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Forums	Topics	Replies	Latest Post
3Daily 2017 Make one 3D object per day for the year of 2017	71	899	3Daily 2017: analogous analogous • Nov 2018 in 3Daily 2017
Allegorithmic's the Beast	444	5.8K	The Beast - The Cursed Queen daizyp • May 2020 in Allegorithmic's the Beast
Allegorithmic's 'the THRONE ROOM' http://www.polycount.com/the-throne-room-challenge/	498	4.6K	The Beast -- Feral children Sophia_Williams • May 2020 in Allegorithmic's 'the THRONE ROOM'
Chivalry: Medieval Warfare	61	591	Chivalry UGC General Discussion SofiaMiglani55 • Jun 2016 in
Arms & Armor, Chivalry: Medieval Workshop	165	2.8K	[Chivalry] - Mason Vanguard - Great Horned Helmet herbertvwright • Aug 2019 in Arms & Armor, Chivalry: Medieval Workshop
Company of Heroes 2: WAR PAINT contest	51	869	WAR PAINT WINNERS! skankerzero • Jan 2019 in Company of Heroes 2: WAR PAINT contest
CS:GO Weapon Finish Contest	1.1K	3.7K	PC-CSGO \|Space Invaders Playonce • Oct 2019 in CS:GO Weapon Finish Contest
CS:GO Weapon Finish Contest Winners	8	209	PP-Bizon / Biomechanical [ Shipping in a Weapon Case ] G99Factory • Jun 2016 in
Enlighten Contest	36	334	The Courtyard – An Enlighten Lighting Contest ratubola303 • Jul 2020 in Enlighten Contest
Game Art Workshops Hands-on Community Learning since 1967.	158	1.3K	Low-poly 3D Characters For Fight Game – GUTS, Indianapolis - Indiana gameyanstudio001 • Jan 2023 in Game Art Workshops
GDC T-Shirt Contest	23	131	Q&A Thread r13 • Feb 2015 in
Handplane Contest Contest Forum for the 3d baking tool; Handplane	47	366	Handplane Baker development roadmap radiancef0rge • Dec 2018 in Handplane Contest
Hexels Contest Forum The Hexels Contest Forum!	4	226	Marmoset Presents: Cubed - Final Submissions GhostDetector • Jul 2016 in
Killing Floor 2	7	38	Killing Floor 2 Workshop General ThiefofBreath • May 2016 in
Killing Floor 2 - Guns 'n Gear - CONTEST HAS ENDED	193	908	[kf2] - Item - Plague Mask SenayAmanuel • Jan 2016 in Killing Floor 2 - Guns 'n Gear - CONTEST HAS ENDED
Low Poly Challenge Oh sure, you can throw as many triangles as you want at a mesh to make something pretty! But what happens when you're limited to how many triangles you can use? Think you're up for the Challenge? Then this forum is for you!	70	1.9K	Low Ploy Weapon Challenge FelixOwO • May 2019 in Low Poly Challenge
Petrol/Blood	229	2.7K	PETROL/BLOOD - Elk Ranger pongstah • Jan 2015 in Petrol/Blood
the Polycount Tower A collaborative project for an endlessly-climbing tower of 3d models	46	355	TOWER - Mothership GeneWiz • Jan 2018 in the Polycount Tower
Reallusion's 3D Character Design Contest 2016	109	1.1K	3D Rigged Character TriGon_ • Jan 2021 in Reallusion's 3D Character Design Contest 2016
Reallusion Game Character Animation Contest	72	1.1K	oneshotmax oneshotmax • Jan 2016 in Reallusion Game Character Animation Contest
Riot Art Contest	2K	20.3K	[Riot Art Contest] - Kevin Collinet Beeltrat96 • Oct 2019 in Riot Art Contest - Animation
Riot Creative Contest 2017	1.5K	12.4K	[RIOT CREATIVE CONTEST 2017] Character Art - Postman Singed - JunkieKong KTENO • Nov 2023 in Riot Creative Contest 2017 - Character Art
Shapeways Dota 2 3D Printing Contest Bring a Dota themed object to life in Shapeways 3d printing contest!	58	233	Cassowary DEBABRATA • May 2020 in Shapeways Dota 2 3D Printing Contest
Team Fortress 2	143	17.4K	Looking for old copies of missing concept/promo artwork from old Polypack threads TF2CutContentWiki • Sep 2022 in Team Fortress 2
UT Master Challenge: Concept Art	141	1.1K	UTMC - Old space Rabro • Jun 2015 in
Warframe	135	1.1K	[Weapon Swap] – Skana – Infested Skana Meyaka • Aug 2016 in
XMD Contest	90	596	Character Inna • Feb 2018 in XMD Contest

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BEAT-EM-UP \| Chris Holden [b]FINAL[/b] Video Walk-Through (be sure to watch in HD) [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6jeKWuN2TEc[/ame] Start [img]http://chrisholden.net/ch_ss_final_shots01.jpg[/img] Destroyed building [i…	53 Last	Tom Ellis Oct 2010
