Although still a very specific part of the gaming world today, cars are becoming more and more technologically advanced and more often feature screens and HUDs that support entertainment options like watching movies. movies or even play games. While Tesla has largely been at the forefront of bringing games to cars, BMW is also stepping up its efforts, having now teamed up with AirConsole to hold a competition on developing games to be played specifically in cars. cars.
The competition is being promoted during the Game Developer Conference in San Francisco, which begins in a week, and developers who wish to enter this competition can submit their work from today until the submission deadline of 8 June.
Once submissions are complete, the top four games will be selected, with developers receiving a €5,000 reward for their hard work. If the winning games are of high enough quality, AirConsole has even said that it will fund the full development of the game, so that it can be included on the AirConsole platform in cars using the service.
“As the automotive industry pointed out at CES, in-car gaming is happening. Game makers need to start making games for the car use case, not just bringing games to the car”, said Antti Makkonen, Game Director of AirConsole. “Using phones as in-car controllers makes gaming accessible and fun for everyone, especially considering that not everyone will have a game controller, or playing directly on the touch screen of the car makes the arm tired.” quite fast “.
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