About
Converted Legacy Event
This event was converted from our old contest and event system into our new jam format for historic preservation. Some details may be confusing in the new jam context.
Happy Halloween! 👻Happy October, ghosts and ghouls! This October we're celebrating Halloween with a
month-long event. Let's find some pumpkins, brew some potions, clip on our bat-wings and go all-out with some Halloween-themed Minecraft creations!
You can enter
up to FIVE Halloween-themed creations. Don't let appearances fool you: there is nothing scary about joining in on the fun. We welcome any crafty creation that fits the theme! Skins can be wicked witches and terrible monsters, or trick-or-treaters in fun costumes. You can build haunted houses or mysterious graveyards, write spine-chilling tales or add some spooks to the world of Minecraft!
This is not a contest. No competition, judges, scores or leader-boards. It's an
all-inclusive event where anybody can join in on the fun of celebrating a Happy Halloween together.
I've carved my pumpkin. How can I share? 🎃Submitting your entries is easy! Be sure that everybody understands how your creation fits the theme of the event. Upload your creation to one of the following categories: Projects, (Mob) Skins, Data Packs or Blogs. When submitting the entry,
check the box indicating it's for the "Happy Halloween Community Event". Easy as pumpkin pie!
To add to the event experience, we encourage you to diamond, favorite and comment on your favorite Halloween submissions this month! Maybe share your favorites in a wall-post or gather them into a collection! Everyone appreciates receiving positive responses to their creations.
Grab some tea and get cozy. You have the entire month of October! 🍂
You have plenty of time to work on your creations for this event. That means no last-minute toilet-paper mummies and bed-sheet-ghosts this Halloween! We encourage everybody to get creative with the theme!
🏠 If you enter a project, it would be great if you could share a world save or schematic too, so that other players can enjoy it in Minecraft! You can create any kind of project. That includes land, air, sea, space and time structures, adventure maps, redstone contraptions, organics, terraforms and pixel art. Be sure to include some good visuals (screenshots) and a clear description with your project to maximize the experience.
👩🦰 If you enter a skin, make it fun to use in-game! That way, other players can have fun dressing up Halloween-style thanks to your creation. Start from scratch rather than using any default or common base textures. There are several Minecraft skin editing programs available, but we recommend
PMCSkin3D! If you need some help getting started with skins, PMC member
Beanie made this excellent
video tutorial on the basics of Minecraft skin editing!
🦇 If you enter a mob skin, keep in mind to start from scratch! You can use
PMCSkin3D to create your own bats, phantoms, cats, zombies, skeletons and all other mobs, to make them spookier than ever before!
📚 If you enter a blog you naturally have more options than we can give advice on. The blog section allows for all kinds of writing, including stories, poems, articles and interviews. Write to impress and shuffle in some proper grammar whenever possible. Be aware that Planet Minecraft is a family friendly site! So make sure your Halloween horror stories won't cause too many nightmares!
🎁 I
f you enter a data pack
who knows what you'll add into the game to make Minecraft more spooky and ghoulish to explore this October! We're excited to see and try what you come up with.
🎨 If you enter artwork or a video, we love your unharnessed creativity and you can use the blog section to share it! We don't require featured images for blogs but a good one can raise an eyebrow or two resulting in more views so it's a recommendation. PMC member Chiaroscuro wrote a great tutorial on how to create featured images which will help you to create your own.
assignment_turned_in Rules & Guidelines
Up to FIVE entries per participant!
- The standard rules of Planet Minecraft apply to any submission.
- You are expected to enter new work. This means you cannot enter any creation that was previously uploaded to Planet Minecraft.
- You are allowed to enter work that was created for another Halloween-themed unofficial community event.
- Collaborations and teamwork are allowed for this event.
- Submissions that do not follow the Halloween theme will be disqualified.
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- If you create an entry which doesn't immediately seem Halloween-themed, please make sure to explain the relevance to the theme in your submission's description.
- You can create a skin, project, data pack or blog-post, you do not have to choose a single category.
- You have the entire month, so take your time and have fun!
- Don't hesitate to collaborate for this event, we would love to see group efforts!
Legal Terms
By participating in the event, participant agrees to be bound by these Official Rules and regulations and the decisions of Planet Minecraft are final and binding on all matters pertaining to this event.
No cash substitute or transfer of prizes is available. Prizes are awarded without warranty of any kind from Planet Minecraft, express or implied, without limitation, except where this would be contrary to federal, state, provincial, or local laws or regulations. All federal, state, provincial and local laws and regulations apply. Decisions of Planet Minecraft and the voting system are final and binding on all matters pertaining to this event. Return of any prize/prize notification may result in disqualification and selection of an alternate winner. Any potential winner who cannot be contacted by email within 15 days of attempted first notification will forfeit his/her prize. Potential prize winner(s) and their parents/legal guardians may be required to sign and return an Affidavit or Declaration of Eligibility, a Liability/Publicity Release within 30 days following the date of first attempted notification. Failure to comply within this time period may result in disqualification and selection of an alternate winner. Planet Minecraft at its sole discretion shall reserves the right to disqualify any Participant from the event if it reasonably believes that the Participant has attempted to undermine the legitimate operation of the event by cheating, deception, or other unfair playing practices or abuses, threatens or harassment of any other Participants, Planet Minecraft employees and affiliates.
Limitations of Liability:
By entering, entrants agree to release Planet Minecraft, and their officers, directors, employees and agencies from any claim, loss, liability, damage or injury of any kind arising from their participation in the event or their receipt or use of the event prize.
Winner is responsible for all federal, state and local taxes associated with acceptance and use of prize.
Any and all disputes, claims and causes of action arising out of or connected with this event, or any prize awarded, shall be resolved individually, without resort to any form of class action, and exclusively by arbitration. Claims, judgments and awards shall be limited to actual out-of-pocket costs incurred, including costs associated with entering this contest, but in no event attorney's fees. These Official Rules shall be governed by, subject to, and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Maine, United States of America, excluding all conflict of law rules. If any provision(s) of these Official Rules are held to be invalid or unenforceable, all remaining provisions hereof will remain in full force and effect. To the extent permitted by law, the rights to litigate, seek injunctive relief or make any other recourse to judicial or any other procedure in case of disputes or claims resulting from or in connection with this event are hereby excluded, and all Participants expressly waive any and all such rights.
Disclaimer:
Planet Minecraft will not be held responsible if for any reason the event is not capable of running or operating as planned due to infection by computer virus, fraud, bugs, tampering, unauthorized intervention, technical failures, or force majeure that, in the sole opinion of Sponsor, corrupts or affects the administration, security, fairness, integrity, or proper conduct of this event. Sponsor reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to disqualify any individual who tampers with or abuses any aspect of the event, as solely determined by Sponsor, and to cancel, terminate, modify, or postpone the event until a later date. Sponsor assume no responsibility for any error, omission, interruption, deletion, defect, delay in operation or transmission, communications line failure, or other failure of or related to the software platform on which the event is played, including any injury or damage to participant's or any other person's computer related to or resulting from participation or downloading any materials in this event.
Offer void where prohibited.