About
Converted Legacy Event
This event was converted from our old contest and event system into our new jam format for historic preservation. Some details may be confusing in the new jam context.
Welcome to the first Valheimians Build contest where creative vikings build in the meadows of Valheim to compete for honor, Steam prizes and digital trophies!
Why the meadows?This is our first contest and we wanted an open theme allowing creative freedom while still having some common ground between the entries. We think the biomes of Valheim have a natural influence on the builds and hope it will help focus your creative energy by limiting the choices of where you and your competition can build. It feels right for our first contest to see what happens. We hope the idea and contest is well received and to host future build contests in other biomes.
Please read the full contest details. If you have any questions or comments, post to our
contest thread.
Contest Rules
- Build in the Meadows.
- Devcommands & debugmode are allowed.
- Enter your own work created for this contest. Teamwork is allowed but only the account that submits will receive the prizes.
- No third-party content added with mods that is unavailable in vanilla Valheim. No mods that alter existing building materials or their positioning. This would give an unfair advantage.
- Downloadable build is not required.
- One entry.
How to Enter
- Create your build in the meadows within the one month entry period.
- When posting your build to Valheimains, check the contest box to enter it.
- Take screenshots and/or YouTube video of your build. Consider using the description to help the overall presentation.
Note: You are free to update your submission on the website up until the entry period ends. During phase 2 & 3, your submission is locked from editing until after the contest is completed.
Contest Process
Phase 1: Entry Period. One month period to submit entries. The community views, gives rubies, comments, etc and Judges review entries meet requirements.
Phase 2: Review Period. 5 day period in which Judges review last minute entries along with the community.
Phase 3: Finalists announced & Judging begins. The site calculates the finalists based on entry statistics. Judges will rate each finalist entry on three criteria. See Judging Critera below. There will be 25 finalists if there are less than 150 entries. If the contest receives 150 entries or more, there will be 50 finalists.
Phase 4: Final Leader board calculated & Winners Announced!Once the last judge rates the last finalist, the site will automatically average all judges scores and publish the leader board with the winners.
Cyprezz will contact winners via private message on this platform with details on how to claim your Steam credit.
Judging Criteria
All finalists will be rated with following criteria on a 1-10 scale. All judges ratings will be averaged to generate the final leader board.
- Concept & Originality
Rating of your overall build concept, idea and originality. The thought & intention behind your work. - Technique & Execution
Rating of technique used to accomplish your build. It does not have to be complex to have a well executed build. It does not have to be a massive build to rate well. Details are important too! - Presentation & Experience
Rating of how well you presented your build and the overall experience to the viewer / player.
Overall, this contest is a friendly competition among Valheim builders. We hope that you'll enjoy seeing each others creativity without taking the contest too seriously. That said, we will try our best to have a smooth, fair and positive experience for everyone. Looking forward to seeing what the community builds!
Prizes!
1st Place! - $100 Steam credit gifted to your Steam account!
- A contest themed, 1st place trophy for your member profile trophy case.
- Profile featured on Valheimains
- Interview by Valheimains. This is completely up to you whether you'd like to be interviewed. You would be sent questions and at your leisure, answer them. We would format and publish the interview to the Valheimians account.
2nd Place!- $50 Steam credit gifted to your Steam account!
- A contest themed, 2nd place trophy for your member profile trophy case.
- Profile featured on Valheimains
3rd Place!- $50 Steam credit gifted to your Steam account!
- A contest themed, 3rd place trophy for your member profile trophy case.
- Profile featured on Valheimains
Finalists- A contest themed, finalist medal for your profile trophy case,
All Participants- A contest themed, collectible badge for your profile trophy case.
Judges
This is our first contest and we're just getting established as a community. The site owner and lead developer,
Cyprezz along with his wife,
Valheimians are the initial judges. However, if you're interested in becoming a judge, please send a PM to Cyprezz along with examples of your builds either on this platform or others. Judges are allowed to enter BUT are ineligible to make the finalists. The site knows you're a judge and will exclude you from the finalists calculations.
Legal Terms
By participating in the event, participant agrees to be bound by these Official Rules and regulations and the decisions of Valheimians are final and binding on all matters pertaining to this event.
No cash substitute or transfer of prizes is available. Prizes are awarded without warranty of any kind from Valheimians, express or implied, without limitation, except where this would be contrary to federal, state, provincial, or local laws or regulations. All federal, state, provincial and local laws and regulations apply. Decisions of Valheimians and the voting system are final and binding on all matters pertaining to this event. Return of any prize/prize notification may result in disqualification and selection of an alternate winner. Any potential winner who cannot be contacted by email within 15 days of attempted first notification will forfeit his/her prize. Potential prize winner(s) and their parents/legal guardians may be required to sign and return an Affidavit or Declaration of Eligibility, a Liability/Publicity Release within 30 days following the date of first attempted notification. Failure to comply within this time period may result in disqualification and selection of an alternate winner. Valheimians at its sole discretion shall reserves the right to disqualify any Participant from the event if it reasonably believes that the Participant has attempted to undermine the legitimate operation of the event by cheating, deception, or other unfair playing practices or abuses, threatens or harassment of any other Participants, Valheimians employees and affiliates.
Limitations of Liability:
By entering, entrants agree to release Valheimians, and their officers, directors, employees and agencies from any claim, loss, liability, damage or injury of any kind arising from their participation in the event or their receipt or use of the event prize.
Winner is responsible for all federal, state and local taxes associated with acceptance and use of prize.
Any and all disputes, claims and causes of action arising out of or connected with this event, or any prize awarded, shall be resolved individually, without resort to any form of class action, and exclusively by arbitration. Claims, judgments and awards shall be limited to actual out-of-pocket costs incurred, including costs associated with entering this contest, but in no event attorney's fees. These Official Rules shall be governed by, subject to, and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Maine, United States of America, excluding all conflict of law rules. If any provision(s) of these Official Rules are held to be invalid or unenforceable, all remaining provisions hereof will remain in full force and effect. To the extent permitted by law, the rights to litigate, seek injunctive relief or make any other recourse to judicial or any other procedure in case of disputes or claims resulting from or in connection with this event are hereby excluded, and all Participants expressly waive any and all such rights.
Disclaimer:
Valheimians will not be held responsible if for any reason the event is not capable of running or operating as planned due to infection by computer virus, fraud, bugs, tampering, unauthorized intervention, technical failures, or force majeure that, in the sole opinion of Sponsor, corrupts or affects the administration, security, fairness, integrity, or proper conduct of this event. Sponsor reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to disqualify any individual who tampers with or abuses any aspect of the event, as solely determined by Sponsor, and to cancel, terminate, modify, or postpone the event until a later date. Sponsor assume no responsibility for any error, omission, interruption, deletion, defect, delay in operation or transmission, communications line failure, or other failure of or related to the software platform on which the event is played, including any injury or damage to participant's or any other person's computer related to or resulting from participation or downloading any materials in this event.
Offer void where prohibited.