2004 Winner - Team Whitestar!

The final judging event for Hidden Agenda was a tough one—five spectacular games were presented, surprising and impressing the judges, advisors and the Liemandt Foundation itself. Each game appreached Stealth Education in a unique and innovative way, pushing forward the notion that learning can truly be fun for middle school students.

Here all the teams celebrate their status as finalists with Richard "Lord British" Garriott in his amazing Austin Mansion:

While each team deserves huge accolades for success beyond even the Foundation's goals in setting up the Hidden Agenda contest, David Nikdel, Jason Schwartz, Joshua Sachs and Richard Hamrick at University of Central Florida took home the big check.

Read the article in the Austin-American Statesman here.

Now, enough about last year. Old news anyway. Let's get down to you.

So you’ve decided to enter. Congratulations! Now the real work begins. This is the spot for everything you need to know to win.

By now, you've probably pulled together a great team and you’ve come up with a game idea that will smarten up even the toughest 8th graders. You’ve picked a platform and a design engine. And you’ve got a solid build strategy. Right?

Even if you think you’ve got all the answers, hang on a sec. Before you jump in, do some research. Learn a little bit about stealth education and about the latest dev strategies. Don't think of it as homework—think of it as your ticket to $25K.

You may also want to see what other people are doing. Soon, every entrant will be able to post a team page with any information they'd like to share about themselves or their game (only accessible to other entrants). What you put on the page is up to you. You don’t want to give away TOO much, but keep in mind that our game experts and advisors will be perusing through these pages. If you give them a little data to go on, maybe they’ll offer you a few helpful hints.

Can't find what you need to know in this area? Don't be shy. Hit the message board or email help@hiddenagenda.com.