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and take video games to task with the Video Game Parody competition! We want you to animate a parody of any game you desire; you can poke fun at your favorite game, or satirize one you hate. You don't even have to stick to one game! There are no limitations as to what you can pick this time around, so don't worry about covering the same game as someone else. Just focus on finding the humor in your choice. Keep in mind that you don't need to limit yourself to simple comedy for this competition! If you're more interested in action sequences, why not give action/comedy a shot? Comedy is the primary focus for this competition, but you can include any other elements you want! Think you have what it takes to bring the laughter?

For this competition we would like all entrants to make a thread in the Works In Progress forum and keep it updated with your progress as you animate your submission. Doing this is not a requirement but we will be granting bonus points to those that keep their thread up to date, so make sure you make your thread to collect those points! Here are some past examples of the kind of thread we want you to make:

• Evangelion - 1st Place (Pro) Film Tribute Competition - exceld
  
• Gurren-Lagann - 3rd Place (Pro) Film Tribute Competition - Irian
  
• The Hobbit 3 - 1st Place (Intermediate) Film Tribute Competition - Barthimo1
  
• Super Mario - 2nd Place (Pro) Game Tribute Legion 2 - Syrius
  
• Metal Stick Rising - 3rd Place (Pro) Game Tribute Legion 2 - Xrebellion

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Entry Scoring

ing criteria:

Submission

• Humor - Humor is subjective. Instead of judging based on whether or not something made us laugh, we will instead look at the effort put in to making something funny regardless of sense of humor.
  
• Animation - Demonstration of technical animation skill. Things such as timing, rhythm, arcs, squash, stretch, etc. will all be taken into account.
  
• Art - Artistic ability. Includes aspects such as scene composition, use of color, perspective, lighting, attention to detail, etc.
  
• Direction - Your ability to direct an animation, taking in to account things like intent, story telling, emotion, use of music, use of sound effects, etc.
  
• Length - We require a minimum of 90 seconds, but it doesn't have to be exactly 90 seconds. A longer animation is better as long as the quality doesn't suffer because of it.
  
• Originality - We're looking for entrants to try new things! The more you set yourself apart the better.

Extra

• Posted Game(s) They Are Parodying in Competition Thread
  
• Created WIP Thread
  
• Kept WIP Thread Updated

The animation itself accounts for the majority of total possible points, but final ranking is not determined solely by how good your animation is.[/INDENT]

Timeline



How To Enter

do is reply to this thread with the game (or games) you want to parody. Every few days we will collect the names of people who've posted and add it to a list of participants which everyone will use to keep track of who's entered and their progress. You may still submit an entry even if you don't make a WIP thread or announce your game here, but you will be at an automatic disadvantage to those who do! When you have finished your entry, ensure you've met all the requirements listed below and send me a private message with your PayPal email address and a link to both the SWF and the FLA of your entry. We will collect submissions and announce the winners according to the timeline above. We will be releasing the submitted animations on a weekly schedule after the competitions ends, so remember not to leak your entry anywhere until two days after it goes up on official StickPage channels! If you do not supply a PayPal email address you will not be able to receive your prize if you win.[/INDENT]

Requirements

submission to qualify. Failure to meet these requirements will automatically disqualify your entry.

• Must involve stick figures in some way
  
• Must be a complete finished animation, cannot be split into multiple parts
  
• Must have sound effects & music
  
• Must contain a minimum of 90 seconds of animation excluding any introductions or credits
  
• Must have a 16:9 aspect ratio with no letterbox
  
• Must contain official StickPage branding (download Flash package here or MP4 video package here), applied in the following ways:
  
  • Introduction - A brief animated introduction to be placed at the very beginning of your animation, after any preloaders and before any other introductions
    
  • Main Menu Link - If your animation is a SWF and has a menu, a link to StickPage must be present somewhere in it
    
  • Watermark - A StickPage watermark must be present in the lower left-hand corner of the animation throughout playback, must be a link to StickPage if it's a SWF
    
  • Credits - StickPage must also appear during the credits, must be a link if it's a SWF
  
  
• All released versions of the animation must contain the StickPage branding described above
  
• Must not be released until a two days after it goes up on official StickPage channels
  
• Must have a PayPal account to receive prize

• Cursing - StickPage is frequented by a diverse range of people of various ages and cultures, and as such we tend to air on the side of caution when it comes to a controversial subject like whether or not swear words are appropriate. We would rather you avoid swearing completely within an animation, but censoring any swear words will also work.
  
• Extreme Gore - In the past some talented animators have gone a little overboard with their graphic depiction of violence and gore in their animation, and it left some viewers feeling uncomfortable. To avoid upsetting our viewers we may ask you to tone down some gore if it's too much. This is only in very specific circumstances where the depiction is realistic enough to affect viewers. Your average stick figure cartoon violence is still perfectly fine!

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Prizes

staggering $5,000 in potential prizes! Don't think you stand a chance? Take a look at our prize breakdown before you give up so easily!

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FAQ & Help

questions in this thread! Common answers or good questions will be added below.

What is aspect ratio?

