We're back baby. Welcome to the MBRQ Challenge Board for summer 2017! In here, you will find various challenges that you can take! Be sure to read the FAQs section to learn all about MBRQs. Some General Notes: The deadline for any of these is September 22nd, 2017. Exceptional work may be uploaded on the official MM YouTube channel by request. Returning quests from previous seasons may be repeated once again. Do not use your same entry as last time. Have fun and don't procrastinate! Animations Summer Sundae Objective : Create a short involving ice cream. Mmmmm... Beach Battle Objective: Create a fight or summer sports scene on the beach between characters or monsters (or both). Bayhem Objective: In light of summer blockbusters, create a short involving a heavy amount of visual effects. Explosions are a plus. Surfs Up Objective: Create a surfing animation! Avant Garde Objective: Create an experimental, art-house stylized short. Can be virtually about anything. Great example (Animator: Dan Derps) Collab Trailer Objective: If you're working on a collab this year, make a trailer for it! Must at least be 30 seconds long. Example (Yes, you better believe we're still working on this one xD) Color Wars Objective: Talk about throwback! Create a fight scene involving colors or characters on different colored teams! Must at least be 30 seconds long Melee Madness Objective: As an alternative to regular 1v1 MBRs, create an epic fight between two characters with Maple or anime sprites. Must be longer than 30 seconds. Animated Short Objective: Create a short of any genre. Must have a coherent story and/or theme. Beautiful example here. (Animator: PathofHeaven) Character Origins Objective: Create a short that introduces your OC in a creative, entertaining manner. Must have a cohesive story! Great example here. (Animator: Jaycie) Gaming Short Objective: Create any kind of skit based on any videogame franchise or genre. Can be an animated short or parody. Be creative! Maple Anime Objective: Create an anime parody or tribute using Maple characters. Please be careful if you use copyrighted audio though. We do not own said protection rights. Lock n' Load Objective: Create an action or comedy short that involves guns. Lots of guns. Sprites Excalibur Objective: Create your best version of Arthur's sword. Can be inspired by best girl Saber in Fate/Stay Night :D Go Big or Go Home Objective: Create a ruby greatsword or any kind of giant royal arm. Diamonds and Pearls Objective: Create a weapon that integrates pearls or diamonds in its design. This is good practice for shading and lighting contrast! Flames of Fury Objective : Create a fire-based elemental weapon. N-Notice me Senpai Objective: Create a sprite of an OC...in a custom swimsuit. APES! TOGETHER! STRONG! Objective: Create a npc or Maple version of Caesar or any kind of ape from the Planet of the Apes prequels. The Last Jedi Objective: Create a npc or character based on the new Star Wars trilogy. Fantasy Bladez Objective: Create a sword inspired by a signature weapon in a RPG. Back to the Past! Objective: Create a npc or character based on the Samurai Jack universe! Anime NPC Objective: Take any anime character and sprite him/her/it into a MapleStory NPC. Must be an original sprite. Game NPC Objective: While at it, let's add games too! Take any character from a favorite game of yours and sprite him into a MapleStory NPC. Must be an original sprite. Art Summer Serenity Objective: Create a scenery drawing or painting with a summer theme. Party On Objective: Create a portrait or painting of a party or summer celebration involving 2 or more characters. Smile this Season Objective : Create a portrait of a character dressed in summer attire. Make it exquisite! My True Self Objective: Create a wallpaper with a theme based on an OC. Maple Bonfire Objective: Create a painting or drawing of MM members chilling at the beach. Typography Challenge Objective: Create a building for Maplemation HQ with a custom logo design. Nom Nom Nom Objective: Draw a character DEVOURING (or just casually eating/drinking) his or her favorite food in the summer. Maps Summer Slaying Objective: Create a summer-themed battle arena. Sandy Shores Objective: Create a peaceful beach or summer-themed map. Something beautiful and/or surreal. Aqua Hidden Fortress (Not a Kurosawa reference lol) Objective: Create an underwater military base or prison facility. Age of Aku Objective: Create a map based on the future ruled by Aku in the series Samurai Jack! Oceanic Challenge Objective: Create an undersea map without aquaroad props/sprites The Future Objective: Create a futuristic map. Can include sci-fi or apocalyptic elements! Be creative! Objective Object Objective: Incorporate a particular map object in your map 5 times. Must be of creative effort, not just spammed 5x. Comics Holiday Havoc Objective: Create a summer holiday themed comic! Action Thriller Objective: Create an action-oriented comic. Once Upon a Time Objective: Create a comic with an enthralling short story. Be creative! HUGE THANKS to the following idea contributors and drawn inspirations: @Juan. @Noziki @Alex303 @jose117 @Johano Sarutobi @Tra-La-Tracey @StayFrosty @ForgettenSoul If you have any questions, comments, or further suggestions, please post them below or message me on Discord. As always, it is my hope these challenges will motivate and spring forth some new, great content from our talented animators/artists here! Do your best! がんばってね! :)
Spoiler: When your repost senses tingle Oh sweet, been waiting for this. Hopefully I don't have to wait only to see no one doing them then feel obligated to do some of these so everyone is a bit happier that hope isn't lost. Again.
Oooh man, I've been wanting to animate sum maple in such a long time... I hope I have some time soon to make sum ^^
Ayy nice~!! I've been itching to get some MBR points for a name colour change -- thanks for organizing this, Calvin! :DD
hopefully might do the art mbrqs also a question, when it said "character", does it means an existing character, an OC, or a randomly created character?
Do we get bonus points for incorporating several of the quests into one animation? I just realized that I have at least 3 quests somehow incorporated into this animation i'm planning for the MBRQ after doing my script for it lol.
Anyone you want! It's entirely up to you :) I don't think so? It's never been done before D: You can maybe include the prompt of those 3 quests in your thread in priority order top to bottom, but I would select one and make sure the animation is mainly focused on that. Otherwise, I can ask the staff and see if we can give you 1 extra point if people like it and it works out well.
