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How It Works

Everything you need to know before you enter.

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What Every Builder Gets

✓Guaranteed screen time in at least one episode
✓Permanent builder profile at idearoyale.com/builders/your-name
✓"I'm Competing" media kit (social graphic + video clip)
✓Share link to earn bonus bracket entries
✓Named in the public season recap

Every entrant gets this. No lottery — a launchpad.

How to Enter

  1. 1.Sign in with Google or a magic link
  2. 2.Fill out your project: name (60 chars max), one-liner (140 chars max), category, URL, and logo
  3. 3.Add your GitHub repo link so we can check your app is safe to feature
  4. 4.Submit — you're in. Grab your share link and tell people.

We review your code to make sure your app is safe to feature — not to judge quality. Open source or private repos both work.

You can enter more than one project. Every entry is free.

The Tournament

Submissions Open1–2 weeks to enter
Bracket RevealSeason premiere shows all competitors
Daily Eliminations1 episode per day, 1–3 projects eliminated
Final FourMulti-part finale with deeper coverage
Champion CrownedWinner gets a produced feature video

How Elimination Works

Elimination is random and provably fair.

Before the season starts, we lock in a secret seed and publish its hash. Each round, the seed determines who's out. After the season, we publish the full seed so anyone can verify every result.

Verify the results yourself →

Re-entry

Knocked out in rounds 1–3? Get 3 friends to enter using your share link and you're back in.

Re-entry is only available for early-round eliminations.

Prizes

Prizes are visibility, not cash.

Champion60–90s produced feature video on all channels, Hall of Fame, sponsor introductions
Top 330s spotlight, Hall of Fame listing, social media features
EveryoneEverything listed above

Terms of Participation

  • •Idea Royale is a promotional entertainment property, not a contest or sweepstakes
  • •Idea Royale is free to enter and funded by sponsors
  • •The tournament is a promotional bonus, not a prize drawing
  • •Elimination order is cryptographically predetermined and verifiable
  • •No purchase necessary for sponsorship inquiries
  • •Idea Royale reserves the right to reject submissions (spam, safety)
  • •All submissions undergo a GitHub-based safety review before entering the tournament
  • •No quality judging — all approved entries compete equally

Questions? hello@idearoyale.com

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