BEAT-EM-UP! \| Bal Eh, working on too much stuff already, but still gonna try and make something for this challenge. Looked around for ideas alot yesterday, at first was gonna go with a tech-ish environement, but I dec…	41 Last	ZacD Oct 2010
BEAT-EM-UP! \| Kysterama Hi everyone! A couple of mates at work are entering this challenge so they've inspired me to do the same. My idea is to create a Honey I Shrunk The Kids / Arthur and the Invisibles style environment.…	44 Last	Spatz Oct 2010
BEAT-EM-UP! \| gsokol + boomz Hey everybody. Just putting a post up to make it all official-like. Will be updating soon. Our environment is going to be located in a carnival. More specific details will follow later, but the t…	37 Last	gsokol Oct 2010
BEAT-EM-UP! \| bgoodsell & NateMasterFlash Hey guys, I'll be working with my friend and roomate NateMasterFlash on this challenge. The two of us are huge fans of Genndy Tartakovsky's Samurai Jack, so we're designing our environment off of tha…	11 Last	Ben Apuna Oct 2010
BEAT-EM-UP! \| Kharn Right lets do this! Ill be using UDK to create a Dwarf mine envrionment, but Im going to try and keep away from the typical stone tunnel. I want to try and use the lighting to give the environment …	20 Last	Ben Apuna Oct 2010
BEAT-EM-UP! \| Jaiza Figured it was about time I participated in a challenge, I do mainly management at work these days so I don't get to model as much as I would like. My theme is Industrial Decay. Think: - Abandoned…	15 Last	Ben Apuna Oct 2010
BEAT-EM-UP! \| Skeptical Nate & Keen Latest: [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yQNbAXXHLnU[/ame] [IMG]http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e117/SkepticalNate/FishMarketSS_01.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e117/Skept…	73 Last	Ben Apuna Oct 2010
BEAT-EM-UP \| Pedro Amorim + glynnsmith [B]Theme: [COLOR=White]1950's B-Movie - Invaders From Beyond![/COLOR][/B] Our setting is 1940s-50s Americana. Our character is a kid that's fallen asleep watching science fiction movies and, upon w…	70 Last	glynnsmith Oct 2010
Beat-em-up Challenge: FINAL ENTRIES This is where you will officially put your hat in for your Beat-Em-Up Challenge. Finished or unfinished, if you'd like to be considered in on the vote to happen over the weekend, place your entry h…	9 Last	gsokol Oct 2010
BEAT-EM-UP! \| paranoidMonkey + soac Hello everyone My teammate got really busy and wont be able to work on this challange. I'd like to change the name of the Entry please. Theme changed [IMG]http://a.imageshack.us/img709/3231/influen…	15 Last	paranoidMonkey Oct 2010
BEAT-EM-UP! \| ibarter [FONT="][FONT=Arial]I have been lurking here for a long time and figured now is a good time to start posting. There are a lot of things I hope to get out of this challenge, these being the main …	2 Last	ibarter Oct 2010
Polycount Challenge: Side-scroller BEAT-EM-UP Rules [CENTER][IMG]https://us.v-cdn.net/5021068/uploads/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/beatemup2.png[/IMG] [/CENTER] [B][COLOR=#ffffff][B]The Brief[/B][/COLOR][/B] For this challenge you will be creating an…	65 Last	cholden Oct 2010
BEAT-EM-UP \| NathanA Hello all, I will be using UDk, I have only messed around with it so far so one of my main challenges will be using this engine. As of now my Idea is to do a sort of hyper-realistic style but I want…	4 Last	NathanA Oct 2010
BEAT-EM-UP! \| Deadpixl / Kovac Starting our thread for this project. -Challenges Get more familiar with UDK and the tools it offers Try a unique painterly style that is out of our comfort zones *Work on story telling with the e…	15 Last	deadpixl Oct 2010
BEAT-EM-UP! \| Andrew Mackie Hello Interwebs! So I know that we are very late in joining this contest but I feel like we can still get a decent amount of it all done (maybe even all of it!). I will be working with a friend of m…	14 Last	Andrew Mackie Oct 2010
BEAT-EM-UP \| iansmithartist [B][COLOR="White"]Old Forest Type Environment[/COLOR][/B] - (Ill update this once I have a more defined concept.) [B]Challeneges-[/B] Develop UDK Skills, in particular: [LIST] [*]Complex Materials […	14 Last	throttlekitty Oct 2010
