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GAME JAM AND WIN $1000!

WHAT IS IT?

Calling all creators! Get ready for a brand new challenge to celebrate diversity in our wonderful community! Submit a captivating game with a minimum of 3 interactive episodes between July 28th and August 6th. Brace yourselves, because the stakes are high! The ultimate champions of each category, be it a new original IP or in the mystical realm of The Arcana, will be rewarded with a grand prize of $1000 and featuring on Dorian and The Arcana!

WHAT ARE THE RULES?

  • The contest’s Entry Submission Period begins July 28, 2023 at 12:01 am PDT and ends on August 6, 2023 at 11:59 pm PDT.

  • Submissions cannot be edited during the Entry Review Period between August 6, 2023 at 12:01 am PDT and August 13, 2023, after which the winner will be announced.

  • Create a story that showcases something you would like to see more represented in game spaces.

  • Include “RepresentDorian” in the title of your game and tag.

  • Publish at least 3 episodes of your story before the deadline.

  • Choose your path with two entry categories. Will you delve into the mysterious realm of The Arcana, where secrets and magic intertwine? Or will you forge your own path with an original IP, where imagination knows no bounds?

  • Your game must feature custom art. Let your visuals breathe life into your narrative and transport players to a world of wonder!

  • We believe in fostering collaboration and embracing diverse perspectives, so we only allow one entry from each contestant!

  • To ensure a level playing field, all entries must be new to Dorian: the first episode cannot have been published on Dorian before.

  • All copyright to the submission must be owned by the individual or group submitting it. 

  • Each episode must adhere to these requirements:

    • Between 1000 and 2500 words

    • Have at least 2 premium choices for at least 10 hearts each

HOW DO I WIN?

To be eligible to win:

Remember that your story should captivate readers!

  • Receive at least 100 reads on your first episode.

  • At least 50 people need to have finished your episode 1.

  • At least five people need to have paid for one premium choice.

Once these criteria are met, the number of players will not determine the winner. The winner will be judged using a point system based on:

  • % OF USERS WHO FINISHED EPISODE 3

  • AVERAGE HEARTS SPENT PER USER

Why the emphasis on premium choices? Creative labor is labor! Even when pursued as a passion, your readers should have the opportunity to express appreciation for your hard work and dedication.

YOU ARE…

A creative with a story to tell who wants to reach an audience of fans tailor-made for your work and make money from your game.

BUT…

You don’t have the resources to access coding, analytics, and marketing tools to help you bring your idea to life and monetize it successfully…

It’s time to start your game business on Dorian.

You don't need any coding skills to have a game to your name! And you retain full ownership of your intellectual property. 

From day one, unlock the potential to monetize your game and cash-out your earnings monthly! View conversion rates on your choices to learn and develop your monetization strategy.

Looking for a team and not sure where to start? We can help! Join our thriving Discord server, keep an eye out for our pitching initiatives and access our resources on how to successfully pitch your idea.

Access real-time data! Identify drop off points in the user funnel to see which lines and episodes lose players. Use the data to optimize your completion to keep your players playing! Run A/B tests to learn fast!

Do you already have collaborators in mind? With Dorian, artists and authors can effortlessly forge partnerships and share revenue with their chosen co-creators.

From day one, unlock the potential to monetize your streams, showcase your game to the community and grow your audience.

No following? No problem!

Dorian’s thriving community is looking precisely for the type of content you create! Tap into this ready-made audience and connect instantly with your new readers.

Level up with us!

Committed creators who demonstrate potential and dedication are granted exclusive opportunities to amplify their reach with access to marketing, featuring, optimization consulting, and dedicated assistance from our team.

Dorian Game Jam FAQ

  • You can find a comprehensive guide for creating on Dorian on our wiki! This covers how to get started, designing your cover, adding art assets, releasing your episodes, and more. It’s all waiting here!

  • You can apply for art access at any time through this form. Keep in mind it sometimes takes up to 3 days to receive access, so apply now!

  • The collaboration world is your oyster! Dorian already has a fantastic community of creators waiting on our discord. You can join through this link. Don’t be afraid to get in contact with your favorite artists or creators outside of Dorian too. Creation on Dorian is fast and easy, which means you can build your dream team and start creating today!

  • Creators may not use Dorian’s built-in character generator. They must bring their own art for original IP stories or use the Arcana characters in the Arcana category.

  • One person will begin the game as the project owner. This person will be the team leader and responsible for all economics. When people spend money in your game or you earn royalties from streams, that money will go into the project owner’s account. Payments go out to the project owner at the beginning of every calendar month and your team can choose how to divide it. The project owner can choose to allow co-authors to see the game performance numbers or not.

