Hi, folks; I am just pinging the list to remind folks that there are (somewhat stalled) discussions on the wiki about the following proposed changes to the Icehouse Game Design Competition (IGDC) Procedures: * Design Restriction: by mechanic, product, theme, or none (for Winter only; will re-poll for future IGDCs) http://icehousegames.org/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:Icehouse_Game_Design_Competition#Next_Competition_Design-Restricted.3F ** Currently, this discussion is wide open, with a variety of opinions to be narrowed down into a poll. * Designers Judging: rank their own games freely, automatically in first place, or not at all (all IGDCs) http://icehousegames.org/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:Icehouse_Game_Design_Competition#Designers.27_Games_on_Designers.27_Ballots.3F ** Currently, this has boiled down to a straight poll; place your vote! * Contest Timing: Summer and Winter, exact dates up for (minor) debate http://icehousegames.org/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:Icehouse_Game_Design_Competition#Next_Contest_Timing * Scheduling judging for the winter and summer seasons has advantages and disadvantages, but it seems the closest to ideal. We're just noodling with permanent Submission Deadline dates--nit picking, basically. :) It's October 4th (Yay, Sputnik!) and so I'd like to close polling and finalize rules by, say, October 22th. That will allow approximately two months for design and test and submit--critical, if we decide to restrict design in some manner. Thanks for reading, thanks doubly for voting, thanks triply for participating in the IGDCs! David Winter IGDC Coordinator