Make Your Adventure Scene
One scene from an adventure film that doesn't exist.
What you can win
The Grand Prize is $1,500, with cash awards for the Runner-Up, five creative categories, and a People's Pick. Eight winning films in all, plus a credit bonus for the first 50 creators who enter.
Grand Prize and Runner-Up go to the top two films overall. The five category awards are jury picks for a standout strength. People's Pick goes to the most-watched film across all platforms. One cash award per film, so eight different films win.
Every creator's first film earns credits
The first 50 creators to enter a qualifying film get 400 Pixel Dojo credits (about $25) back, enough to cover the cost of making it. Enter your film, then DM us on Discord with your account email, gallery link, and social post to claim.
How winners are chosen
Every eligible film is scored on the same 100-point rubric. Creative merit carries the most weight. Audience response can separate closely matched films.
Creative merit
60%Story and concept. Directing, camera, light, sound, and editing. Consistency and finish.
Community Gallery engagement
20%Verified audience response to your public Community Gallery film, measured at the published cutoff.
Social engagement
20%Verified audience response to your matching public YouTube, Instagram, X, or TikTok post, measured at the published cutoff.
You do not need a large following to enter. There is no minimum view count, and 60 of 100 points come from the film itself.
How the score becomes prizes
- Grand Prize and Runner-Up go to the two highest-scoring films overall.
- The five category awards, Best Story, Best Look, Best Character, Best Sound & Music, and the Judges' Wildcard, are chosen by the jury for a standout strength.
- People's Pick goes to the film with the most verified views across all four platforms.
- One cash award per film, so eight different films win.
Pixel Dojo may audit audience metrics and exclude paid, automated, exchanged, or otherwise inauthentic engagement. Manipulation may disqualify an entry. Jury decisions are final, subject to the Official Rules.
Make the scene we cannot stop thinking about.
The rest of the film does not exist yet. Make one scene vivid enough that we wish it did.