£10,000 prize fund up for grabs, with submissions deadline set for November 30th, 2021
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Did you ever want to make your own interactive story? If so, now is the perfect time to get creative, with people from all over the world invited to participate in the inaugural RichCast Creators competition.
RichCast enables people of all ages* to create original and diverse content that blurs the line between literature and entertainment, complete with voice and touchscreen controls, HD video, audio-visual effects and AI voices that bring new worlds – and words – to life.
Creating a RichCast experience requires no programming or script languages - everything in its user interface is represented by simple “drag and drop” icons. RichCast is probably the simplest way to create original interactive content, and much easier to use than the Scratch programming language.
The Make A RichCast Competition - How To Enter
Now, the RichCast team wants you to harness the power of its Studio tools, built into RichCast, to create new, original and diverse interactive content experiences, enhanced with pictures, animations, videos, voice recordings, music, and more.
First, head to www.richcast.com, download the Early Access RichCast App on PC or Mac, and hit Create to get started.
It’s fast and easy to make interactive experiences, and you can collaborate with friends remotely.
Enter the competition at www.richcast.com/competition and submit your best RichCasts by November 30th 2021. There are four categories:
- Best Fiction
- Best Non-Fiction
- Best Use of Audio
- Best Use of Visuals
The winner of each category will receive £2,000 each, while runners up will each receive £500.
*The competition is free to enter and open to anyone over 13 years of age.
For full terms and conditions, visit www.richcast.com/competition.
The software has been developed by games industry veterans at UK-based start-up PANIVOX, with a goal of democratising the creation and distribution of high quality, voice-driven interactive narrative content – targeting the hundreds of millions of people across the world who enjoy consuming and creating digital entertainment in all its forms.
For creators, RichCast’s powerful but highly intuitive integrated Studio allows users to conjure up an amazing array of new forms of interactive content, including:
- Imaginative stories
- Challenging quizzes
- Health & wellness experiences
- Training & learning resources
...and so many more yet to be discovered.
While players will enjoy the freedom of consuming RichCast content on mobile devices, creators can also take advantage of the large screen environment on their tablet, laptop or desktop.
RichCast will be launched in full for Creators in December 2021 on PC & Mac.
In addition, PANIVOX is in the process of commissioning original RichCast content ahead of a soft launch of the platform for Players on iOS & Android in Q1 2022.
Philip Oliver, CEO Panivox, said: “We want to inspire the next generation to create amazing interactive experiences, so with RichCast we’ve removed the technological barriers to give everyone the freedom of their imagination. This is such a great tool for creativity across so many genres and content types - we’re super excited to see the competition entries.”
RichCast is currently free with the plan to add fair monetisation in 2022 to ensure content creators receive royalties for their great experiences.
To learn more about RichCast and register for Early Access visit www.RichCast.com
For RichCast media assets, visit: https://bit.ly/RichCastLaunchAssets
RichCast Launch Video: https://bit.ly/RichCastRevealVideo
About PANIVOX
RichCast is the brainchild of three highly respected and experienced UK games industry veterans: Neil Campbell, plus Philip and Andrew Oliver – The Oliver Twins. With 20+ years in the games industry, Campbell co-founded Viewpoint Games and boasts an enviable reputation as a games developer and designer, having worked on major franchises such as Guitar Hero and DJ Hero. Games industry legends the Oliver Twins have created hundreds of titles over the past 40 years, including the ultra-popular ‘80s character Dizzy, as well as having established two previous studios. Further details about PANIVOX can be found at https://www.PANIVOX.com
*Students: Due to GDPR and legal restrictions, Panivox is only able to allow those aged 13 years old and over to use RichCast. This is being discussed with lawyers currently and sometime next year this will be made available to younger people.
Further details about PANIVOX can be found at https://www.PANIVOX.com
Social Media Links:
https://linktr.ee/RichCast
MEDIA ENQUIRIES
Stuart O’Brien
Mimram Media (on behalf of PANIVOX)
stuart.obrien@mimrammedia.com