Community Contest Main Page

Introduction

The Community Contest is a content-creation contest organised by the Dragon Age Builder community. Prizes, which vary between contests typically include offers of work or assistance from existing builders to help the winning contestants build a better mod. All work submitted to the contest will be freely available for all to use and modify in mods, though credit should be given appropriately.

Aims

• to produce small-scale (5-10 hour) contributions which can be shared in a catalogue as useful mod resources which can slot into a variety of mods.
• to enhance the quality of these contributions over time with future "improvement" contests.
• to encourage new modders to try new areas of dragon age modding.
• to provide constructive feedback on created content.
• to encourage peer-assisted learning of the toolset and other modding.
• to enrich and reward the community spirit.

Contests

1: Settlement Level - Design a town/village/hamlet level

Alternatively, you may wish to browse all submitted content in the Community Contest Catalogue

Prize System

The prizes will vary from competition to competition, and groups may be used in future contests (see below). A points system is used so that winners may choose their prize(s) to suit their needs.

For prizes which include work by a community member, a certain amount of communication needs to take place to determine a suitable type and amount of work. In many cases, expectations of the amount of work which can be achieved in a given timeframe may be inaccurate. Be sure to discuss with the prize-giver prior to selection if you are unsure of what can be done.

Groups

Future contests may make use of groups. For example:

Main Group - open to all, entry disqualifies from Newcomer Group for this contest.

• 1st place: 10 points, chooses first.
• 2nd place: 5 points, chooses third.
• 3rd place: 5 points, chooses fifth.

Newcomer Group - open to all, entry disqualifies from Main Group for this contest.

• 1st place: 5 points, chooses second.
• 2nd place: 5 points, chooses fourth.

Sharing Work

The following provision is made to ensure work can be shared for the benefit of all:

"by entering this competition you agree to share your work for other community members to benefit from. Where appropriate, source files should be shared. Others may use and modify your work in their Dragon Age mods, though are encouraged to give credit. As the entries are judged, local copies will be saved and if your work is taken down, you allow for it to be re-uploaded, crediting the work in your name".

The Community Contest Catalogue lists content by category and provides links to the content as well as contests related to each category. It is to be maintained by the Judges to ensure work is always available.

Entering a Contest

An entrant may make more than one entry, but may not win more than one prize and may not enter multiple groups. To enter the competition, the following steps must be made:

1. User creates a BSN project
   • The entrant uploads their work to a new project of Bioware Social Network.
   • It must be named "Community Contest NUM - ENTRY NAME". For example: "Community Contest 1 - Fishing Village
   • Screenshots are strongly encouraged, so that you can also use them on the contest page. Judges will not take screenshots for you.
   • File must be uploaded to the project. Do not forget to make the file publicly available.
2. User posts on Contest thread
   • State that you are entering the contest (as well as which group you are entering, if applicable)
   • Provide the name and link to your BSN Project
   • If you are unable to complete the next section (modify wiki page), please also state that you would like somebody to help add your entry to the page.
3. User modifies Contest wiki page
   • Ensure you are logged in to the Builders wiki (this site)
   • Find the page for the contest you are entering (links at the top of this page)
   • Click Edit and find the Entries section.
   • Include a short description of your entry. No more than ~300 words.
   • Please include screenshots, but no more than 4 per entry.
   • Feel free to link to another page where you elaborate further if you choose.