1. Introduction
Turn thoughts into gold, weave wondrous ideas bold; with scissors in hand, wizards' fashion grand. Harry Potter: Magic Awakened 2024 Design Competition is about to begin, offering fantastic rewards, implementation rights, and Player's Choice prizes up for grabs!
2. Award Categories
First Prize (1 winner globally):
- 20,000 USD
- Implementation Rights (The winning design will be featured in the game)
- First Prize-themed Design Competition Portrait Frame *1
- Mythic Quality Title
- Wacom Movink OLED Digital Tablet*1
Second Prize (2 winners globally):
- 4,200 USD
- Second Prize-themed Design Competition Portrait Frame *1
- Legendary Quality Title
- Wacom Digital Tablet - PTH-660/K1-F *1
Third Prize (3 winners globally):
- 1,400 USD
- Third Prize-themed Design Competition Portrait Frame *1
- Legendary Quality Title
- Wacom Digital Tablet - PTH-660/K1-F *1
Player's Choice (3 winners selected from the servers: 邹吾, Ashwinder, Rougarou, Erumpent, Sphinx, Thunderbird):
- 700 USD
- Design Competition Portrait Frame *1
- Legendary Quality Title
Creativity Award (3 winners will be selected from the servers: Basilisk, Ridgeback, Opaleye, Occamy, Mooncalf, Puffskein, Chimaera, Augurey, Hippogriff, Diricawl, Acromentula, Bowtruckle, and Nundu):
- 700 USD
- Design Competition Portrait Frame *1
- Legendary Quality Title
Excellent Participation Prize (10 winners globally):
- 400 USD
- Design Competition Portrait Frame *1
- Legendary Quality Title
3. Competition Schedule (for the following servers: 邹吾, Ashwinder, Rougarou, Erumpent, Sphinx, Thunderbird)
- Submission Period:
June 22, 00:00 - August 4, 23:59
- Voting Period:
August 7, 09:00 - August 21, 06:00
- Judging Period:
August 21, 09:00 - September 4, 11:59
- Winner Announcement:
September 4, 12:00 - September 19, 23:59
(All times are in UTC+8)
Competition Schedule（for the following servers: Basilisk, Ridgeback, Opaleye, Occamy, Mooncalf, Puffskein, Chimaera, Augurey, Hippogriff, Diricawl, Acromentula, Bowtruckle, and Nundu)
- Submission Period:
June 22, 00:00 - August 4, 23:59
- Judging Period:
August 5, 00:00 - September 4, 11:59
- Winner Announcement:
September 4, 12:00 - September 19, 23:59
(All times are in UTC+8)
4. Submission Methods (for the following servers: 邹吾, Ashwinder, Rougarou, Erumpent, Sphinx, Thunderbird)
① During the event, submit your entries in the [Harry Potter: Magic Awakened - In-Game Paper Aeroplane Community].
② Share your entries on [Facebook] using the hashtag #HPMADesignCompetition.
Submission Methods（for the following servers: Basilisk, Ridgeback, Opaleye, Occamy, Mooncalf, Puffskein, Chimaera, Augurey, Hippogriff, Diricawl, Acromentula, Bowtruckle, and Nundu)
Step 1: Share your artwork on Platform X, Facebook, or Instagram using the hashtag #HPMADesignCompetition during the event. Make sure your social media accounts are set to public so everyone can see your amazing work!
Step 2: Read through and accept all the terms and rules, then submit the link to your social media post via the game banner.
Step 3: Submit successfully! Wait for the final assessment results!
[Competition Guidelines]
1. We recommend using the designated templates for your submissions. These can be downloaded from the In-Game Paper Aeroplane Community or the official website event section.
2. This contest invites you to share your original outfit design for a character in the mobile game, Harry Potter: Magic Awakened. Submissions will be judged and may win the prizes listed below, based on the terms and conditions outlined here. Your submission should include a male or female outfit character portrait, 3D views, and any relevant reference materials. For character models, previous outfits, or game visuals, please refer to the official website or the game itself.
3. Participants (individuals or teams) may submit multiple unique entries, but the same entry cannot be submitted more than once. Participants must ensure other co-owners' authorization if a submission involves joint copyright ownership.
4. AI-generated content (AIGC) entries are currently not accepted. Participants should keep documentation of their original work process. Organizers may request source files (e.g., PSD) during the selection process to verify originality. If a submission is found to be AI-generated, it will be disqualified. Any prizes awarded to such submissions will be revoked, and the participant will be responsible for any resulting expenses or legal issues.
