Greetings Guardians!

The renowned Global Costume Design Contest is back!

Get ready to show off your creative flair again!

All you need to do is create your own, unique design for a Hero Costume for a chance to win big and gain global recognition!

This contest is limited to Hero Costumes only, so please submit only Hero Costume designs as equipment costume designs are not included in the event.

This global costume design contest is held in all serviced regions of Guardian Tales and divided largely into 4 divisions: Korea, Southeast Asia, North America/Oceania, and Europe/Latin America.

Please note there is no guarantee that a Hero Costume from each region will be selected to be created in-game! 

However, big prizes for Top 10 winning entries of each participation region group await!

Event Schedule

• Submission Period: Sep 6 Tues.—Sep 19 Mon 

• Vote for Top 10: Sep 23—Sep 25 

• Winners Announcement: Sep 29 Thurs.

How to Participate

• Submit the Hero Costume design that you created. (Numerous submissions are allowed but only one of your submissions can compete to be in the Top 10).

• There are no restrictions on extension or size. 

  • It could be an illustration of your original sketch or pixel art.

  • Submitting front, side, and back views of the costume design will help us judge better!

  • Please make sure the Hero Costume design samples are displayed 'on the hero' as in the hero should be wearing it. Please be explicit for which hero it is for.

• Please describe your design concept in detail and title it. 

  • What is it called? 

  • Where should your hero wear this outfit? 

  • What is the vibe you want your hero to give off when wearing this costume?

• Internal screening will narrow down the selections to Top 10 submissions which will then be followed by voting via social media channels to decide on the winners.

Where to Submit

• Please submit your entry in a zendesk submission HERE

  • Include your User Number and Region (NA, EU, OC, or LA). 

    • You can find your region by looking at the top right corner before you tap to start the game.

    • You can find your User Number in the game under Options (gear icon at the top right corner) > Account Settings. 

  • Make sure you give a title to your Hero Costume. Also, please share with us your Artist Name if you have one so that we know the wonderful designer behind this submission.

  • Make sure you detail the concept and characteristics of your costume design.

Hero Costume Template Example

Event Rewards (Total 10) - Group 1: North America & Oceania
 

Event Rewards (Total 10) - Group 2: Europe & Latin America
 

* Guardian Tales serviced by Kakao Games EU B.V. and Kakao Games USA Inc. operates in North America, Oceania, Europe, and Latin America and we have divided the contest into two divisions for fairness and to provide more opportunity from each region to show their creative talents. 

* These rewards are chosen from the submissions of the Hero Costume designs to a grand total of 10 winners. They are not separately given for each costume so you do not have to create both costume designs.

* Once again these are the event rewards for the Global region only. Korea and Southeast Asia's costume design contest submissions need to be made in their separate respective channels.

Event Notice

• Top 10 winners will be selected during internal screening by the Community Manager Team here at Kakao Games EU B.V and Kakao Games USA Inc. Please note the Top 10 winners are chosen from collected submissions of Hero Costumes designs.

• The winners’ submission designs may partially be created and implemented in-game depending on the decisions of the developers of the game in future sense. The design may be polished while implemented as a costume in-game.

  • This does not guarantee the exact quantity of costumes that may be created and also does not mean that each region's winning picks will be selected to be created in-game. In addition, this does not mean the Grand Prize winner's costume will be created but any of the Top 10 winning entries of each region is eligible to become an in-game costume!

• Eligible submissions must include all of the aforementioned requirements in the [How to Participate] and [Where to Submit] sections.

• You may turn in multiple submissions, but only one of your submissions may be eligible to receive rewards.

• Designs with inappropriate, trolling, abusive, inflammatory or violent content against our terms and policies and/or breached online conduct will be rejected.

• Plagiarism is not allowed! Your submission will be disqualified if they are copied (any elements of others' creations cannot be used), so please submit your original work.

• If your account was deleted or banned for violating the game policies during the event/reward period, you will be disqualified from the event. You will not be able to receive any rewards even under a new account.

• Reward distribution method will be announced in the winner announcement post.

• Rules and event specs. are subject to change with a future announcement.

• "2022 Global Costume Design Contest" is available for players of Guardian Tales who reside and launch the game in regions of North America, Europe, Oceania, and Latin America where Guardian Tales is serviced. Please note as this is a Global contest, there is a separate version of the contest occurring in South Korea and Southeast Asia. If you have the version of the Guardian Tales game in those regions, you must make your submissions to those respective social media channels/countries.

• By submitting an Entry, you represent and warrant that: except for any Kakao Games Europe B.V. and Kong Studios content or intellectual property from which you may have taken inspiration to create your Entry, (i) you own the Design or otherwise have obtained all required rights, consents, permissions, and clearances necessary to grant the assignment, (ii) if the Entry includes images of you and others, you have secured from each of the others all required rights, consents, permissions, and clearances necessary to grant the license; (iii) your Entry does not violate any third-party rights, including intellectual property rights, (iv) submitting your Entry to Kakao Games Europe B.V. and Kong Studios and any use thereof by  Kakao Games Europe B.V. and Kong Studios will not violate any third-party rights, and (v) you will provide to Kakao Games Europe B.V. and Kong Studios, at  Kakao Games Europe B.V. and Kong Studios’s request, written confirmation that you have obtained all required rights, consents, permissions, and clearances.

You agree to pay all royalties, fees, and any other monies owed to any Third Party by reason of any Entry submitted by you. You acknowledge that you do not own the rights to any Guardian Tales game graphics or other content or any other Guardian Tales character, theme, music, video, game, artwork, sound effect, other creative asset, or intellectual property from Guardian Tales or any other  Kakao Games Europe B.V. and Kong Studios titles from which you may have taken inspiration to create your Entry, and that such remains the property of  Kakao Games Europe B.V. and Kong Studios or its licensors.

• By submitting your Hero Costume design or artwork ("Entry"), you are agreeing to give the Intellectual Property and Publicity Rights of your unique work to Guardian Tales. In detail, by submitting an Entry, you hereby grant to Kakao Games Europe B.V. and Kong Studios, and each of its affiliated companies, a worldwide, non-exclusive, perpetual, irrevocable, transferable, sub-licensable, royalty-free license to use your name, e-mail address, place of residence, or other information supplied by you (“Personal Information”) to identify your Entry in the Uses, without any obligation of attribution or compensation to you. As used herein, “Uses” shall mean the uploading and posting of your Entry (or derivative works thereof) on the Guardian Tales Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and Discord pages, Guardian Tales official website, and otherwise the exploitation of your Entry (or derivative works thereof) in any format or medium now or later developed, including, but not limited to, merchandising (in-game Hero Costume), events, and other promotional activities. You understand that the Uses licensed to Kakao Games Europe B.V. and Kong Studios may include: public display of your Entry on Guardian Tales and unrelated websites; creation of Entry collection including your Entry and the illustration, pixel art, photos, video, and text of other Entrants for commercial sale; and incorporation of your Entry into Guardian Tales mobile game in-app purchase products.

We are looking forward again this year to see the creative talents!

The Guardian Tales Team