🏆 Meta Horizon Creator Competition: Game Design
We're investing in new earning opportunities for all MHCP creators as Horizon evolves to new creation tools - and competitions are a big part of that. Today, we're excited to announce the first competition of 2026. 🎉
The Meta Horizon Creator Competition: Game Design challenges you to design a mobile game from the ground up and compete for your share of $250,000 in prizes. Show us your vision: the concept, the player experience, the visual direction, and how you'd bring it to life. This is your chance to put your game design thinking to work.
🎮 What you'll do:
- Choose from three genres: Survival & Resource Management, Simulation & Management, or Tower Defense & Strategy
- Submit your design document, player journey map, visual concept pack and production plan through Devpost
💰 Prizes — $250,000 across 22 winners:
- 🥇 1st place per genre (3): $20,000
- 🥈 2nd place per genre (3): $12,500
- 🥉 3rd place per genre (3): $10,000
- ⭐ Honorable mention per genre (6): $7,500
- 🎲 Best Visual Direction (3): $15,000 / $12,500 / $10,000
- 💡 Most Innovative Design (4): $10,000
📅 Key dates:
- Now: Registration is open
- June 8: Competition starts
- June 22: Submissions close (6:00 PM PST)
- July 10: Winners announced
🎓 Resources: We'll be running MHCP programming throughout the competition to support you in your creative process. Detailed schedule will be posted on June 1 in the Events Calendar.
✅ Who's eligible: All MHCP members who joined the program on or before June 1, 2026, in eligible regions. See official rules for more details: https://mhcp-game-design.devpost.com/rules
You know what makes a game fun -- that's your edge. 💪 The design thinking you put into this competition carries directly into our new creation tools when access opens up. We can't wait to see what you come up with. 🚀
👉 Register and get full details: https://mhcp-game-design.devpost.com/
📋 Questions? Check the FAQ: https://mhcp-game-design.devpost.com/details/faq