  • Sure! As long as it’s a brand new game (so episode 1 has never been released before) you can use art from a previous game you made.

  • Representation means something different to each one of us: what does it look like to you?

    When creating your game, make sure it answers that question.

    It can be about the theme of the game, the identity of the characters or the relationships between them.

    Think about what you would want to see represented in games!

    Feel free to reach out to our community and ask questions to make sure your representation is uplifting, accurate, and respectful. We are all here to help each other!

  • Once you publish an episode, you can view the number of reads on the story level.

    You can also see if anyone has purchased a premium choice by opening your premium choices in the emulator and checking the counts. We will share a guide on how to do this.

  • This probably means your cover and title need work! Remember, your cover is like a one-second advertisement for your game. Make sure it’s bright, eye-catching, and communicates what is special about your game! For examples of great covers, check out our cover best practices article!

  • This probably means you need to work on your premium choice design! You can see how to make more money from your games here.

  • It will be up to the team to determine how they wan tot divide the prize of $1000.

GAME JAM TERMS & CONDITIONS

1. PROMOTION DESCRIPTION:  The Submission Period begins on or about July 28, 2023 at 12:01 a.m. pacific time (“PT”) and ends on or about August 6, 2023, at 11:59 p.m. PT (the “Promotion Period”). Submissions cannot be edited during the Entry Review Period between August 6, 2023 at 12:01 am PDT and August 13, 2023, after which the winner will be announced.  The Promotion Period and all other submission dates in these Official Rules may be extended as indicated on the “Website” (as defined below).  During the Promotion Period, entrants will have the opportunity to create and submit an interactive story.  At the end of the Promotion Period, one (2) Grand Prize winners will be selected as set forth below.  By participating in the Contest, each entrant unconditionally accepts and agrees to comply with and abide by these Official Rules, the Terms of Use, and the decisions of Dorian Inc. (“Sponsor”), which shall be final and binding in all respects.  Whenever these Official Rules indicate that a determination will be made by Sponsor, Sponsor shall be entitled to make that determination in its sole and absolute, unfettered discretion. Whether an entrant receives a prize is contingent upon fulfilling all requirements set forth herein. 

2. HOW TO ENTER:

  • How to Enter:

  1. Have a writer account on the Dorian platform through the mobile application “Dorian: The Future of Fiction!” (the “App”) or the website at https://dorian.live/ (the “Website”);

  2. Submit their Entry through Sponsor’s creation engine on the App or Website during the Promotion Period. Entrants may edit their Entry through the App or the Website at any time throughout the Promotion Period; provided that any edits made to an Entry after the Promotion Period ends shall not be included as part of the final Entry;

  3. Accept all terms and conditions of these Official Rules; and

  4. Comply with all of the following submission requirements (collectively, the “Submission Requirements”), and any Entry that violates the following criteria, as determined by Sponsor, may be disqualified.

  • Entries must be written in English

  • Entries must be published through the Dorian creation engine

  • Entries must use the term “RepresentDorian” in the title.

  • Entries must include three (3) continuous, cohesive, chronological episodes, each of which must be between one thousand (1,000) and two thousand five hundred (2,500) words. Each Episode must contain at least 2 premium choices priced at least 10 hearts each.

  • Entries must adhere to Dorian’s Community Guidelines (https://dorian.live/documents/community-guidelines) and may not include obscenity, pornography, libelous content, hate speech, disparagement, overly graphic or sexual content, and/or otherwise objectionable content;

  • Entries must be submitted during the Promotion Period. Late Entries will not be considered;

  • Each Entry must be the submitting entrant’s own, previously unpublished work.

  • Entries must include custom character art and cannot use the Dorian engine’s generated character art.

3. JUDGING AND WINNER SELECTION.

  1. Entry Submission and Entry Review Period. Compliant Entries will be posted on the Website and the App during the Entry Submission Period from on or about July 28, 2023 at 12:01 am PT to on or about August 6, 2023 at 13:59 p.m. PT. During the Entry Review Period, between August 6, 2023 at 12:01 am PDT and August 13, 2023, visitors to the App will have the opportunity to read, spend money and comment on the Compliant Entries. Participants will not be able to edit their entries during the Entry Review Period. Entries will be reviewed for qualifying performance:

