With each passing year, Epic Games tries to create a more community-first-oriented approach in Fortnite. Although the implementation of community feedback has played a huge part in this process, the developers don't seem to be slowing down anytime soon.
As with previous years, the developers are calling upon concept artists to showcase their design skills in the Concept Royale Contest 2022. The two designers who win will have the honor of having their creations added in-game. Additionally, they will also receive $2,500 as a reward.
The Concept Royale Contest 2022 will run from March 7 until April 5, 2022, at 11:59 pm Eastern Time. The theme this time around is spooky as the creations will be added to the game during Fortnitemares 2022. Here are the steps to enter the competition:
- Ensure that the official handle of Fortnite is being followed on Instagram and/or Twitter, i.e., the platform on which the image will be uploaded.
- The image must be uploaded in .jpg or .png format.
- Use the hashtags #ConceptRoyaleContest2022 and #contest alongside the upload.
- The user's account should not be made private and should be accessible by the sponsors.
- Note: Participants must be at least 13 years or older to participate.
For more details regarding the Concept Royale Contest 2022, readers can click on this link here.
A lesson from the past Fortnite developers need to remember
While the Concept Royale Contest 2022 is a great way for Epic Games to better integrate with the community, there’s a lesson to be kept in mind. The two winners of the last Concept Royale Contest, which was held in 2021, were left high and dry despite winning.
AltaCalls and lbdart_, creators of Frigid Foregoer and Nalia skins, respectively, were not even given their own skins as a reward in-game. Once the news spread within the community, prominent leakers, content creators, and highly influential individuals spoke up about the matter.
While a cash price of $2,500 was given to each winner, they had to buy their own skins in-game. To put it into perspective and understand why this was bad, streamers that had nothing to do with the skins had it given to them for free.
Hopefully, this time around, Epic Games won't make the same mistake twice. With more players than ever before in Chapter 3, bad PR is the last thing they need this year.
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