Brisbane-based developer Cameron Owen (@CameronOwen on Twitter) has scored a $20,000 first prize for his entry in a recent two week long competition called "Flash in a Flash", held by the game development platform Unity:

The fast-paced contest challenged developers to make their Unity-authored games come to life on the Adobe® Flash® platform. The contest was a runaway success with more than 500 games submitted by the deadline, proving just how fast games can be created, ported, and deployed to the Flash platform using Unity’s development tools. After a tough evaluation, the judging panel reached a decision on the 10 best entries as well as the Unity “Flash in a Flash” $20,000 Grand Prize winner, Tail Drift, created by Cameron Owen.

Tail Drift is a simple arcade racer challenging players to maneuver a red plane along a 3D candy-striped tubular track. The track runs below, above, around, and through floating islands, hot-air balloons, and other obstacles for players to avoid in order to complete a clean run of the course and keep up with the AI competitors. Through stiff competition, Tail Drift was chosen for both creativity and fun along with its flawless deployment to Adobe Flash Player. After narrowing the field down to the 30 best titles, the decision became very difficult – only ten titles could end up prize winners.

Tsumea have an interview with Cameron with some great questions that are worth a read if you're interested in games development.

You can check out the game now on the Unity site.