Sup
It's Cooler Devin here filling in for regular Devin who's sleeping in on Christmas morning
Can you believe it?
Anyways I wanted to wish you all a Merry Christmas, Tippi Tipmas, Happy Holidays
and what better way to celebrate the holidays than by announcing the winners
of the Tippi Tree Skin Design competition.
A few weeks ago we asked you to design your very best Tippi Tree skin
then it was voted on by the community of My Mini Factory
So not only did you have to create a spectacular design but there was also an element of self-promotion in order to get yourself to the top.
The design with the most votes is going to become an actual Tippi Tree skin designed by yours truly
and you'll also win the Artillery Sidewinder X1 3d printer
The entry with the second highest number of votes will win the Artillery Genius 3d printer
And there's one final entry that will win based on my own personal decision.
That designer is going to win a Sovol SV01 3d printer and also have their design created as an official Tippi Tree skin.
So there's three big winners today and we're gonna find out who they are
Right...
Now!
Okay, let's start out with the person who received the second highest number of votes
Congratulations to Carissa H and her Tippi Fruiti
Yes, Carissa designed this immaculate photorealistic pineapple.
The pineapple is not on top of a pizza that would be grounds for disqualification but
it's just a really nice looking pineapple and for that you win second place!
Congratulations Carissa.
Great work on getting those votes you got a good hustle in you and for that you are rewarded.
Alright that was pretty cool now let's move right on ahead to the entry with the most votes.
The winner of the Artillery Sidewinder X1 3d printer and the number one entry for the skin design competition
it is
the Tiki Tree by Jen Day and Bill Drastal!
It looks like this dynamic duo teamed up to make this absolutely fantastic Tiki Tree
I mean the name was there right? It just had to happen.
and there were several tikis submitted to the competition but Bill and Jen did a great
job making it super detailed really nicely illustrated.
I'm sure just the cleanliness of the illustration won some votes
but it's also super detailed right down to the base.
This one's going to be a tough one to model but i'm not one to turn down a challenge
and this entry did in fact receive the most votes through that voting period
so congratulations Jen and Bill your Tiki Tree is fantastic and it's going to become an actual 3d model that everyone on My Mini Factory can print out
How cool is that?
So there you have it the most voted for entry and the winner of the competition.
However like I said there is one additional winner
based on my personal choice.
With nearly a thousand entries into this competition this was an incredibly difficult decision for me to make
There were so many excellent entries. Some people just put so much time into the presentation.
Some people really hustled to get votes
Other people just thought of something super clever and creative.
Now this entry already did really well on its own.
It received the fourth highest number of votes
but to me it was just really special because it reimagined Tippi Tree in a way that I think is perfect for the game
but also completely different from the original Tippi Tree. So my choice for the winner
of the Sovol SV01 and the custom skin for Tippi Tree is
René von Koolvijk with the Leaky Hydrant
Congratulations René von Koolvijk
you have "Kool" in your name how could I turn that down?
but even on top of that I found the Leaky Hydrant to just be such a fun and creative idea.
I love that it uses the Leaves as part of the design: the water that's shooting out of the hydrant.
I really love the form factor of this hydrant it's a simple object it's something that everyone would
recognize and it's made in a way that looks really fun and friendly which is kind of weird to say
about a fire hydrant right?
So I was impressed by that. I feel like that water explosion just conveys the excitement of the game
and, well, I think René just hit it on so many different points that I couldn't pass it up.
Very cool. So there you have it, the three winners of the Tippi Tree Skin Design competition
Thank you so much to everyone who entered there were tons of spectacular designs
definitely more than just these three deserve to be on the top but it's a competition after all
so you'll just have to enter the next one. Anyways, congratulations to the winners
Thank you so much to everyone who participated including My Mini Factory for helping host the competition
and Artillery and Sovol for providing the wonderful 3d printers that i am sure the winners
are super excited to receive.
Yes, I love these competitions so we'll definitely have another one very shortly
but until then, that's it for today, so, well, I'll see you in the next one.
Stay safe, Happy Holidays
and as Devin would say, stay inspired!
[yawn]
Wait, I'm here, I'm here.
Did I miss something?
No, just kidding. I know...
I'm not that funny o.o
Anyways, I really wanted to thank you all so much for joining the competition
and moreover thank you to everyone who purchased Tippi Tree, printed it out, printed it out as gifts for family.
It's so exciting watching this idea of mind grow and become something
that actually exists in the world.
I've already seen some little clips of people sharing their fun experiences with Tippi Tree on Twitter and on Instagram.
Seeing everyone out there with their own custom printed Tippi Tree sets enjoying the game is so awesome
and really I think that sells the game better than me standing here talking about it.
With that said I would love to see your Tippi Tree clips and share them with the world
so if you manage to catch any exciting or suspenseful moments of you and friends and family playing Tippi Tree
and you want it to be featured on this channel, well, you can send footage to
devin.montes+tippitree@gmail.com
Send me your little clips and yeah you might get featured on the channel
and you're gonna help me show people how exciting Tippi Tree can be
and I might throw in some extra special bonus files for anyone who does that as well
so I will be sure to thank you and reward you somehow
Releasing Tippi Tree was probably the highlight of my year not that there was a ton of competition
but really thank you all for being as excited as I am about this game
it's been great. I'm really excited about the winners of the Tippi Tree competition.
I'll probably be live streaming my design process as I turn those into official skins
and then I'll release them pretty soon! Alright, I think 2021 is going to be our year
We deserve it
'Til then I love you, thank you, happy holidays, stay safe, take care, and stay inspired!
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