Aspect ratio is the ratio between your video's width and height. Usually represented as X:Y, where X relates to the width and Y relates to the height. For this competition we are requiring a 16:9 aspect ratio, which means no matter how large your video resolution is, for every 16 units of your with you need 9 units in height. If you are not sure your animation is the correct aspect ratio, you can quickly use an aspect ratio calculator at this link by putting in your own animations width and height. 16:9 is a common aspect ratio for video and displays. Standard resolutions for the 16:9 aspect ratio include 640x360, 960x540, 1280x720, & 1920x1080. Typically if you are making an animation it is recommended you animate at either 1280x720 or 1920x1080 if you can for the highest fidelity results, but that is not a requirement. With vector animation software such as Flash you can animate at a lower resolution and scale up with virtually no quality loss, but lines will look thicker and imperfections in detail become more noticeable.

What is letterbox?

In video, a letterbox refers to the matte (black bars) that surround footage that was shot in an aspect ratio different from the video's. The black bars fill in the space from the edge of the video container to the edge where the footage begins. You will most likely recognize this as the black bars you see on the top and bottom of some movies. This happens because some movies are filmed with a 16:10 aspect ratio while most standard widescreen televisions have a 16:9 aspect ratio, so to fit the film in the television the letterbox needs to be added digitally. For this competition we do not want any letterbox, your animation should take up the entire width & height of the canvas.[/INDENT]

Participants

so far!

Announced: 51 | Progress Threads: 26/51
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Externus
Call of Duty x Undertale
Seagull
Casual Souls
Dark Souls 2
GVlash
Skullgirls


Barthimo1
Good Hunters
Bloodborne
Irian
Bayonetta 2
Pox
Pac-Man


nyneicon
Mount and Blade: Warband
Thegridwhereyouaretrapped
Q-Bert
Law
Ace Attorney


X-treme
Mortal Kombat
HintHunter
Chess
GuzFA
God of Wor
God of War


kronusFA
Contra
Zero
Chess
Atsukedaime
Left 4 Dead


Hydrios
Undertale
sorryh
Sleeping Dogs
guramecon
SUPERHOT


EhMeD_Emer
GTA San Andreas
wolfD
Pac-Man
Azure
Tenchu Z-OMG
Tenchu Z


Arch-Angel
Multiple Games! Multiple!
Ghombeat
The Orange Box: Under the Suppression Field
The Orange Box
Camila
OFF


Not_Nish
Bullet Bronson
Point-and-Click Sniper Games
poppetje3D
Soul Calibur
Smile
Prototype


DiPi
Welcome To Dark Souls
Dark Souls
exceld
POKEFRAME
Pokemon Yellow x Warframe
xDonnyx
Kirby: Stick attack!
Kirby


KingDorango
Minecraft
Pace4
Pokemon Red
WhiteJoker
Overbotch
Overwatch


Chewy
Chivalry: Medieval Warfare and Left 4 Dead 2
WaveSP
Flappy Stick
Flappy Bird
Rythm
Kingdom Hearts


Drifts
Pokemon Go
pyrosamurai
Pokken Tournament
topburger239
Dark Souls 3, Bloodborne


NitroTelevision
Max Payne 2
larexblackout
Angry Birds
Crohum
DOTA 2


OhBestlyCX
CS:GO
A13x@nd3r
Grand Theft Auto V (Online)
9Sticks
Call of Duty


S99D
Gears of War
kemical
Shadow of the Collossus
BlueReX
Clash Royale

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Upps
The Warriors

first again jeff please dont hurt me i need this

in a non-"sperg" fashion, i'm claiming cs:go. this is formal and grandiloquent; refrain from deleting; semicolon. no but really, yeah im doing cs:go.

YUSSS I'm joining with Dark souls 2. I might add in the first and third one as well. Idk it depends on if I feel like doing them lol.

Yeah I was planning to do the same as Seagull (cliché I know) I want to do Dark Souls, already started storyboarding.

EDIT:

I rather do Skullgirls, have some crazy ideas.

I choose to animate "Bloodborne".

Let's do this.

If we choose to parody more than one game, do we list the games in this thread?

Quote from Rythm

If we choose to parody more than one game, do we list the games in this thread?

Yeah! Just list any games you're tackling here.

yay
I'm thinking I'm gonna go with Bayonetta 2
but maybe throw in some jojo or dragon ball z

Can I attempt multiple comps or do I have to pick a side?

This competition is open to anyone, if you consider yourself a beginner but feel like you can handle it go right ahead! The Beginners competition that's coming up is the only one that we'd like just for beginners.

I'll take pac-man then

I'll do Mount and Blade: Warband.

I'll Take Q-Bert
Still waiting for my name to be changed to "Loops" tho lol
but only change it if it's still posible

Quote from Seagull

YUSSS I'm joining with Dark souls 2. I might add in the first and third one as well. Idk it depends on if I feel like doing them lol.

Quote from GVlash

Yeah I was planning to do the same as Seagull (cliché I know) I want to do Dark Souls, already started storyboarding.

Quote from Barthimo1

I choose to animate "Bloodborne".

If one of you guys even DARE to fuck something up, you're dead to me
Huge fan of Soulsborne
Just saying >:(

Guess I'll do a parody on the Ace Attorney Series.

Get ready for an