At the beginning of the year we held our first World Buildathon. We encouraged both community members and outside contributors to create content for our world.
Here are the entries for the event. If you would like to become a World Builder, feel free to use these entries as inspiration for your work.
The entries that #BuildAlterOrbis
Our Favorite World Buildathon Submissions
Winners
Alter Orbis is a planet in the metaverse upon which the story plays out.
The natural scene for the planet is lush jungle/rainforest. There are only a very small number of full areas like this on the planet right now. Only the oldest in Olas Tribe remember a time when coverage was much more solid. The tribe worships its memories of jungle flora and fauna.
The weather is bleak and extreme, like a desert. Sunny, hot and dry. Sandstorms roll in at more and more often. There was one several years ago which wiped out most humans, and Valory scientists have predicted that the next one could engulf and wipe out the rest.
LORE
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CONCEPT ART
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An interior
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Deep under the planet’s surface
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Sunrise on Alter Orbis
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The extraction of Ola
CREATIVE WRITING
The history of Alter Orbis
What would your character's origin story be?
How did you arrive on Alter Orbis?
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MOTION GRAPHICS
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A short logo treatment for Alter Orbis - animate and manipulate our logo in any way you’d like
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A short logo treatment for the Olas Tribe
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A looping GIF of one of the Alter Orbis symbols
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What would Ola look like in motion?
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Each category has one winner. Each winner receives $500 in USDT or a similar stablecoin*.
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Concept art: $500
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Writing: $500
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Video: $500
*What’s a stablecoin? A stablecoin is a version of the US dollar which is transferable and usable on the blockchain. It can also be cashed out to standard currencies via exchanges like Coinbase and Binance.
Members of the Autonolas team will review the entries and choose the best one as our winner.
PRIZES
FAQ
When does it start?
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We’ll begin accepting submissions on Monday, January 31st and close on Monday, February 21st at 12:00 UTC.
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Questions about the submission period? We’re open to jump on calls, or stop by Community Office Hours, Fridays at 13:00 UTC.
Where does the competition happen?
We’ve opened a new channel for the buildathon: #world-buildathon in the Discord.
How long is the judging period?
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We’ll review submissions and make a decision by the end of day Friday, February 25th.
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We may decide to extend the judging period or announce a winner early, if we do, we will announce this in #world-buildathon.
What’s the prize?
Each category has one winner, and each winner receives $500 in USDT, or a similar stablecoin.
The three categories are:
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Concept art: $500
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Writing: $500
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Video: $500
What’s a stablecoin?
A stablecoin is a version of the US dollar which is transferable and usable on the blockchain. It can also be cashed out to standard currencies via exchanges like Coinbase and Binance.
Who’s going to judge?
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Oaksprout the Tan, Thomas and Camelia will be the core judges.
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Other Autonolas team members can get involved if they wish.
What criteria will the judges be using?
We’ll be looking at the entries with the following in mind:
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How much does it add to the world of Alter Orbis?
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Does it display originality?
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Care and craftsmanship
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Openness/Extensibility
How will I submit my entry?
We will provide a form for you to upload your work and share it on the Discord, the
main landing page and on our social media.
Are there entry limits?
You can enter work in multiple categories.
Is there a quality reserve
Yes. In order to keep the creative standard for Alter Orbis high, we reserve the right to
not choose a winner if there are no entries of sufficient quality.
Can I share my entry on social media?
Yes, and we encourage you to tag it with #BuildAlterOrbis so we can more easily find
it, and to build awareness of the event.
We're accepting entries in three categories, and you have complete creative freedom in all of them.
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Concept Art
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Video/Motion Graphics
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Creative Writing
We’d love to see how you imagine the world of Alter Orbis, the planet where the Autonolas story unfolds. Need a jumping off point? Check out the creative briefs below for some jumping-off points you can use.
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UNIFISTS
Unifists are a group of humans who seek to extract all of the ola out of the universe, to monopolise it. Unifists extract ola by ‘unifying’ humans and meks. Unifying merges humans and meks together, removing their ability to move freely and enslaving them to a process of roaming Alter Orbis, slowly sucking ola out of the earth. This ola then gets transported back to the Unifists centralised silo where they use it to power their empire. Unifist wealth has enabled them to build large protective shields around their living environments.
HUMEKS
Humans and meks are both miserable with this situation. When they are unified, they lose all ability to function normally. Meks are large machines made up of swarms of smaller flying machines. They intelligently serve their humans by sustainably harvesting ola on their behalf, in a way that is net positive for the environment.
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OLA
Ola is the main energy resource of the universe. When it’s removed from the ground, if it isn’t redeployed productively, the environment is destroyed. Because the Unifists have been extracting unchallenged for so long, Alter Orbis is now on the brink of no longer being able to support life, a fact that Unifists deny publicly, despite building large underground bunkers to protect themselves for that eventuality.
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OLAS TRIBE
Olas Tribe is a rebel human force, fighting for separation between humans & meks, and for the natural flow of ola in the universe. Olas Tribe is made up of three main subdivisions –[Main Corps], [Agent Devs] and Valory.
Main Corps
Main Corps is the biggest subdivision. Main Corps assists with operations such as internal comms, recruitment, education, special tooling etc.
Agent Devs
Agent Devs are an elite group of individuals who self-select and work tirelessly to develop an elite set of skills. These skills enable them to harness Autonolas, a technology built by Valory.
Valory
Valory is a specialized R&D function which has recently created Autonolas.
MEKS
Meks are large machines made up of swarms of smaller flying machines. They usually form groups of 4 or 6.
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AUTONOLAS
Autonolas enables Agent Devs to directly harvest large amounts of ola, and also to recover ola extracted by the Unifists. They are then able to use this to separate humans and meks. This is the last hope for Alter Orbis.
Unifists are aware and scared of this new technology and are actively seeking to sabotage the efforts of Olas Tribe.
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The submissions
