Best FPS Mod
This one needs no explanation. Make the best First-Person Shooter-style
mod that you can.
Best Non-FPS Mod
Be inventive. The Unreal Engine can be used for all sorts of game types. Let your creativity shine and design something cool that you wouldn't ordinarily see in a traditional First-Person Shooter.
Best Real-Time Non-Interactive
Movie
Fire up UT2003 or UT2004 and begin a new single-player game. Check out
the cool non-interactive movie of the combatants getting ready for battle
with a roaring crowd behind them. Did you know you could do this?
The Unreal Engine provides a feature called Matinee, which allows you
to build these kinds of movies inside the Unreal Editor. Are you a future
Hollywood honcho? Show us how good you are! These movies are known as
Machinima. Learn more about this at the Academy of Machinima Arts and
Sciences web site at www.machinima.org.
Best Level
Make an awesome level for any UT2003/UT2004 game type. In this category,
you're welcome to any of the existing content that came with UT2003/UT2004,
or you may create your own. We're looking for the best playing level here
- in this category, it's all about the gameplay..
Best Level Using Original
Content
We've all seen those unique, one-of-a-kind levels that show great design
and skill by author(s), who create and incorporate completely new content,
such as textures, static mesh models, materials, particle effects, audio
effects and music. In this category, we're looking to reward the best
levels made from original content.
Here, the emphasis is on making something with as much great original
content as possible. Levels entered in this category are also eligible
for "Best Level," so you could double your winnings! Note: Levels
do not need to contain entirely original content, but they will be judged
solely on their original content.
Best Mutator
Mutators can be a lot of fun, and here we're looking for the best new
Mutator. Check out some of the awesome Mutators that come with UT2003/UT2004,
to see the kind of things you can do, then let your imagination run wild!
Best Character Model
Can you make an awesome original character model for UT2003/UT2004? Feel
free to call on the game's existing skeletal meshes and animation, or
go for extra consideration and create your own!
Best Voice Pack or
Audio Modification
Got a great voice or a knack for making cool sound effects? Let's hear
your stuff!
Best Vehicle
Vehicles come in all shapes, sizes and styles. Build one and make it fun
to use.
Best Tool
Got a cool tool or utility you've created for UT2003 or UT2004? Here's
where you can win some money for it.
Best Use of Physics
Ragdoll death physics is one of the coolest new features in the 2003 edition
of UT.. But the Karma physics system can do so much more than that! Here,
we're looking for the most interesting ways you can utilize physics within
UT2003/UT2004's gameplay.
Best Gametype
The Best GameType category is for new game modes that primarily use existing UT2003/UT2004 levels and other content.
Computer Prizes *Superscript
numbers represent quantity of computers awarded with prize.
NVIDIA and AMD are providing 100 computer as prizes in this contest! 50 of
the computers will be given away throughout the contest along with various
cash prizes as per the number listed above beside the cash prizes. The
other 50 will be award to schools (see below).
Special Educational Category
At the close of the Educational Category Judging, a total of 50 computer systems will be awarded to educational institutions. The judges will, at their sole discretion, choose the top
five schools most worthy schools represented by students or faculty in
the contest. Entrants who are students or faculty members will be asked
to provide the name of their educational institution and the contact information
for the school. Schools must verify that they will accept the computers
and provide them for student use. For consideration in this category,
the mods do not have to be school projects, but the students or faculty
must be presently enrolled or employed by the institution.
All rules, regulations and categories for this contest are subject
to change without prior notice. |
