🚪 Step through the door and unleash your imagination

Join this narrative driven Blender Community Challenge and become part of a global creative journey.

You’ll receive a unique Blender template: a first-person character opens a mysterious door, enters a new world, explores, and goes into the next door.

What will your world look like?

08. June

Challenge Start
+ Template Release
+ Explainer Video

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06. July

Submission Deadline

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20. July

Winner Reveal Live Stream with Judges
+ Top 50 Shortfilm

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Rules
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The Rules

  • One submission per Artist
  • Collaboration between multiple artists is allowed
  • Depiction of Intellectual Property is allowed
  • Door animation & model can be altered
  • Exit Door Position can be changed freely
  • Arm animation & model can be altered
  • Camera animation can be changed freely from frame 138 - 402
  • Camera animation must not be changed before frame 138 and after frame 402
  • First 100 frames are reserved for simulation and do not need to be rendered
  • Background behind door must be transparent
  • Video must loop seamlessly
  • You can use any software you like for your submission
  • We only provide a Blender template, but you can port it yourself as long as all the rules can still be followed
  • Use of Generative AI is not recommended due to Judges tending to favor non-AI art
  • Sound design can be added optionally
  • Deliver video file as ProRes, Cineform, DNxHR or PNG sequence with alpha channel
  • Deliver in 1920x1440 30fps
  • Submit before 22:00 Berlin time on the 06. July

HAVE FUN ! 🤠👍

👨‍🏫 Judges

A panel of acclaimed artists and creators will review your work, bringing their expertise and passion for digital art to select the most inspiring entries.

Calvin Serrano

Video Artist & 3D Generalist

Luciano Muñoz

Director & 3D Character Animator

Phil Flock

Cinematographer, Filmmaker & YouTuber

Israel Soteldo

3D Generalist & Lighting Artist

Tom Cowles

3D Generalist & Community Manager at ActionVFX

Yurei

3D Artist, Character Designer

Saumya Shukla

3D Generalist

🏆 Prizes

We reached out to our friends and contacts in the Blender community to gather a respectable prize pool.
Thank you for supporting this project!

Physical Addons

BlenderBin

🎬 Uniting Creativity:
The Storyline of Our Community-Created Shortfilm

The top 50 submissions will be woven into a seamless animated shortfilm, following a light narrative:

A father inventor’s portal door accidentally sends his young son into other dimensions. The father chases after him, journeying through strange worlds and overcoming obstacles. After a long search, he returns home, fearing his son is lost—only to be reunited with the help of an alien friend, ending the adventure on a heartwarming note.

The Judges will work together to create the Intro, Outro and Interception scenes for the shortfilm version of this community challenge.

The film will premiere on YouTube and will be submitted to film festivals.

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