Competition Rules and Guidelines v1.5

[Pedigree]

Competition Rules and Guidelines have been updated to version 1.5.

What's New:

Pixel Art Competitions

• Your entry must be pixel art. Pixel art is generally drawn or refined on a pixel-by-pixel basis to convey meaning with limited space and colors.
  
• Obvious use of line, shape or other tools that affect the quality of your submission with no clear effort to hide the usage of those tools will result in the disqualification of your entry. For example, MS Paint's circle tool produces a more jagged edge instead of one that is smoother in appearance.
  
• Sprite animations, sprite sheets, etc. will still be allowed as long as the medium used to create them is pixel art.
  

Previously, these were referred to as Sprite Competitions. The reason for this name change is that sprites in video games are no longer limited to pixel art as a medium. For instance, many modern games with 2D visuals use vectors.

Vector art has traditionally not been allowed in these competitions because it would give Sprite Competitions too much overlap with Drawing Competitions. Pixel art versus vector art may also not be a level playing field, so we're keeping up this tradition and changing the name to make more sense considering what is or isn't allowed.

Recommended length for a Pixel Art Competition is one to two weeks.