Written by Elder Steve Bentley

Monday, 09 June 2014

LDSTech announces the 2014 Gospel App & Game Development Contest, held as part of the 2014 LDSTech Conference.

The Contest begins immediately. Everyone is invited to develop a gospel-centered iOS, Android, or Windows game or app that will help flood the marketplace with quality entertainment alternatives for our families.

Harness your creative and programming skills to create something worthy. Pass this along to your family, friends, and neighbors to get them involved. Visit Gospel App & Game Development Contest for rules, starter ideas, and more information.

Final submissions are due October 10, 2014 – a week before final judging at the LDSTech Conference. Get started now!

Comments

# jake Moser 2014-06-23 11:42

Where do you make the app?

# Alan Smoot 技术 2014-06-24 05:45

Quoting jake Moser:

Where do you make the app?

Are you wondering how to create an application?

# Juan Norberto Perez Quijano 2014-06-24 23:07

excelen where do make the app

# Danniel 2014-06-26 12:42

That's a very good move ! We need indeed to ballance ... all the destruction games with positive and spiritual inspiration games for children.
Searching for people with spare time for programming game. ) Blessings ! )

# Zac Brown 2014-07-01 14:43

Quoting Danniel:

That's a very good move ! We need indeed to ballance ... all the destruction games with positive and spiritual inspiration games for children.
Searching for people with spare time for programming game. ) Blessings ! )

Im almost finished with mine. If you need some dev help, just let me know what your project is.

# Danniel 2014-07-08 07:53

Wow, that's good Zac. It was a long journey for me to find Truth , and our brothers and sisters from the lost tribes. The early project where with ideas from already existing games, though i didn't had a spirit to finish. It was before finding Latter Day Saints.
( Ideas from the past, not finished) I thought of 2D - space strategy ... or 2D - tanks base defence... the question is how to add spirit there ... some ideas of trivia parts i have, for sacred scrolls , history truths... this can be integrated in the game. Do you have mail to contact ? )

# Ryan Paul Spataro 2014-07-13 17:05

Zach, I have an idea not for a game but for an app to share the Book of Mormon and I am looking for someone. Would you be interested?

# Danniel 2014-06-26 12:46

Oh ... and there is a freeware library, i was using to start some projects ( for Windows ) - Allegro . (Here is a link:)
http://alleg.sourceforge.net/

If there are interested people in creating a game, will be very happy, for now i have some spare time for programming.
You can send a messages also to my e-mail : danniel.nik@gmail.com

# Teri Marie Cameron 2014-07-26 22:39

Quoting Danniel:

Oh ... and there is a freeware library, i was using to start some projects ( for Windows ) - Allegro . (Here is a link:)
http://alleg.sourceforge.net/

If there are interested people in creating a game, will be very happy, for now i have some spare time for programming.
You can send a messages also to my e-mail : danniel.nik@gmail.com

# Danniel 2014-07-31 04:49

Good day Teri .) Nice to meet you.)
Do you have e-mail / facebook ? )

# Ray Rudd 2014-06-27 05:57

I just wish we could get MLS on line.

# Justin Krebs 2014-07-01 08:25

Quoting Ray Rudd:

I just wish we could get MLS on line.

Ray, a project to move MLS functionality to the Web is already underway and has been for the past few years. You can learn more here: https://www.lds.org/callings/melchizedek-priesthood/records-and-technology-support/about-clerk-resources?lang=eng. Thanks! -Justin

# Kleizmer Migraso Ricafort 2014-07-06 06:54

Is there are project for Family Search Indexing on Mobile?, because that would make a great new app for the mobile platforms.

# Alan Smoot 技术 2014-07-07 08:47

Quoting Kleizmer Migraso Ricafort:

Is there are project for Family Search Indexing on Mobile?, because that would make a great new app for the mobile platforms.

Please refer to: https://tech.lds.org/blog/455
and at the end it refers you to:
https://familysearch.org/blog/en/mobile-app-what-we-learned/

# Dustin Hill 2014-07-13 08:38

Another way for people to create games without programming experience is to use game salad. It is a pretty neat tool that has a lot of capabilities. I've seen these type of games:

Endless runner
Run/jump (like Mario)
Jetpack
Angry birds
Canon game
Asteroid

Here is the link: http://gamesalad.com

# Danniel 2014-07-14 02:17

Interesting .)) Reminds me of GameMaker and Game Editor .) Thanks for sharing.)
Although i prefer plain C programming using assembler when needed, because learning new environment and all it's features takes time.

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