Summer Music Festival Jam Winners Announced
The grill is hot, the sands are hot, and – most important of all – your worlds and avatars are hot.
Your Summer Music Festival Jam winners are here! As always, we’re blown away by the skill of our creative community, who have brought out their absolute best to celebrate summer vibes.
As a reminder, the Summer Music Festival Jam was open to world and avatar creators, encouraging both to create content that was season-appropriate, full of vibes, and accessible to our entire community. If you’d like to see the full details, you can check out the original blog post here!
Enough stalling – let’s get into the winners!
World Selections
Worlds were judged based on a few categories:
Summer Vibe-iness
Media Player Integration
Performance Level
Ease of Use
Given that, here are our selections:
Winners:
French Oasis Festival by FrankkDarko
Dawn Island by Bia_Kawaii_Br
VAPORWAVE BEACH by neptunezz
Hidden Beach by AliceD
Summer Drum Reflection by bironist
Joken's Oasis Haven by Skuld
Royal White Inn by Marino
Elite's Paradise Party by Eliteiment
Lazy Lizard Water Park by DekaWolf
Starboard Summer by Vectriel
Runners-Up:
Pool Party Raveǃ˸ Blue Mesiméri by okgold
Polygon Island by Hadean
Resort in Bali by M3LL4
Glowing palms by Carbonexx
Sunset Drifters by Eldarath
ケセドの海の夏フェス-CHESED's Seaside Summer Fest- by ケセドCHESED
BeatBox Beach Music Venue by LittleAO
Neuron by Juice․․․
Lumina by _Froggi
You’ll be able to visit all of the winners *and* runners-up via the Summer Music Festival world row, which is live now! Also, all of the winners’ worlds will be featured in the new home world.
Avatar Selections
Avatars were judged based on a few categories:
Summer Vibe-iness
Audiolink Integration
Performance Rank
Extra Features
Given that, here are our selections:
Winners:
Asteria by Raujinn
Clio & Herb by blueasis
Afterlife Guard by MR_em
Sunny 2.0 by Sinrith
Bubba Clubbins by Cramble
Samy the Deep Sea Mermaid by GabSith
Beach Ball Boy by Chimyreal
Nana the Clownfish by ChiliCharm
Neri by Graelyth
Sundae the Ice Creamancer by Nae the Loud
Runners-Up:
Selena the Orca by HTDuy
Cherry by SilverCherry
Twin-Pop! by -Darian-
Tia the Dragonfly by GothicOctopus
All of the winners will be added to the public avatar row! Likewise, the winners and the Runners-Up will be featured in the new home world.
In addition to being featured in the world row/new home world, all winners will also receive a year a VRC+!
One More Thing!
What’s a bunch of party worlds without a party?
We’ll be hosting a music event in one of the winning worlds featuring DJs from the VRChat dev team! You can catch the event on August 26 from 5PM PDT/8PM EDT to 8:45PM PDT/11:45PM EDT! To get into the event, you’ll have to join the Ministry group. Big thanks to them for helping us host this event!
(You’ll also be able to find it on vrc.tl – which, by the way, is an incredible resource for seeing what events are going on in VRChat on any given day!)
Thanks for Participating in Our First Summer Jam!
A big thank you to all participants for ALL of your entries! We were seriously blown away by the community's creativity, especially given that this was a completely new style of Jam!
…as far as what’s next, we hear something spooky is on the menu. 👀
See you soon!
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