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MoneyMitch26
MHCP Partner
10 days ago

Collab request for upcoming creator competition

Hey! I’m looking to team up with a strong Horizon Worlds coder in the community.

I’m a game designer with ~10 years in games (VR focused), ex-Meta (3+ years, QA Lead, including time on the desktop editor), and the past 12 months full-time building in Horizon as a creator. I got MHCP partner status back in Dec 2025.

What I bring:

  • Game design (micro, mid and macro loop theory tested and implemented)
  • Discovery + growth (300,000+ impressions on a single world)
  • Thumbnail + iteration systems (I know how to get clicks and test properly)
  • Game concepts, lore, and player experience
  • Playtesting, feedback loops, and weekly event systems
  • Art direction
  • Overall production

Where I’m weaker:

My code quality is mid, I can get things working, but not clean, scalable, or robust.

Who I’m looking for:

  • Strong Horizon Worlds coder / engineer
  • Can build clean, reliable, non-buggy systems
  • Fast at prototyping
  • Serious about competing
  • Experimental mindset. Open to fast iterations to ‘see what works’.
  • Wants a long-term collab, not a one-off (If trial project goes well)

Goal:

Pair up as a designer + engineer duo to win an upcoming Meta Horizon competition. Intention is to do a mini trial project first to test fit.

If you’re strong technically but know your design / discovery isn’t there, then we’ll complement each other well.

My latest work for an idea of my style: https://horizon.meta.com/world/10241323577005469

Was also featured in last months Mentor playtest here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oxU-vI1ug2U 

If interested, comment here and we can move to DMs. Cheers!

3 Replies

  • Rayden4000's avatar
    Rayden4000
    MHCP Partner
    10 days ago

    The question is will there be a new Meta Horizon competition? I haven't seen an announcement recently.

    • MoneyMitch26's avatar
      MoneyMitch26
      MHCP Partner
      10 days ago

      I really wish I knew the answer. It's been formally announced there will be competitions this year, but radio silence now since January. They either lied about giving creators more heads up, or they are cancelled and the team are still figuring out how to legally let us know.

      Until we know for sure either way, I'm continuing to prepare, on the assumption a competition will be announced by 1st May.

  • Madlios's avatar
    Madlios
    Start Member
    8 days ago

    This year is a hard year for Meta, first they had to cancel their VR dedication in HW. 2nd their Legal battle for children safety suffered a loss. UGC platforms mostly earn from exploiting children's psychology with all the retention game loops. Basically most games exploit one or more things listed on (https://www.darkpattern.games/) for non healthy game designs. I'm not sure if this will have an impact on market forecasts. China also starting to regulate this issue, not limited to just social media but all kind of platforms.

    I do hope the best will come out of this. I'm still creating a bunch of systems, have like 12 game design ideas/documents written out already. Not just for competition but as dedication to release a bunch of innovations on HW. If HW fails, i can just port those games to Roblox and other platforms, so it is a win win situation to keep creating anyway.

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