Tutorial Mini-Challenge Guidelines

 

Overview

The Tutorial Mini-Challenge is focused on creating high-quality tutorials and guides that fill knowledge gaps and build a strong, collaborative creator community.

We want to empower creators like you to contribute task-based tutorials, how-to guides, and best practices that make learning easier and more engaging for everyone using the Worlds desktop editor.

 

Prizes

Because we believe that good content can really level up the broader creator community, we’re awarding a total of $170,000 in prizes for the best tutorials! In addition to the prizes below, winning submissions will be featured in our official documentation and on the MHCP Creator Made Docs site, giving your work visibility and recognition across the community.

Best overall tutorial

Best overall tutorial that is engaging, creative, and useful.

3x Best overall tutorial of $15,000

Best monetization tutorial

Creative use of monetization (e.g. In-World Purchases).

3x Best monetization tutorial of $10,000

Best lighting/lighting gizmo tutorial

Examples of lighting gizmo usage & common lighting effects i.e. bloom/atmospheric/specular, etc.

3x Best lighting/lighting gizmo tutorial of $10,000

Best tutorial on creating & importing assets from Blender/Maya

Show how to design, prepare, and import 3D assets into the desktop editor.

3x Best tutorial on creating & importing assets from Blender/Maya of $10,000

Best NPC enemy wave tutorial

Show variety of enemy types (melee, ranged), Attack patterns, and Wave frequency (if applicable).

3x Best NPC enemy wave tutorial of $5,000

Best tutorial on how to use asset templates

How do Worlds asset templates differ from Unity, when to use them, walkthrough of creating and using scripts.

3x Best tutorial on how to use asset templates of $5,000

Best tutorial on optimizing your world’s performance

Use editor tools and real time metrics to optimize world performance.

1 Best tutorial on optimizing your world’s performance of $5,000

 
What to submit
  • Written Tutorials or How-To Guides (preferred length: 500+ words)
    • Author content in Markdown
    • Use a clear, descriptive title
    • Explain the task or workflow and why it matters
    • Provide easy-to-follow, actionable steps
    • Include relevant screenshots or visuals to clarify each step
  • Optional Short-Form Video
    • Walk through your tutorial with screen capture and narration
    • Ensure good video resolution and clear audio
    • Upload it to YouTube - make sure it’s public
    • Add the YouTube link in your written guide

 

Evaluation criteria
  • Potential impact on the Horizon Worlds creator community
  • Overall clarity, completeness, and conciseness
  • Engagement, creativity, and helpful insights
  • Quality and clarity of screenshots
  • Inclusion and clarity of code snippets or scripts
  • Video quality (if submitted)

To give you some ideas and inspiration, here are a few of some great tutorials that have already been created by the community:

 

How to submit

To submit your tutorial:

  1. Create a Github account (if you don’t have one already).
  2. Start authoring your content in Markdown. If you have never created content in Markdown before, don’t worry, there are plenty of resources online and a cheatsheet in the repo to help you if you get stuck.
  3. On August 14th, go to the Creators competition worlds-documentation repo and follow the steps in the README for all the information on how to submit your tutorial for a particular prize category.

If you are creating a short-form video to accompany your tutorial, follow instructions on YouTube to upload your video and then follow the steps in the README to embed a link to your video from within your Markdown file.

Note: Only winning submissions will be highlighted on the MHCP Creator Made Docs site; however, all entries may be considered for inclusion elsewhere on the site, pending an approval by the site maintainers.

MHCP mentors will be available throughout the event to help you if you run into any issues submitting your pull request.

 

FAQ

Q: I’ve already written tutorials for the community. Can I submit one of those?
A: Yes, but the submission must be materially different than the original content you wrote (i.e. it goes into greater detail, covers additional areas, etc.)

Q: Can I submit more than one tutorial for judging?
A: Yes, you can submit more than one tutorial, but longer, more detailed, and higher-effort submissions are more likely to win. We recommend focusing on one great submission rather than multiple lower-quality submissions.

Q: Can one submission win more than one prize?
A: Each submission is limited to one top prize (“Best Overall Tutorial”) and a max of one additional special category, aligning to the overall rules of the competition.