IBM ASEAN dW Game Challenge

IBM ASEAN dW Game Challenge (IBM ASEAN DeveloperWorks Game Challenge) is a maze-quiz game sponsored by IBM. During the game, you will need to navigate King Darwin out of the maze and to his castle. If you encounter a yellow box, you will need to answer an IT-related multiple-choice question in which its answer can be found on IBM developerWorks website. Once answer correctly, you will gain 300 points. If you answer it wrong, you will lose 150 points. When you start the game, you will have 3000 points. Each seconds during the play, except when you are attempting to answer each question, will cost 1 point.

This is the official rules and description from the website:

About the Game

King Darwin is trapped in a maze and needs to find his way back to the dW Castle. Your challenge is to help him out in the shortest time possible, through pushing of crates and tackling of quiz questions whereby answers can be found within the IBM developerWorks portal. So are you up to the ASEAN dW Game Challenge? Play the game now to find out!

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How to Play

• Your task is to help King Darwin maneuver through the maze by pushing crates out of his way. There will be metal boxes along the way that cannot be moved. • You are required to answer a multiple-choice quiz question whenever King Darwin steps on a glowing golden tile, which could be exposed or hidden under the crates. • Answers to the quiz questions can be found within the IBM developerWorks portal. A hint will be provided for each question.

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Scoring System

• You will own 3000 gold coins at the start of each game, whereby 1 gold coin represents 1 second. • The timer will be activated once you start the game and one gold coin will drop for each second that passes. • The timer will be paused when King Darwin steps on a glowing golden tile and you are prompted to answer a quiz question. The timer will resume upon submission of your answer to the quiz question. • If a quiz question is answered correctly, the bonus will be an addition of 300 gold coins to your total number of gold coins at that point of time. • If a quiz question is answered incorrectly, the penalty will be a deduction of 150 gold coins from your total number of gold coins at that point of time. • The objective of the game is to collect the most number of gold coins at the end of the game. • You can play the game multiple times and submit your best scores with your personal information for a chance to be one of our top 3 winners.

The top 3 winners at the ASEAN level will be awarded with the following prizes.



The ASEAN dW Game Challenge was opened till 31 December 2008.

I played the game and as of December 31, 2008, luckily, I am the first place. Until final announcement, I hope it won't change. :)