I know what I'm doing on my week off. Can't wait to see the cool shit everyone comes up with. I'll be looking through the Darksiders art book as if it were a Bible
Thanks to everyone whose been arranging great things for the community behind the scenes recently. Nice banners too, they're a great idea. Impossible to miss the comp then.
Thanks to everyone whose been arranging great things for the community behind the scenes recently. Nice banners too, they're a great idea. Impossible to miss the comp then.
Ryan Hawkins, Seth, Sean, r13, Emil, Geezus, and I all had our hands in this one. Love this team!
Only fitting my first contest is with my favorite game and the company I really hope to maybe one day work at. Good luck to everyone and I just want to get recognized.
Wandered out and picked up a copy of the first game so I can get my head around exactly what the game is all about. Looks like a pretty appealing art style. Looking forward to giving it a try. Hell, with something so simple maybe I might actually finish for once.
Can we enter if we're using educational versions of software? I'm using the student edition of Maya and every time I fire it up I get a very sinister sounding 'Must not be used for commercial purposes'...
Now I know the participants would not get paid but of course the creations would be in a game that sells for money, so it seems like a gray area to me, which is why I wanted to clarify.
I won't win anyway but I thought it might be worth mentioning, I know a lot of people here use student versions (and let's be honest, probably pirated too) and I couldn't help but think of the legal implications of this.
before anyone takes any remarks the wrong way, it should be emphasised that having an asset make it into Darksiders II is an obvious honor and a once in a lifetime honor perhaps.
Personally, I would work at Vigil for free if they would let me sleep in the ventilation ducts at night and feed me on their left over pizza crusts.
But, in a different light you might also consider that scoring an asset in the same leaugue as a Polycount winning entry for free is a little bit unintentionally insulting. Considering many clamoring to gain attention with an entry are desperately seeking work or even worse, recently fired! Usually it is considered impolite to simply assume something of incredible value would be given freely. But many of these contests seem to assume it's just fine to ask as much to blind desperate pools of talent. Not at Polycount, but in general. I sort of admire Polycount for taking a cautious step back from the last Dominance War. Not that anyone means any harm of course! It's just that, perhaps it shouldn't go without saying?
In which case simply apologizing and acknowledging that the contest is made possible during tumultous times at THQ development studios, and we hope that you will participate even though compensation will not be possible. However, we hope that the fortune garnered by the prestige of a winning entry would be of great value to this community.
For which I think a unanimous response would be, Hell Yea!". Not that there already isn't a unanimous accord already.
sans -1.
Just saying, any winning entry is the prize and in a perfect world is priceless.
Ok serious question;
Can we enter if we're using educational versions of software? I'm using the student edition of Maya and every time I fire it up I get a very sinister sounding 'Must not be used for commercial purposes'...
Just thought I would double check!
hmmm... that's a very good point.
There use to be a version of XSI mod tool you could use for commercial work.
It was made available through an old XNA program.
I do not know if it is still available.
I think I may have it archived, but I am not even sure if I can legally distribute it for this purpose?
Maybe you might have luck doing an online search for it.
Autodesk is pretty good about case by case exceptions.
For instance, if you are not in school and are out of work Autodesk will still give you an educational account to beef up your skills and build a reel for employment. If you contact them personally.
Likewise, they currently have an extended trial version of Mudbox for their own villian contest.
I am willing to bet if you keep begging for permission, you will eventually get an e-mail you can save as proof.
I suppose since the work is done for free, that it could be viewed as charity?
I use to be an Avid Editor at a local television station. If I was doing any charity related work like public service announcement commercials, I was allowed to use any commercially available asset I wanted without getting the station in trouble. At least that is what the general manager and producers told me!
If true in this case as well, I suppose that is a very good argument for not being reimbursed for the work used.
Can we enter if we're using educational versions of software? I'm using the student edition of Maya and every time I fire it up I get a very sinister sounding 'Must not be used for commercial purposes'...
Now I know the participants would not get paid but of course the creations would be in a game that sells for money, so it seems like a gray area to me, which is why I wanted to clarify.
