About the Pyggy Awards

The Pyggy Awards is an occasion for game authors to show off games written in the Python programming language. Originally a follow-up event to the PyWeek competition, the Pyggy Awards is now open to any and all open-source Python-based games.

The Pyggy Awards site provides a place to upload files and a forum for authors to try out and discuss each other's works in progress prior to the judging period. The intention is to foster a game development community where authors help each other out with playtesting and criticism.

Following the announcement of a Pyggy Awards event, there is typically a 2-3 month period allowed for development and discussion. This is followed by a 2 week judging period during with participants play and rank each other's games. At the end of the judging period, awards are announced based on the overall rankings.

Note that that the development of your game is not restricted to the development period -- you are free to enter a game that you have been previously working on if you want. The intent of the Pyggy Awards is not to make you jump through hoops. Rather, it is to encourage you to finish your game, polish it as much as you can, and show it off to an audience of like-minded people.

Structure and Rules

  1. Entries must have a substantial Python component to the implementation. Non-Python libraries may be used, but the main logic of the game should be written in Python.
  2. Entries may be new games, previously-started projects, or further developments of existing games. Copyright permitting, any existing code, libraries and assets may be incorporated, as long as the original author is appropriately credited.
  3. All submitted code and assets, together with any libraries used, must be under an open-source, creative commons or similarly permissive licence.
  4. Uploads will be permitted at any time prior to the judging period, and all uploaded material will be publically available at all times. You are encouraged to release early and often, and to try out other entrants' work and provide comments and bug reports.
  5. The development period will be followed by a 2-week judging period during which entrants may rate games in a similar manner to PyWeek.
  6. At the end of the judging period, three awards -- Gold, Silver and Bronze -- will be awarded in each of three categories -- Most Innovative, Best Produced and Most Fun.
  7. All awards are purely virtual; no physical prizes or trophies will be provided. Winners will earn the right to use the corresponding official Pyggy Award Logo for the purpose of promoting their game.

Registration

The Pyggy Awards site shares a user database with the PyWeek site, so if you're already registered as a PyWeek user, you can use the same username and password to log into the Pyggy site. Otherwise, you can sign up as a user here.

Once you're signed up and logged in, you will be able to register an entry and take part in the judging. See the help page for more information about using the site.