First, game experts and academics will review your game to determine whether it fulfills the contest requirements (teaching and technical). If it does, your game will be judged based on the following weighted criteria – 70% entertainment, 30% education. These qualities are further distinguished to be:

Entertainment:

• How entertaining is your game concept (fun factor, replay, easy to learn to play)?
• How entertaining is the actual game you’ve built (easy to install, level of polish on graphics and interface)?
• How innovative and unique is your game?

Education:

• How well does your game teach the subject?
• How “stealth” is the learning?

For more information, see the Official Rules