Welcome back to the 2025 NGMC, Newgrounds Musicians' Championship!
Unsure what NGMC is? You can read everything about it in detail here. But the short answer is that NGMC is a 10-week-long team-based audio event centered around the idea of collabing, where teams of two musicians have two weeks to compose a track which follows a given theme for each round, or Grand Prix (GP). The twist is that the teams are not permanent, and you are free to change your team between any and all GPs, and even join in in the middle of the season! Or you may decide to sit one GP out, or even retire completely. Any points you have gained will be kept regardless.
For this season, every GP will share the common theme of racing! Cold-blooded overtakes, foolhardy cornering at the very limit of grip, and incredible recoveries from certain failure. With mere inches separating total disaster and sweet victory, there's no shortage of drama and spectacle to draw inspiration from. Racing is also a theme with a wide array of interpretations: one must not look further than Mario Kart and Need for Speed to hear the variety in soundtracks.
In addition to the above theme, each GP will take place in a unique location. Together with the season theme, the GP location will form the GP theme, which you should try to convey with your teammate in your submission to the best of your abilities.
Moving on from under the cool shade of palmtrees, we shall continue the equatorial leg of the championship, and head to somewhere much more open, with plenty of space for driving around...
Art by @EyeballEarth
Round 3 - Desert Grand Prix
Oceans of sand spanning far beyond the horizon, hundreds of miles of meandering canyons splitting the earth, salt fields turning the very earth into a single mirror under the scorch of equatorial sun. Where the many arid deserts of Earth are utterly hostile to life, they are just as inviting to those of us seeking to push the limits of what motorsports are capable of, be it setting land speed records, or enduring the marathon of the Dakar Rally. And the only obstacle ahead of you? The remaining gas in your tank.
With your teammate, compose a track which would fit a desert racing scene!
You have time until April 13th, 11:59 PM / 23:59 EDT (Newgrounds server time).
As this is a new event format, I anticipate that I have failed to properly explain some aspects which I myself may think are clear, so please feel free to ask any questions you might have here on this thread, in the comments of the rules newspost, or in the #ngmc2025-general channel of the audio portal discord :) I'll be glad to answer any. And if you're wondering about how/where to team-up, we have a #ngmc2025-teamup channel in the discord as well, which might be a good place to start.
Best of luck to everyone! I'll be waiting for you at the shade of the single oasis at the end of the track.
