Jedidiah Siah is Co-founder and Director of AlterCulture Studios Pte. Ltd, which does game design consultation, education, and promoting the usage of games across non-gaming industries. He is also an Associate Trainer at Civil Service College (Singapore) for Game Design. He is also the Creative and Design Lead at Living Theories, and the co-founder of the Heritage Game Jam organizing ground-up collective, the Sagakaya Collective.

Jeremy came upon this role as a game developer via a circuitous route that started in education. Earlier work centered around using board games, thought experiments, and experiential learning to teach logic, reasoning, and strategy. Somehow stumbling into the position of chief narrative designer at LambdaMu, he has made full use of this background to lead the company on an illogical, irrational, and strategically unsound gambit to create games that are unique and relevant to local culture. His passion is for art house movies that are slow, contemplative, and tedious, which furnish him with aspirations to write stuff that won’t bore people to death. 

Haskel Chua, the COO and co-founder of The Iterative Collective, drives the growth of indie game studios in Southeast Asia. With a strong foundation in game development and publishing, Haskel’s passion lies in helping emerging studios thrive. At The Iterative Collective, he extends crucial support to these studios in their early stages, encompassing funding, mentorship, marketing, and publishing. Committed to unlocking their full potential, Haskel empowers indie game studios to make their mark in the vibrant gaming industry. His expertise and dedication fuel their growth, enabling them to flourish and leave an indelible impact on the gaming landscape.

Daryl Chow, PhD is a globally acclaimed and award-winning board game designer with extensive international experience, having designed over 30 published games for companies around the world. Some of his notable works include Overbooked (Jumbo, Netherlands), The Artemis Project (Grand Gamers Guild, USA), Remember Our Trip (Saashi and Saashi, Japan) and Wok and Roll and Plantopia (Origame, Singapore).

Daryl also helms Origame, one of the most well known board game publishers in Asia. Origame has published close to 20 successful games and also runs the largest board game events in Singapore, the Play Play Fair and the Asian Board Games Festival. Daryl loves collaborations and designs with the purpose of spreading happiness and culture. Though his games are sold all around the world, the games produced through Origame are the closest to his heart.

Fadzuli Said is co-founder & Chief Technology Officer at Mighty Bear Games, where he takes a hands-on approach to managing the Engineering team and works on Mighty Bear’s portfolio of games to ensure they run flawlessly on every device. Fadzuli holds a Masters in Entertainment from Carnegie Mellon University along with an Entertainment Tech diploma from Nanyang Polytechnic. Prior to founding Mighty Bear with his friends and fellow industry vets, Simon Davis and Ben Chevalier, in 2017, he worked at the likes of King and Disney, and also taught for five years at Nanyang Polytechnic, to give back to his alma mater. Once mentioned in a speech given by the Prime Minister of Singapore, Fadzuli is the only Singaporean on the founding team and takes pride in representing the Malay community – the minority race in Singapore. He is passionate about Mighty Bear’s commitment to building a team based on shared values, and creating a culture that everyone contributes to.

In his spare time, Fadzuli enjoys birding, walking and spending time in nature. He resides in Singapore, where Mighty Bear Games is headquartered.

Up Your Game is open to any Singaporean or PR ages 15-35 years old (before 31st December 2023) residing in Singapore during the time of submission.  

*SCAPE reserves the right to verify and confirm each Applicant’s compliance with eligibility requirements. The Applicant may be required to submit further information to assist in the verification of eligibility. 

To enter, the Applicant must submit a proposal introducing the game ideas of his/her choice (the “Submission”). 

Please download and complete the game proposal template here. 

The proposal (not more than 2 pages) detailing the following: 

• The title of the game 
• Type of the game (digital / tabletop) 
• Game concept (genre, setting, gameplay hook, visual style, etc) 
• Visual (3D, pixel art, etc) 
• Game design and scope 
• Target audience 
• Team and expertise, if applicable 
• Proposed production schedule (optional) 
• Proposed budget (optional) 
• A link to portfolio 

Submissions must comply with the requirements set out in the Terms and Conditions. 

*SCAPE reserves the right to determine, in its sole discretion, which entries have satisfied the entry requirements and to disqualify any Submission it believes is not consistent with the spirit and theme of the competition. 

There will be two (2) rounds of judging, preliminary and final;  

During the preliminary round, all submissions that meet the requirements set out in the Rules and Terms and Conditions will be assessed by the mentors. Approximately 5 groups of mentees will be shortlisted. 

The shortlisted mentees will undergo a 4-week mentorship programme based on the following format: 

Orientation Day 

Shortlisted mentees are required to attend the orientation on 9 September 2023. Mentors will brief the mentees on how to best prepare their pitch for the final presentation. 

One-on-one consultation 

In addition to the Orientation Day, shortlisted mentees will receive weekly one-on-one consultation with their mentor for the development of their pitch deck for the final presentation. 

Upon completing the mentorship programme, all mentees will have the exciting opportunity to showcase their progress and talents on Graduation Day, which will take place on 6 October 2023. During this event, each mentee will be given 10 minutes to present their well-crafted pitch to our esteemed jury.  

The final presentation will be a showcase of creativity and innovation, where no winners will be selected. Instead, the jury will provide on-the-spot feedback and evaluations, offering insightful perspectives on each game idea. Their votes may indicate the potential for success with a “YAY,” “NAH,” or “MAYBE” verdict, reflecting the uniqueness of each concept.