Hidden Splendor

CHALLENGE THEME

‍HIDDEN SPLENDOR
"Across the highest mountains and through the endless seas lie remarkable places filled with hidden wonders. Relics forgotten by time, stashes of riches, vaults filled with the most unimaginable treasures, their beauty known only to the fortunate few. Unseen splendors await those bold enough to seek the wonders concealed within."

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WHAT ARE TEAM CHALLENGES

These challenges are designed to bring together people from across the globe into teams of 5 to make a single environment in 5 weeks.
During this time you will learn and expand on your communication skills, how to collaborate and getting to one consistent end result by making team based decisions.
As a big part of this, you will also learn how to use source control, which is a valuable extra skills to bring into every professional setting.

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WHAT CAN YOU EXPECT TO GET OUT OF THEM?

• Expand your communication skills
• One fantastic environment at the end
• Knowledge of source control
• Being able to focus on one area of the environment, rather than having to do it all.

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TIMELINE

12 OCTOBER: Sign Up Open
17 OCTOBER: Sign Up close
18 OCTOBER: Team formation and Email approval
19 OCTOBER: Kick off stream, live on Discord and start of challenge
23 NOVEMBER: Challenge Deadline and Submission
24 NOVEMBER: Finals Livestream and Winner Reveal

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‍JUDGES

Every challenge we have judges that will be checking out your progress and will vote based on different parameters to decided who will be the grand winner in the end.
Our panel of talented judges will be revealed during the kickoff stream on the 19th of October.

THE BASICS

- Teams are made up of 5 artists, teams are assembled by the challenge organisers (we try, where possible, to arrange the teams to give the optimal experience by balancing factors such as time zones)

- There are both realistic and stylised teams

- The challenge is 5 weeks made up of; 1 week of setup, ideas, planning and blockout and 4 full production weeks. The complete timeline can be found in the calendar below.

- Teams will be provided with source control and starting resources, such as basic shaders, so you and your team can get up to speed quickly.

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IMPORTANT INFORMATION

You can sign-up for the challenge without being a member of the community via the form. After sign-ups close we invite artist that meet the expectations to join the challenge. If you accept this invite to participate you will need to sign-up to the 'DISCORD ACCESS' tier on our Website for the duration of challenge.
By signing up you also get all the other benefits such as full access to the discord, Environment Art Tips and Tricks collection, Weekly Live Feedback Stream, Your art included in our weekly newsletter and more on top of your entry to the team challenge.

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- The team challenge is a big commitment. You should carefully consider if you can dedicate the time for the duration of the challenge, taking into account work, education, and other commitments.

- Have a decent understanding of the core skills - Modelling, Texture, Lighting/Presentation and use of a game engine.

- Must be able to commit at least 10 hours per week (that's roughly 3-4 evenings or 1 evening + 1 full day minimum)

- Actively communicate with your team.

- Be flexible - Ideally, everyone gets to work on what they want but you may need to do some of the less hero work but that doesn't mean you can't make it worthy of sitting on your portfolio

- Little more flex - Teams are often made of multiple time zones, you may have to be a bit flexible to make meetings or figure out a system if you can't

- Be responsible for yourself - If you've committed to the team challenge you are expected to pull your weight. If you don't you will be removed from the challenge

- English - You'll need a basic level of spoken and written English to be able to communicate effectively with your team