Judge, and Gravity Staff.
      • Percentage of the score by judges (Total 100 points)
        • The Sandbox Staff: 25%
        • External Judge: 25%
        • Gravity Staff: 50%
   2. 2nd Round - All The Sandbox employees to vote (20 entries selected)
   3. 3rd Round - All Gravity employees to vote (10 entries selected)
2. Judging Criteria
   1. 1st Round :  It weighs 50% greater in design points.
      • IP relevance (25 points)
        • Does the game have places from Ragnarok?
        • Does the game have characters from Ragnarok?
        • Does the game have items from Ragnarok?
        • Does the game have the Ragnarok narrative?
      • Creativity (25 points)
        • Does the game have a wow factor compared to the previous games in The Sandbox?
        • Does the game utilize the logic in Game Maker in its own way?
        • Does the game have the assets made by default templates? Or custom assets?
        • Does the game have the reinterpreted elements of Ragnarok?
      • Level of Completion (25 points)
        • Does the game have no issue with interruptions?
        • Can the game be played till the end?
        • Does the game have no bugs?
        • Are the custom assets in the game created following the technical guideline?
        • Does the gameplay have no issue due to the environmental elements?