Secret Santa 2024 – Announcement

December 22nd, 2024 – Hello, Re-Volters!

First of all, a quick PSA: yes, this event should’ve started earlier – I had everything ready both in my head and as far as assets go, but a pharingitis got the best of me last week :(

This will unfortunately make the voting window for Track of the year 2024 overlap with this contest.

For this year’s festive celebrations, we thought of doing things a little bit differently – the Re-Volt World team is going to be the creators’ Secret Santa! We’ve compiled a bundle of assets for you all to unleash your Christmassy creativity with – more on that in the individual event category rules. Comments on this page are also open, so please let us know what you think of this format! :)

What is this?

Content creators can attend the contest by submitting a creation according to the contest themes.

After the deadline, there will be a public voting to determine the winners of each category.

In addition, you can gain Kudos by attending the Secret Santa 2024 event!

• Attending: You get 25 for attending a category.
• Podium: Getting on the podium in a category will give you 50 .
• Winning: Winning a category is worth 100 !

Theme and categories

The Secret Santa 2024 event features three creation categories:

• Track: build your very own track using the racing line map bundled in the asset archive.
• Car: integrate the Christmas tree 3D model from the asset archive into your car entry.
• Skin: choose one of the palettes from the asset archive to make a skin for any car you like.

Click here to download the asset archive.

Rules

General rules:

• Deadline for submission is January 12th, 20 UTC.
• Every creator can submit a maximum of ONE creation per category (and it is not mandatory to participate in all of them).
• Collaborations are allowed. Please provide the name(s) of the author(s) you collaborated with.
• Used resources (if any) must be stated in an attached readme, unless their author(s) is (are) okay with free distribution.
• Please don’t upload your entries to Re-Volt World or any other websites before the submission deadline.
• It is not mandatory to keep your entries secret before the deadline.

Track rules:

• Lego/Lego Extreme tracks are allowed, although you may need to take some creative liberties when recreating the shape from the map.
• The map should be treated as a racing line, not a track layout – which means, it’s not strictly required to have an actual “ribbon of asphalt” with that shape, as long as the cars themselves follow it as a path.
• The track may run clockwise or counter-clockwise, and you can freely position the startgrid to your liking.
• The theming of the track is 100% free – it isn’t necessary to make it look winter-y or Christmassy, but you can do it if you wish.
• Track scaling is also free, as well as elevation changes throughout the lap.
• Tip: if you’re making an Extreme track, importing the map as a Background Image for the Top viewport in Blender (or equivalent software) can be helpful.

Car rules:

• Any type of car is allowed. This category is basically free-for-all, as long as the Christmas tree 3D model is used in the car at least once. A basic png layer where the main colours of the tree are mapped is also provided – you may remap it to your liking if it gets in the way of your car’s mapping.
• You can add decorations or change the scaling of the model before applying it to the car.
• It is not strictly necessary to reparam your creation, if it is a remodel.

Skin rules:

• You may make a skin for any car you like. Please state which car the skin is for, and pack it in its proper folder.
• Only one palette (= 4 colours) can be used in your skin. This also applies to decals, not just to the base coat of the car – pick wisely!
• Adding black, white or any shade of grey/silver to the skin is allowed.
• Details (lights, windows etc.) aren’t required to follow the palette.

Submit your entry

Submit your entry by using the upload function down below.

• Only visible for logged in users!
• You can upload zip, rar or 7z files.
• The maximum file size is 50 MB.
• You can use the upload function as often as you wish! Upload updated versions of your creations anytime. We will have a look at the uploads manually, and just consider the latest version if there are more.