BEAT-EM-UP! \| Insectscorch The Epic Citadel demo from epic games inspires me to do something medieval. I'm using Unity game engine becouse it lets me work without exporting anything. I just model, save and thats it. Challenge…	5 Last	Insectscorch Oct 2010
BEAT-EM-UP \| ae. / JasonLavoie Just creating this thread as a placeholder, will update it as we nail down the idea. We're going to be doing an environment that is heavly inspired by the side scroller XBLA game, Scott Pilgrim. M…	23 Last	Purplepaint Oct 2010
Closed I need help agine Where do i get the sand box game engine	2 Last	DrunkShaman Oct 2010
BEAT-EM-UP \| VertexChaos Hey guys, Another late start here. I've been wanting to do a Machinarium tribute of sorts and I thought this would be a good opportunity. Challegenges: - UDK, I know the basics but it's still tota…	2 Last	cholden Oct 2010
BEAT-EM-UP! \| Cody + Unregistered Friend Yo, so we are doing a Santorini / Greece themed env. Some challenges for us in using UDK will be water reflections, lighting and pure awesomeness. All of which we wish to achieve. Moodboard: [IMG]…	0 Last	Cody Oct 2010
BEAT-EM-UP \| Bibhuti Hello, I am entering very late to start. but hope i will finish it. Have an idea for this a castle interior. some fantasy like. My main purpose is to learn in this competition as much as i can. Littl…	4 Last	bibhuti.samal84 Oct 2010
BEAT-EM-UP! \| Badan [U]Probably it will be the base of my examination work... [/U] Some ideas: water park, school, supermarket ...need some twist Maybe surrealism and [I]picturesque visual style[/I] [U] Challenges:[/U…	6 Last	Badan Oct 2010
BEAT-EM-UP! \| AtlusZMH So this'll be the first challenge I've ever entered. For now this'll just be a placeholder. When i get some content/ideas i'll update :) The challenges I'll be facing are pretty much everything. …	26 Last	AtlusZMH Sep 2010
BEAT-EM-UP! \| roosterMAP Im gonna make an environment heavily inspired by Altered Beast. It's gonna be a graveyard scene. I'm gonna divide it into 3 sections. The first piece will be a swampy forest, the next and largest par…	25 Last	Mind Sep 2010
BEAT-EM-UP \| EzMeow There's so much possibility to go that I've no idea for now, so I'm just keeping this space to force myself to think about it. I think I'll go with a fantasy/medieval stuff but not sure about it. Any…	26 Last	bibhuti.samal84 Sep 2010
BEAT-EM-UP \| 3DK.P. / Bobbaganoosh Well count me in! The biggest challenge I think we are going to have is nailing the art style in the environment. This environment is going to be heavily inspired by Torchlight with some small influ…	8 Last	3DK.P. Sep 2010
Closed I need help I need some one on the team for this project. You can use any game engine you want. EDIT: I know what type of map i want to do to.	2 Last	Jesse Moody Sep 2010
BEAT-EM-UP! \| LordFryingpan Let's get to it. The level will be in a german renaissance-esque castle during a eldricht creauture breakout. There will be a nocturn ambiance and statures crying ichor. You get the picture. By th…	0 Last	Lord Fryingpan Sep 2010
BEAT-EM-UP! \| cow1787 [b]Miezul nopţii umbre[/b] [b]Background[/b] I usually don't do challenges, but I thought I'd give it a go after seeing this side-scroller challenge. The idea I'm going for is actually an idea …	5 Last	Ben Apuna Sep 2010
BEAT-EM-UP \| hawken I'll bite. Modern Japanese street in the style of Jetset radio, unity engine. [img]http://wiimedia.ign.com/wii/image/article/941/941935/reboot-jet-set-radio-wii-20090106020014803.jpg[/img] Will ha…	7 Last	hawken Sep 2010
BEAT-EM-UP! \| System404 I've been wanting to do something like this for awhile. Had an idea where the characters would be very simple and the background would be very elaborate, similar to how old school animation(Disney,Wa…	37 Last	POFFINGTON Sep 2010
BEAT-EM-UP! \| Reyden Hello, I'm new to Polycount and I think this challenge very exciting. So, I'm in! Personal challenges: - Learn UDK - Go back to 3DSMax - Create an efficient workflow - Work with 3D real-tim…	1 Last	Ben Apuna Sep 2010
