12 Aug #RecolorContest Updates
Upon launch, #RecolorContest generated a lot of show-stoppingly awesome recolors – and no small amount of confusion. As we enter the competitionโs home stretch, we wanted to apologize for the lack of clarity surrounding contest rules and explain these rules with greater precision ๐
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1๏ธโฃ All Highrise-created items are eligible for entry: this includes all rarities from Common to Legendary, and also covers items distributed as rewards in past events.
2๏ธโฃ Regarding player-designed items (Design Competition Winners), only the original player may submit a recolor of their own items.
3๏ธโฃ You can submit multiple entries – usually, we limit entries to 3 per player, but left submissions open for this competition. You can submit multiple recolors of a single item as well, however, only one version of your recolor will be selected if you win.
4๏ธโฃ Each entry you submit may feature a single item recolor, or a full grab recolor. Weโre planning to mix and match Grabs and rewards featured in the Recolor event; if you submit an outstanding grab recolor, you can expect to see most items from your design featured in the final grab. We planned this to allow for greater freedom in conveying your vision, but we understand that it is a bit too open-endedโฆ!ย
5๏ธโฃ Recoloring means exchanging the fabric of the item: swapping blue for pink, or a heart pattern for a diamond pattern. Think of simply trading out one fabric or material for another. This isnโt a redesign contestโฆ But more on that at the end of this post ๐
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1๏ธโฃ Winners of #RecolorContest will receive โInspired Byโ credit for each item they recolor, as decided in our last poll. Since player-creators already have credit attached to their in-game items, they would retain that credit for their recolors upon winning this contest. At present, we donโt have the ability to change the credit text to โRecolored By,โ but we would love to add this in a future update!
2๏ธโฃ While most of our contests have an eligibility cooldown period for winners to give new folks an opportunity to rise to the top, this contest is open to everyone. All winners of recent contests are welcome to enter this competition!ย
3๏ธโฃ Winners of the #RecolorContest will be chosen from among the top-voted entries by Highrise staff. Right now, weโre working on building a better solution to our current vote system, since itโs frustrating to see spam accounts artificially boosting an entryโs popularity. In the meantime, however, we will do our best to check for this kind of artificial inflation, and we invite you to let us know if you spot anything fishy.
4๏ธโฃ Winning items will retain their original rarity – so if you recolor a Legendary, your recolor will also be a Legendary item. Bearing in mind that all items from this contest will be released as event Grabs or Rewards, most winning items will be Rare – so keep this in mind while designing!
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#RecolorContest was intended to feature simple reskins of your favorite Highrise items, but we quickly saw incredible potential for an entirely new contest: a ๐๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ด๐ช๐จ๐ฏ ๐๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ต๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ. We were floored to see dozens of brilliant redesigns of existing items pouring in from our community artists. While these items arenโt considered recolors and are therefore ineligible for claiming a winning slot in the #RecolorContest, please save your art for a future competition!
Weโre not sure of the details for a Redesign Competition just yet, but let us know how youโd like to see it pan out in the comments on the Newsfeed post!
Thanks for reading, and for bearing with us as we roll out new types of competitions! Weโll be in touch ๐
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