First 50 apps to be selected will get a prize of $3000. PHOTO: TIZEN
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For those of us who are not familiar with Tizen, it is a new operating system developed by the Technical Steering Group (TSG) which includes Samsung and Intel. The new OS rivals the other major OSs, Android by Google and iOS by Apple. Tizen works more along the lines of Android as an open source platform, meaning smartphone manufactures can use it to collaborate with their own user interface.
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The Taizen competition, which commenced on August 18, is open for all unity developers and will continue till November 21. Unity is a cross-platform game engine with a built-in IDE developed by Unity Technologies. It is used to develop video games for web plugins, desktop platforms, consoles and mobile devices.
The challenge consists of two parts. First, developers will have to show that their game has over 10,000 downloads on Google Play Store. Once done, developers will receive a formal go ahead from Samsung and can then place their app on Tizen Store.
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The first 50 apps selected will get a prize of $3000. The top three apps with the highest number of downloads towards the end of the competition will get prizes of US$20,000, $10,000 and $5,000 for first, second and third position respectively.
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