One Special Game 2021 9 to 16
0We're proud to announce that Fall Guys, The Sims and Broken Sword are the featured games in this year's One Special Game art competition, and entries are now open.
The contest challenges amateur and professional artists to design a brand new poster based on one of three iconic video games. Full details on how to enter can be found on the One Special Day website at https://onespecialday.org.uk/
The games featured in this year’s competition are:
FALL GUYS (Developed by Mediatonic)
THE SIMS - (Developed by Electronic Arts)
BROKEN SWORD - (Developed by Revolution Software)
Artists across the globe interested in entering the competition can submit their work on the official One Special Game website. Creatives have until One Special Day on Friday 1 October to submit entries and the winning design will be crowned poster of the year at the Develop conference on 26-28th October.
The winner will receive a prize bundle including a brand new OLED Switch, an Adobe Stock Annual license, a £100 voucher for games clothing company Insert Coin, a game bundle from Perp Games and a professional portfolio review. Runner-up prizes include £50 Insert Coin vouchers and Perp Game bundles.
All finalist’s images will be sold as limited edition posters via the One Special Day website, with all proceeds from sales going directly to SpecialEffect. The money raised will help the team bring the magic and inclusion of video games to people with disabilities across the world.
In 2020 One Special Day raised more than £500,000, changing the lives of thousands of disabled gamers around the world. It's the video game industry’s Red Nose Day and focuses on raising funds for the invaluable work of the SpecialEffect team. For one day, SpecialEffect invites the games industry to donate a day’s revenue from one or more of their titles.
Partners this year include Sumo Digital, Mediatonic, Amiqus, and Ripstone Games plus many more.