PE: Game Dev Intro and Contest Info!

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Project Educate: Game Development Intro and Contest Info!



Hi and welcome to Project Educate, I'm WillowXD and I'm the Community Volunteer for the Game Development! and this week I'm going to try and Educate you and help you learn and understand more about Game development here on DA! so what I have planed for this week is:

Game Development Intro and Contest Day - on the Monday (21st May)
- For this day I will be running through whats happening in the week and I will be running a week long contest, the contest will only last for this week and well be for both 2D and 3D game dav creators, the prize will be 2000 da points! for more info scroll down!

Game Dev Info Day - on the Tuesday (22nd May)
- For this week I'm going to be gathering info about game art, like what is Game dev all about, A recap on what goes in the game dev category, some articals on game dev and some tips and hints on how to make it big in the game dev side of dA and how to get your work noticed. for this I list all the info on a blog.

Interviews part 1 - on the Wednesday (23rd May)
- I have about 5-6 interviews from people in industry I will split them up for both parts and I will post them in a blog.

Game Dev Feature day - on the Thursday (24th May)
- Yes I will be gathering artworks from artists and post them in a big blog. I will also be asking for people to contribute to the blog by listing their art gatherings in the blog comments, there is a prize up for grabs of 500 da points for the person, who lists the most and amazing artworks of that day (from the game dev category and/or out sources ONLY! it must be game dev related in some way!)

Interviews part 2 - on the Friday (25th May)
- I have about 5-6 interviews from people in industry I will split them up for both parts and I will post them in a blog.

Game Dev Resources and Tutorial Gathering day - on the Saturday (26th May)
- Yes I will be gathering Resources and Tutorials for Game envelopment usage, I will try and find some beginner and expert material, so if you want to get into game dev, this blog will help you achieve that. I will be posting all this in a big blog. I will also be asking for people to contribute to the blog by listing their Resources and Tutorial gatherings in the blog comments, there is a prize up for grabs of 500 da points for the person, who lists the most and useful Resources and Tutorials of that day (They must be game dev related in some way!)

Contest Results and Recap - on the Sunday (27th May)
- This day I will be recapping on what went on in the week and will be announcing the contest winners and giving out the prizes!
  

PE: Game Development Contest - Make me futuristic: Weapons!



So basicly the contest is about designing/creating a futuristic Weapon from a real life weapon reference, it can be any type of weapon, gun, sword, mace esc..., the weapon can be in 2D or 3D. This is a simple contest as it only lasts for the week. so have fun with it!

Prizes!
The winner will get 2000 dA points :points:

Rules
- Your weapon must have 50% of the content created by you!
- You must meet Submission requirements!
- The weapon must be created within the date the contest was set
- Your deviation description must have a link back to this contest journal/blog
- Only 1 entry per Deviant
- Must go within the contest theme.
- Your entry must be uploaded in the time and date that the contest has been set and in the Game Development Art category!
- Must be suitable for family viewing.
- If you are creating a 3D weapon, the weapon must be game stranded - under 1000 polys and 1024x1024 texture size or lower!

Theme: Make me futuristic: Weapons!

Contest Dates
The start date: 21st May 2012
The entry end date: 26th May 2012 at 11.30pm GMT
The Public Voting Date: 26th - 27th May 2012
The Results Day: 27th May 2012

How to Enter the contest!
All you have to do is send me a note with your entry, titled PE: Make me futuristic - Weapons contest entry!, you must send me you're entry before 26th May 2012 at 11.30pm GMT, or it will not be entered!

Note entry here! - my.deviantart.com/notes/#tk=Yg…

Examples
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So if you are creating 2D entry this is the example of what I'm looking for!

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so if you are creating a 3D entry this is the example of what I'm looking for! (If you are creating a 3D weapon, the weapon must be game stranded - under 1000 polys and 1024x1024 texture size or lower!)

Thanks for reading, and I hope, you will all enjoy the week to come and good luck on your contest entry's!
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sevenofeleven's avatar
Am more interested in the programming side of Game dev but the other stuff sounds interesting.