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AiDroneSim : 800$ 2022 Contest

Welcome to the 2022 AiDroneSim contest !
For this edition, we have 3 categories : Video freestyle, Racing and Map Creator.

Prize Pool

Racing

Freestyle

Map creator

1st Place

160$160$160$

2nd Place

 80$ 80$ 80$

3rd Place

 40$ 40$ 40$

Freestyle

  • How To Participate

    • Record a video flying on AiDroneSim.
    • Post it publicly on youtube, with Description as follow : Entry for AiDroneSim 2022 Freestyle contest AiDroneSim Store page : https://store.steampowered.com/app/1608560/AI_Drone_Simulator/
    • Send an email to [email protected] with :
      • Pilot Name
      • Youtube link
      • paypal associated email.

    • Deadline : 10th November 2022, 00AM UTC.

  • Rules

    • Edits and music are ok, but pick a music with a sharable copyright. (no ads on Youtube ). There are great resources like : https://ncs.io/
    • Choose any map & any scenery you want.
    • No overlay on the video, except for the pilot name or AiDroneSim logo. Short intros are ok.
    • You are free to choose your tools. Recommended for 1st timers : OBS Studio and DaVinci Resolve.
    • Maximum 2 minutes.
    • Minimum HD definition. (1920x1080)
    • We value pilot skills and video skills.
    • A Jury will vote to rank the videos.
    • Maximum one entry per pilot. You can do a new video, upload it, and send a new mail, but this will discard the older video from the contest.
    • See last years results to get an idea
    • Any participant agree that the produced video may be used for promotional content or other use by the AiDroneSim team.

Racing

  • Accumulate points by doing good times on selected tracks :
  • 10 Tracks
  • For each track, at the end of the contest period, points are distributed as follow :
    • 1st Place : 10 pts
    • 2nd Place : 8 Pts
    • 3rd Place : 6 Pts
    • 4th Place : 4 Pts
    • 5th Place : 3 Pts
    • 6th Place : 2 Pts
    • 7th Place : 1 pts

  • For each pilot, his total score is the sum of his score on each track in the contest.
  • Race while logged on the Steam client, so the result is uploaded to the leaderboard with the corresponding ghosts. Only valid leaderboard entries will count.

  • Modalities

    • The selected Tracks will be determined according to popular vote.
    • Join the Discord to participate ! : https://discord.gg/ztK7nJgEgt
    • Same thing for the quadcopter models to use.
    • Once the vote is done, the Tracks & Quads will be announced on October 8, by a post on steam.
    • Try your best on each track until the deadline !
    • Deadline : 10th November 2022, 00AM UTC.

  • Misc

    • Leaderboards for concerned tracks will be captured at the deadline data.
    • Only valid entries, with the selected quadcopters, will count. For information, all the data about the game pilot's quadcopter are present in leaderboard ghosts data.
    • If you are near the top of the ranks, please contact us at [email protected] with :
      • Your steam pilot name
      • Your Paypal associated email. Please also send a friend request on steam to diophante.studio (friend code : 1196933938) so we can be sure it's the same person on email and steam.


Map Creator

  • Create a scenery in the map editor of the sim, and share it via Steam.
  • Either let it as a scenery, or create a track on it.
  • A Jury will vote to rank the creations.
  • Up to 3 entries per pilot.
  • Criteria : aesthetics, fun to fly, originality.
  • Send us an email at [email protected] with :
    • The link to the Steam workshop page
    • Your paypal associated email. Please also send a friend request on steam to diophante.studio (friend code : 1196933938) so we can be sure it's the same person on email and steam.

  • Deadline : 1st December 2022, 00AM UTC.

Results

  • Racing : results will be announced shortly after verifying the leaderboards.
  • Freestyle : results will be announced 2 weeks later, on November 26 th 2022.
  • Map creator : results will be announced 2 weeks later, on December 17th 2022.

Payment Modalities

  • As a general rule, payments are made via paypal. If for any reason you can't use paypal, send us an email and we may find an alternative. (like steam cards)
  • We may contact you via Steam to verify the email sender and the steam pilot name are the same person.

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