Tdlob here and I'm back with another contest to sate your artistic talents! Featuring the largest payout in SK history, this contest calls upon you of the spiral knights community to put the creative side of your brain to work once again. What will we be doing this time you ask? Bombheads? No. Troikas? Nawh, we already did that one. (Troikamas was awesome btw) It's time that the community be mobilized to look towards the future. The future of this game as a whole and the mechanic that is going to change -everything-, sprites! Yes sprites, the little lovable pets that are going to be following us around, assisting us in combat, prancing around adorably, and being something new and exciting for us to look forward to. Sprites are the future of SK and now's your chance to potentially play a hand in that future.
What I ask of you all, is to draft up a full concept for a pet and its line(s). a full evolution from a Tier 1 sprite, to its median form as a T2 beast, with its final form as a Tier 3 killing (or possibly supporting) machine. Draw up the sprite and its possible evolutions. sketch out attacks, abilities, and possible animations. Write up lore and background on your sprite, placing it firmly within the realm we know as Cradle. Piece together stats, mats, and damage numbers for the newly born being. etc, etc, etc... you get the idea. You guys have until early May to complete your concept, about three months from now. (Likely also the same time Sprites will be released to the game) See below for additional details.
All entries must include:
- Tier One, Tier Two, and Tier Three evolutions of the sprite concept
- A full name and description of each tier level
- Knight Name and date of completion
- 2 - 3 abilities the sprites is capable of, be it offensive, defensive, supportive, combat-based, social-based, or something truly unique.
- The sprite in action: fighting, defending, supporting, or simply interacting with the knights around it. (You're not limited to only one)
Potential Prizes:
- Grand Prize ~ 10k ce
- Two Runner Up Prizes ~ 5k ce (each)
- Most Unique Concept ~ 2k ce
- Best Artistically Executed Design ~ 2k ce
- Most Complete Concept ~ 2k ce
Ie. full concept sheet, multiple angles, effective descriptions, attacks/skills depicted, full art depicting the final form, tooltip pages with stat bars, armory icons, evolution requirements, etc , etc , etc . . - Best *cough* cameo *cough* ~ 2k ce (What can I say? I like the art <3)
- Community's Choice! ~ 2k ce (see below)
- Best prosed lore and background information. ~ 2k ce
- Participation reward of 100 ce per person.
- Refferal rewards: 25 ce per person, 1,000 ce for reffering grand-prize winner.
Community's Choice Award:
At the end of the contest, there will be a week long window in which members of this forum community will get to vote for their favorite concept. Upon the end of the contest, absolutely anyone who desires may make a post in this thread casting their vote. (additionally, votes may be mailed in-game to me at 'Tdlob') ~ One vote per person, voting participants may choose up to three concepts.
Additional Rulings:
- Applicants may not use recycled or pre-produced work.
- Participants may enter as many sprite evolution lines as they are able. (but may only ever win one prize)
- The deadline for this competition is on May the 8th, 2013 (11:59 pm. cst) ~ may be subject to change
- Discussion in this thread is welcomed and encouraged
- Any medium is acceptable as long as it meets the aforementioned requirements of the contest.
- Incomplete entries will not qualify for participation nor refferal rewards.
Want a shot at winning some ce but don't have artistic talent?
Then today is your lucky day, spread the word about this competition to your more creatively inclined friends and family. If they mark you as their refferal you nab 25 ce. Easy as that. Put simply, if you refer 4 people, you'll get 100 ce. Not a bad deal for making idle conversation. Also , should your refferal win the grand-prize you will receive an additional 1,000 ce
Interested in participating? Make a post with the following information:
Knight Name:
Describe how your image was created (the medium):
The name/description of the completed sprite evolution line:
URL for the finished concept (including your knight name and date of completion in the image):
Name of the knight who referred you (if any):
If you have any questions, leave a post here.
Give me your best guys, I want to see everything you've got!
CONTEST EXTENSION:
In the hopes of increasing participation this contest has been extended until the end of May, closing out on the 31st.
Best of luck to you all, I look forward to seeing additional entries.
WINNERS:
- Grand Prize: Brohemian's Auto Retriever Line
- Runner Up One: Cobalt's Silkwing Line
- Runner Up Two: Zopyros' Kresnik Line
- Most Unique Concept: Morpho-Cry'sHopper Line
- Best Artistically Executed Design: Tokti'sKindlisp Line
- Most Complete Concept: Pballs for his entire freaking website
- Best Cameo: Latisan-Sklay's Torchob Line
- Best prosed lore and background information: Scamall's Bitewulf
- Community's Choice: Clock-Punk's Candlegeist Line
~ Tdlob
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