Game Creation Guidelines/Production

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Getting Your Foot in the Door
Like any creative venture, the game market is a catch-22: you won't be published unless you're already published. Here are some ways to break into that closed cycle of publication.

Games Design Competitions
Many of these are held yearly and are excellent ways to get noticed - and if you're not noticed, you'll at least get some feedback!
 * Hippodice(link in German) - English Competition Rules here
 * games.about.com - 2006 Game Competition Website
 * Ludothèque de Boulogne-Billancourt (link in French) - 2006 Competition (includes English rules)
 * Premio Archimede - 2006 contest details
 * Lucca Comics and Games - Competition rules in English