“Create a Mod” Contest! $3,000 USD in prizes up for grabs!
Hello everyone!
The team has been working hard behind the scenes and we are excited to finally announce our very first contest for this year: a “Create a Mod” contest!
We’ve partnered with mod.io for this contest. We’ll use their website for submissions and voting (more details below).
Please make sure you read this entire post carefully before making a submission.
Overview
The theme of this contest is “content”. This means you are tasked to create a Mod for Melvor Idle that adds some form of new content to the game.
Any mod that adds at least 1 of the following will be eligible:
New Skill
Additional content for existing Skills
New Items
New Monsters
New Combat Areas, Slayer Areas or Dungeons
New Gamemodes
New Pets
Some form of new Minigame to participate in
Any other piece of content that a player can complete
Key Dates
Submissions Open (Contest Begins)
Wednesday, June 14 @ 9:00am GMT+1
Submissions End (Contest Ends)
Wednesday, July 5 @ 11:59pm GMT+1
Community Voting Begins
Thursday, July 6 @ 2:00am GMT+1
Community Voting Ends
Thursday, July 13 @ 11:59pm GMT+1
Winners Officially Announced
Friday, July 14 @ 9:00am GMT+1
Prizes
The top 5 community voted mods will receive:
1st place - Cash prize of $1,000 USD
2nd place - Cash prize of $750 USD
3rd place - Cash prize of $500 USD
4th place - Cash prize of $450 USD
5th place - Cash prize of $300 USD
The remaining 5 will receive:
A choice of a Chio plush or Cool Rock plush (subject to stock availability, in order of placement)
The top 10 mod entries will all also receive:
A voucher for all future Melvor Idle DLCs
How to Enter
Create your mod and submit it on https://mod.io/g/melvoridle with the tag “Mod Contest 2023.”
Submissions without the tag will not be accepted.
Rules
Only one submission per player is allowed.
A player cannot submit a pre-existing mod for this contest.
No NSFW content. This is at the sole discretion of the Melvor Idle team.
No copyrighted content (Eg. art assets from other games). This is at the sole discretion of the Melvor Idle team.
If you do not follow the “How to Enter” steps correctly, your submission will not be accepted.
Mods submitted after the official “Submissions End” date and time will not be accepted.
You may continue updating your Mod during the Submission period.
Updates to your Mod are not permitted after the official “submissions end” date. Any Mods that are updated after the official “submissions end” date will not be eligible.
You are more than welcome to create a Reddit thread with your Mod, or post it in our Discord server within the relevant Mod channels.
How the Community Vote Will Work
The top 10 winners will be chosen via the community using the “likes” feature on mod.io (Dislikes will have no effect on the end result). This feature is also available via the official Mod Manager within Melvor Idle.
Voting officially begins on the above-listed “Community Voting Begins” date and time.
In order to make it fair for all those who enter, Mod.io will reset the votes at the start of the voting period. Only “likes” added from the above “Community Voting Begins” date and time will count. Any votes prior to this date will not count.
Submissions will not be accepted after 11:59pm GMT+1 on 5 July, 2023.
Want to create a Mod for Melvor Idle?
Here is a fantastic place to start if you are looking to participate in the contest: https://wiki.melvoridle.com/w/Mod_Creation
Please also join our official Discord Server for discussions around mod creation: https://discord.gg/melvoridle
Terms and Conditions are linked: https://melvoridle.com/MI_Contest_TC_12062023.pdf