Equinox Community contest
Greetings Cutters!
We’d like to give an update regarding our ongoing research into rewards for working hard and in accordance with all five-thousand and nine Articles of Salvage Procedure outlined in your employee manual.
First, an important update on the PosiGel pilot program. The results of this test were clear; while the Gel did produce positive physical sensations, the needed dosage required completely flooding the subject’s suit. Our data showed that this produced a host of complications for salvaging, such as heavily obscured vision and a so-called “sensation of drowning”. We also discovered a significant cost involved in cleaning the Gel from the suits between shifts. We would like to thank all the participants in this pilot program, and reassure them that our Revivification Department is close to fully removing the memory imprints of “drowning”.
[h2]Collectible Decal Design Contest[/h2]
Progress! As we all know, constant learning is part of LYNX’s success in today’s stellar marketplace. However, sometimes to go forward, we need to look backward. Our research teams have discovered a powerful technique used in the 20th and 21st centuries to reward hard-working employees. When coal was still a source of energy for humanity, thousands of hard-working individuals such as yourselves would venture deep into the Earth’s crust to retrieve it, through sheer grit and determination.
While they were of course rewarded with the paper and metal currency of the time, the more powerful reward was the recognition and acknowledgement of their hard work by their superiors. This was shown primarily through the reward of “stickers” for achievements and milestones, which could then be proudly displayed on their gear and equipment for others to awe at. For those who prefer to amass groups of things, these “stickers” were also highly collectible:
This discovery is exciting because it doesn’t use any chemicals or medicines to induce positive sensations. Rather, the human body itself produces these sensations when receiving such a reward! Once again, nature has proven that the way we work here at LYNX is the most natural and effective way for the human organism to operate.
We will soon be bringing these rewards to you, our loyal Cutters, in the form of Collectible Decals that can be applied to your tools in order to showcase all that you have achieved! We are working hard to craft the first round of these Decals. Salvaged 10 Class II Reactors? Slap that Decal on your cutting tool. Completed 100 Work Order Objectives? Show it off on your grapple! We hope to continuously find new ways to reward you for doing your job, and for doing it well. We’ll give more details as we get closer to launching the program.
Here’s an example of where the Decals might appear on the cutting tool:
With that, we are proud to announce our first official Decal Creation Contest!
Since your input is incredibly valuable to us, we want your designs for what Decals you would like to see. We know that many Cutters exhibit creative tendencies, and while your Employment Agreement prohibits creative expression while at work in the salvage yard, you are free to explore your creative side in your off-hours.
Following the guidelines listed below, create and send us your own Decal designs. We will judge all submissions and choose a handful to become official entries in the roll-out of the Decal program to all Cutters!
Guidelines are as follows:
- Must be three colours or less
- Try to use simple, bold designs
- Avoid gradients or super-fine details; these designs need to stand out while being relatively small
- The image should somehow convey the achievement behind the Decal
- All images and artwork must be your own creation or from the game itself! Any form of plagiarism otherwise will be disqualified.
- Must fit inside 160px by 96px
- NOTE: Decals can be any shape as long as it fits within these bounds.
- Check out our rules to learn more!
You can share your designs with us on social media by using the hashtag #LYNXDecal. Note that we may modify any of the winning designs as needed to be used in the official Decal program.
Below are some additional examples as reference:
Paving the way to the stars, one salvage a time.
LYNX Corp
[h2]Community Narrative Log Contest [/h2]
In celebration of our September update we wanted to give you, the Community, an opportunity to contribute to the lore of the Hardspace Universe. We've been keeping an eye on our Discord Fan-Fiction channel and we must say we are all very impressed by the storytelling chops on display and decided to hold this contest. The top entries will go on to become either text or audio logs to be found on salvaged Data Drives!
To have the best chance of being selected to win the contest and be included in the game, please follow these guidelines:
- We are looking for text logs that shine a light on the following subjects:
⭐ Life and Work on Earth or Earth Village
⭐ Life and Work on Mars or Mars Village
⭐ Traveling via the Rail Gates - Use your own words. Not anyone else's. Unless referencing subjects in the current game, any form of plagiarism will be immediately disqualified.
- Stories that relate to people, places, things already in game are preferred but not mandatory.
- Be mindful of length. Submissions must be 100 words or less. One submission per person.
- Please be patient. If we receive even a 1/10 of the submissions we think we are going to get based on how awesome our Community has been up until this point, it's going to take us some time to properly review each submission.
- Check our rules !
Note that we may need to edit or modify any of the winning narrative logs for use in the game. All texts should be sent to our team on Discord (in #Narrative-log-contest): https://discordapp.com/invite/shipbreakergame
Thank you in advance for all of you that are going to help us further flesh out the Hardspace Universe. To say we are all excited about this contest would be a galactic understatement. So excited!!!
Good Luck Cutters!
The Hardspace:Shipbreaker Dev Team