5. Entry Restrictions. The Entry may not contain, as determined by the Sponsor, in its sole discretion, any content that:
-Is sexually explicit or suggestive; unnecessarily violent or derogatory of any ethnic, racial, gender, religious, professional or age group; profane or pornographic; contains nudity;
-Promotes alcohol, illegal drugs, tobacco, firearms/weapons (or the use of any of the foregoing); promotes any activities that may appear unsafe or dangerous;
-Is obscene or offensive; endorses any form of hate or hate group;
-Defames, misrepresents or contains disparaging remarks about the Sponsor, or their products or other people, products or companies;
-Contains trademarks, logos or trade dress (such as distinctive packaging or phraseology) owned by any entity;
-Contains copyrighted materials owned by any entity (including photographs and other works of art or images);
-Advertises or promotes any brand or product of any kind;
-Contains any personal identification, such as personal names, street or email addresses, or phone numbers;
-Violates or encourages the violation of any law, rule or regulation;
-Contains materials embodying the names, likenesses or other indicia identifying any person, including, without limitation, celebrities and/or other public or private figures, living or dead;
-Promotes any particular political party, agenda and/or message;
-Communicates messages or images inconsistent with the positive image and/or goodwill to which Sponsor and/or the Artists wishes to associate
Subject only to rights in your Personal Data, ALL ENTRIES BECOME THE PROPERTY OF SPONSOR AND WILL NOT BE RETURNED.
[Evaluation Criteria]
1. Player's Choice: The Design Competition features an in-game voting process. Entries can be submitted in the Paper Aeroplanes Community within the game. Once approved by the system, they will enter the voting phase. The top 3 entries with the most in-game votes after the voting period will receive the Player's Choice prizes.
2. Other design awards will be judged on multiple criteria, including theme, creativity and innovation, completion, judge ratings, player votes, visual effects, and implementation feasibility.
3. Player voting will take place in-game. The final award winners will be determined by combining player votes from the finals. The official list of winners will be announced on the Harry Potter: Magic Awakened website.
4.Creativity Award and global awards will be judged on various aspects, including theme, creativity and innovation, completion, judge ratings, visual effects, and development implementation.
[Copyright and Commercialization Notice]
1. Participants cannot use their submissions for commercial purposes or allow third-party use in any form.
2. Except for attribution rights, all copyrights and subsequent earnings from the entries will automatically belong to the Harry Potter: Magic Awakened mobile game.
3. By submitting entries, participants grant NetEase the right to use their entries for promotion and communication related to this event with proper attribution.
4. Participants must not use the copyright of their submissions in any way that could harm NetEase's intellectual property rights to the Harry Potter: Magic Awakened game.
5. All prizes will be awarded to the authors of the submissions. Prize amounts are pre-tax, and the organizers/co-sponsors reserve the right to distribute awards after-tax payment. If the prizes include in-game assets (portrait frames, custom titles), these will be restricted to the servers where the participant's submission account is located.
6. If you discover that your submission is being misused, redistributed, or infringed upon, please contact Harry Potter: Magic Awakened official customer service to explain the situation. NetEase reserves the right to address any infringement issues related to submitted works.
[Compliance Guidelines for Entries]
The organizer will review all submitted entries and registration information. Participants may be disqualified for any of the following reasons:
1. Failing to meet the participation requirements;
2. Providing false or invalid information;
3. Entries must not violate any third-party trademark rights, copyrights, patents, rights of publicity, or other legal rights. Plagiarism, copying, impersonation, or misappropriation of others' works, including direct use of images from other games or anime, is strictly prohibited.
4. Using unfair methods such as exploiting vulnerabilities or stealing event data to participate.
5. Spreading false statements related to this event or making remarks that could harm its reputation or that of its organizers, either directly or through commissioned third parties.
6. Including sensitive or illegal content in entries, which may damage the reputation of the Harry Potter: Magic Awakened game product and its organizers (including affiliated companies), or including content related to products other than Harry Potter: Magic Awakened game products, or any other illegal or inappropriate content.
