Reallusion Game Character Animation Contest

adam · Apr 2015

Reallusion has teamed up with Polycount and whole bevy of sponsors to bring you our first ever animation-exclusive contest, featuring Reallusion's iClone!

This contest is pretty simple: create and submit for two categories: Best Character Animation and Best One-Minute Video. There will be a third category to which you will be judged, 'Best Use of iClone'. So while iClone is not required to be used for your entry, those of you who do use it will be able to walk away with extra prizes in addition to the two categories you'll be submitting for. As an example, if you are looking for character art to use, iClone comes stocked with some great ones!

This contest will run from April 25th to June 10th and will be hosted entirely on Polycount in our Contest & Challenges forum. When you`re ready to begin, head on in and create your WIP thread!

The prizes available are great, too. The top winner of each category will be walking away with cash, gift cards, subscriptions, and licenses.

Head on over to the full contest page for full details on the specs of the contest, what you have to do to enter, and what you have the chance of winning in our first ever animation-exclusive contest.

What are you waiting for, animators!? Go!

Macrow · Apr 2015

...Mother of God...

Connecta · Apr 2015

Woho!:) Been hoping for some animation-contests!

Tripl3M · Apr 2015

when they make a contest with amazing rewards .. it has to be an animation contest xD
Good luck for everyone

UberLou · Apr 2015

There's some lack of clear direction in this competition. In the "Qualifications" section, it says the animation must be about "Video Game." What does that even mean? Also it says submissions must be minimum 1-5 minutes, so why is there a specific prize for one minute movies? And damn, 1-5 minutes is a lot of animation!

Animize · Apr 2015

Hi UberLou, It's John from Reallusion. Thanks for the question... The theme for the contest is Game Character Animation so you can enter animations that are inspired by a video game, which makes it pretty wide open since we are not requiring any type of game or style of animation. For example it's not only fight moves, but anything a game character could do. So just a 30 second clip of character animation can qualify for the Best Character Animation category.

The one-minute movie can be a minimum of 1 min and maximum of 5 and yes, that's a ton of animation, but you can consider making a short movie with mix of your animation in a full 3d scene as a short narrative, action sequence or mix of animation and motion graphics... we hope to see some game-trailer style movies, short stories or whatever you want to put together in a 1 min minimum.

William3DArtist · Apr 2015

This is great!!! I cant wait to enter this one.

littleclaude · Apr 2015

Is photogrammetry allowed?

littleclaude · Apr 2015

Sorry my bad, thought you had to build the character as well.

grabbity · Apr 2015

Wow! Thank you Reallusion for providing access to iClone and 3DXchange software for the contest, and thank you Polycount!

Animize · Apr 2015

Hi littleclaude, If you are entering the one-minute movie contest then the characters used in the scene will certainly help with the overall judging for that award. The one-minute movie is about animation...and... the overall scene and shot production.

If you are entering the Character Animation category which calls for a 30 second animation, then the animation is what it's all about so you can use a stylized character or even skeletal animation to create your clip. If you need a character and want to check out iClone, then you can watch a quick video demo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7E3-m_FTOA , download a full version below and use iClone to animate or add yoru character animation via FBX or BVH to an iClone character.

Note: iClone is not required for this contest, but we hope you'll have a go with it and see how iClone can work with your toolbox. Entries that submit work with iClone in the mix will also be qualified for a Best Use of iClone $1000 prize.

Get the iClone Animation Pipeline v5 http://www.reallusion.com/iclone/event/2015-contest/download.html

Animize · Apr 2015

If you are looking for the free 3D content pack that's featured in the announcement, you can find it here: http://www.reallusion.com/iclone/event/2015-contest/download.html
Top of the page has free iClone software and the bottom of the page has a link to download the free 3D content pack including the characters. Rock out!