Doug Church has very generously agreed to help us evaluate and judge this
year's Game Developers Competition. Currently with Crystal Dynamics, Doug
(full credit list here
<http://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId,4965/>
was oneof the main developers on classic PC games like Ultima Underworld, System
Shock, and Thief: The Dark Project. Doug was also an influence on the
early origins of Second Life itself: playing Ultima Underworld in college
was one of the things that convinced Philip Linden something like SL would
one day be possible.
Doug will come in-world to independently evaluate all the entries and
bestow a special Developer’s Award to the games, based on his twelve-plus
years as a renowned designer and programmer and passionate advocate for
independent games through Indie Game Jam <http://www.indiegamejam.com/>
and other initiatives.