7. Using submitted entries for commercial purposes during the event period or authorizing third parties to use them.
8. Violating any rules set by the organizer, disrupting the normal operation of the event, or engaging in any harmful or unfair behavior towards the organizer, the event, or others;
9. Submitting content unrelated to the competition or previously entered in other contests.
10. Using collaborative works without authorization from all creators involved.
11. Using AI-generated content (AIGC) for participation.
*For winning entries, the organizer reserves the right to request more detailed design information from winners for potential future production. If a winner refuses to provide this information, the organizer may decide whether to use the design in the game.
[Results Announcement]
1. Award results will be announced after the event on the official website and SNS accounts. Please pay attention to the award information promptly.
2. Award-winning participants should watch for official messages and follow the instructions to submit source files and verify personal information within 15 working days.
3. If there is no response from a winner within the specified time, it will be considered as relinquishing the award. For the Player's Choice, the prize will go to the next highest-ranked participant based on the in-game votes.
[Eligibility]
This Contest is open to legal residents of the Contest Territory*. You may have to be at least 18 years of age or older as of 11:59 PM (Pacific Time) on June 22, 2024 to participate in the Contest. By entering this Contest, you acknowledge that you are ready, able and willing to partake in media opportunities (e.g. interviews, photos, sound bites, video footage, etc.) if required by Sponsor in connection with the Contest. You may have to complete all required entry forms and releases and submit materials in accordance with these Rules to be eligible for entry. The Winner (as defined below) may be required to complete other forms and releases as set forth below.
Employees (and their immediate families, i.e., parents, guardians, spouse, children, siblings, grandparents, step parents, step children and step siblings regardless of where they reside and those living in the same household of such employees, whether or not related) of Sponsor, Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment, or The Blair Partnership or their respective affiliated companies, management companies, subsidiaries, advertising agencies and marketing companies and any company in which the Sponsor, or any such Sponsor affiliated company owns a controlling share (collectively, “Sponsor Entities”) are not eligible to enter the Contest. Interpretations of these Rules by Sponsor are final in all matters relating to the Contest.
[Player Submission Instructions]
Please carefully read and make the following assurance statement:
1. The submitted original entry must be created by the participant and must be fully owned by the participant. In cases where the copyright of the submitted entry is owned by multiple persons, the participant must ensure that the entry has been authorized by the other co-owners of the copyright. If a dispute arises due to lack of authorization, the organizer and the sponsor(s) will not assume any legal responsibility.
2. AI-generated content (AIGC) related entries are currently not supported by the competition. Participants are advised to keep the original creative process documents. The organizer may require participants to provide source files (e.g., PSD) during the selection process to verify the originality of the entries. If it is found that the submitted entry is related to AI-generated content, participation will be disqualified; if the entry has won an award, the corresponding prize money and awards will be revoked, and any additional costs or legal responsibilities resulting from the violation will be borne by the infringing creator.
3. The submitted entries, in whole or in part, do not copy any third-party works, nor do they infringe on any third-party copyrights, trademarks, or other legitimate rights and interests, nor do they contain any sensitive or illegal content.
4. There is no restriction on the number of submissions per participant. Participants may submit multiple times, but each participant can only win once, according to the highest award received.
5. Due to the use of entries authorized by NetEase, Harry Potter: Magic Awakened game and its derivative works, once submitted, intellectual property rights belong jointly to the participant and NetEase. Participants have the right to be credited.
6. By submitting the entries, participants agree to authorize NetEase to use their submitted entries for promotional purposes related to this event (including but not limited to display on the in-game platform, official website and other platforms).
[Privacy Policy Reminder]:
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NO PURCHASE OR PAYMENT NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN A PRIZE. THE PURCHASE OF ANY GOOD OR SERVICE WILL NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANCE OF WINNING.
BY PARTICIPATING IN THE CONTEST, YOU AGREE TO ABIDE BY THESE TERMS AND THE RULES, POLICIES AND PROCEDURES .
Failure to comply with these Rules, AOL, and the [ Harry Potter Magic Awakened official website] rules, policies and procedures will void your entry.
This Contest is in no way sponsored, endorsed, administered by or associated with Warner Bros Interactive Entertainment or The Blair Partnership. You understand that you are providing your submission to Sponsor and the platform you are submitting the Entry.
Sponsor:
The Contest is sponsored by Netease [BENEFICIARY NAME: Interactive Entertainment Pte.Ltd ]
ADDRESS: 38 Beach Road, #17-12 South Beach Tower, Singapore 189767] (together “Sponsor”).
Please find the template download link here