Over a month since the event itself took place, organisers behind the Great Canadian Appathon² have unveiled the top three titles to emerge from the 48 hour coding contest.
Taking home $25,000 and Unity Pro 3.x licenses, the four-strong team Drop Table was named as the top performing studio, with the team's game Windows Phone 7 release Trace Racer proclaimed as the best title to emerge from the contest.
Polish and publish
In second spot was Resistor 5's Ludicrous Archery for Windows Phone 7 the dev team awarded $10,000 as a result with winners of other categories, such as best technical gameplay and best power and performance game, picking $1,000 each.
"The winning games were evaluated on criteria such as the degree of innovation, the fun and entertainment factor, the level or art and design polish as well as stability, all under the theme of sports," said the team behind the Appathon, which was organised by XMG Studio and The National Post.
The game in third spot has not been named, but XMG Studio has confirmed it will work with all of the finalists to "polish their games and publish them in the appropriate app store".
Those at Drop Table have also been invited for job interviews at XMG Studio's HQ in Toronto.
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