Sloyd Challenge
Put your texturing, rendering and composition skills to the test!
Everyone! No matter your seniority or discipline, this is a great way to test your composition skills while learning new things. You can also consider it a good exercise in rendering, material design, environment art, and anything you choose to make your globe about.
- Register for the challenge and create your account on Sloyd.AI to receive the credits. Ensure to use the same email address
- The brief of the challenge will be available in the "Prompt section" of this webpage on 18.3
- Submissions will be accepted from 18.3 - 7.4 through this submission form
- Submissions Close on 7.4 at 23:59 EEST
- This is a solo project, so no team submissions allowed.
Put your texturing, rendering and composition skills to the test! Take the provided Sloyd mascot (his name is Floyd), and place him at any time in history or the future and in any kind of adventure you want. Use Floyd in different poses that we will provide or make a pose yourself to precisely fulfill your idea. Fill the scene with your customized Sloyd models to make a nicely composed render.
2 min intro to Sloyd
- Create a user on app.sloyd.ai
- Register for the challenge and provide the email that you used to signup to Sloyd.
- When the challenge begins you will receive 300 free credits (that's 30 exports) for Sloyd.
- Explore, edit and customize your 3D assets in Sloyd
- Export Sloyd assets into your favorite tool
- If you're out of exports write the challenge organisers in GJF Discord, you'll get more
- Import the Floyd to your tool of choice
- Compose Floyd in the scene containing Sloyd assets
- Add textures and materials to the assets
- Render and deliver! Use this submission form to submit your entry,
2 min intro to Sloyd
- Floyd should be part of the scene and has to play a significant role in the render.
- At least one Sloyd asset has to be used in the render.
- The output is an image in a standard format (jpg, png.) You can decide on the ratio and size.
- You also need to deliver a scene file (fbx, gITF), your name, email, and Discord username, and a link to your ArtStation or website.
- You can use your own assets or even from other sources, as long as the asset/s from Sloyd are clearly visible and play a significant role in the overall composition.
- You're expected to compose a scene, add materials, and render an image. The theme could be sci-fi, romantic, horror, anything goes. We are excited to see what you'll come up with!
- Put Floyd in the craziest situations imaginable or make a cozy and relaxed scene. It is all up to you to decide, use Loyd any Sloyd asset you like, and let your skills in lighting, materials, and composition shine.
- Take the time to explore what's in Sloyd before you choose assets. Don't hesitate to iterate, by going back and changing assets.
- Don't necessarily use the default state of an asset in Sloyd. Try modifying it inside the tool to find the best fit for you.
Submissions will be judged on three main categories and must meet the rules (see task rules section).
Most visually appealing will be judged on how beautiful it looks and how it makes us feel. Some of the judges are computer graphics professionals, and they'll look at technical aspects.
Most Creative will be judged on how creative the usage of Sloyd was. It could be based on:
A submission can only win in one category
A live session takes place on GFT's LinkedIn Live on 18th April at Games Job Fair Spring 2024 LITE to reveal the winners
Most visually appealing will be judged on how beautiful it looks and how it makes us feel. Some of the judges are computer graphics professionals, and they'll look at technical aspects.
Most Creative will be judged on how creative the usage of Sloyd was. It could be based on:
- How well multiple Sloyd assets are put together
- How a Sloyd asset takes an unexpected style or meaning through texturing
- Something else that's surprising
A submission can only win in one category
A live session takes place on GFT's LinkedIn Live on 18th April at Games Job Fair Spring 2024 LITE to reveal the winners
Most Visually Appealing
Monetary Prize of 150 Euros
Sloyd Swag
Recognition Digital Certificate signed by Sloyd rep, and GFT
Most Creative
Monetary Prize of 150 Euros
Sloyd Swag
Recognition Digital Certificate signed by Sloyd rep, and GFT
Best Overall
Monetary Prize of 150 Euros
Sloyd Swag
Recognition Digital Certificate signed by Sloyd rep, and GFT
Monetary Prize of 150 Euros
Sloyd Swag
Recognition Digital Certificate signed by Sloyd rep, and GFT
Most Creative
Monetary Prize of 150 Euros
Sloyd Swag
Recognition Digital Certificate signed by Sloyd rep, and GFT
Best Overall
Monetary Prize of 150 Euros
Sloyd Swag
Recognition Digital Certificate signed by Sloyd rep, and GFT
Judges of the Challenge
Avi LatnerI co-founded Sloyd two and a half years ago and since then I've been working very closely with 3D artists and game developers. Before that, I managed a few web based products and creative tools and worked with large teams of designers and developers.
Pavel ArkhipovA 3D enthusiast with an Architecture Science degree. For the last couple of years I've been working in mobile games, handling modeling, texturing, rigging, and animation. I also do creative direction consulting with Sloyd and I'm working on my own game.