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The fate of the universe calls. Contestants must summon a hero from beyond this world to answer.
Join the eternal struggle between Lovecraftian horrors, heavenly warriors, and secret alien covenants. From the edges of the great beyond -- your yet-to-be-known champion awaits!
Contestants must form teams of three to create a hero model, four icons, and a corresponding spell.
- One Hero Model
- Four Icons
- Hero Portrait
- Entry Spell Icon
- Two Icons for additional imagined skills
- One Spell
- You may create one extra co-ability next to the main spell if it's required for your concept. In case a second ability is used, its function should be kept at a minimum, and it should exclusively serve the main spell's effect.
- No submission may violate any of the site rules.
- Defining only yourself as team is not allowed.
A team is defined by 3 members, respectively responsible for: Model, Icons, Code - Work sharing inside a team is allowed. That means it's legitimate to share work, to make edits, and to support each other in what ever way.
- Before the deadline, teams must show at least two unfinished previews for each category of their submission.
- The final entry must be posted before the deadline in this thread using a demo/test map. The post should be a little presentation of the hero, and must link to all submitted components of the hero (link to Model, Skin, and Spell in the respective resource section).
- The test map's name should be: <team> + "-" + <hero name> , and it must have decent testing conditions. Which means the user can test various aspects and behavior of the spell/code under certain conditions without too much of effort.
- Judges may not participate.
- Your final submission must work in-game and be bug-free.
- Feel free to ask if you have any questions regarding the rules.
- Submission must follow Model Submission Rules.
- Model must contain these animations:
- Stand
- Walk
- Death
- Dissipate
- Portrait animations, whether through a camera or a separate model
- Your model may not be started/made before the official launch of the contest. This includes any animation or meshes made by you or other users before the official launch of the contest and material made by users not participating in the contest.
- Before the deadline, the model must be posted in the Model Section.
The resource description must make it clear it is an entry from the respective contest.
- Submission must follow Icon Submission Rules.
- Only freehand work is accepted. CnPs, in-game screenshot edits, excessive filter-work, trace-overs or heavy referencing existing artwork are not permitted.
- Minimum canvas size of the WIPs must be 256 x 256 pixels.
- Before the deadline, the icons must be posted in the Icon Section.
The resource description must make it clear it is an entry for the respective contest.[/SIZE]
- Submission must follow the Spell Submission Rules / Jass Submission Rules respectively.
- The use of enhancing systems is permitted as long as their contribution is not the major aspect of the final entry. Clarification matters on certain libraries/snippets should be discussed with judges in the contest thread, in case of uncertainty.
- Third party programs, except Jass New Gen Pack or WEX, are not allowed. Using WurstScript is allowed, but it should be mentioned in the contest thread to ensure a proper judgement set.
- The spell must be posted before the deadline in the respective Spell Section.
- The resource description must make it clear it is an entry from the respective contest.
- The submission must be testable with the standard WorldEditor.
If a submission does not follow the rules, the team will be disqualified.
Breaking any of these rules may lead to punishment in the judgement score, up to disqualification from the contest, depending on the weight of the issue. In case of doubts towards a certain rule, you are very encouraged to discuss it in the contest thread so others and judges may help with sorting it out.
- 1st place: 100 reputation points, plus a special rank icon.
- 2nd place: 65 reputation points.
- 3rd place: 40 reputation points.
- Entry: 20 reputation points.
- Judge: 20 reputation points.
The three winning teams will receive an award icon representing the winning entry.
- General Frank
- The Panda
- Judge 3
Mesh | How does the mesh look aesthetically? How are its proportions, its balance and scale? How coherent is polygon distribution? | /10 |
Animations | How natural, smooth and appropriate are the animations? If they're custom, how well are they executed? Do they have physical coherence? Do they have character/personality? If they are imported, how appropriate was the animation choice? How hard is it to relate it to the original in that case? | /10 |
Effects | How adequate are the particle/ribbon effects added? Do they contribute to the model? Are they impressive? Are they added in a good measure? Did the model need more? | /5 |
Theme | How well does the model fit the theme? | /10 |
Mechanics | How well does the model work in-game? Are the animations recognizable in-game? Does it feature attachments/footprints/collisions/etc? Is it fully selectable? | /5 |
Creativity | How original is the general idea? How inventive is the execution? | /10 |
| /60 |
| Blizzard style | Is the style similar to standard Warcraft 3 icons? | /10 |
Concept | How qualitative is the concept, how unexpected and creative is the idea? Originality and uniqueness of icons are judged. | /10 |
Technical note | Quality of color, composition, expressiveness, shape, definition, sharpness, clarity, shading, realism, proportions, rendering, details, materials. | /40 |
| /60 |
Coding | Are the skills leakless and bug-free? Do they support multiple instances? Is there good documentation, and are they configurable? Do they cause performance issues? Is the code fitting for a decent spell submission, or is it too simple? | /15 |
Concept | Is it unique? How creatively was the idea executed and does it fit the contest theme? | /15 |
Visuals | How do the spells look? Are they overloaded with special effects? How explanatory are the tooltips of their functionality? | /20 |
| /60 |
Judgement score:
- Model: 40%
- Icons: 30%
- Code: 30%
- Judgement: 70%
- Poll: 30%
FinalScore = (30*PollVotes/POLL_VOTES_TOTAL) + (70*JudgeScore/100)
The contest shall begin on 1st November 2019 and conclude on 25th December 2019 GMT (day is included).
Assigned Staff: Assign Here!
The Poll | Results
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