How to judge entries

It can be hard to know how to judge some of the criteria in the STEM VGC, so we’ve created a suite of videos to help you out.

You will find short videos for each component of the competition as well as videos about how to use our scoring rubrics and writing feedback comments.

We have also created these AI and Tutorial Guidelines to assist you with judging entries that may include AI and/or tutorials and this guide to Writing Feedback.

How to use our scoring rubrics

Primary Game Design Document Scoring

Game name

Game overview

Link to the theme

Game details

Instructions

Character/Object interactions

Visual design

Audio elements

Testing

Reflecting

Primary Game Judging

Primary Game Judging

High example

Medium example

Low example

Secondary Game Design Document Scoring

Organisation

Inspiration

Technical requirements

Game overview

Consideration of theme

Gameplay and mechanics

Visual and audio design

Testing and fixing

Secondary Game Judging

Secondary Game Judging

High example

Medium example

Low example

Written feedback

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This is the most important part of the judging process. We have created some feedback examples to support you to craft positive constructive feedback. You can also find guidance on comments for entries that have utilised AI and tutorials in this document.