BEAT-EM-UP! \| Dan! & RdmLegend We're hopping in on this action. Here's a rough idea of what the pirate level may or may not look like in its entirety. [IMG]http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a110/RdmLegend/mock1.jpg[/IMG]	6 Last	Gannon Sep 2010
BEAT-EM-UP! \| divi Seriously no idea what i'll do, but due to one week of vacation by the beach without internet i will most likely have time to come up with something. The extended concept phase will most likely help …	2 Last	divi Sep 2010
BEAT-EM-UP! \| Ben Apuna Here's the latest progress, see post below for details. Blockout in Unity, [URL="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1447878/Ben_Apuna_Sidescroller_01.html"]Webplayer Unity Build[/URL][COLOR=White] press Left a…	7 Last	Ben Apuna Sep 2010
BEAT-EM-UP! \| andrei313 [B]My challenges:[/B] [LIST] []getting better at using UDK []adding a lot of post processing and effects in UDK []making something that looks awesome and consistent in style []day/night scene (fi…	20 Last	jimmypopali Sep 2010
article from PCGAMER (one more pack for polycount update) ? [url]http://www.pcgamer.com/2010/08/11/next-tf2-update-adds-trading-new-game-mode/[/url] in an interview with Robin, pcgamer got some interesting answers... -new update next month -trading -polycou…	21 Last	Progg Sep 2010
BEAT-EM-UP! \| NeoNautica [FONT=Calibri][SIZE=3][COLOR=white]Hello! This will be my first polycount challenge (plus this is my first post... heh), so go easy on me. Haven't done much final art since I transferred to the desig…	3 Last	NeoNautica Sep 2010
BEAT-EM-UP! \| Tinokun Tossing my hat in on this one. I know it's not a beat 'em up, but I for some reason thought of the game Sunset Riders. I finally got around to doing an influence sheet and a layout sketch. I noticed …	3 Last	Axios Sep 2010
BEAT-EM-UP! \| TheBat My first try on participating in a competition! [SIZE=2][B]Challenges[/B][/SIZE] * Finishing an entry for the competition * Getting to know and to work with UDK * Using a modular approach * Generat…	3 Last	TheBat Sep 2010
BEAT-EM-UP! \| TootingChicken "Brighton Beach Front Brawl" OK, so I've been watching this challenge develop over the past week or so & I've been really inspired by some of the amazing stuff that's already being created on here. …	3 Last	TootingChicken Sep 2010
BEAT-EM-UP! \| PolyB Hey all. This is my first PC challenge so hopefully I'm entering properly. My idea is to create a small town scene inspired primarily by the art of the Fable series. As far as a story flow goes, t…	2 Last	gsokol Sep 2010
BEAT-EM-UP! \| [HP] I decided to get out of my comfort zone too, (Getting tired of metal and sci-fi) and do a very uncharted-like scene, with a lot of vegetation, rocks, and natural look. [IMG]http://i34.tinypic.com/el…	19 Last	TheBat Sep 2010
BEAT-EM-UP! \| achillesian +? LF teammate, i'm more of an idea man... hurr hurr concept, the dark tower: [IMG]http://i53.tinypic.com/2hoz0i1.jpg[/IMG]	1 Last	achillesian Sep 2010
BEAT-EM-UP! \| KWolmarans [B]Environment:[/B] A mix of the lord of the flies novel and Shaun of the dead. IT starts on an island type beach then progresses into a Guam type tropical jungle. The player follows the path of an a…	0 Last	KWolmarans Sep 2010
BEAT-EM-UP! \| naturon Hey guys, I originally wasn't interested in the sidescrolling theme but seeing everyone's ideas have inspired me and as I was starting to gear up to make a isometric jungle themed scene I thought I'd…	19 Last	woody_294 Sep 2010
BEAT-EM-UP! \| Axios I was working on another concept, but I decided to change it up today to go with something a bit more original. So my setting will be the interior of an excessively large clock tower. Gears, scaff…	9 Last	roosterMAP Sep 2010
BEAT-EM-UP \| Caryatid Hey Everyone, I'm new to Polycount, Lee3dee introduced me to this site. I'm branching into environment art and I thought this would be a good opportunity since I'm coming from Exhibit Design. Chall…	1 Last	ParoXum Sep 2010