At 4/3/25 03:34 PM, TomFulp wrote:Friday, June 6th will be the first ever Low Poly Day on Newgrounds!

Low Poly art is essentially 3D art made with a low number of polygons. Some artists make hi-resolution low poly art with smooth edges, while others work with lower resolution, more in the style of PlayStation 1-2 games. Either is fine for this event!

We’re celebrating Low Poly Day with categories for art, movies, games and music, much like we do with Pixel Day each year.

Publish your entry on June 6th and include the "lowpolyday2025" tag to participate in the festivities.

If your work is making its world premier on Low Poly Day, you are eligible for our prize competition! Include a second tag, "lowpolyday2025-compo" to confirm it is a world premier piece and is competing for a prize. If you are sharing something you've already posted elsewhere, stick with just the lowpolyday2025 tag.

If you’ve never shared your work on NG, we’d love to see you join in! You can enter multiple categories or submit multiple entries. You can also team up with friends to make stuff.

Fan art is fine, if the art is your own original work and not models ripped from games.

If you’re making a movie or game, try partnering with a musician on NG! We can’t host content with unlicensed commercial music, so avoid using songs you don’t have permission to use. Here are some music resources.

🏆 Prizes - Sponsors Needed!

🎞️ Movie
1st - $300
2nd - $100
3rd - $60

🎮 Game
1st - $250
2nd - $100
3rd - $60

🎨 Art
1st - $150
2nd - $100
3rd - $50

🎵 Music
1st - $150
2nd - $100
3rd - $50

We’re crowdfunding prize money, for more and bigger prizes! Use the donation option on the Supporter page and PM me a heads up you donated towards Low Poly Day.

Event sponsors will be added to this post (sorted by donation size), as well as the day-of post and the winners announcement. If you contribute $100 or more to the prizes, we can include a promo link next to your name as well.

Thank you to our Sponsors!

@techtarine - $500 - Jay's Haremlit Books
@hako - $120
@SteveMaddenFootball - $100 - VGA Y2K Audio Collab
@KittyhawkMontrose and @alsoknownas1 - $100
@Daitomodachi - YouTube Channel
@Ralix - $60
@53xy83457 - $53
@olskoo - $20
@Greenskullkid - $10
@Wegra - $3
@blazelauncherer - $2
NG - $400

Since this is our first Low Poly Day, here are some examples to get a feel for things:

Example Movies

https://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/915490
https://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/926685
https://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/933325
https://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/858439

Example Art

https://www.newgrounds.com/art/view/neovalo/tank-mech-lowpoly
https://www.newgrounds.com/art/view/cyansquare/diemango-s-hazel-lowpoly-fanart
https://www.newgrounds.com/art/view/violxiv/mara-crow-country-lowpoly
https://www.newgrounds.com/art/view/moawling/more-ramyun
https://www.newgrounds.com/art/view/devilsgarage/friday-evening
https://www.newgrounds.com/art/view/violxiv/geiko-punch-punch-forever

Example Games

I gotta say, not a ton of examples came to mind on NG but low poly is great for web games because it’s performant and can download quickly. I’d love to see more people give it a try! Also is this Dad ‘n Me game too high-poly in some cases to be an ideal example?

https://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/972740
https://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/815782
https://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/848392

Example Music

Think Y2K techno / jungle / drum ‘n bass, with high intensity video game music you might hear in a cool PS1 game.

https://www.newgrounds.com/audio/listen/1057943
https://www.newgrounds.com/audio/listen/1156162
https://www.newgrounds.com/audio/listen/1131778
https://www.newgrounds.com/audio/listen/1152937

Find more examples in this 2023 Low Poly Recap post.

Feel welcome to discuss the event in this thread. Looking forward to seeing what people make!