Hello everyone!
Alright, time for a bit of fun! As a token of our appreciation to our awesome fanbase (that's you guys and gals), we want to give you all a fun little competition (with prizes - we'll get to that in a bit) to get your teeth stuck into.
As developers, we love it when people enjoy the game so much that they make fan art. It absolutely thrills us when people spend their own spare time drawing what they love (and maybe even what they hated!) about our games. And so we figured "Well, instead of getting people to 'like and share a post' in order to enter a competition... let's get them to be creative and show us their fan art!". To make things even more creative, should you win first prize, your very own design (subject of which is mentioned later) will make it into the game itself!
About the competiton:
1) This will not just be judged on a "who can draw the best?" basis. We want to open this up to as many people as possible, regardless of artistic ability. We don't want people to feel left out, or feel they couldn't possibly enter... so whilst artistic talent will account for a small %age of the points, we'll also be picking the top three entries under terms such as "creativity, interpretation, uniqueness" etc.
3) You can post your artwork anywhere that's convenient for you (i.e. Our Discord, Twitter, on our Steam forums, Imgur, FlickR, your own website etc.). The only proviso for entering is that you send us a link to it in the comments on this announcement. If you'd rather send us a DM through Steam, you can do.
4) The fanart can be of either Shrouded in Sanity or Usurper. You could even do something Lovecraftian, although we'd prefer it if it related to either game since that's more fitting.
5) The submission date for this will be Sunday the 3rd of September at 10pm GMT/UTC+1 (Sorry about the +1, British Summer Time and all that) So that means you have just a little shy of 2 weeks. We know it's not a long deadline, but we can't leave it too much later.
The prizes:
It wouldn't be a competition without prizes...
1st place:
- Your very own pet design to be implemented into Usurper
- 3x Steam keys of Usurper for you and 2 friends
- 3x Steam keys for Shrouded in Sanity OST DLC
2nd place:
- Special gravestone in-game for one person (that sounded more morbid than we realised initially)
- 2x Steam keys for Usurper
- 2x Steam keys for Shrouded in Sanity OST DLC
3rd place:
- 1x Steam key for Usurper
- 1x Steam key for Shrouded in Sanity OST DLC
Everyone that entered (that's right, everyone!):
- 1x Steam key for Shrouded in Sanity OST DLC (We will only give one key per person, regardless of the number of submissions by that person)
Important Notes:
- All prizes will be given out as soon as such items are available (so after Early Access, and once the game and DLC has been fully released). Since the game and DLC has not yet been released, Steam handles keys as if they are pre-purchases.
- For the pet reward, we will not use a design lifted from anything that already exists, or anything that bears a significant enough resemblance. We also won't be using things that could be deemed offensive, sexually suggestive (within reason, I mean Lovecraft and all that can be slightly suggestive at times)
- If you have an idea for the pet, but don't know how to draw it, Steve is happy to take on the challenge. He will obviously have to copy and ammend any drawing himself anyway, so this is no extra bother.
- For the gravestone reward, we will not accept profanities or content of an offensive nature. We reserve the right to use a little discretion and may ask you to revise if necessary.
- We will allow multiple submissions per person, but you can only win one place (i.e. you can't come 1st and 2nd, 2nd and 3rd, or 1st and 3rd). That would be unfair.
- We will not allow a group submission (we can't split the prizes between mutliple people, but you can of course share any prizes you win with others).
Finally...
So that about sums it up. Go forth and think about what you could draw, and like we said - don't worry too much about your artistic talents. All we ask for is a decent amount of effort and thought.
Don't forget about our official Pugware Discord Server, where you can conveniently find out anything you've ever wanted to know about SiS or Usurper - There are dedicated rooms for updates, spoilers, general chat and more. Both Steve and Jam are usually around between 10am - 10pm GMT/UTC+1 every day.
We can't wait to see your fan art, and the very best of luck!
Pugware