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Make a Pumpkin, Win Cool Prizes in the inaugural “Mondrian Pumpkin Carving Contest”

October 5, 2021• Videogames

Submissions Open through October

Boston, Massachusetts, USA – October 5, 2021 – Halloween Season has arrived, and Lantana Games is celebrating in style! From now through October 31, Mondrian – Plastic Reality players can submit Jack O’Lantern levels, built using the game’s Mondrian Maker and Mondrian Studio toolsets, to the game’s Steam Workshop page for a chance to win exclusive prizes.

The Mondrian pumpkin carving contest is hosted in collaboration with ArtChops’ annual pumpkin carving contest, which includes other categories such as Digital Art, Game Jams, Traditional Art, and real Jack O’Lanterns. All entries in the Mondrian Pumpkin Carving Contest will receive customized versions of their Steam Workshop thumbnails in a Wooden frame, and a POAP token verifying their submission (delivered throughout the month). The top 3 winners will receive:

  • Gold, Silver, and Bronze frames, respectively, of their Steam Workshop thumbnails
  • Subscriptions to the Lantana Games Twitch account
  • Dedicated roles on the Lantana Games Discord
  • High quality prints or print-quality digital versions of their creations and optional Lantana Games sticker packs

To enter the contest, all that’s needed is a copy of Mondrian – Plastic Reality on Steam. Then open up Mondrian Maker and create a Jack O’Lantern level! Optionally, you can visit the game’s Workshop and Subscribe to any pumpkin template, made by Lantana Games or the community, to help you get started. Once your level is complete, click the “Play Your Level” button and select “Open In Studio,” where you can create a thumbnail image.

Back in Mondrian Maker, click the Share button, make sure the checkboxes are set to “Public,” “Level,” and “Gala Entry” respectively. Upload your Jack O’Lantern to Steam Workshop and you’re in the contest!

For a more in-depth look at making your own Mondrian Jack O’Lantern, Lantana Games has posted a new tutorial on their Youtube channel: https://youtu.be/qstKMTuGerc

Contestants may submit as many levels as they like, however they will only be eligible for one reward pack if chosen. Levels will be judged on the following criteria:

  • Creativity: Is this an entirely new pumpkin design? If so, is it visually appealing? If not, what was done with the template to make it unique?
  • Playability: How were modifiers and obstacles used to make the piece stand out at each difficulty? Is it fun to play with just the right balance of challenge and speed?
  • Visibility: How is the level’s thumbnail? Does it accurately portray a spooky or fun Halloween feeling? Does it properly show off the level’s “carving” aspect?

All entrants will be contacted individually via the “Private Developer Comments” section in their Workshop item, with updated thumbnails and POAPs (an Ethereum wallet required to claim the POAP, but calm down, it’s free!). Winners will be selected within two weeks of the contest ending (11/14/2021) and, again, contacted with customized Workshop thumbnails and a secure form for shipping, Twitch, and Discord info. Lantana Games will make all best efforts to keep the community up-to-date on judging progress and any issues that may cause delays.

Check out the launch trailer for Mondrian – Plastic Reality here: https://youtu.be/W4Xj9mvdw10

For assets, please go to: https://prnordic.box.com/s/6hxk08c6o7uy2cfrogdq6vce9930sb5j

Mondrian – Plastic Reality is available on Steam for Windows.

About Mondrian – Plastic Reality

In Mondrian – Plastic Reality, you join Piet Mondrian and his modernist friends on time-tripping heists through art history to uncover their lost works in a colorful, brickbreaking, mind-bending experience with roguelite-esque and creative-centric sensibilities. Included with the game are toolsets that offer artists a new way to share their works with the world. These include Mondrian Maker, an easy-to-learn level editor, and Mondrian Studio, a graphic design suite tailormade for today’s connected creatives. Players can import their own artworks as background images for their Mondrian Maker/Studio creations, and upload those creations to Steam Workshop with the press of a button.

About Lantana Games

Lantana Games is an independent game development studio in Boston, creating games that delight, inspire, and innovate on the artform in surprising, colorful, and positive ways. We’ve built our reputation as a remote studio dedicated to fostering the next generation of game developers. Founded in November 2009, our games have since been featured in numerous publications such as Kill Screen, Polygon, PC Gamer, and The Boston Globe; and at expos such as PAX East and the Smithsonian American Art Museum’s Indie Arcade. Follow us everywhere, @lantanagames!

