Darksiders II 'Make A Weapon' Contest -- Submission pages are now closed!

adam

I know this is right on the Contest page, but I think it should get some special attention: The theme of your weapon. It is very important you know and establish your theme early on so that it drives every creative decision you make going forward. Vigil has very distinct themes for Darksiders II. Here is the important snippet from the Contest page.

Darksiders II Info

Darksiders is heavily fantasy based. Please avoid anything that look Sci-Fi. Weapons in Darksiders II are broken up into six themes. Your entry may use any of the following themes (Please do not mix themes outside of Darksiders Core).

For reference, please refer to this image in addition to the descriptions below:

• Darksiders Core: Leather, Metal, Bone, Skulls, Wraps, Bolts, and Spikes are all common details used throughout Darksiders.
• Angelic: The Angelic designs are very sculptural and ornate. Stoic faces and wings are common details. These are often the most refined looking weapons.
• Demonic: Twisted and chaotic. The weapons often look as if they were possessed. Spikes, Horns and Teeth.
• Maker: Maker themed weapons should all look forged. They often incorporate metal and stone.
• Crow Temple: Crow Skulls along with purple tones are the primary design treatment for Crow temple assets.
• Kingdom of the Dead: The weapons of the dead are primarily metal and are often bladed or have many spikes. Skulls and vented details are used as relief.

Additional reference information: Various members of the Vigil team will be live streaming their workflow throughout the duration of the contest. Up first will be Polycount’s very own Brian ‘BoBo_the_Seal’ Jones. Check out their Livestream.com page as the first stream begins this Thursday, March 1st 2012 at 6PM CST

adam

When it comes time to submit your entry to the submissions thread we will ask that you also include which theme you've decided to use for your weapon.

So a submission would look like:

<User name> - Demonic Axe
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We'll be sure to remind you of this in the submissions thread.

BoBo_the_seal

the live stream has been posted:

http://livestre.am/1jy8H

- BoBo

hannes d

could you post some runes on the forum please?
thank you

Piflik

hannes d wrote: »

could you post some runes on the forum please?
thank you

I posted a wallpaper from Darksiders in the Q&A thread with some runes on it.

Also this is not the place to ask for this...

Ged

Ive noticed some people seem to have a bounding box/collision model to show the shape they need to make the weapon for it to work in game? Any chance we could have a link to that model here so we can all use it?

afisher

Ged - You can find it on the DS2 Contest info page

Piflik

Second Livestream can be watched here.

Ged

afisher wrote: »

Ged - You can find it on the DS2 Contest info page

what!? haha I looked for it on that page I swear oh well there it is so thanks!

hannes d

tomorrow time changes 1 hour
don't forget to change your clock, and be 1 h late for deadline

adam

All submission pages are now closed. Congratulations to those who finished - and good luck! We'll update the News page with more information as is comes online.

Piflik

Congratulations to all who finished. I had expected more, but nevertheless there are tons of really hot weapons in the three treads. Looking forward to swinging some of those in the game.

adam

There are exactly 150 submitted entries to the Darksiders 2 contest.

leslievdb

damn that's a nice outcome! tnx for hosting this
Yet another pc compo that made me try something different

Nix

I think with the strict requirements and guidelines compared to most challenges, this was actually very fun and interesting. The livestreams were an awesome bonus.

Mathew O

I really had a lot of fun with mine, I was so out of my comfort zone. It was great, can't wait for the next Polycount competition Well done everyone

benji

Nix I agree, this was game art production in an industry context - I learnt a tonne!

The quality of entries is amazing, gratz to everyone who got in on time.
Unfortunately the daylight saving caused some deadline confusion for me and a couple of others... I'll pay more attention next time

Habboi

If anyone wants to see all the weapons next to each other then enjoy:

http://upload.habboi.co.uk/weapons.jpg

ChaosEidolon

Nice man! Cool of you to make that

EVIL

sweet habboi, damn so many awesome weapons! some stiff competition, some came out of nowere! also you forgot a few last minute submissions.

Habboi

Thanks. Certainly makes your eyes fall out. As for missing some, I shouldn't have, I went through the submission thread, 1 by 1. It's not in order I should stress.

EVIL

hammer, last page, beauwolf, xhantiss and burns0625

Habboi

Well that's weird. The burns one wasn't there before. I'll add them in.

