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Nightwraith

June 09, 2015

BioBeasts Breech Battleon!

Here at Artix Entertainment, it can sometimes seem like all the game teams are completely separated, almost adversarial at times. However, as we move into the next generation of AE games, we want to make it clear that we're all in this together! So far, many other programmers, artists, and writers have pitched in and helped us focus our efforts on making BioBeasts the best game it can possibly be.


Our latest collaboration is a cross-promotional event to help us spread awareness of BioBeasts! The best way to follow development is through social media and our development blog, and AdventureQuest Worlds is offering a crate of free gear waiting to be unlocked by liking BioBeasts on Facebook! Follow the development process step-by-step and be rewarded with free loot for doing so? Win! Win! Describing the details below is the one-and-only Beleen!

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Unlock exclusive BioBeasts Armor Sets in AQWorlds

Are you as excited about BioBeasts as we are?!? The creative minds behind EpicDuel are proud to announce BioBeasts, a free single-player arcade-survival game coming soon to iOS and Android. Your mission: escape, mutate, DESTROY!

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Play as a mutating monster fighting its way through a robot-controlled laboratory. But you’re not just some ordinary monster… you’re a BioBeast, and as you grow stronger and more powerful, you evolve and mutate! Wicked.

Use simple tap controls to unleash devastating damage upon the onslaught of bad guys trying to capture you. It’s a fast-paced fun game that’s simple to pick up but hard to put down.

“We cannot wait for you to unleash the BioBeast within you(r phone)!” – the EpicDuel Team

 

Exclusive Items, aww yeah!

We know that you and all your friends are going to LOVE this game. And that’s why we need YOUR help telling everyone about BioBeasts!

This is kind of like a contest…except everyone will win prizes if we all team up and work together! All you need to do is Like the BioBeasts Facebook page, and the more Likes we get, the closer we will be at unlocking exclusive BioBeasts-themed Armors, Helms, Weapons, and more in AQWorlds.

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How to unlock exclusive BioBeasts Items: 

  1. Like the BioBeasts Facebook Page

  2. Tell your friends to Like the BioBeasts FB Page

  3. New Items will unlock in-game at Battleon when each milestone is reached:

  • Helms unlock at 7,000 Facebook Likes

  • Back Items unlock at 15,000 Facebook Likes

  • Swords unlock at 25,000 Facebook Likes

  • Armors unlock at 50,000 Facebook Likes

  • BioBeasts Pet unlocks at 100,000 Facebook Likes! 

Click here to Like the BioBeasts Facebook page, and we will be one step closer at obtaining these exclusive BioBeasts-themed items for AQW!

 

Thanks so much for supporting BioBeasts, EpicDuel, AdventureQuest Worlds, and all your favorite Artix Entertainment games.

 

You’re the best!!

 

xoxo Beleen =D

 

BioBeasts Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BioBeasts

BioBeasts Homepage: http://biobeasts.artix.com/

BioBeasts Twitter: https://twitter.com/BioBeasts

EpicDuel Homepage: http://epicduel.artix.com/

Tags: Beleen


Nightwraith

July 02, 2013

Bad Guys, Good Battles Contest!

Contest now live at Artix.com!

It's that time again -- time to sharpen your pencils and test your creative mettle against the best the AE community has to offer. Since Beleen already nailed the contest details in her post over at Artix.com and AQ.com, I'll repost it here for your enjoyement rather than force you to slog through my mangled prose.

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It’s a good day for bad monsters! Instead of using weapons and magic, pit your creative talent and artistic skills against all the existing monsters and villains from your favorite Artix Entertainment games. And have a chance at winning awesome loot in the Bad Guys & Good Battles Contest!

 

Bad Guys, Good Battles

 

Your Quest

Help Loremaster Maya! Create artwork or write histories for Artix Entertainment’s monsters and villains! Winning entries will help us build the AE Encyclopedia Lorepedia (currently on AQ.com, but probably not there forever)!

