Stick Nodes: Treasure Trove Collab - Winners Announced!

Watch the full collab: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tPddJ8YUgME

Watch behind-the-scenes ~~torture~~: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c3C4SnD64SA

Ah yes, the beach is truly a wonderful sight to behold. And also stacks of money. Just as wonderful to behold.

And with that segue, let’s get into who won the summer collab!

“Best Animated” winners

nonex, for literally breaking the limits of Stick Nodes and likely his sanity
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DtUbnuic1SY
Darkboy x Neon, post-added effects aside, the animation quality was top notch and on par with Flash
Darkboy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VfszbcF2dos
Neon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t2llZpPK33o
CoolBraker, crazy fire and ice effects in a short-and-sweet lovers quarrel or something idk maybe they’re siblings
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q0x3i9dc1r4

“Most Entertaining” winners

VulcAnimateHD, very unique character and powers, the ending was a funny twist as well
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PYUDV84aGG8
VariousPond, this one could have placed in either category, for obvious reasons
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KvoRn8fnjzY
Typical Animates, the entry that made every viewer cringe
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dzipRokrSig

Winners will be contacted soon!

Honorable mentions

Mei Yamazuki, for cranking out one of the best entries to be used as the sample entry… in about 2 hours after the collab was thought up
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fvy3VWt-apM
PermaDeath Studio, for some of the best character designs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mh63NHpdAPM
Mattsteady Studio, for the last video in the collab, blending Stick Nodes and 3D into some hybrid creation of awesomeness
https://www.youtube.com/user/mattsteady/videos
Mzati Chikoko Animation, another great blend of Stick Nodes and 3D
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QMtEqbKeTDI
Rendouv, for one of the most uniquely-styled entries, a potential winner but arrived too late :/
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKoDEOrvB3wxBBCFnuXSctw/videos
Coll, for likely the most grandiose and op attempt at opening the chest, also a late entry
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZiGuY_5ccklEpIF8Ier5nQ/videos

Many of the entries were absolutely great and all are worth mentioning. Thank you to all who entered, even if your entry was denied. The quality threshold was very high, hopefully you can take away some ideas after having seen the final product, and with some practice come back for the next collab!

Picking winners was very tough. It was a good idea to separate “best animated” as to give more people a chance to win, but the “most entertaining” category became somewhat of a blur between entertainment and uniqueness – which should be its own category for entries which really think outside the box. Similarly, maybe some awards for character design should be considered next time as well.

Once again, shouts out to the Stick Nodes collab team, they really went above and beyond.