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Massive Unreal 2K3 Mod Contest Launched

Posted by simoniker on from the unreal-mods-mais-real-money dept.

code-e255 writes "Epic Games, the developers of Unreal Tournament 2003, and nVidia have announced a huge UT2K3 modification contest called 'Make Something Unreal'. This competition will reward the truly great modders out there, and will hopefully encourage more people to mod for UT2K3." Word is that "..entries can be made in 13 categories, including 'Best Mod,' 'Best Character,' 'Best Use of 3D Sound,' 'Best Real-Time Non-Interactive Movie (also known as Machinima),' and more", and prizes include over $1,000,000 in total, with first prize $50,000 and a $350,000-value commercial Unreal Engine license.

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  1. Nice prizes by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Interesting

    The money is nice and stuff, but with the economy the way it is right now, how about making first prize A JOB???

  2. Back in the days... by leomekenkamp · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Back in the days of Doom, I did systems administration work for a Dutch architect firm. I know I certainly thought of using the Doom engine to convert electronic drawings of a building to a complete Walk-Through Interactive Experience (tm).

    Unfortunately, as all Dutch architect firms balanced the tight rope between going bankrupt and surviving that time, there was no money/time available for developing mods for that sort of thing.

    I certainly hope that some beautiful projects will see the light of day that would otherwise, if it wasn't for this prize-money, never be realised.

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  3. Re:At last somebody gets it by DragonMagic · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Apparently I missed when id Software stopped doing this?

    They release most of the applicable source code, give away the mapping resources, and even post on their .plan files when someone has a really cool modification.

    I'd say that actively encourages users to tinker with their games. Or if you meant they needed to provide incentive like money and an engine license to get what id pretty much does with just great quality games?

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  4. Also known as... by SuperBanana · · Score: 4, Interesting
    "[...]entries can be made in 13 categories, including 'Best Mod,' 'Best Character,' 'Best Use of 3D Sound,' 'Best Real-Time Non-Interactive Movie[...]" etc, etc.

    Translation: "Well, dangit...we're just all out of ideas on this whole first-person shooter thing, and we've fired a bunch of creative help... Let's collect materi...ah...throw a contest!"

    Honestly, how about a mod for that female character in the single-player release, so she doesn't look like she was beaten with an Ugly Stick? And seriously, leather is SO first version.

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