In Hive’s newest game, Players from Earth work with the mysterious new beings of the Pixelverse to create video games and earn $PXL tokens.
The story of the Pixelverse is shrouded in mystery, and we’re looking for help from the Hive and Rise of the Pixels communities to help uncover the secrets.
In partnership with the Scholar & Scribe writing community as well as our friends at Dreemport, we’re launching a series of fun writing contests centered around the emerging lore of the game.
🎁 Prizes include RotP Game Licenses, 8-bit packs, HSBI, Ecency points, Layer 2 tokens, and more.
❗️But more importantly, elements of what community members write will become enshrined in the game itself, appearing in lore documents or even on NFTs❗️
If you like to dabble in lore and write a little fiction, have a look at the contests we have lined up, and join one or all of ‘em!
| Contest | Status | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| 1️⃣ The Scene at the Rift | ✅ Complete | Jan 5 to 17 |
| 2️⃣ Organization Origin Story | ✅ Complete | Jan 14 to 23 |
| 3️⃣ Fusion Exploration | ✅ Complete | Jan 20 to 31 |
Note: by participating, you agree that the Rise of the Pixels team may adapt or directly use your creative concepts in their game. You will be credited wherever possible, but the only compensations are the prizes set out in each contest's post.
The Contests
Note: All contest entrants are asked to review the short Lore Teaser post to get a sense of the basics of the RotP lore.
1️⃣ The Scene at the Rift
Run by @grocko, Scholar & Scribe’s regular Invitational contest will be RotP themed in January, and will ask writers to tell the tale of when the Rift opened between Earth and the Pixelverse.
💥 Action writers, this is your calling! Contest opens January 5 and the submission deadline is January 17.
👉 The official contest post and rules are here: LINK
2️⃣ Organization Origin Story
@samsmith1971 leads the Dreemport ‘Word of the Week’ contest, which involves a rotation writing challenge that is typically posted on Hive then submitted to the DreemPort curation platform. Writers are evaluated using an awesome and in depth rubric, and the prizes are numerous.
The next WOTW will have a Rise of the Pixels theme, wherein writers will be asked to detail the background or origin story of the enigmatic “Organization” that first discovered the Pixelverse.
🏗 Backstory builders, this one is for you! Contest opens January 13/14 and the submission deadline is January 23.
👉 The official contest post and rules are here: LINK
3️⃣ Mythic Bios OR Fusion Exploration
After we see how the above contests play out, we’ll run a third one which will involve entrants either writing some original bios for Mythic rarity NFT workers, or we will look for backstory on why and how Pixelians undergo their strange Fusion process.
If you have an opinion on which you’d like to see, leave a comment! This post will be updated with a link to the contest once it’s live.
👉 UPDATE: We're going with Fusion backstories, and the link is here!
Announcements on Discord
Apart from this post, we will drop notices about the contests, their deadlines, etc. in the Rise of the Pixels Discord server. If folks wish, we can even do some writing brainstorming there!
Learn more about the project with the links below, and good luck to everyone who participates.
The Rise Of The Pixels Links
Check out the official website: https://riseofthepixels.com
Read more in the game Rulebook: https://rulebook.riseofthepixels.com
Follow us on Hive: https://peakd.com/@riseofthepixels/
Join us on Discord: https://discord.gg/e7cKB3KmsS
...or if you want to experience an authentic legacy Web2 vibe you can check out our X/Twitter profile: https://x.com/riseofthepixels