On April 18th we wrapped up the Spark Playtime competition, and have since been busy judging entries, tabulating points and generally enjoying the breadth and depth of effects submitted.

For this latest competition, we took your feedback and made several adjustments to the scoring system, including no longer over-weighting submissions based on their engagement metrics. Instead, we distributed our judging and scoring across four categories, including originality (10%), craftsmanship (30%), technical complexity (30%), and engagement (30%).

And now [drumroll please], we’re excited to share the top 10 cash prize winners for the Spark Playtime competition!

1st place
$25,000 USD
Squid Game
by Maria Voropayeva

2nd place
$20,000 USD
Fake Tiles
by Sparsh Chaudhary

3rd place
$15,000 USD
True or False
by Henrique Sassi

4th place
$10,000 USD
All Mines
by Mthokozisi Sibanda

5th place
$10,000 USD
Animal Farm
by Alyanna Wu

6th place
$10,000 USD
Face Pie
by Wildansyah Nurajab

7th place
$10,000 USD
Guess it!
by Roanna Roanna

8th place
$10,000 USD
Mictlan
by José Martínez

9th place
$10,000 USD
Soccer Game
by Kazumi Sato

10th place
$10,000 USD
Water Balloon Toss
by Steven Guas

In addition to these 10 winners, approximately 290 creators earned at least $800 USD in cash prizes as part of the Spark Playtime competition. You can find the full list of all the competition winners available here.

A big congrats to everyone that participated in this competition!

Additionally, we have to give a special thanks to Eugene Soh, Kavin Kumar and Noland Chaliha for leading our competition workshops. If you’re interested in learning more about how to build group effects, we have the full-length recordings freely available today.

We hope you had fun with this competition, and as always, we encourage everyone to join the Spark AR Community Facebook Group and the Creator Days Workshops Group to learn more about upcoming competitions, workshops and events.

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