    1. Episode 1 receives 100 reads.

    2. At least 50 reads complete episode 1.

    3. At least 5 people pay for a choice.

    4. All above submission guidelines are met.

  2. Winning Entry Selection. After the conclusion of the Promotion Period, the Dorian team will evaluate all qualifying entries. The top performing games will be chosen based off:

    1. Completion Rate: % of users who started episode 1 that finished episode 3

    2. Monetization: average hearts spent per user

    One game will be selected from each category: Arcana and Original IP

4. WINNER/FINALIST NOTIFICATION: Once selected, the potential Grand Prize winners will be notified by e-mail, mail, and/or through the Website and/or App using the contact information provided at the time of entry. Sponsor shall have no liability for any winner notification that is lost, intercepted or not received by the potential winner for any reason. If, despite reasonable efforts, the potential prize winner does not respond within five (5) days of the first notification attempt, or if the prize or prize notification is returned as unclaimed or undeliverable to such potential prize winner, such potential prize winner may forfeit the applicable prize and an alternate prize winner may be selected. If the potential prize winner is found to be ineligible, or if they have not complied with these Official Rules or declines the prize for any reason prior to award, such potential prize winner may be disqualified and an alternate winner may be selected. Sponsor may successively attempt to contact up to two (2) potential prize winners in accordance with such procedure, and if there is still no confirmed prize winner after such attempts have been made, if any, the prize may go unawarded.

6. PRIZE: Two (2) Grand Prizes are available. The Grand Prize consists of:

  • Featuring on the app and consultation with the Dorian optimization team

  • A Visa Gift Card valued at One Thousand United States Dollars ($1,000).

7. GENERAL PRIZE CONDITIONS: Except as set forth herein, no cash alternative or substitution of prizes will be allowed, except Sponsor reserves the right in its sole discretion to substitute prizes of comparable value if any prize listed is unavailable, in whole or in part, for any reason. Prizes will be awarded only if the potential prize winner fully complies with these Official Rules. All portions of the prize(s) are non-assignable and non-transferable. Any prizes pictured in point-of-sale, online, television and print advertising, promotional packaging, and other Contest materials are for illustrative purposes only. All ARV are subject to price fluctuations in the consumer marketplace based on, among other things, any gap in time between the date the ARV is estimated for purposes of these Official Rules and the date the prize is awarded or redeemed. In the event there is a discrepancy or inconsistency between guidelines, disclosures or other statements contained in any such promotional materials and the terms and conditions of these Official Rules, these Official Rules shall prevail, govern and control. All details and other restrictions of the prize(s) not specified in these Official Rules will be determined by Sponsor in its sole discretion. The Grand Prize winner shall be solely responsible for all federal, state, local and/or provincial taxes, and the reporting consequences thereof, and for any other fees or costs associated with the applicable prize. If required by law, Sponsor reserves the right to withhold and remit to the appropriate taxing authorities the amount of any tax or taxes due. With respect to non-cash prizes, it may be legally necessary under the United States Internal Revenue Code (as determined by Sponsor in its sole discretion) for the Grand Prize winner to pay the amount of any tax before receiving the prize. Each potential winner (or, if the potential winner is a minor, their parent or legal guardian) may be required to execute an Affidavit of Eligibility, a Liability Release, and where imposing such condition is legal, a Publicity Release, and any other documents as required by Sponsor to deliver the prize (collectively, the “Prize Claim Documents”). Sponsor reserves the right to conduct background checks on the potential winner prior to granting any award. Sponsor also reserves the right, in its sole and absolute discretion, to disqualify any individual who has been charged with or convicted of a felony or misdemeanor, is delinquent on child support, spousal support, tax payments or any other government ordered payment, has or is suspected of failing to comply with any provision of these Official Rules or the Terms of Use, including, but not limited to, having made any false statements in connection with his/her participation in the Contest. Should it be determined that a potential winner has made a false statement in any document required by Sponsor, Sponsor reserves the right to disqualify the potential winner and select an alternate winner. If a potential winner (or a minor potential winner’s parent or legal guardian) fails or refuses to sign and return all the Prize Claim Documents within five (5) days after being notified that they have been selected as the potential winner (or a shorter time if required by exigencies), the potential winner may be disqualified and an alternate winner may be selected.

Sponsor makes no warranties, and hereby disclaims any and all warranties, express or implied, concerning any prize furnished in connection with the Contest. WITHOUT LIMITING THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING, SUCH PRIZES ARE PROVIDED “AS IS” WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, AND SPONSOR HEREBY DISCLAIMS ALL SUCH WARRANTIES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND/OR NON-INFRINGEMENT.