A few months ago, we announced our partnership with Just, providing Empyreal mercenaries with the chance to win real money by completing bounties. We’re proud to have continued this partnership through launch, with several bounties still ongoing, such as designing a new boss, speedrunning a cartogram, and leaving some tips for new players who are beginning their journey.
Today, we wanted to share just a few of the brilliant submissions across a couple of categories, to not only celebrate the incredible work that’s been created, but to inspire more of you to get stuck in.
You can read more about Just and how the platform works in our introduction blog.
Bounty - Design a recruitment poster for new Mercenaries
Yan over on Bluesky made this incredible poster, cleverly using the Monolith to frame two of the Guardian Statues:
Meanwhile, Dudu on X nailed the ethereal vibe…
…and Bryda went with a classic western-style ‘wanted’ poster. Seriously though, kill that guy. Those blades have stabbed us too many times.
Bounty - Design a new boss enemy (ongoing!)
Projecta Zone created Echoryn - “a primordial form of energy, chained centuries ago by some keepers. Due to various disorders, Echoryn managed to escape and appears even more evil than before, embittered by centuries of imprisonment. His body is deformed, black eyes and his head is split in the center by a luminous scar from which electricity discharges come out.
His usual move is the static roar that allows him to advance quickly and through his eyes he manages to stun for a few seconds. But the devastating one is the fatal storm where the energy envelops his body and can transport itself a short distance unleashing a real energetic storm.”
What type of enemy could you imagine lurking in the deepest recesses of the Monolith? Let us know in the comments and over on Just for your chance to win $60!
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