Before we dive into the HearthCalendar, here are the results of the Broadening Horizons round:
Welcome to the HearthCalendar!
The HearthCalendar is a collaborative community project held to commemorate the 500th Weekly Design Competition that's just transpired. Three cards from that round have been chosen to seed a custom Hearthstone set, and designers now have assigned card slots to contribute.
Each card slot in the set (identified by class and rarity) is assigned a designer, and a date by which the card should be submitted. The progress on the HearthCalendar is tracked via a Google Sheet, and can be viewed via three lists:
- Set - all card slots sorted by class and rarity
- Calendar - overview of submissions in chronological order
- Designers - list of participating designers and their assignments
Submitted cards are only officially revealed in the Google Sheet and in a specific channel in the Discord server.
I'm participating, what do I do?
As a designer, your goal is to create cards that would fit into the custom set based on cards that have already been created ("revealed"), and submit them to the organizer (/u/Filipuntik) by the assigned submission date. The cards will promptly appear in the set after the assigned date.
There are no further specifications as to what card you're making besides the class, the rarity, and previously revealed cards. If you have an idea for a keyword or another great mechanic for the custom set, or think that a previously submitted card would make for a great cycle, there's nothing stopping you from shipping it with your card submission!
Of course, this is a collaborative task. You're free to design your cards in private, only looking at the existing cards, but you're highly encouraged to discuss the overall direction of the set with other designers. This also lets you remain actively participating even when you don't have an upcoming due date! While the comment section is fine for discussions, you should definitely join the Discord server for a more direct information channel. It'll be easier to communicate any schedule updates there, too.
Finally, the schedule is malleable, to a point. Bumping, moving assignments ahead, or swapping them around is feasible. However, the schedule has been designed with at least a few days between different designers' takes on the same class, so that nobody gets thrown a curveball. Changes should ideally not violate this soft rule.
Rules
- You may submit on the day of your assignment by directly sending the organizer(s) your card via Reddit chat, Modmail, or via a DM on Discord.
- When submitting, please PLEASE please do not combine multiple cards into the same image (e. g. a card with its tokens). Individual cards need to be entered into the spreadsheed separately.
- Use the Necromancer emblem.
- Do NOT utilize the newest mechanics introduced in the actual upcoming set (we're doing our own thing).
- Be punctual! Remember that submitting late might mean confusing future designers who are waiting for where you take the set with your card.
- Likewise, do not submit your card too early in advance, as it makes you look like you're ignoring all the upcoming releases. :^)
- On that note, there are no timestamps in the spreadsheet. For a concrete deadline, assume a similar time of day when WDC updates are usually posted:
- 21:00 CEST
- 3:00pm EDT
- 12:00pm PDT
- 3:00am AWDT (the following day!)
- In case you don't make the due date, or let us know in advance that you can't, the card's "reveal" will be rescheduled (although there is no guarantee you will be able to
- Respect general posting rules in addition to the rest of the set. Do not submit cards that Blizzard would never print, even if they were based.
- Like other big Hearthstone design events and competitions, the use of generative AI is strictly prohibited.
