VFX Guidelines

cheeseplus

What to create
Create two (2) spheres in a blank scene.

• Sphere one casts a unique spell or projectile attacking sphere two
• Sphere two receives the impact and plays some sort of status effect on itself (shield, burn, buff, etc.)

What to keep in mind
There are 2 categories you can enter in: Realistic or Stylized. Winners will be picked from each.

• The Stylized category should match the style and feel of League of Legends
• The Realistic category should feel slightly more based in reality while still maintaining unique and fantastic elements that make it feel stylized.

Ultimately, we want to see a range of styles. Don’t be afraid if your work is a mix between the two.

• The spheres should remain un-textured and should not move
• Do not use camera shake
• Your effect should be the highlight of this piece

There are three components to this effect:

• Anticipation
• Climax
• Dissipation

What to deliver

• Three renders in QuickTime h.264 format: side, top and beauty shot
• High resolution image from a frame of your effect capturing the moment of most interest

Submitting 
When submitting your entries, be sure to name the file based off of the category you wish to enter. For example, if you are entering the realistic category you can name your video files as "SusieStevens_Realistic_Side.mp4".

What Riot will judge
The VFX team at Riot is looking for precision timing and intense impact alongside clearly communicating the power of your effect. Dynamic use of color and value is also the key to a winning submission. Go!

Ready to submit?
http://polycount.com/discussion/196324/submission-guidelines

rocifier

Hi, is there any restrictions on complexity? For example high particle count renders vs realtime counts?

threedsnack

We have not stated how complex or simple your effect should be. You're goal should be to make really good effects, however, keep in mind that this is for realtime, and should run in a game engine smoothly.

DeviousShadows

Hi, can an exception be made for the spheres not moving if my spell is supposed to displace the other character/applies slows?

AntonioEffectsFX

I am looking over the guide lines did we need to do two effects or did I just do double the work needed for this contest? 

AntonioEffectsFX

I guess, I will be submitting as one package then... 

AntonioEffectsFX

I did have a lot of fun needless to say. Since unsure I will be able to participate next year... 

THendersonVFX

I think when I changed the codec to the H.264, it lowered my resolution way down to 720. Is there any way I could re-submit my video zip with the higher quality videos instead? I didn't realize until after I submitted and tried to upload the same quicktime to youtube. 

cheeseplus

If you resubmit, make it clear in the form or the filename that it's a RESUBMIT (add versions if you do it a few times).