Event rules / 2026
Character Creator Challenge
Your guide to entering, testing and competing.
About this event
Create a character of your own and let more people meet and chat with them on Varenchat. Submit an original character card, join a 14-day contest, and compete for cash prizes and Gems!
Event information
2026 · PST (UTC−8) · All times 8:00 AM
Submissions
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Review & preparation
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Competition
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Test your character before submitting. Nov 30 – Dec 3 is for review and pre-contest preparation. The event follows Pacific Standard Time (PST, UTC−8).
How to participate
Creators worldwide, aged 18+
There are no country or region restrictions. Character cards may be in any language. Test your character in the app before submitting.
Read the rules & join Discord
Read the event rules and privacy notice, then join the official Varenchat Discord server.
Upload, test & submit
Download and sign in to the Varenchat app. Upload and test your character card in the Character Workshop. Once it works correctly, submit it through the official Google Form and actively confirm the rules and permissions. Use the app’s free allowance for testing. Contact staff on Discord if you need more.
Watch for review updates
Staff will DM you on Discord with the review result within 2 business days of submission. If you need to provide additional materials, staff will review them within 2 business days after receiving them.
Official character entry
Within 1 business day after approval, staff will re-enter the character in the app using your form details and notify you via Discord.
Automatic contest publication
At the preparation deadline, approved characters entered by staff go live together in their current versions and enter the contest automatically. No additional confirmation is needed.
After submitting, contact staff by Discord DM before the preparation deadline for changes or additional materials. Edits generally close after the deadline. For content safety issues or serious functional failures, contact the official team for verification and handling.
Submitting does not guarantee approval or contest eligibility. Entries still incomplete or unapproved when preparation ends do not enter the contest.
Public event notices appear in the official Discord server. Staff handle review, additional materials, testing and prize matters by DM.
Submission requirements
Disclose AI-generated material
If you use AI-generated text, images or other materials, disclose it accurately in the entry form. Follow applicable laws and event requirements, and retain legally required labels and metadata.
- Your character must be your own original creation. You must hold the necessary rights to use its text, images and other materials.
Content requirements
Characters must be 18+ and stories must exclude minors. Text, images and other materials must contain no sexual, violent, gory or political content, terrorism or violent extremism, hate, fraud, gambling, drugs, encouragement of self-harm or suicide, medical diagnosis advice, or content contrary to public morals.
Do not use real people, public figures or protected intellectual property without authorization. All content must comply with Varenchat platform standards.
Required in the entry form
Creator name, Discord username, main image, avatar, character name, gender, age, tags, short introduction, character setting, personality, speaking style, opening scenario, opening message and image source.
Images & file uploads
Use a 9:16 main image (1080 × 1920 px recommended) and a 1:1 avatar. Follow the file format and size limits shown in Google Forms. Uploading files requires a Google account sign-in.
Multiple entries & corrections
You may submit multiple different characters, with a separate form for each. Each character may enter once. You cannot edit the form yourself after submission. Contact staff through Discord for changes or additional materials.
Ranking & judging
Ranked by unique users who chat
The leaderboard updates hourly. Final scores are subject to post-contest verification.
- A user counts only after sending a message to the character during the official contest. Browsing alone does not count. The same user counts once per character and counts separately for each different character they chat with.
- Pre-contest testing data and messages after the contest cutoff do not count toward scores.
- If unique-user counts are tied, the character that reached the count first ranks higher. If both the count and time are identical, the character with more user-sent messages during the contest ranks higher. AI replies are excluded.
- Each creator can win at most one placement prize, based on their highest-ranked character. Remaining places pass to the next creators in ranking order.
- A character must have at least one counted chat user to qualify for a placement prize. If fewer than six creators qualify, remaining places stay vacant and their rewards are not redistributed.
Prizes
6 placement prizes · One per creator
- 01$100 + 10,000 Gems
- 02$50 + 10,000 Gems
- 03$30 + 5,000 Gems
- 04–065,000 Gems each
Total prize pool: $180 USD and 40,000 Gems.
Free allowance for testing
Download and sign in to Varenchat. Upload and test your card in the Character Workshop using the app’s free allowance. Need more? Contact staff on Discord to request it.
Event reward Gems expire 3 months after they are credited.
Winners & prize claims
Results & deadlines
Within 3 business days after the contest, we will complete eligibility, score and abnormal-data checks and announce the winners. Staff will notify winners by Discord DM.
Submit complete prize-claim information by Discord DM within 3 business days of receiving the notice. Missing the deadline forfeits the prize, which passes to the next eligible creator under the rules. Rewards are issued within 3 business days after complete information is submitted.
