ART STUDIO RELEASED

With over 500 community skins created and submitted on MINDNIGHT's Discord Server, we have decided that now is time to streamline the process of community skin creation, submission and implementation. The Art Studio Discord section is the start of this streamlining.

What does this mean for MINDNIGHT?

The Art Studio is a section in MINDNIGHT's Discord Server where passionate community members now have their own special tidy little corner where they can create skins, maps, discuss with other fellow creators and even submit skins for approval to be implemented in the game. We want through the Art Studio to take care of passionate community members, grow together, make MINDNIGHT a better game from a visual point of view while rewarding anyone contributing. MINDNIGHT is everyone's game.

How does it work?

The Art Studio might seem overwhelming at start, but it is quite straightforward if you carefully read the descriptions of each channel. The Art Studio Section on the Discord Server consists of the following channels:

• #info-read-me - Where you can find out everything about how the Art Studio functions
• #skin-guide - Quite self-explanatory - redirecting everyone towards a newly created skin guide
• #community-skins - The old, but moved channel where everyone can post their ideas and concepts
• #pending-skins - @Artists post skins here taken from #community-skins that they deem suitable in terms of theme and quality to be added to the game
• #approved-skins - @Dev-Artists post skins here taken from #pending-skins that were approved by them and the skin creator can now start creating animations for that specific skin
• #completed-skins - This is where @Dev-Artists will post completed skins that already are zipped and animated, for No Moon Developers, to get them implemented in the game.
• #skins-gallery - This is the gallery that has compiled all skins created thus far from #community-skins. Over 500 community skins.

For a better understanding of each channel read descriptions and the pinned message from each channel if you want to be part of the Art Studio and contribute. In this section we are also going to be conducting the Approval Process of a skin, from concept to animations to implementation. The Approval Process is detailed in the channel descriptions in Discord and in the Skin Guide.

How can I contribute?

Just join the Discord server and start creating! We've built the Art studio to be supportive of newcomers for creating MINDNIGHT skins, we know many of you love the idea of adding your own skin into MINDNIGHT and we want to make the process easier for you. The new and freshly written guide for creating skins will get you started with pixelart tips, but we also invite you to discuss in the Art Studio section, where you also can tag our talented community members & art developers with the new @Artists role, which has been added to help you receive better feedback and give more voice for the talented community members!

SUMMER COMMUNITY SKIN CONTEST

Don't have enough $$$ for that cyber-pre-order on Steam or Credits for MINDNIGHT skins? Fret not as we're launching this Skin Contest for you to have a chance to add it to your collection. We challenge you to create an original piece of art - a skin for MINDNIGHT. This also includes submitting in the form below, a name and a proposed description that should be in theme with the game. This will also matter for the jury and for the decision to chose the finalists. Never made a skin or have no idea where to start? No worries, we have your back! Check this SKIN GUIDE to learn about how to create a skin for MINDNIGHT and what kind of templates you can use in order to create a skin for MINDNIGHT. Note: The general Approval Process of skins does not apply to Contests like this one. Just post your submission in #community-skins to get feedback. START -> The contest starts on 28th June END -> The contest ends on 5th July - 11:59PM WINNERS -> The winners will be announced on: 8th July - 09:00PM (CET Timezone) The contest will be happening on MINDNIGHT's Discord server. Join in there, share your creations on #community-skins - get feedback, advice and show all of your awesome ideas! After you have created a skin concept SUBMIT YOUR CREATION HERE

Rules and Specifics

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Create a skin by using one of the provided templates for MINDNIGHT

There is no need to create animations or other frames/color variants for the skin, only the concept for the skin

The skin needs to be a new skin that you create, not a skin previously submitted to MINDNIGHT's discord channel

This Skin Contest edition does not have a specific theme and you are free to do anything you would like

If you have a lot of ideas, you can submit all of them, no limit in submitting skins for this contest, this will increase your chances in winning though

If you submit abusive, offensive and/or discriminatory content you will be disqualified from the contest and banned from MINDNIGHT

Your entry must be appropriate for players of all ages - so nothing too risqu

You are eligible to participate only if you have a working Steam Account with at least 1 hour of gameplay in MINDNIGHT

Your entry must be made by you, submitted by you, and made for this contest: this is about YOU showing YOUR artistic talents specifically for this contest

Your entry cant include any logos, advertisements, product names, or product placements: we dont want NTF writing us any cease and desist letters!

In order to pick a winner, we will choose a number of skins from all submissions and let the community decide over what is the best skin out of all of them

The winner's skin will be implemented in the game and he will be credited and rewarded accordingly

Skin creator winners will be credited in-game and rewarded accordingly

Winners skins will be worked on by dev-artists before implementation for animations and tweaks, but the winners are also free to work on the animations if they want to, while guided by dev-artists. [/olist]

What are the prizes?

1st Place: 50$ Steam Gift Card + Implementation of Skin in MINDNIGHT + 30.000 In-Game Credits 2nd Place: Implementation of Skin in MINDNIGHT + 15.000 In-Game Credits 3rd Place: Implementation of Skin in MINDNIGHT + 10.000 In-Game Credits Honorable Mentions: Implementation of Skin + 5.000 In-Game Credits All skin creators winners and honorable mentions will also receive their skin in game once it will be implemented. Here you can check all of the skins that are in the game right now for inspiration -> https://imgur.com/a/VfDlWoa There are also over 500 skins posted on Discord, in the channel #skins-gallery Have fun and we can't wait to see your creations! CHEERS AND HAVE A GOOD DAY! MINDNIGHT TEAM