New Year Contest

Very soon, the New Year will arrive in the Zone — a time of pleasant surprises and new beginnings. Each of us celebrates this holiday in our own way: for some it’s a quiet evening with family, for others a loud party with friends, and someone might even hop into TeamSpeak to congratulate clanmates from another time zone.

 

But how do NPCs — the characters of Anomaly Zone — celebrate the New Year?

We invite you to imagine this and write a short story of up to 1000 words.

Theme: How ... celebrates the New Year (replace the dots with the name of any NPC — Grechkin? Timokha? Vasisualy?).

 

Please submit your stories before end-of-day December 15th as plain text posts in VK: https://vk.com/topic-16130329_54823427 or Steam https://steamcommunity.com/app/1157250/discussions/0/682986810375184437/

We will summarize the results of the contest on December 20.

Submissions will be judged by a panel of developers.

 

You may use AI when creating your story, but keep in mind: simple “generic stalker-style” texts will not be accepted — the story must clearly and recognizably relate to our game specifically.

 

Your story must be checked for spelling and split into paragraphs. If the number of errors makes the text difficult to read, we will not be able to evaluate it.

The story must be created specifically for this contest and must not have been published anywhere before.

All entries will be checked for plagiarism.

 

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Prizes

 

1st place

 

 CZ-75 Pistol [Personal]

 “Master” Cocktail ×10

 “A-Zone” Pin ×120

 Lottery Ticket ×120

 Premium Subscription (30 days)

 

2nd place

 

 Taurus Hunter 460 Revolver

 Morphine Injection ×10

 “A-Zone” Pin ×60

 Lottery Ticket ×60

 Premium Subscription (14 days)

 

3rd place

 

 Stechkin Pistol (mod.) OR “Elephant Killer” Pistol (mod.) — winner’s choice

 “Hercules” Cocktail ×10

 “A-Zone” Pin ×60

 Premium Subscription (7 days)