And done. If I've missed anymore, please point them out. I'm going to go outside or something.

pc626

Habboi, you didn't put my hammer I knew going into this I would not have enough time to model it since I only had one day to do this. So I made a fully illustrated concept as best as I could. I bet if you lined up my piece you would have to second guess it was not done in 3D. I'm still rather proud of myself. I was so tired by 6am, could not go any further. Paid for it the next day at work lol. Anyway, there are such amazing pieces and so much talent! It was just fun seeing everyones stuff. Good job everyone!

Habboi

I'll chuck yours on mate. One momento. Alrighty done. I think I've got them all but let me know as always.

Miodnre

Nice idea Habboi .

XRevan23

very cool Habboi

Impala88

nice Habboi!

Habboi

Thanks guys. I find this format makes it easier to see the winners. I've already circled them in green in my mind. Impala, you'll be happy to know I am convinced your axe is a winrar.

SnakeDoctor

Thanks Habboi very cool of you to do this, I loved your mace by the way!

Habboi

Back at ya. I enjoyed seeing the select few take on Crow Temple and create something new.

BlvdNights

Habboi wrote: »

Thanks guys. I find this format makes it easier to see the winners. I've already circled them in green in my mind. Impala, you'll be happy to know I am convinced your axe is a winrar.

So should we start a bingo game with this image?

Echronos

Thanks for the image Habboi. this was a great idea

Good luck everyone

Resurrected1

Habboi, you missed my axe. I know it wasn't that great, but I spent a lot of time and was happy to finish something. Unless I missed it from waking up so early. Either way, awesome idea!

Habboi

Yours is right at the end, how did you miss it No I'm kidding I must have missed it. Added it in for you. Oh and don't bash yourself, I'd say yours is better than a lot of other entries. It's good enough that you finished, not many people can say they made a weapon and finished it. The fans on Facebook are all like "Aww I wish I could model or draw".

Skyerzz

Has anyone been contacted yet?

Impala88

Epic thanks Habboi And Good Luck to everyone!

Di$array

Nice idea Habboi. Makes life easier checking out every entry on that sheet. Such a great show of ideas and variations. Going to be a tough choice to pick the winners.

Roy

woohooo, great Idea Man!! cant wait to see "The Chosen Ones"

GL!

Resurrected1

Habboi wrote: »

Yours is right at the end, how did you miss it No I'm kidding I must have missed it. Added it in for you. Oh and don't bash yourself, I'd say yours is better than a lot of other entries. It's good enough that you finished, not many people can say they made a weapon and finished it. The fans on Facebook are all like "Aww I wish I could model or draw".

Thanks man, it really was a relief to finish, also taught me a few things along the way.

stonedove

I agree with Pc626. Phenomenal work all around.

dpaynter26

This was such an awesome contest i wish I would have gotten more finished, I got the model mostly finished but just didnt make the deadline darn. I'm still glad I attempted to finish it, I'm gonna finish my model for my portfolio atleast I'm really glad this contest happened!

Hamtoilet

Crud, what a day to join polycount right when everything was over. I wish i got here sooner!

Habboi

A few days have passed which means the winners obviously know who they are so congrats to them and I look forward to voting for them!

Mathew O

I dunno... I find myself wondering whether the layoffs may have gotten in the way a lil.

Habboi

I...doubt it. I posted that pic I made on the Facebook page and one of the people working there, perhaps some sort of community person thanked me for saving him the time of doing it himself. If things were bad I suspect he wouldn't have replied.

But then again maybe you're right but the timing is just too odd. Besides then you'd be getting my hopes up again XD

Mathew O

Haha, I think it must just be taking ages to pick between those top ~20 as there were so many insane submissions. Plus I think the quality control might take a little while.

Spug

What a great competition! I had a blast

Habboi

You know what would be nice...if they just said f*ck it and put them all in the game One can dream.

SnakeDoctor

Y'all are getting my hopes up again .... but seriously does anyone know if they have already chosen? I was wondering if the layoffs would affect the decision making. Its a real bummer to hear what happened after all of this. I hope everyone lands on their feet.

Di$array

I imagine the layoffs will over shadow this quite a bit to be honest. It's quite a massive blow to vigil. They'll need a few day to get back on their feet.