etoDanya
Hi, I have a question, can we participate in the Art Challenge as a team of 2-3 people? We want to choose one category and make one big project for it.

anthonyzheng02
I was also wondering if there might be a discord server outside of these forums for communicating with the community or others in the challenge.

Thanks!

sarnett21
Hi,

I have a question about the realtime environment. I've been working on a Houdini/Unreal environment in my spare time for the last several months. And since the announcement of this game art challenge last month, I've really been getting excited and I want to take my current environment and fit it into the world of Elderwood. My original environment is inspired by Scandinavian villages and Rohan from LOTR, so it's not quite matching the description of "a lost city". It's a village with Viking longhouses and a large defensive fence (both of which are HDAs). Rather than starting over with this environment, could I take what I currently have and just add more rocks, ruins, and overgrowth to it? So it will still look like a Viking village but just have some added ruin/overgrowth elements spread throughout. Let me know if that will qualify as a "lost city" environment for the competition.

And this might be a dumb question, but I assume the whole environment doesn't need to be built in its entirety in Houdini first and then imported into Unreal. Like I can export my HDAs and models from Houdini and do all of the final set dressing and layout of the environment in Unreal right?

Thank you!

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Gand
I have two important questions regarding the rules.

1. I noticed on the Challenge page that only HDA files are listed as valid entries (no HDALC). Does it mean I have to save the Digital Asset as an HDA when using the Indie version?
   
2. I assumed all assets in the example Unreal Project have to be made by me, but can I use the Unreal Example project in the showcase video?
   

mitchellsaunders
Hi, I'm getting the same issue and have tried removing the Houdini Engine from the manager menu.

thetavoid
Hi, I was wondering if there is a more detailed description of the theme/topic, as it's pretty open at the moment?

maitlandvt
I was thinking, should there/could there be a special category for entries which end up as playable games/demos?

Like, maybe not a competition as much as just a collection/gallery?

geetee2323
I was just wondering how I was gonna pivot my personal project this morning and see this announcement! absolutely great news, Thanks once again to yeas at SideFX.
and yes I'd like to know same as johnan about using other apps, in my case substance for generating maps or Zbrush for geo polishing.

geetee2323
just a suggestion if it hasnt already been considered, but maybe a topic post specifically for those with an origin/backstory for the environment concept.

rnelodyy
Seconding the questions about using Gaea nodes and using Substance Painter for textures. Related to that, is it okay if we use Megascans for tree textures and smaller foliage assets like grasses/ferns/bushes?

mae-june-julie
For the FX challenge specifically, do background assets also all need to be made by the entrant in Houdini? Or could I use external assets (f.e. Megascans) to create an environment to showcase the effects in?

galagast
not that i have the time, but is it allowed for one person to join 3 categories? XD

johancc
Hi, are external textures/assets allowed in the contest? Or everything needs to be created within Houdini? Thanks.
Edit: Are plugins allowed? Like simple tree tools and Modeler?

Umang_Raj
Can i use the game engines other than Unreal/Unity? I am a Cryengine user