Fraymakers Workshop Contest: Unique Assists

Unique Assists is the theme of the first Fraymakers Workshop Contest to be held by Team Fray. Starting on April 5, 2024, users were tasked with creating custom Assists for Fraymakers that were original to the creators.
== Rules ==
For this contest, contestants were to develop and submit custom Fraymakers Assists that do not feature any intellectual property not owned by their respective creators. An exception to this rule, added on April 7, 2024, is if the creators had explicit permission from the intellectual property holders to use it, though public domain characters and characters with "blanket permission" were not allowed. Submissions also could not include assets from the creators' previous works or inappropriate content, and they cannot be updated after the end date until judging has concluded two weeks later. Contestants could also submit multiple entries or form teams, though team submissions were required to list each team member in their descriptions.
Assists entered would be judged based on their "unique" attributes, such as featuring a unique visual design, a unique mechanic, or something else not commonly used in custom Assists. The quality of the artwork and entertainment value would also be factored in.
From the starting date, entries were to be submitted to the game's Steam Workshop by the deadline of May 5, 2024. Each entry was to be submitted as a singular Assist with the phrase "Created for the Unique Assists Fraymakers workshop contest" in the first line of the description. If the creators were using an intellectual property with explicit permission from its holders, then a phrase with the format "[intellectual property] used with permission from [person or company that gave permission]" was required for the second line. Entries were judged by Team Fray.
=== Prizes ===
The first place winner of the contest would receive $60 in Steam store credit and the colored "Workshop Contest Winner" role on the McLeodGaming Discord server. The second and third place winners would receive $20 and $10 in Steam store credit, respectively. Additionally, one entrant would be chosen at random to receive $10 in Steam store credit. For teams of people, prizes would be awarded to whomever submitted the Assist. All winners would be required to respond to messages regarding prize fulfillment within thirty days in order to receive them.
== Results ==
Ultimately, 21 valid Assists were submitted, some of which released several hours after the deadline, and judging began on May 6, 2024. The winners were announced in a Steam News event and a Kickstarter update on May 18, 2024, with each winner being listed.
Below is a list of the winners and their placements.
Place 	Image	Assist Name	Creator(s) 	Link
1st 	 	Lasso 	Nuova and Kactus Guy	
2nd 	 	Morphi 	Whimz 	
3rd 	 	Zards 	ZardyZ 	
Random	 	Tentacube 	DominoDropkix 	
== Trivia ==
*Following the results of the contest, ZardyZ chose to give his Steam store credit prize to another user chosen at random by Team Fray. They later chose DSF for his submission "THE BIG THING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!".
== External links ==
*The Steam News event announcing the contest.
*The Steam News event announcing the winners.
*The Kickstarter update announcing the winners.
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