THEME REVEAL
THE SUBMISSIONS
IMPORTANT
DATES
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Byte-Off 4 begins at 8pm EST on Friday, February 9th.
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All entries must be submitted by no later than Sunday, March 17th, at 11:59pm EST.
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Player's Choice voting will begin on The Retroverse on Monday, March 18th, and voting will be open until just prior to the Byte-Off Awards.
AWARDS SHOW
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Byte-Off 4 Awards Show will be LIVE on the competition stage at Midwest Gaming Classoc on Saturday, April 6th, 1pm CDT.
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The address for the live stream will also be posted here.
The
JUDGES
We have an exciting panel of judges for the 2024 competition. Here is a list of the judges. Check back as we also post a quick video introduction from each judge over the next week or so.
BEST ART
Savannah Perron
Artist, Sabotage Studios, Sea of Stars
BEST MUSIC AND SFX
Matt Bittman
Head Engineer and Producer, Wright Way Recording Studios
BEST NARRATIVE
Andrew Fisher
Writer, Retro Gaming Magazine
BEST PACKAGE
Eliza Roberts
Social Media Manager, Omni Creator Products, Project Frontier
BEST CHARACTER
Leonard Panzica
Design Manager, Hasbro
The Emissary
Dale Coop and SJ
The NESmaker Community's formative cross-generational team
The WOMBAT
Joe Granato and Austin McKinley
The NESmaker Team
PLAYER'S CHOICE
You.
People who love playing new games for legacy systems.
BEST GAME
The Polymega Team
Branding
Assets
Many users have asked if they can use NESmaker and/or Byte-Off branding assets for artwork. This is completely optional, but we wanted to make official assets available for you to use, should you want to include them. We are humbled you want to show your pride in this community like a badge of honor! Download the attachment for a zip file of the whole pack.
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