PIXEL WARS I: The Great Enlistment
This will be the Greatest War Ever witnessed. The pixel war. Strap on your armor, pick up your mighty sword and begin to march for today is the day of pixel reckoning. Time has just begun on this small tiny planet, there are no lasers, guns, or machines. The only assets to a soldier of these days are his sharpened iron sword and possibly his trusty dinosaur. This is a world full of violence and only the strongest survive and you are no exception to that rule.
The way the war will be played:
Each contestant will create a pixel warrior that they will create to send into combat. The goal is to create a soldier that will be able to dominate all others.
Phase I Enlistment: This is where you will enlist your soldier. In this phase each person will create their character and post it in the enlistment thread.(The thread your now reading)
Phase II WAR!: This is where you will choose someone else's character and you will animate a small (or large if you want) combat scene depicting an epic battle between your characters, ending with your character being the victor (or you can make him/her lose if you want I guess)
THE SETTING: The beginning of this new world was not long ago and Strange creatures now roam this hostile planet. Life is not easy with little technology or tools, although some of the inhabitants have learned to forge iron into simple weapons. The days are hot and the nights are brutally cold. There is no life for a weakling, only the strongest survive and to survive here means to kill. As tribe's populations increased, the need for land and power increased as well. An area hidden deep within the jungle was discovered containing rare magical qualities. That land was rich with fruit and wild game. And the magical aura around the area gave anyone standing within it powers beyond belief. Now a full blown war has begun for the capture of this sacred area. Tribes from all around the planet are joining in the bloody combat. Focusing all their time and energy on crafting better weapons and fighting techniques. The time of the final battle is drawing near, the tribes have begun to pick their ultimate warrior and they will then begin their conquest. Enlist your Warrior today and join the greatest battle ever witnessed, Pixel War I!
General Rules:
-People of all skill levels are encouraged to join! The more people , the more fun it will be.
-Phase I will be one week long and Phase two will be 2 weeks long although these
are subject to change.
-There will be no official winners or losers everyone wins... unless you don't play.
-Don't submit your character if you don't want others to alter/use/and destroy your creation.
Art Rules:
-The characters must be pixel art.
-No bigger than 50x50
-Must be your own creation and created specifically for this contest(you can't use
something you created previously or something that is not your own design)
-Characters should fit in with the Setting and the description of the universe that this war is set in.
-Character can be any kind of race as long as it fits in with the story (human,dinosaur,cat,alien)
-You may also submit a write-up about your character as well( background,special abilities,other interesting facts, etc.)
-If you would like to create an environment to share so others can create their animations on it that would be great too!
I thought this would be a fun community event to do and I kept the resolution pretty low so that we wont be working with higher res characters for animation. I don't who will be interested in joining in but post in here if you want to join in the war, your works in progresses, any ideas or changes to the rules that you think would make it better. I hope to see some people join, I think it could be a good learning experience and a lot of fun for everyone from experts to beginners in pixel art. Good Luck!
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