Lostlovebirdz wrote:who won the writing contest? :o
The deadline has been extended since there were not very many entries yet c:
Elle will probably make an announcement about this soon!
Loelya wrote:also,I don't mean this in a bad way or anything and only want to sort of speak up on it, but I did go ahead and read the new article over and I'm a little bummed that my mid-month feature was mentioned as part of speculation that the spotlights seem to be "solely art focused" because it's not just art, and it feels a little reductive to have it described as such. it's actually a game (I believe the mid-month update refers to it as a "comic" because it was posted in the "comics/series" section of oekaki) - and it's a community activity, and it's also a story (word count for the game that received a feature is right around 1500 words.) people can comment & join in with the game and play it like a "choose your own adventure" by community vote. I plan out 16 total pathways in advance of these games being posted, and I also give out prizes at the end just for participating. I do have titlecards/drawings for it to give it a visual element but it's really more about the game than the art.
Like Elle said before, I'm just so sorry about the hurt feelings! The intention was never to minimize the effort you or any other artist put into their work: "solely focused on the art portion of the community" was a phrase intended to mean "focused only on the creative endeavors of CS users" as opposed to, for example, site tools and extensions developed by users or perhaps active pounds and giveaways that might well be worth a feature. (Indeed might this choice in phrasing is probably a vestige of our own art umbrella encompassing the CS writing community and gamified activities like Pocket Myths ^^').
For what it's worth, I adore the community participation component of both your "You enter an abandoned tunnel..." and "A path stretches out before you..." series and am only bummed I became aware of them too late to participate :'D At first I thought they were choose your own adventure stories, but after I realized the path and outcome were interactively decided by users following along with the story I've been following along with your oekaki posts hoping for another, and getting treated to some really wonderful art pieces in the meantime c;
if it would permissible on the thread here I’d love to just come by and leave a comment occasionally & y’all could look into it as the staff sees fit