Steampunk Compass Puzzle Box

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One of leading virtual puzzle games developer BigPlayAR needs your help to design a new openable compass puzzlebox used in one of their games. This is super cool and interesting opportunity to leave a mark on the virtual world of puzzle games and why not to send your friends to solve. All the animations are more than welcome but not compulsory!

Developing 3D puzzle box that opens by spinning, moving, tilting or dragging different parts on it in result to access the compass.

Big PlayAR has got number of similar objects that must be created and expect winning artist to be available work under similar pay terms if interested.

Requirements

Puzzlebox should look steampunk-science fiction style, similar to the pictures in the spec
Style should be slick and rich in detail
It should take an 8th grader no more than 10 minutes to solve and be fairly easy for those who are truly adept at puzzles
Make it really pretty and detailed, fun to zoom in and inspect

Download specification

Rules

Design can be made in any software as long as STL file is provided.
Winning design will be chosen based on the rules
The competition is open to everyone
Team entries are welcome. In case of team win, prize money will be transferred to team leader who is solely responsible for splitting it among team members
You can submit several designs
Only models uploaded to GrabCAD library will participate in the competition
Only models uploaded through this challenge page here will participate in the competition
Tag your model with “compass” to make it easier to find
You may upload a private model but you need to share access to indrek@grabcad.com
Privately uploaded models will be made public after the competition deadline
Competition starts: 21th of November, 2011
Competition ends: 12th of December, 2011
Competition winner will be announced in GrabCAD’s blog

Prizes

1st prize: 500 USD
2nd prize: 300 USD
3rd prize: 200 USD
4th prize: GrabCAD T-Shirt
5th prize: GrabCAD T-Shirt
6th prize: GrabCAD T-Shirt

About the jury?

The winner will be selected by a joint jury of Big PlayAR and GrabCAD and announced on the GrabCAD blog.

About Big PlayAR

Chairman & CEO John Robison formed Big PlayAR, Inc. to publish the best Augmented Reality (“AR”) experiences available; delivering branded interactive games & apps to users that Awaken the Mobile Device. The Big PlayAR business eco-system strives to integrate next generation CRM with AR for lead generation that grabs, retains and closes the marketing loop. It seeks to unite teams and fans, buyers and sellers, members and organizations.

Visit the website at www.BigPlayAR.com

59 comments

Marcus 6 months ago

I have some questions :
must it be realistic ? will it be manufactured or only virtual.
I ask otherwise it shall be a science fiction mechanism or real.

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Kaspar Kiis 6 months ago

The Puzzlebox is only virtual, so use your imagination :)

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Marcus 6 months ago

Thanks I will ... :-)

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WILLIAM 6 months ago

Hi Kaspar so it has to have no moving parts within the model?

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jaydeep 6 months ago

I want know about wat its real plication.....plz give me a way to know about its aplication or function...suggest me by video or immage.....

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Kaspar Kiis 6 months ago

@WILLIAM yes, there has to be moving parts on the puzzle box which by result of moving them will give you access to the compass.

@jaydeep it could be something similar to that: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMl0qubWYsI&feature=related

By the way if you type in puzzle box in youtube you will get lot of inspiration. So good luck to you all!

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WILLIAM 6 months ago

Hi Kaspar thank you for the info now it is clear to my self what is required.
:)))

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Abhijeet 6 months ago

any specific dimension?

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Kaspar Kiis 6 months ago

No specific dimensions.

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WILLIAM 6 months ago

Hi Kaspar
Does all mechanical parts that move have to work to precision?
example - a clock with a lot of moving gears that turn the time hands?
Thank you.
:)

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John Huizingh 6 months ago

William, allthough I am not in the jury off course I would say NO off course not, that is the real advantage of being virtual. The gearing you are talking about does not have to be precise (why should it be?) , no strenght calculations, you can make whatever shape/design you want now. I have for example very sharp pins in my design. But the nice thing is that noboy can injure himself.

