Rules and Requirements

Regular, Master, and Exhibition entries

Regular:
- If you've never entered before, or you aren't sure, you are most likely entering this category. This category gives less experienced Dreamweavers a better chance at winning.
Master Category:
- Those who have won first or grand prize in a previous official Furcadia contest, OR,
- Beekin Green-stripe Masons, Beekin Mason Heads, or Beekin Pixel Heads.
- If any major contributor on your team meets any of these qualifications, your team must enter in the Master Category.
  - The prizes are heftier in the Master category than in the Regular, so you must earn your way into it. You can only enter as a Master entry if you have won that associated entry in the past.
    - For instance, if you won first place in a previous Furcadia Art Contest, you can enter another Furcadia Art contest as a Master, but you can't enter the Master Category for the Furcadia Dream contest.
Exhibition category: For Associates, Creators, or top Dreamweavers who wish to share their creations but aren't entering in the contest to be judged.

What are the technical requirements for Dreams?

There is no size requirement on contest Dreams.
We also do not restrict patch sizes or amount of DS in any way. This is left to your judgement, though too large a patch is not user friendly.
At this time you can't have Dreams within Dreams for contests, since there are a limited number of Dream servers and entries are uploaded as semi-permanent Dreams.
You are allowed to enter only one Dream per contest, however, you may enter as many contests a year as you'd like.
If you don't want others to have access to your Dream or patch, be sure to mark it as encrypted and put a note in that you want it kept encrypted. We don't guarantee that others won't find a way around that and copy the Dream, but we protect as best we can.

What rights do you have and what rights do you give Dragon's Eye Productions by entering a contest?

By sending us a contest entry, you agree to all the same things as in the Furcadia Terms of Service. The entry still belongs to you and we will not use it for profit without your permission. You do give DEP the right to upload the entry to be viewed by players at any time and for as long as we want. You agree to allow DEP to use the entry for promotion and advertisement. You agree that to the best of your knowledge that you created this entry yourself and you have permission to use all material related to it. You agree that all decisions by the judges are final and that you are not guaranteed to win any prize. You agree that only the Team Leader for your entry will receive the prizes, and they are responsible for distributing it to other team members.

How do I send my Dream in to be judged?

It's very important that you follow these guidelines carefully when entering your Dream - otherwise you might be disqualified if something is missing and a good version isn't sent by the deadline. To enter, you will submit your Dream as a .zip file. Unzipped Dreams are unaccepted unless there is a problem and you've been requested to e-mail us an unzipped Dream. The .zip file should include:

Your Dream file (Named: yourname-yourdream.map)
Your DragonSpeak file (Named: yourname-yourdream.ds)
Your .zip file can and should include any notes, credits, or readme files you require. (In .txt format. Note: This is NOT your credits file!)
Make sure your Dream is encrypted if you want it to be encrypted!
All your patch files should be in a folder named yourname-yourdream-patch
Include only files necessary for your patch!
Make sure you include a credits.txt file to be uploaded with your Dream

Here is an animated .gif showing you, step by step, how to package your Dream.

You also need to make sure you've included:

A properly packaged .zip file. (The most important part!)
A screenshot of the most exciting part of your Dream. (Should be in .gif or .jpg format for the web)
Whether your Dream should be encrypted upon upload.
A list of all group members who helped with the Dream.
A brief description of what your Dream is about - this description will be posted to the web.
Any special instructions you want the judges to know - this will not be made public.
Make sure a duplicate of your credits file is listed as well.

It can take several days after the deadline for the Dreams to be posted to the server. The time varies due to numbers of entries and time for the programmers to put them up. Also, Dreams take quite a bit of time to judge. When they are all judged we usually hold an event at the Festival stage to announce them.

Now you know the basics of how to put together and submit your entry correctly, and also some tips about how to make a Dream that's more likely to score well. Good luck and Happy Dreaming!