Before I give my opinion, I really wanted to say thank you to the Polycount Admins for putting this together. It was a really awesome experience. I liked the open theme idea a lot. I think the community took it in so many different directions, and the results speak volumes of what giving people a little creative freedom…
I absolutely loved all of the ideas presented in Escape that differ from the normal types of challenges we see incorporating Team Dynamics, Open Endedness, Multiple disciplines, Lose Rules, etc,. I think it proved to be a great venue. I believe that this venue creates really unique and original art and the creativity…
Normally I'm a fan of structure, which is one reason I really dig competitions in general. Helps me gather ideas and focus on something which can be an issue for many artists. With that said, the open ended thing worked out really well in a group setting as it felt easier to get an idea ironed out that fit the theme. I'd…
This competition has been pretty incredible, at least from where I was standing. Its the first game competition, polycount or otherwise, that scrawld and I entered and where able to complete, and I think thats for a whole bunch of reasons. Probably a large contributing factor was the amount of time, 10 weeks felt like the…