Facebook has had its share of mobile games, and I suppose it was only a matter of time before Twitter had its share. Of course, Twitter is rather limited as far as gaming is concerned, isn’t it? Fortunately, there is BackChatter, a game created specifically for the Game Developers Conference, which is going on now, I believe.

The goal of BackChatter is to spot trends and predict which individual words will be used most often in Twitter posts that include the hashtags #GDC and #GDC2010. The game resets itself periodically during the day, providing for 20 individual rounds over the course of three days.

Check out the official rules after the jump from the Backchatter Web site, along with an overview with illustrations. Perhaps this game could catch on for other events besides GDC 2010.

How to Play

GETTING STARTED

1. Register for Twitter if you don’t already have an account

2. Follow the game by sending this tweet:
follow bcgame

3. Pick your first three words by direct messaging the game with this tweet:
d bcgame word1 word2 word3

HOW IT WORKS

1. Score points and win prizes by guessing what everyone at GDC is going to be tweeting about.

2. Each round, pick three words that you think are going to be popular in tweets marked with #GDC or #GDC10.

3. Every conference session slot is a new round.

4. You get points when other people tweet your words. The more players that bet on a word, the less valuable it is each time it scores.

5. Check out scores for each round at www.backchatter.com.

HOW SCORING WORKS

1. Bets lock at the start of each round. Once a round starts, your words can’t be changed. The three words you picked start scoring for you.

2. Words score each time they’re tweeted. When a word appears in a Tweet marked with the hashtag #GDC or #GDC10 it scores its value for everyone who picked it.

3. The more bets on a word, the lower its value. The more people that pick a word for a round, the less points it will give you per Tweet. Less frequently picked words have a higher scoring value.

Note that your Tweets will never score for you. Common words like “the” and “at” don’t count.

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