Get your pixels ready! This is your chance to lighten up this year's Xmas holiday shop!


Contest Information
iEra is looking for wonderful graphic designs for this upcoming Christmas Holiday Shop.
If you have the skillls, now is the chance to show them off and light up the Xmas season!

We are accepting: Hats and Melees

Themes: Winter/Christmas/Ice/Presents

If your Graphic Submissions get selected, your designs will be in sold in the shop, and
most importantly, you will get your own items with a Special Reward!

+ Extra Rewards for the top 3 contestants



Rewards:

Hat Category

Every Winning Creations: 1ec + your Hat

+

1st: 5ec, 30000 Gralats, Gold Trophy

2nd: 3ec, 20000 Gralats, Silver Trophy

3nd: 1ec. 10000 Gralats, Bronze Trophy


Melee Category

Every Winning Creations: 1ec + your Melee
+

1st: 5ec, 30000 Gralats, Gold Trophy

2nd: 3ec, 20000 Gralats, Silver Trophy

3nd: 1ec. 10000 Gralats, Bronze Trophy






How to Submit:

Send an email titled "Xmas Contest Submission 2021" to [email protected] with everything listed below.

- Your graphics along with all of the sprites if it is a melee.

- Your Graal ID - Ex.Graal1234567 (You won't get the rewards without it!)

- "Xmas Contest Submission 2021"as the Email Subject

- Information of how the sprites work (only for melees, if there are complicated sprites)

- Icons for melees (Canvas size must be 32x32~48x48 and equivalent numbers)



Due Date:

(PST) December 5th, 2021 23:59


Contest Rules:

1. Every Graphic Submission must be made from scratch. We DO NOT accept edited/stolen graphics. (You will be blacklisted and banned from submitting graphics if you have sent edited/stolen gfx)

2. Submissions that do not relate to the themes will not be accepted.

3. Any melees with an extreme amount of functions/sprites may not be accepted or toned down.

4. Do not use pure white and pure black. (It will not show correctly in-game)

5. The final file size must be less than 250kb.



Hat Template:



Sandbox for Melees:
24Bit:
https://i.imgur.com/GulKJqo.png

8bit
https://i.imgur.com/EYGNYLH.png


FAQ:
Q. Are gifs allowed?
A. Yes, you are allowed to submit animated gif files on both hats and melees.

Q. Are the hats strictly hats? Or are gas masks allowed too?
A. Gasmasks are allowed. However, they will not protect from gas if the hat does not look like one.

Q. Can there be any type of collab between two artists?
A. Collabs are NOT allowed.

Q. Are .mng files allowed?
A. Yes, mng file’s are allowed.

Q. Is it strictly a melee? Or can it be a gun+melee?
A. Only melees. All guns (even gun+melee hybrid) will be denied. Melees that looks like a gun are allowed.

Q. Is there a template for melees?
A. No there isn't, just make sure the sprites don't collide with each other - Make a square around each Sprites to see if they are colliding or not.

Q. Do the hats need set transparency, or will the team do that for me?
A. Make sure you set transparency when you submit!

Q. Can we decide the stats/abilities for our melees?
A. Developers will be deciding each stats/abilities.

Q. Any limits on the amount of submissions?
A. There are no limits this year, but make sure to focus on quality over quantity.

Q. Am I allowed to submit both melees and hats?
A. Yes.

Q. Can we decide the name of our creation?
A. Yes, just provide the name on your submission and it will be used if it were a viable name.

Q. Are allowed to submit recolors for hats?
A. We will not select any recolors.

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If you have any Questions post them on this thread!



Good luck!