Square-enix/deviart contest

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I logged into my deviantart this morning and found this in my inbox:

Now that we have your attention, let us get down to business.

From the ingenious team that brought you Kingdom Hearts comes a new action RPG for the Nintendo DStm system called The World Ends with Youtm.

Set in Tokyo's trendy Shibuya district, the story begins with Neku, just another ordinary kid, waking up to find a text message that states that he must complete a series of missions or face "erasure". Now immersed in the "Reaper's Game" Neku must find badges that allow him to harness his natural abilities and powers to discover the truth behind the "Reaper's Game" before he is erased!





Square Enix has generously provided deviantART the exclusive rights to distribute Concept Art Boards demonstrating the creative process used in their new game for the Nintendo DS "The World Ends with You". Haven't you always wondered, "How did they come up with that?!" These boards can hopefully answer that question.

The Concept Art Boards are unique in that they were created specifically for challenging YOU to create your own backgrounds, dream up new heroes or villains using your awesome skills as a traditional or digital artist to show the development team just what you've got!

Are you up for the challenge?


To get your collective creative juices flowing, here's the first installment of the concept art boards from "The World Ends with You" development team. This group of images demonstrates how the team went about developing the concepts and amazing background artwork for the game.

Find more inspiration! Check out our exclusive gallery at wewy's deviantART gallery to find out how the development team designed the heroes and enemies for the game "The World Ends with You"!


The deadline for Submissions is April 15th, 2008 Midnight PST and winners will be announced April 23rd.


10 Finalists will receive a copy of "The World Ends with You" game as well as a deviantART prize pack. deviantART prize pack will consist of a 6 month subscription, a deviantWEAR t-shirt and an Accessory pack.

1 Grand Prize winner will be selected from the group of the 10 Finalists. In addition to the game and the deviantART prize pack, the Grand Prize winner will receive a written critique of their winning submission from members of "The World Ends with You" development team.


Submit your entries to:
Submit: Contests & Projects > Contests > 2008 > The World Ends with You

Browse current submissions at:
Community Projects > Contests > 2008 > The World Ends with You


The 10 Finalist entries will be judged based on technical skill, originality and most creative interpretation of "The World Ends with You" storyboards. Submissions will be judged by $lolly, $Moonbeam13 and "The World Ends with You" development team.


Adhere to the guidelines below:

You must be 13 or older to participate
To be eligible to win the games, you must be a resident of the United States, Mexico or Canada (not including Quebec). Finalists who are residents outside of these three countries will receive cash equivalents.
You may submit more than one entry;
Online entries only, hardcopies not accepted;
No copyrighted images can be used in any way except for the creative resources linked below.
Entries are to be inspired by the featured material but not derivative of it or other privately owned property.
Please see this page for additional rules.




This game looks AWSOME..there's a lot of buzz going on around it i see already..and how awsome is ithat we get the chance to show square-enix what we can really do?!?! AWSOME?!?! i'm so entering this contest!!!! Anyone else?


here is the link for it News: Square Enix + deviantART = contest!