STEM Cell Sackboy - DML Competition Winner, Best in Class: Artistic

[gevurah22]

Errr, I think you misunderstood the "prizes." Nobody really wins $5,000 or $50,000. You create an itemized budget for a certain amount of money and you get it once you qualify by turning in your final 3 minute project, budget, and something else... assuming your budget is justified. If you happen to somehow justify spending $50,000 on creating your levels, then you get $50,000. If not, it obviously has to be dialed down. Think of the money they're giving away as a grant.

And definitely good luck to you as well! =)

[cdubb024]

Yeah, they were pretty vague on the money part. I submitted my itemized budget for the second round at $5k per level based on a $50 per hour wage at 100 hours per level. Multiplied by 10 levels, gave me a $50K budget.

Funny though... in the original submission application it stated that for the Game Changers category that the budget amount requested didn't matter since the prize amounts were already predetermined. That's what caused the confusion. Apparently they have been getting a lot of inquiries about this and have since sent out a response explaining the budget policy.

Originally I had just entered in "$5,000" as my proposed budget because of what I had read when filling out the initial application... but I am going for the big big prize... so I have since had to bump the figure up ten fold. They said it is okay to make that change when submitting your itemized budget as long as the figures were justified.

Meh, I guess we shall see.

[Shadowcrazy]

wow seems this project was more intricate then i thought

[gevurah22]

Here are some WIP pics from the project:











Nearly everything is moving, even in the background to give a sense of life to the world.

[Shadowcrazy]

wow looks nice, question tho what happened to the part that was in the youtube video where you were a cell swimming around in blood/plasma and such? that part i was looking foward to viewing in the pix

[gevurah22]

That'll be later. Having the entire level be in there wasn't really conducive to the learning aspect so it's been scaled down.

[Shadowcrazy]

oh i see...well can't wait until this is ready for testing

[gevurah22]

I'm playing with fire with the deadline, but here's some more WIP pics.





The proposal video will be done by tomorrow night, but the level itself will probably be finished a week after.

[Shadowcrazy]

looking sexy there

[cdubb024]

Diggin' It. Can't wait to see the final piece.

[Shhabbazz]

NICE! it looks awesome... Can't wait to play it!

[gevurah22]

YAARRRRR!!!

Video proposal compleeeeete!!!



And no, I don't sound like the voice in the vid... lol. The quality should get better since its still processing (HD).

[Littlebigdude805]

lol science is fuuuuuuuun, lol can't wait to play it i smell i winner!

[gevurah22]

lol science is fuuuuuuuun, lol can't wait to play it i smell i winner!

LOL, that was all spur of the moment dialog. If possible, please comment on the youtube or possibly register and comment on my digital media learning competition page here: http://www.dmlcompetition.net/pligg/story.php?title=457

Every little bit helps! Plus I'm glad you like what you see!

[cdubb024]

Suh-weeeet. I'm diggin' the concept a lot. Looks pretty good so far. I was beginning to think that I was the only person to get their vid submitted in time. You really DID cut it close.

[Shadowcrazy]

ok i just have to ask....those two scientists in the beginning...that's you and your wife right? lol....i have a feeling im right

lol and AWESOME level man loved the muscle cells the most they looked very nice and strange too

[gevurah22]

Suh-weeeet. I'm diggin' the concept a lot. Looks pretty good so far. I was beginning to think that I was the only person to get their vid submitted in time. You really DID cut it close.

As long as it's in, deadlines don't matter, lol.

ok i just have to ask....those two scientists in the beginning...that's you and your wife right? lol....i have a feeling im right

Yup, that's me and the wifey!

[damaz10]

Looks great dude! Makes me anxious for that shark/bomb/airplane/ramp/dbz styled level you mentioned making sometime. The level has a profession feel to it and I feel all sciencey just by watching the vid! Great job dude! You'r creation skills are growing at a astounding rate!

[Shadowcrazy]

Yup, that's me and the wifey!

HAAAAA!!!! lol i knew it made me lol the first time i saw it hehe this is something to look foward to seeing when playing haha

[gevurah22]

Thanks guys! These levels aren't going to be long, but because of the complexity of the visuals, it's a huge thermo eater. The first two levels were originally one, etc. And that's not really taking into account simplifying the stem cell information!