Dead Estate Pre-Launch Art Contest!

You might've heard by now that Dead Estate is releasing on Steam on October 19th. Dead Estate is a project that my buddies and I have been working on since around August or September last year. We originally made it as a submission for Newgrounds's annual Halloween contest and we ended up getting first place!

Since then, we partnered up with 2 Left Thumbs to

1. *SIGNIFICANTLY *expand the game, and

2. Publish it on Steam along with a few other platforms! (maybe Nintendo Switch eventually)

The game is releasing in just a few short weeks, so to celebrate we're gonna be hosting an art contest with prizes! You can draw WHATEVER YOU WANT as long as it fits into the rules below!

Additionally, we're gonna split this thing into two categories: **SFW **and NSFW. Both categories will have pretty much the same prizes, although there are a couple of additional rules for the NSFW category.

RULES & GUIDELINES

1. Submit your piece to the Newgrounds Art Portal with the tag "dead-estate-art-contest" if it's an SFW submission or "dead-estate-nsfw-contest" if it's NSFW by October 15th.

2. Your submission has to depict something or someone from Dead Estate. (big surprise, I know)

3. Anything 18+ must be submitted to the NSFW category, not the SFW category.

4. You can't make an edit of an SFW piece and submit it to the NSFW category or vice versa. One or the other!

5. Keep NSFW submissions tasteful. Basically don't depict anything illegal or revolting.

It's probably worth clarifying that .GIF animations are allowed ! Now here's the good stuff:

PRIZES

SFW prizes: 1st place - $100 + Steam key for Dead Estate + Your submission will be included as a trading card on Steam! **2nd **place - $50 + Steam key **3rd **place - $25 + Steam key **4th **place - Steam key **5th **place - Steam key

**NSFW prizes: **(these are basically the same as the SFW prizes minus the "your work as a trading card" reward) 1st place - $100 + Steam key **2nd **place - $50 + Steam key **3rd **place - $25 + Steam key **4th **place - Steam key **5th **place - Steam key

REFERENCES

Here are some references for a handful of the characters in the game. Go crazy with them!: