From the Golden Cobra website: The goal of the 2015 contest is to generate small, intense, personal games. Golden Cobras will be awarded in five categories: Best use of themes/techniques for evoking empathy Best incorporation of perspectives of unheard or marginalized people or groups Best incorporation of touch Game we're most excited about Most polished and ready-to-play game In order to be considered for a Golden Cobra, your game must: Be playable from start to finish in two hours or less, by people who are not you. Playable by a fixed or variable but small number of participants, from zero to four