Cash & Gems delivery
Cash prizes are paid in USD through Wise, PayPal or US ACH bank transfer. Available methods depend on the payment channel and the winner’s ability to receive payment.
Varenchat covers the transfer fee incurred when sending payment. Winners are responsible for fees charged by a receiving bank, payment provider or intermediary bank and any currency conversion costs. Gems are credited to the winner’s Varenchat account.
Keep your prize information private
The winner notice will specify the information required. Verify the staff member’s identity. Do not post payment information in public channels or share passwords, verification codes or card security codes.
Creator rights
You retain copyright
Copyright remains with the creator or relevant rights holder. Submitting a card or having Varenchat upload it does not transfer ownership.
Creator attribution
Varenchat will credit the creator name you provide when using your work on the official website, event pages, social media and promotional materials for event promotion, showcases and winner announcements. The app currently does not display creator attribution.
Review results & appeals
You are entitled to receive review results under the event rules. For questions or appeals about work rights, eligibility, contest results or infringement complaints, contact the official email or Discord with relevant details. The team will review and respond.
Additional collaboration
For new uses beyond the permissions confirmed for this event, Varenchat will consult you and obtain consent in advance. Accepting or declining additional collaboration does not affect entry or prize rights already earned under the rules.
Publication & legal rights
Once a character is officially published, this event does not offer a creator-requested takedown mechanism. Characters may remain available after the contest. Your rights and lawful requests under applicable law are unaffected.
Creator obligations
Rights & source documentation
Your submission must be your own original creation. You must hold the rights or authorization needed to submit and license its text, images and other materials. Cooperate with rights checks by providing necessary source information or authorization documents.
Accurate information & safe content
Provide complete, truthful and accurate information. Works must comply with applicable laws and Varenchat platform standards. Stolen, plagiarized or unauthorized material is not allowed. Character content and AI-generated materials must also meet the submission requirements above.
Official upload & promotion
By actively confirming in the entry form, you allow Varenchat to re-enter, upload and display your work in the app and provide character chat. Varenchat may also use it on the official website, event pages, social media and promotional materials for event promotion, showcases and winner announcements.
License to Arcloom Labs
By actively confirming in the entry form, you grant Arcloom Labs a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, transferable and sublicensable license to the submitted content you have the right to license, to the extent permitted by applicable law.
The license covers Varenchat operations, character chat and event promotion, including copying, storing, uploading, displaying, distributing, modifying, adapting and commercially using the content. It also allows other users to create derivative works based on your submission.
Fair participation & responsibility
Do not manipulate contest data through fake engagement, scripts or other cheating. Creators bear legal responsibility for infringement or unlawful content in their own submissions as required by law.
The legal rights and responsibilities of both parties remain unaffected.
Organizer rights
Entry review
Varenchat may review submissions and eligibility, request additional information, material sources or rights documentation, and reject works that do not meet the rules or platform standards.
Use of works
After your active confirmation in the entry form, Varenchat may re-enter, upload, display, modify and use submitted content for character interactions, event promotion and platform operations. The scope and conditions are those set out in Creator obligations.
Score verification
Varenchat may verify chat data, eligibility and suspected cheating, and determine final scores and winners under the event rules. Final winners and rewards follow the official announcement after verification under these rules.
Violation handling
For verified infringement, cheating or rule violations, Varenchat may delete or remove works, disqualify entries or cancel prizes under the rules. Rewards associated with infringing or cheating works will be cancelled.
Urgent action
For urgent content safety risks or legal requirements for immediate action, the platform may first restrict display or remove a work, then handle the matter according to law.
Event adjustments
If system issues, force majeure or other special circumstances affect the event, Varenchat may adjust, delay, pause or cancel it, with changes announced on the event page.
Organizer obligations
Follow the published rules
Varenchat will review entries, count scores and distribute rewards under the published event rules, and use works within the agreed license.
Attribution & agreed use
Varenchat will credit the creator name provided in event promotion, showcases and winner announcements. The app currently does not display creator attribution. New uses beyond the agreed permissions require consultation and consent in advance.
Investigate complaints
Varenchat will investigate suspected infringement based on complaints and applicable law. Where appropriate, creators will be notified and given an opportunity to explain and provide supporting evidence.
Respond to questions
Creators may contact the official email or Discord about work rights, eligibility, contest results or infringement complaints with relevant details. The team will review and respond.
Act within the law
The organizer will exercise these powers within applicable law and the event rules. The legal rights and responsibilities of creators and other parties remain unaffected.
Organizer & contact
Organized by Arcloom Labs
Event questions & infringement complaints
For questions about work rights, eligibility, contest results or infringement complaints, contact the team at this email or through the official Discord with relevant details. The team will review and respond.
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