 

How to Start Your Adventure

Take a look at one of Loremaster Maya’s first Bestiary pages, then get out and hunt up a monster or villain of your own to observe! http://www.aq.com/lore/monsters/Frogdrake


Ideas for artwork submissions include:

  • Draw
  • Paint
  • Illustrate
  • Photoshop
  • Sculpt
  • Craft
  • Bake
  • Sew and Stitch
  • Carve
  • Balloon Animals!

Ideas for writing submissions include:

  • Details about where the monster/villain lives
  • Any unique behavior or identifying appearance details
  • What they’re good for after defeat
  • Any lore we already know about them (like the Bloodtusk Troll/Horc cultures)
  • Anything we DON’T know about them that doesn’t contradict what is already in-game

So long as your submission is a monster and/or a villain from your favorite Artix Entertainment game, then you’re one step closer to winning the contest! Make sure you post your submission in the contest thread at Artix.com!

 

Quest Requirements

  1. Read ALL THESE rules before submitting!
  2. This is not a suggestion contest, all of the entries must be based on monsters/villains that already exist in our games.
  3. All artwork must be original—absolutely NO tracing and NO stealing someone else’s artwork.
  4. Pictures must be at least 500px wide and in either .jpg or .png format.
  5. All writing must be original. If you use any existing in-game lore in an entry, you must add original ideas onto it.
  6. Written entries must be no longer than 500 words long.
  7. Entry must be inspired by a monster and/or a villain from an Artix Entertainment Game (AdventureQuest, MechQuest, DragonFable, AQW, EpicDuel, HeroSmash, OverSoul).
  8. You may use any form of media for your design (Pencil, Flash, MS Word, Notepad, cake mix, etc).
  9. You can include other Artix Entertainment characters alongside your monster, be it your player or a popular NPC like Warlic or Cysero.
  10. Post a valid link to your picture in the Comments section below in the Image URL field.
  11. Include the text of your writing entry in the Comments section text field.
  12. Only ONE Bad Guys & Good Battles contest submission will be judged per game account (although you CAN post more entries under each AE game account you own, so you can post one entry for your AQW hero, then another for your EpicDuel account, another picture for your DragonFable player, etc).
  13. You can enter artwork, OR writing, OR both. But only one entry total per game account.
  14. Your entry MUST include your Character Name AND which game your character belongs to. How else are we gonna award you if you win?
  15. Your entry MUST include the name of the monster/villain you created.
  16. Please please PLEASE only post once—it will take some time to approve your submission, so please don’t spam the Submit button!
  17. You will be automatically disqualified if you do not follow all the rules.
  18. We have the right to remove any entry that is unacceptable or inappropriate—so keep your entry safe for everyone to enjoy!
  19. And, most importantly, have FUN!

 

Quest Rewards

Here’s your chance at wining awesome stuff in your favorite online game! The Bad Guys & Good Battles Contest prizes will be broken down by game, but since the Lorepedia encompasses ALL our games, we will award prizes in Artix Points!

Additional prizes may be awarded to those who go above and beyond!

 

Quest Turn-In

In the Comments field below, please include:           

  • Your Character Name
  • What game your Character is in
  • What monster(s) and/or villain(s) you’re basing the entry on
  • A short biography and/or picture of the monster or villain
  • A valid URL link in the Image URL field or the text of your biography

Please make sure your URL link works online! Use a free online photo uploader like Tinypic, Photobucket, Twitter, Facebook, etc.

 

Quest Time Frame

The Bad Guys & Good Battles Contest begins today, July 2, 2013. Submissions will be accepted until July 10, 2013, at 11:59pm EST. Judging will ensue the following week, and prizes will be announced and delivered around that time too! 

Good luck everyone, and may the best Bad Guy & Good Battles entry win!

 

--Beleen

Tags: Nightwraith Artix contest Design Monsters AE Beleen Lore LorePedia Good Evil Art

 

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