You might've heard by now that Dead Estate is releasing on Steam on October 19th. Dead Estate is a project that my buddies and I have been working on since around August or September last year. We originally made it as a submission for Newgrounds's annual Halloween contest and we ended up getting first place!
Since then, we partnered up with 2 Left Thumbs (@noodle) to
- SIGNIFICANTLY expand the game, and
- Publish it on Steam along with a few other platforms! (maybe Nintendo Switch eventually)
The game is releasing in just a few short weeks, so to celebrate we're gonna be hosting an art contest with prizes! You can draw WHATEVER YOU WANT as long as it fits into the rules below!
Additionally, we're gonna split this thing into two categories: SFW and NSFW. Both categories will have pretty much the same prizes, although there are a couple of additional rules for the NSFW category.
RULES & GUIDELINES
- Submit your piece with the tag "dead-estate-art-contest" if it's an SFW submission or "dead-estate-nsfw-contest" if it's NSFW by October 15th.
- Your submission has to depict something or someone from Dead Estate. (big surprise, I know)
- Anything 18+ must be submitted to the NSFW category, not the SFW category.
- You can't make an edit of an SFW piece and submit it to the NSFW category or vice versa. One or the other!
- Keep NSFW submissions tasteful. Basically don't depict anything illegal or revolting.
It's probably worth clarifying that .GIF animations are allowed!
Now here's the good stuff:
PRIZES
SFW prizes:
1st place - $100 + Steam key for Dead Estate + Your submission will be included as a trading card on Steam!
2nd place - $50 + Steam key
3rd place - $25 + Steam key
4th place - Steam key
5th place - Steam key
NSFW prizes: (these are basically the same as the SFW prizes minus the "your work as a trading card" reward)
1st place - $100 + Steam key
2nd place - $50 + Steam key
3rd place - $25 + Steam key
4th place - Steam key
5th place - Steam key
REFERENCES
Here are some references for a handful of the characters in the game. Go crazy with them!:
Additional references can be found here.
Submissions will be judged by myself, @milkyace, @MZZA, @Stradomyre, and @GeloxLP. We're planning on announcing contest winners on October 18th -- the day before Dead Estate releases.
Don't forget to tag your submissions with either "dead-estate-art-contest" or "dead-estate-nsfw-contest"!
If you submit something SFW and post it on Twitter, include "#DeadEstate" or @milkbarlads and I'll be sure to retweet it on our account. Now get to work, you've got until October 15th! Good luck!
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