Perhaps you’ve seen Seriously’s Best Fiends projects on our site or, better yet, spent countless hours playing the addictively fun puzzle adventure game with RPG elements! If you have, you’d know through world building, character design, and attention to gaming mechanics that Seriously loves gaming. Which is why we have this YouTube video series (EP 1, EP 2, EP 3, and EP 4), made through Tongal, paying homage to 8-bit classics.

Since this first season has been so much fun for the creators and fans alike, we are looking to you, Tongalers, for your concepts on how to take this series to the next level! To this point we have been playing in the early days of gaming. Maybe you believe we should be stepping up to the SNES and Genesis worlds? Perhaps there are video game story tropes of yore to play with? Whatever your great gaming video concept is, we want to hear it!

The goal for this project is to come up with a video concept that describes how to take the Best Fiends video game series to the next level for a second season. We are looking for a concept that will be clear continuation of the series, but marks a next step in the progression of the format and characters. Like season one, your concept should allow for throughline elements that can carry over between episodes. 

Please do not simply request that a specific game should be featured. Your concept should describe an alteration to the series format in which could be repeatable across several episodes and pays homage to gaming history in some way. 

Concepts should be achievable in short-form video content (less than 4 minutes) and should avoid using specific characters that would be copyright protected.

--Target Audience: Current Best Fiends players, women and men, who are 18-50.

--Tone: Think along the lines of Minions or The Simpsons; funny, but subversive and playful.

Project Details: This Project will be worth a total of $750 and consists of one phase: A Concept Phase. Be sure to read the following information carefully as well as the Official Rules.

PHASE 1: IDEA – Tell us your concept for how we can grow and evolve for a new run of episodes of the Best Fiends Video Game Series in 250 characters or less.  Remember, a Concept is not a detailed script; it is a spark of inspiration, or a distillation of what will happen in the Video.  As always, Concepts should be clever and engaging.  The winning Concept creators will receive $250 each.

1. Unless provided otherwise, all work must be your own original creation and free of any copyrighted material. You shall provide detailed information of your work regarding the source, the creator and background information as requested by Tongal.

2. BY SUBMITTING AN ENTRY, YOUR SUBMISSION IMMEDIATELY BECOMES THE SOLE PROPERTY OF TONGAL OR ITS ASSIGNEES – SEE OFFICIAL RULES FOR MORE DETAILS ABOUT OWNERSHIP OF ENTRIES. YOU MAY NOT PUBLICLY SHARE OR PUBLISH YOUR SUBMISSION IN ANY MANNER AND YOU MAY NOT POST OR UPLOAD YOUR SUBMISSION TO ANY WEBSITE OR VIDEO HOSTING SITE (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, FACEBOOK, YOUTUBE OR VIMEO), WITHOUT THE PRIOR EXPRESS WRITTEN CONSENT OF TONGAL. FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH THIS REQUIREMENT MAY RESULT IN DISQUALIFICATION OF YOUR ENTRY IN THE PROJECT.

3. Submissions cannot contain any profanity, offensive language, nudity or otherwise objectionable material, the determination of which is solely at the discretion of Sponsor.

4. Submissions must not portray Sponsor in a negative way, the determination of which will solely reside with Sponsor.

5. By submitting to this project, you acknowledge that your work may become subject to public voting on the Tongal site. Public voting may be used to help the project sponsor determine the final rank order.

6. Limit 5 submissions per member.

7. You must be at least thirteen (13) years or old. 

8. The Sponsor reserves the right to repost the contest at their discretion.

9. Winners must submit the standard Tongal W-9, Winner Affidavit, and IP Assignment.

10. See OFFICIAL RULES for additional contest information, terms and conditions. If there is any conflict or inconsistency between these requirements and the Official Rules, the terms and conditions of these requirements shall prevail.