Welcome to Sensei Challenge 003! - Rules and Information

[Coolhand]

The City of the future, Transportation.

Welcome to the start of the New Sensei Challenge! This challenge deals with the problems of moving people in future environments, a challenge often tackled in popular Sci-fi.

Now it's your chance to show the members of the site your vision of future city travel.

We have given you two broad scenarios to play with, the first is a something along the lines of todays cities but with higher populations and more advanced technology. The second is a world of decay with crumbling, sparsely populated cities - technology and resources are thin on the ground.

Scenario 1: Cities are becoming ever more populated, denseley packed and vertical. Tall buildings abound and transporting people through a sprawling metropolis is more difficult than ever. A new form of transport is required; something that could carry people to every corner of the city with speed and comfort - cars are locked into nightmare ground traffic jams and segways are silly, old fashioned busses just smell to bad to be used. It might be built or even grown. it might drive conventionally on wheels or it might walk, climb or fly, or anything else you can think of.

Scenario 2: A time when technology is stagnating, warfare and limited resources make transportation choices limited, traffic is not a problem in this city. Human power, mutated bugs, alternative energy sources might all be harnessed along with those few scraps of conventional or advanced technology that have survived. It could be land travel, it could fly, Perhaps the city will even be flooded, making water transport a possibility.

Your challenge is to create a suitable form of transport for either scenario, something unlike the vehicles we might use today: It could be a flying car, a train that will drive up the side of a building, a hoverboard, a jetpack, a wooden cart towed by a giant killer cockroach, a shuttlecraft or something far more interesting. It could even be some sort of genetically engineered or alien creature that one can ride upon. The designs themselves do not have to be "Human" looking designs and we will accept "Alien" looking vehicles, but whatever scenario you go for, the transport must be capable of carrying, and being controlled by, at least one Human.

Things to remember:

- It should be original, so if you do want to make a Hover-Car then make sure its your own design.

- Innovation is good! you can go with the ideas provided, but come up with something truely original, a concept that hasn't been used before and you will have a much better chance of impressing the Judges.

You have TWO weeks from today, 09/27/16, to come up with your final entry.


The Rules:

You can enter either a rendering of a 3D model on a plain coloured background, or a 2D concept piece, as with the 3d model the background should be plain, you are not required to build or paint the city itself.

Your final submission must be no more than 800x600 but it may be oriented in either Landscape or portrait.

No known genres: As well as overall looks, originality and innovation are key to winning the contest as previously mentioned. We realise that sometimes something may resemble something else purely becuase they fulfill similar roles. BUT, if we recognise something as being exactly copied from Startrek or Starwars, Blade Runner, Mad Max or whatever, your submission will be rejected, of course that won't happen because -

You will post a WIP in the Challenge forum, you must show progress on your model before you submit your final entry, this, among other things, will allow us to make sure everyone is within the rules.

Prizes:

1st place: SFM Sensei Gold medal displayed under the winners avatar + your artwork shown on the SFM Header.
2st place: SFM Sensei Silver medal displayed under the winners avatar.
3st place: SFM Sensei Bronze medal displayed under the winners avatar.

Most Honourable Member: Green Sensei Medal displayed under the winners avatar, awarded to the most helpful and contructive member in the challenge.

If you have any questions then please ask them in this thread, otherwise:

Good luck to everyone!

-SFM Sensei.

[chrono]

How are our threads to be titled?

[Coolhand]

Something that describes what it is will be fine, e.g. "Hovercar"

[farcry]

Originally Posted by Coolhand

and segways are silly

Damn, i cant use my idea of giant Segways carrying hundreds of people!

This compo sounds great!

[Choo1701]

um...isn't this the second challenge? Thought Challenge one was split into two spereate sections??? .... .... *flees!*

ALSO: what do you mean by this:

...or a 2D concept piece...

Does it mean that there can be 2D entries??? Or should i get my eyes and brain checked??

[Ramiel]

@ Choo1701: You can choose if you want to post a 3D work OR a 2D work (in your WIP, if you will do the 3D model, you can post a concept sketch too, but that is up to you, just remember that the final submission should be -unless Collhand have something different in mind - a 3D render OR a 2D piece).

[Andrew March]

This sounds great, shame I can't model for Jack or I would definately be in on this.

[citizen]

Originally Posted by Coolhand

No known genres: As well as overall looks, originality and innovation are key to winning the contest as previously mentioned. We realise that sometimes something may resemble something else purely becuase they fulfill similar roles. BUT, if we recognise something as being exactly copied from Startrek or Starwars, Blade Runner, Mad Max or whatever, your submission will be rejected, of course that won't happen because -

You will post a WIP in the Challenge forum, you must show progress on your model before you submit your final entry, this, among other things, will allow us to make sure everyone is within the rules.

I assume it is but just to make sure is it okay to take inspiration from something in a novel (theres no pictures or much of an explination to speak of)?

[Sphynx]

Citizen (gee, that address sounds so socialist, or Equilibrium style futureworld ): that should be fine, as long as the novel is not an established genre that has been shown elsewhere already (e.g. A SW novel that may have an implication of design styles as a result of the SW films).

What is important in this issue is that you can show that you designed is from the basic descriptions, and did not just extend the work of others. If such a craft has a name however, I'd advise not using it - remember we are looking for originality here. You need to establish for yourself how using the work of others in this way will deteriment your chances in voting.

[citizen]

It's a Red Dwarf novel, so it is an established genre, but all I'm taking from it is the method of locomotion, nothing of the look (in fact how it looks isn't mentioned, and I don't plan on really following the look of anything in the series).

Comrade