I won't win anyway but I thought it might be worth mentioning, I know a lot of people here use student versions (and let's be honest, probably pirated too) and I couldn't help but think of the legal implications of this.
Just thought I would double check!
I think its ok for you to enter. You are not getting paid for your weapon. They are making money out of it, yes, but not you. So technically YOU don't use the software for commercial purposes... So it's fine, i believe.
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Including first place into the actual game is great. I can't wait to see the crazy shit that comes out of this.
Good luck folks
Thanks to Ryan/Seth/Bobo for making it happen
I'll participate.
I might try my hand at this. Weapons are just too bad-ass to pass up :P
Ryan Hawkins, Seth, Sean, r13, Emil, Geezus, and I all had our hands in this one. Love this team!
Are Awesome. :')
...you're all goin down....goin down town....:D
I was told to post in this thread for "fapping." I am fap.
if i can think of something badass i might join in.
My thoughts exactly. Nothing that might be too ambitious for some like a full environment. Gonna be participating in this one.
This would be a little out of my comfort zone, but I think I might give it a shot.
hahah same here buddy but i might do it just for fun
For those of you that are in, don't forget to look at Paul Richards' awesome concepts from the first game for inspiration.
http://autodestruct.com/concept.htm
Can we enter if we're using educational versions of software? I'm using the student edition of Maya and every time I fire it up I get a very sinister sounding 'Must not be used for commercial purposes'...
Now I know the participants would not get paid but of course the creations would be in a game that sells for money, so it seems like a gray area to me, which is why I wanted to clarify.
I won't win anyway but I thought it might be worth mentioning, I know a lot of people here use student versions (and let's be honest, probably pirated too) and I couldn't help but think of the legal implications of this.
Just thought I would double check!
Personally, I would work at Vigil for free if they would let me sleep in the ventilation ducts at night and feed me on their left over pizza crusts.
But, in a different light you might also consider that scoring an asset in the same leaugue as a Polycount winning entry for free is a little bit unintentionally insulting. Considering many clamoring to gain attention with an entry are desperately seeking work or even worse, recently fired! Usually it is considered impolite to simply assume something of incredible value would be given freely. But many of these contests seem to assume it's just fine to ask as much to blind desperate pools of talent. Not at Polycount, but in general. I sort of admire Polycount for taking a cautious step back from the last Dominance War. Not that anyone means any harm of course! It's just that, perhaps it shouldn't go without saying?
In which case simply apologizing and acknowledging that the contest is made possible during tumultous times at THQ development studios, and we hope that you will participate even though compensation will not be possible. However, we hope that the fortune garnered by the prestige of a winning entry would be of great value to this community.
For which I think a unanimous response would be, Hell Yea!". Not that there already isn't a unanimous accord already.
sans -1.
Just saying, any winning entry is the prize and in a perfect world is priceless.
*watches from behind sofa*
hmmm... that's a very good point.
There use to be a version of XSI mod tool you could use for commercial work.
It was made available through an old XNA program.
I do not know if it is still available.
I think I may have it archived, but I am not even sure if I can legally distribute it for this purpose?
Maybe you might have luck doing an online search for it.
Autodesk is pretty good about case by case exceptions.
For instance, if you are not in school and are out of work Autodesk will still give you an educational account to beef up your skills and build a reel for employment. If you contact them personally.
Likewise, they currently have an extended trial version of Mudbox for their own villian contest.
I am willing to bet if you keep begging for permission, you will eventually get an e-mail you can save as proof.
I suppose since the work is done for free, that it could be viewed as charity?
I use to be an Avid Editor at a local television station. If I was doing any charity related work like public service announcement commercials, I was allowed to use any commercially available asset I wanted without getting the station in trouble. At least that is what the general manager and producers told me!
If true in this case as well, I suppose that is a very good argument for not being reimbursed for the work used.
I think its ok for you to enter. You are not getting paid for your weapon. They are making money out of it, yes, but not you. So technically YOU don't use the software for commercial purposes... So it's fine, i believe.