Contest Partner links

VIPP: http://www.wippublishing.com/

Polydoge: https://www.polydoge.com/

Gamestation: https://www.gamestation.io/

Fundamint: https://www.fundamint.io/

Create to Cure: https://www.instagram.com/createtocureofficial?utm_medium=copy_link

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A video game that becomes art!

July 21, 2021• Events & Trade Shows, Videogames

Join the live event at GamerJibe at the GJ Art Lounge for free!

Boston, Massachusetts, USA – July 21, 2021 – Lantana Games will be offering a live demonstration of the creative toolsets included in their art history brickbreaking game, Mondrian – Plastic Reality, on Thursday, July 22 at 3pm Eastern Time. This demonstration will take place in the GJ Art Lounge, a free-to-attend digital event hosted on GamerJibe. Artists of both physical and digital media are encouraged to come visit Lantana Games’ booth in Hall B to learn more about the game and tools.

In Mondrian – Plastic Reality, you join Piet Mondrian and his modernist friends on time-tripping heists through art history to uncover their lost works in a colorful, brickbreaking, mind-bending experience with roguelite-esque and creative-centric sensibilities. Included with the game are toolsets that offer artists a new way to share their works with the world. These include Mondrian Maker, an easy-to-learn level editor, and Mondrian Studio, a graphic design suite tailormade for today’s connected creatives. Players can import their own artworks as background images for their Mondrian Maker/Studio creations, and upload those creations to Steam Workshop with the press of a button.

During the one hour demonstration at GJ Art Lounge, Lantana will be building a level from scratch with the audience in Mondrian Maker, and creating imagery from that level in Mondrian Studio. We will be happy to answer any questions you and the rest of the audience may have about the game and included toolsets.

The Mondrian series has always featured high-impact, nostalgic gameplay that is accessible and addictive, while incorporating dynamically generated elements. Mondrian – Plastic Reality in particular pushes the boundaries of what retro gaming can be, with HD graphics, 60fps gameplay, near-instant load times, and multiple control-inputs, including keyboard/mouse, controller, and touchscreen. Players can enjoy multiple game modes, from the brand new Adventure story mode, to the three Quick Play modes returning from Abstraction in Beauty (Endless, Gem Hunt, and Arcade). New to the game are the Testing and Mondrian Studio modes, letting players test out or display their creations. All modes feature unique meta rules and shine different kinds of lights on user creations. The game is also compatible with Razer™ Chroma, lighting up players’ devices to match the on-screen, dynamically generated color harmonies.

Gaming has always been a frontier for creativity. Whether in the nostalgic paintings of Kid Pix or more recent adventures in Roblox, gamers have always found ways of inspiring and challenging each other. With Mondrian – Plastic Reality, we set out to create a platform that could fit the needs of creative gamers looking for new artistic outlets, of casual gamers looking for something into which they can easily sink hundreds of hours of their time, of hardcore gamers looking for quick ways to challenge their friends, and of retro gamers looking for something fresh but familiar. We hope that this demonstration can give players just a little taste of the infinite, spiraling canvas of fun that awaits them in Mondrian – Plastic Reality.

Check out the launch trailer for Mondrian – Plastic Reality here: https://youtu.be/W4Xj9mvdw10

For assets, please go to: https://prnordic.box.com/s/6hxk08c6o7uy2cfrogdq6vce9930sb5j

Mondrian – Plastic Reality is available on Steam for Windows. The demonstration goes live in the GJ Art Lounge’s Hall B at 3pm Eastern Time on July 22. 

About GamerJibe

Gamerjibe is the next-gen virtual events platform that helps organizers host immersive and engaging three-dimensional events from a web browser. Please visit http://www.gamerjibe.com to join the more than 1,500 registered attendees or contact team@gamerjibe.com for more details.

About Lantana Games

Lantana Games is an independent game development studio in Boston, creating games that delight, inspire, and innovate on the artform in surprising, colorful, and positive ways. We’ve built our reputation as a remote studio dedicated to fostering the next generation of game developers.

Founded in November 2009, our games have since been featured in numerous publications such as Kill Screen, Polygon, PC Gamer, and The Boston Globe; and at expos such as PAX East and the Smithsonian American Art Museum’s Indie Arcade. Follow us everywhere, @lantanagames!

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