Connect 2023 Challenge

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#1

Hey @Game-Jammers

We are excited to announce the Connect Challenge! Get ready to showcase your skills and creativity!

Here are some key details:

  • Start: July 28 at 10 AM PT
  • Deadline: August 7th at 10 AM PT
  • Must submit a playable Roblox experience & 60-120 second video pitch

:memo: Submission Guidelines

  • Submit a playable Roblox experience link.
  • Includes a 60-120 second video pitch with:
    • An explanation of your project, including footage or screenshots, and how it connects to the theme.
    • A description of the functionality and implementation.
    • Future plans for your project.
  • Video Requirements:
    • Upload the video to YouTube and make it unlisted or public.
    • Webcam and microphone are optional, as long as the video is clear and understandable.
    • Not all members of the team need to be in the video.
  • You are allowed to use premade assets as long as you list them in the submission survey. But remember, originality is part of the judging criteria!
  • Your team and project must follow all Roblox Terms of Use, Community Standards, and
    Connect Challenge 2023 Terms of Participation.pdf (90.6 KB).

:spiral_notepad: Participation Requirements

  • All team members must have a registered account on DevForum.
  • Teams consist of one to five people.
  • Maintain good standing with Roblox moderation.

:trophy: Prizes

There are 3 categories that submissions will be judged from:

  • Most Immersive Experience
  • Most Unique Game Concept
  • Best Video Pitch

Each category will have a top 3 selection. The top 3 teams in each category can win the following:

  • 1st place - $600 GoGift card per team member.
  • 2nd place - $400 GoGift card per team member.
  • 3rd place - $200 GoGift card per team member.

Additionally, all valid entries will receive an item from the DevRel Prize Series for your Roblox avatar.

Note: Prizes are listed in USD and are subject to availability and location.

:white_check_mark: Judging Criteria

The judging panel will evaluate submissions based on the following categories:

  • Most Immersive Experience
    • Theme: How well the game captures the challenge theme?
    • Gameplay: Functionality and overall user experience.
  • Most Unique Game Concept
    • Theme: How well the game captures the challenge theme?
    • Creativity: Introduction of new ideas.
  • Best Video Pitch
    • Theme: How well the game captures the challenge theme?
    • Execution: Video quality and representation of the experience idea.

:art: Theme

Parallelism - your team is free to interpret the theme however you’d like.

:memo: Please, don’t forget to submit your experience here.

You can find a team in our Guilded server: Roblox Creators.

If you have any questions, feel free to post them here!

Best of luck to all the teams!

Developer Engagement Team

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#3

Just to confirm an example situation:
Team A - Wins #1, is one person, only gets $600
Team B - Places #2, is 5 people, gets $2,000 ($400 each)

Seems a bit weird if Team A is able to win with one person but the actual work receives less of a prize than Team B that had 5 people.

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#4

its also weird if 5 people work on a game and only come home with a little over 100 dollars each for 1st place…

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#5

Which is why the prize should be per team, not per person. Let the team split it.

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#6

sounds interesting (because of prizes), I’m in

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#7

Hey there! The prize will be sent directly to each person on the team.

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#8

no lmao cuz that just encourages greediness and 1 person teams

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#9

I’m super excited. This game jam has its pros and cons compared to last year (Connect 2022). Last year, I won top 25th with my previous team! I hope my new team and I can get into the top 3 on one of the categories!

PROS:

  1. Interactive workshops with a change of winning $30 USD
  2. Bigger community
  3. Starts earlier
  4. 3 first-place winners (1 for each category)
  5. 5x longer time to create your game

CONS:

  1. Prize pool is less (first and second place will get less money while third place wins more compared to last year)
  2. More players who just want the avatar items instead of real Roblox developers
  3. 4-25th place do not win any prizes anymore
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#10

Yes. I’m just pointing out a potential flaw that would directly discourage small teams.
Team A wins with 5 people, the game receives $3,000 for it ($600 sent directly to each team member).
Team B wins with 1 person, the game receives $600 for it ($600 sent directly to one team member).

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#11

Hey there! It doesn’t matter if there is one person or five people in a team. Each person will receive their prize directly. The amount won’t be sent to the team.

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#12

WEEE It is game jam time >:) Robloxs game jams are always a blast will maybe be partaking this year.

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#13

I know I’m complaining over nothing here, but the GoGift catalog is pretty bad. I want a Steam or Visa card to do whatever with, not shoe stores or mcdonalds.

I tried going to see the cards, but the site didn’t even work, so I’m going off what I remember from the one last year.

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#14

yeah i understand that, Im disagreeing with the notion that the whole team should split the prize instead of receive the prizes seperately

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#15

man, I cant even get a team… I hope they allow solo team since I cant focus working with someone lol

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#19

Can 1 person be considered a team? I’m having trouble finding someone else.

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#20

Yes, you can have 1 person teams!

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#21

Must it project be ready 7 august

Where find i a team

Can you choose who in your team

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#22

Time for me and my team, a totally real team, of 20 to join and win 12K dollars in 1st place!

Just kidding! I honestly don’t have much time to compete against 100 or more people, but it will interesting to see!

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#23

Well, my team thought so too and lo and behold, we managed to come in second and win a prize! Everyone is capable!

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#24

I have a question. Can I submit a blank game and get the prizes from DevRel Virtual Prize Series @PlanetLumaLee or do I have to submit an actual because I saw ppl getting the items without trying

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