안드로이드 개발자 대회 2 가 시작됩니다!! (ADC 2)

결국 Android Developer Challenge 2회가 열리게 되는군요.

머.. 작년에 이어 이번에도 Android를 부흥 시키려는 구글의 움직임상 이번에도 개최될 수 밖에 없다고 생각은 하고 있었습니다만.. 우연찮게 회색님 블로그에 놀러갔다가 ADC에 대한 소식을 듣게 되네요.

이번 대회 역시 많은 개발자들이 참여할겁니다. 한국에서도 마찬가지겠죠. 한팀이 최대로 받을 수 있는 상금은 25만달러 입니다. 솔직히 2억정도면 발벗고 나서볼만하지 않습니까?ㅋ 저희 팀역시 이번 ADC에 참여할 계획입니다. 아쉽게 개발 실력들이 그리 많이 출중하지 않아 결과는 어떨지 모르겠지만 말이죠;;;

여튼, 저희팀도 개발자를 모집하고 있습니다.  안드로이드펍에 팀원 모집 공고를 냈기에 관심있으신 분들은 참여해 주셨으면 합니다. 현재 구성원들은 개발자 학생 5명에 기획자 1명, 그리고 개발의 전반적인 부분을 담당하실 회색님 이렇게 7명입니다. 얼마전에 현업에서 뛰시는 2분정도 모집이 되었다고 하는데.. 아직 정확히 우리와 함께 할지는 모르겠네요.

아래 ADC 2에 대한 공지 게시하겠습니다. 멋진 축제가 되었으면 좋겠군요.

출처 : http://code.google.com/intl/en/android/adc/

ADC 2

Welcome to the Android Developer Challenge 2! You can participate by developing an application, evaluating and scoring applications, or both. The sections below provide information about the types of applications you can enter, as well as the contest information and dates.

The ADC 2 full terms and conditions will be available soon.

Developers will submit their apps to one of 10 specially-designated ADC 2 categories (see below) beginning in August. An application can only be submitted to a single category.

First Round
In late August (final date to be announced), users of Android-powered handsets that can access the Android Market will be able to obtain a special ADC 2 judging application from the Android Market. With this app, they can download, test, and rank applications submitted to the challenge. Users choosing to participate in the review process will download submitted apps randomly and will rate them along a number of criteria, resulting in a final score for each app. The results from this first round will generate the top 20 applications in each of the 10 categories (200 apps total), which will go into the second round.

Second Round
The top 20 applications in each category will proceed to the second round. Android users will then be able to download the final applications and evaluate them in the same manner as during the First Round using the ADC 2 judging app. At the end of the voting period, applications in each category will be ranked, with the community vote constituting 45% of the final judging score.

Along with the public ranking, a team of Google-selected judges will evaluate the applications. Their scores will constitute 55% of the final score.

Eligibility

The ADC 2 contest is open only to applications that have not been published -- whether through Android market, a public web site, or any other means. An application that has already been made available to the public (at the time of judging) is ineligible, regardless whether it is free or sold commercially. Additionally, applications that were entered in the ADC 1 contest are ineligible for the ADC 2 contest, regardless whether they were winning apps. Similarly, updated versions of applications entered in the ADC 1 contest are ineligible for ADC 2.

When you enter an application in the ADC 2, we will make it available to all contest judges for free, exclusively for the purposes of judging. If you intend to sell your application after the conclusion of the contest, you may submit a "trial" version of the application for judging. We recommend that your trial version include full functionality, but with a timed expiration, rather than including limited functionality with no expiration. Judges will evaluate your application based only on the functionality accessible to them, so it makes sense to provide the fullest range of capabilities possible in your contest app.

Teams and business entities may enter applications in the contest, but each team or entity must designate a single developer entity who will be responsible for uploading the application. Should the application be selected as a contest winner, all payments will be sent to the developer entity only. Further division of funds is the responsibility of the team leader or business entity representative.

All submitted applications must run on Android 1.5 and be in English.

Categories

• Education/Reference
• Games: Casual/Puzzle
• Games: Arcade/Action
• Social Networking
• Lifestyle
• Productivity/Tools
• Media
• Entertainment
• Travel
• Misc

Awards

Prizes will be distributed as follows; all prizes are in USD:

For each of the 10 categories:

• 1st prize: $100,000
• 2nd prize: $50,000
• 3rd prize: $25,000

Overall (across all categories)

• 1st prize: $150,000 (meaning the overall winner will receive $250,000)
• 2nd prize: $50,000 (meaning the 2nd prize winner will receive up to $150,000)
• 3rd prize: $25,000 (meaning the 3rd prize winner will receive up to $125,000)

In addition, attendees of selected developer events will be provided with devices intended for use in developing submissions for ADC 2.

Timeline

Note: this timeline is subject to change until the Official Rules are published.

• May 27 - Google I/O: ADC 2 announced
• June: Full Terms and Conditions made available
• Beginning in August: submission site opens, developers submit apps
• Approximately 2 weeks later: submission site closes; ADC2 client/scoring app goes up on Market; users begin reviewing apps
• Mid October: first-round judging ends
• Mid November: final judging ends, winners announced