A Hyderabad team has won the top slot in one of the three categories in Microsoft Imagine Cup. Around 60,000 student innovators have vied for the three slots in the Indian leg of the 12th annual Microsoft Imagine Cup 2014.

Seven Summits, represented by Asar Dhandala and Prithvi Raj Pawar, emerged winners in the gaming catetory.

The Team Dexters - represented by Shanu, Ajay Kumar Saini, Shubham Goel and Roshit Gopinath - won the Innovation category, while the Team Untraceable0208 clinched the top slot in the World Citizenship category.

The Hyderabad team has won the gold trophy for its game ‘Petite’. “It is an ambient game which is centred on the life of a woman. Players lead the protagonist of the game through her life, following her memories based on the emotions associated with them,” Asar Dhandala told Business Line after winning the trophy.

One of these teams will represent India in the worldwide finals in July to be held at Seattle to win a prize of $50,000 in cash.

Asar said the team has also been nominated for Indie Prize Awards at Casual Connect (Asia) scheduled to be held in Singapore on May 20.

After this event, the team plans to release the full version of the game on the Windows platform. It is also set to release on iOS and on Android a few weeks later.