17th of November, my birthday. Nothing weird or special about that, but it also happened to be the day that ADG became one year old and that was a reason to celebrate even more.
At first I was a bit surprised, because I didn't realise it was already one year since we started our App Developers Group. Time really flies. That's one of the reasons that people take a lot of photos or try to capture special moments and keep the memories alive.
So, to celebrate ADG's first anniversary, and to keep this moment alive, we decided to do an ADG wallpaper contest.
The contest includes some great prizes given by Matty H, Rich Derscheimer, baxslash (Steven Holding), and myself (Chris Van Wijmeersch).
So a special thanks to all of those, including the rest of the ADG administrators and anyone else who made this contest possible. Thanks.
We hope to see some amazing wallpapers, and wish every contestant good luck. Remember, all the winning wallpapers will be available for download, and thanks for participating! Here are a list of the rules for our first wallpaper competition!
TASK
Create the best looking wallpaper related to ADG (and game making). Any 2D or 3D software can be used to produce your entry.
RULES
1- The wallpaper must be either in .png, or .jpg format. No bitmap (.bmp)!
2- Image size must be 1440x960 (best suited to crop/resize for multiple resolutions).
3- 1024x768 is also allowed for judging (and winning), but the author will be asked to make a final 1440x960 version.
4- The 'Sofachrome' font must be used to write the letters ADG! It can be downloaded here: SOFACHROME
5- The wallpapers must be signed by the author (right-hand corner).
6- No copying or using of someone elses images! Creations must be your own work!
DEADLINE
Submissions must be posted on the coding competition thread HERE by 00:00HRS 1st January 2012 (BEFORE new year)
JUDGING
Will be carried out by ADG admin and their judgement is final. Winners announced by 1st February 2012.
PRIZES
1st Prize
- Model-2-Sprite by Matty H
- ADG Best Graphics Badge (Gold) - For the best graphics to be used by the winner on the forums or in their game art for perpetuity
- Full Catalogue of apps from baxslash (including as yet unreleased software)
- Animated sprite pack from TheSlayer with 60 animated spritesheets
- Wallpaper will be uploaded for anyone to download
2nd Prize
- Rich Dersheimers' AGK Particle Sandbox
- ADG Best Graphics Badge (Silver) - For the best graphics to be used by the winner on the forums or in their game art for perpetuity
- 500 Lines of bespoke code from baxslash
- Animated sprite pack from TheSlayer with 40 animated spritesheets
- Wallpaper will be uploaded for anyone to download
Runners up (x3)
- ADG Best Graphics Badge (Bronze) - For the best graphics to be used by the winner on the forums or in their game art for perpetuity
- Full Catalogue of apps from baxslash (including as yet unreleased software)
- Animated sprite pack from TheSlayer with 20 animated spritesheets
- Wallpaper will be uploaded for anyone to download
We will also be posting final versions of the winning entries on the site so both our developers and gamers can see what we can produce!
Good Luck everyone!