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Hardi Meybaum 6 months ago

John Huizingh good point

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jaydeep 6 months ago

Thank's alot kasper

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Kaspar Kiis 6 months ago

William, the system doesn't have to work to precision as it is just a fun game. In some cases it doesn't even need to comply with the law of nature :)

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Michael Futch 6 months ago

So are we designing a compass that is a puzzle in order to open? or a puzzle box that must be opened in order to get to the compass?

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skan 6 months ago

I was about to ask the same.
I think they want a box to keep the compass safe, though a compass with an opening mechanism could also be interesting.

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John B 6 months ago

Michael makes a good point, also if it is a puzzle box that you open to view the compass would you like us to outline how it is solved? actually should we outline how to solve it anyway?

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Ramón 6 months ago

It is like an assembly game, so the player spread all parts on a virtual space and begin to assembl all components ??

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morgan warstler 6 months ago

Hi folks, great to see the questions. We want a puzzlebox that opens to display a compass. Our game makes use of compass, in real life scavenger hunts, and we'd like to have a first puzzlebox hurdle to get into it.

The winning design will exist as a virtual object, players will make use of it often throughout the game.

Game is played in real life using mobile devices in augmented reality space.

I'll not again, please try and aim for steampunk design aesthetic, as we'll be looking for 8-12 more objects and hope to have winning designer continue with look and feel.

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morgan warstler 6 months ago

John / Michael, it needs to be solvable - to a real puzzle expert it should be super easy, but to say someone at 8th grade level, making them figure it out is great.

Again this is seen in AR space and must be manipulated by spinning puzzle around, then moving it with finger swipes, touches, taps etc.

www.bigplayar.com

to see what I mean about AR space

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RF_Design 6 months ago

Steampunk aesthetics call for some serious texturing, but you are only asking for STL files, how important are the textures we put in our models?

One other question; The puzzle box compass will be used throughout the game, the user must solve the puzzle every time the compass is needed? Or the puzzle is solved only once?

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morgan warstler 6 months ago

The puzzle box compass will be used throughout the game, the user must solve the puzzle every time the compass is needed? Or the puzzle is solved only once?

Interesting, I doubt they'd have to put it back together, but we may reconstitute it by magic.

Steampunk does require texturing - metal glow, lighting etc. Meanwhile we operate in a relatively low poly environment... 5-15K kind of stuff - we will jump from STL to Unity 3D.

That's part of the challenge, how we'll choose a winner, I can say it is an important skill, because we are hoping to have similar devices created by the winner.

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Neil Reed 6 months ago

So I am wanting to add some raised designs on my project, should this be done in the rendering with bump maps or do they need to be part of the model itself. refer to my sword where most of the design is just a bump map on the hilt guard.
Altanean Sword

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jaydeep 6 months ago

hi Kasper....
Your Require the perfect steampunk type puzzle......
??????

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Kaspar Kiis 6 months ago

Jaydeep, it could be as perfect as you like it to be. However it needs to comply with the requirements.

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Tristan 6 months ago

Can I upload an AutoDesk Inventor file or does it need to be a spacific program file.

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Kaspar Kiis 6 months ago

It needs to be STL file. You can easily export it from Inventor.

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salman156 5 months ago

i have no team, how could i get the prize ?

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Cemal Uslu 5 months ago

You can be a one person team by yourself.. You will get the prize...

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william 5 months ago

the prices is too less , may be 1000 usD will consider and more ppl to enter the game!!

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Cemal Uslu 5 months ago

hope the competition ends with the latest timezone again.. i will need time tomm after school :)
i have a nice idea.. :))

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Muhammad Syaiful Abu Bakar 5 months ago

i try to upload my model for the competition entry today but fail. can anyone help me, coz the deadline is coming near

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Cemal Uslu 5 months ago

i am having the same problem. if you uploaded it and tagged "compass" do not edit anymore. just send an email to the grabber staff about your situation... i thnk they will fix it.

