Rules
- Effort: Submissions must be polished. Mods may reject "farming" attempts (rushed, unpolished pieces significantly below your usual quality).
- Minimum: Flat coloring is the minimum requirement. Traditional art is welcome, but scans or clear, well-lit photos are required. Monochrome or grayscale for traditional pieces is acceptable as long as the values accurately represent the design.
- Focus Character: The focus character must be an existing Minikin and fulfill the minimum requirement. For example, if a prompt requires a Fullbody, that specific character must be at least 80% visible.
- Accuracy: All characters must be recognizable. Parts obscured by heavy shadow, light, or items do not count toward visibility percentages. Characters must be drawn as chibi bipeds, NEVER feral or with human-like anthro anatomy.
- Prohibited: AI-generated, stolen, or heavily referenced (e.g. traced) content is strictly prohibited.
How to Claim Rewards
Prompts automatically grant their Base Reward (listed as the prompt reward). However, if you add more characters, backgrounds, or words than the minimum requirement, you must claim Bonus Rewards manually.
- In the Submission Comments, list the Base Reward at the top (e.g. "Base: 15").
- If you'd like, you may add a note in the comments to let mods know whether you'd prefer us to cancel and send back submissions where bonus rewards are not met so that you have the opportunity to fix them, or simply approve them as is!
- Clearly list any bonuses (e.g. "Cat: +15").
- Total the values at the bottom (e.g. "15 + 20 = 35").
- In the Rewards section of your submission, add ONLY the bonus amount. The Base Reward is added automatically!
Art Values
All art must be colored. All values are listed in Farthings, the main currency of the ARPG.
15
80% or more visible8
50% to 79% visible6
Less than 50% visibleArt Bonuses
Large Prop (cannot stack)
- One (1) distinct item that is larger than the focus character.
- Must be detailed. A plain object will not qualify (ex. a blank paper).
Simple Background (cannot stack)
- Basic shading and lighting
- Two (2) planes
- Two (2) aspects
Complex Background (cannot stack)
- Detailed shading and lighting
- Three (3) planes
- Four (4) aspects
Simple
Planes (2): Midground crates, Background wall
Aspects (2): String lights, wizard costume display
The other costume displays are too indistinguishable to qualify as aspects (they are just blobs... I am lazy)
Complex
Planes (3): Foreground cliffs, Middleground clouds, Background sky.
Aspects (4): Main whale, secondary whale, floating rays, rocks and foliage on cliffs.
The glowing fish do not qualify as an aspect as they are an ambient effect.
NO BG
Planes (2): Foreground envelope, Background dark night.
Aspects (1): Blue wisteria.
The sparkles do not qualify as an aspect as they are an ambient effect. The clouds are a part of a character's (right Minikin) design.
Complex
Planes (3): Foreground plants, Middleground path and floor, Background glass dome.
Aspects (4): Park bench, glass dome detailing, blue wisteria, foliage detailing.
Writing Values
15
Every additional 100 words grants +4 Farthings. Writing must be in narrative prose unless otherwise specified in the prompt description.
Collaborative Pieces
Collaboration is encouraged! When two or more players collaborate on a single piece of art or writing, please refer to the following rules:
One person should upload the piece to the Gallery, with all collaborators listed. Whenever any of you would like to submit the piece as a prompt, simply link to that Gallery submission.
- Art: Each player may claim the Full Value of the components they created (e.g., Artist A claims for Simple BG, Artist B claims for Fullbody). Please do not mix contributions, such as exchanging lines and color, to avoid confusion when calculating!
- Writing: Players must clearly mark which sections they wrote. Rewards are calculated based on individual word counts.
Note that some prompts cannot be collaborated on. These include: Dungeon, Storyline.
Commissioned Work
You may submit commissioned work for prompts at 25% of the original Farthings.
- This applies to both art and writing.
- The original creator must be credited in the comments as well as the Gallery submission (if applicable).
- The original creator cannot submit the piece for Farthings.
On-Base Art
You may receive full Farthings for the first submission! After that, subsequent submissions on a lineart Base will earn 20% of original rewards (3 Farthings per fullbody).
- The base must be made by you.
- This rule is only applied to lineart bases. Background or props will not factor into the 20% Farthing rewards.
- Subsequent submissions on the base should have significant edits make them look distinct from the first submission, such as drawing a different character.
Animation
Animation bonuses stack on top of the focus character's base value.
+10
Tweened or 2–3 frames, a few small moving parts.+25
3–4 frames, multiple substantially moving parts.+45
5+ frames, basically the entire body is moving.Crafts
3D crafts created with clay, yarn, or other physical media (2D Traditional Art does not qualify).
+25
Uncolored clay sculpt, simple felt/plush shape, etc.+45
Fully painted, detailed sculpt, fully hand-sewn detailed plushie, etc.3D Art
Created 3D assets automatically count as a base. Subsequent renders using an existing model fall under the On-Base Art rule.
3D Polymodel
Digital 3D objects built with polygon meshes. Blender, Autodesk, etc.
- Untextured: +20
- Textured (no rig): +30
- Textured and Rigged (can be posed): +50
- Textured, Rigged, Posed, Lit, Rendered: +70
3D Sculpt
Digital clay sculpted into mousy forms. Blender, ZBrush, etc.
- Uncolored: +20
- Colored: +30
- Colored, Posed, Lit, Rendered: +50