We received a lot of excellent entries into our “Draw Bocko the Bus Driver” challenge, and after going through them all, we have chosen a winner, and a few runners up!
First, our runners up:
Art by Ash Loki
Art by Waefort
Art by Pandas and Pancakes
Art by MrQBear
Art by Greg
Art by DrawnBinary
And CONGRATULATIONS to our winner, SharkeyandtheWizard!!!
Our shipping team will be reaching out to you to confirm your details. Congrats again!!
We at Desert Bus would like to thank one of our technical sponsors; Elgato!
This year, our esteemed stream is powered by Elgato and their gear helps our workflow and better the quality of broadcasting. They have donated green screens, stream decks, lights, and more to our team to keep this virtual bus on the road, and heading towards Tuscon. Or Las Vegas.
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- Elgato tech in action!
In Mike Selinker’s best selling novel, the pages are in the wrong order. But not due to a printing error. Before you get to enjoy the narrative, you must first crack the puzzles it contains. And this giveaway is your chance to try your hand at it. But it isn’t only a copy of Maze of Games, it is a full prize pack, generously donated by the designer himself, Mike Selinker! This prize pack contains the following amazing prizes:
-The Maze of Games Gatekeeper Edition – one of only 10 we have left, and only 300 were printed, signed by author Mike Selinker and artist Pete Venters
-8 rare prints signed by Mike and Pete
-The Maze of Games hardback, signed by Mike
-The Theseus Guide to the Final Maze, signed by Mike
-The Keymaster’s Tome, signed by Mike
-The Maze Map
-Puzzlecraft: How to Make Every Kind of Puzzle, signed by Mike
-The Puzzlecraft Workbook, signed by Mike
-A rare set of Maze of Games code pencils
-A digital bundle of the books, the audiobooks narrated by Wil Wheaton, the soundtrack by Austin Wintory, and the album by Paul Storm, Kirby Krackle, and Marian Call
To enter the giveaway, donate $8.18, or positive multiples thereof until 5:30am PST! Please make sure that you have an active donor account before you enter!
We are rapidly approaching the middle of our first Zeta shift, but these silent auctions just started!
First up is this beautiful Blackwork Worker Bees embroidery!
The current high bid for this prize is $369.
Next are these fantastic and fantastical Shift Themed Dragon Eggs.
The current high bid is $1357.91
Both of these auctions run until 10:00am PST, so get your bids in!
Shepherding us through through the night, Driver Bocko keeps this Zeta bus on the road. He was chosen for the bus by the fates. And by the fact that he was the only one around with a driver cap. Can’t drive a bus without a driver cap. There’s a law about that.
What we don’t know about Bocko is his appearance. Thus far, it has been unknown to us. It is up to you to reveal that mystery. For this challenge, we would like your interpretation of our intrepid driver. It can be while he is driving the bus, earning his class 4 commercial vehicle license, or whatever you feel needs to be shared about the backstory of Bocko.
Please send your art in .jpg form to contests@desertbus.com. When you send it in, please use the subject line “Bocko or Bust“, and include what you would like your display name to be, should you win. This challenge will run until 5am PST.
But what will you win, you ask?
The winner for this challenge will win one of or wonderful Desert Bus for Hope t-shirts, made by Fangamer!
But wait, there’s more! You will also receive one of this year’s DBloons!
These cannot be purchased, and are only available to prize and contest winners.
Nicol Bolas’s final plan has come to fruition. Liliana Vess leads the Dreadhorde, his army of Eternals, through the streets of Ravnica and its up to the Gatewatch and Planeswalkers from all over the multiverse to stop him. But Bolas’s plan doesn’t stop with an invasion. He plans to harvest the sparks of all the Planeswalkers with the Elderspell. With the fate of the multiverse at stake, will the Gatewatch succeed or will Bolas obtain the power to rule the multiverse? Find out in War of the Spark.
Donated by our friends at Wizards of the Coast, this special Japanese War of the Spark booster box features cards all in Japanese. The art, done by famed artists, including Yoshitaka Amano, reimagines all of the Planeswalkers in their truest form: anime. All 36 War of The Spark booster packs are included, and can be used to show off during your next trip to your LGS.
Donate $6.52, or positive multiples thereof until 3am PST for a chance to win! Make sure your donor account is set up right here!
Alright Bus fans, here’s what you missed in the first Night Watch of 2020!
Our daily dose of Nightly News:
Desert or Bus?!
Graham was moderately appalled by filters:
The room shared good stories:
The Dump Truck returns (with surprisingly delicious treats):
Kathleen can have a little pea wet, as a treat:
We hit $100K!
Remember, for the latest updates, stay tuned to desertbus.org. You can also catch up on the latest #DB2020 happenings around the web…
- Submit your bussing from home photos at yourphotos.desertbus.org.
- Visit youtube.com/user/DesertBusForHope for the latest video highlights from the Video Strike Team (VST).
- Be our friend on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.
- And, of course, the live stream is always available at desertbus.org and twitch.tv/desertbus!
Check them out before they’re gone!
It’s dangerous to go alone! Take this one-of-a-kind Zelda-Inspired Quilt, currently going for $2121.21!
Cozy up to The Desert Bus Shift Mascot Bears during those long winter nights, they’re sitting pretty at $876!
These auctions will end at 02:00AM PST!
We have raised $100K for Child’s Play Charity!
A HUGE Desert Bus thank you to everyone for watching and continuing to support us as you are able! We love you!
If you feel you may be a simulation trapped inside a virtual charity fundraiser event and wish to subtly signal to others who might share your fate, then oh, boy, do we have the T-shirt for you!
Our friends at Fangamer have knocked it out of the (virtual) park again with the 2020 official Desert Bus for Hope T-shirt, available in both Unisex and Women’s cuts.
Flawlessly modeled by our very own Max, its hip hues and eye-catching graphics (designed by the unstoppably rad Jon Kay at Fangamer) will keep you looking great from the waist up in any space, computerized or otherwise.
To be in with a chance of winning, donate $5.01 (or multiples thereof, $10.02, $15.03, $20.04 etc.) 11:30PM PST!