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Muhammad Syaiful Abu Bakar 5 months ago

so as long as i tag "Compass" they will acknowledge it as an entry?. Coz i dont know the grabber staff email

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Cemal Uslu 5 months ago

yea.. i had the same problem on another challenge and they fixed it. they will check these messages that we post here. so it would be better that you copy and paste your entry's link here.. jus like mine;
Steampunk Compass Puzzle Box Entry - stnbl

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John D'Agostino 5 months ago

yea same problem entering here

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berzer 5 months ago

I have problem putting my model into this contest. I hope someone will fixit.
My link is Steampunk compass

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Muhammad Syaiful Abu Bakar 5 months ago

Dear judges, i have two entries.
first entry - Compass Puzzle Kiub Concept 1
second entry - Compass Puzzle Kiub Concept 2

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John D'Agostino 5 months ago

my entry is located at Steampunk Compass it never uploaded to the challenge when i tried to enter

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Greg 5 months ago

My Entry for the steampunk compass puzzle is below.

Steampunk Orb Compass Puzzle

It is called the Orb Compass, and works with twisting knobs, rotating dials and a simple maze that uses gravity to allow a rubber ball to finds its way out and open the compass cover.
Its very detailed, with a cool internal mechanical mechanism.
I have uploaded the model, but have not seen it listed yet. Could the organizers please check.
Good luck to all!

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berzer 5 months ago

Hi,
Can someone put my entrie into entries tab? :) Steampunk compass
I have uploaded my model using this website but something went wrong and my model is outa contest poll :(
Can someone fix this?

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guebli khelil 5 months ago

hello my friends have a problem j j I publish my project compass but it is not in the list and when I put the project. stl it not load the site I don not know there is a problem Steampunk compass nursayras

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guebli khelil 5 months ago

heyyyyyyyyyyy

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A. Papadopoulos 5 months ago

@guebli khelil
did you upload through challenge entry page, or you upload through your home page?
did you upload before >> Competition ends: 12th of December, 2011?

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berzer 5 months ago

I had same problems with uploading my model. I tried upload it from contest website. More that, the competition counting clock was few hours left so there was plenty time to do this - but there was problem with uploading. I don't know why. And still when I click ENTRIES there's no my entry.
Steampunk compass
Can someone fix it? :]

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berzer 5 months ago

More that you can see comments in my entry - please read it Steampunk compass

"(...)
STEF VARGA
worst case scenario : send an email to Josh Mings and I will vouch for you that you have uploaded your model in time for the competition
(...)"

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Tobias Mattsson 5 months ago

Is there any winner in this challenge?

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Neil Reed 5 months ago

It often takes a few weeks or more to get the results at least that has been the trend....

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Kaspar Kiis 5 months ago

Hi all and sorry about the confusion. Can everybody see their entries now?

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Marcus 5 months ago

Hi, Kaspar Kiis when will be known the winners ?

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Cemal Uslu 5 months ago

yep, i see my entry.. thank you Kaspar.

But i wonder the announcement of the results as Marcus do. :))

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osiso 5 months ago

how come it takes so long to pick a winner? it happened with the damixa challenge as well...

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Fateh MERRAD 5 months ago

anyone know the result when ? :)

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Cemal Uslu 5 months ago

it is no closer than tuesday :))

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Marcus 5 months ago

I ask me why there are 2 models with 0 downloads ? I hope that this is not again damixa problem.
PS : I wish you a merry Christmas

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Cemal Uslu 5 months ago

i see only 1 model for steampunk compass challenge among your models. ıt says you have 64 models. ı think the others are hidden or sumthng. i had the same problem with a usual model.

i made it private first. when i made it public, i dissapeared. i could find it only with the link..

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Marcus 5 months ago

No, Cemal Uslu I want to say that there are 36 entries in this challenge and two have no downloads : Steampunk Compass Puzzle and here was no download up to 24,12.2011 : Compass Puzzle Kiub Concept 1 now is there one download.
That is what I want to say

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Kaspar Kiis 5 months ago

Hi all, GrabCAD has announced the winners for Steampunk Compass Puzzle Box challenge. Congratulations to the winners and thank you for all the wonderful submissions. BigPlayAR got lot of wonderful ideas thanks to you guys!

See you all in next competitions!

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Fateh MERRAD 5 months ago

Congts for the winners :)))

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