[2020] Open Call for Warframe Theme Ideas!

We’re calling upon the Warframe community to create the next Warframe! You can stay up-to-date on the design phases in the official Community-Designed Warframe thread.

The theme is the foundation of every Warframe’s design. Over the years, we have seen countless fantastic ideas in the Fan Concepts subforum and across the Internet. That creativity is what we’ll need to breathe life into this Warframe! Share with us a Warframe theme you’d like to see inspire the next design.

How to submit:

In this thread, share a description of a Warframe theme that you would like to see in-game!

We aren’t considering Abilities during this design phase. First, it’s all about a strong theme! Expound your idea and make it the best it can be.

Guidelines:

• One submission per player.
• Theme can’t be changed after it is submitted. You may edit your post to make small changes like fixing typos. "Reason for edit" will be reviewed.
• If there are duplicate theme submissions, only the one that was first posted will be considered - we’ll be watching!
• Theme idea must be original. Your submission can be from a post you made elsewhere as long as it’s your own!
• Details like back stories might be altered by the Dev Team as needed to ensure consistency with Warframe’s overall design.
• Concept art can be included in submissions but will not be considered in the final design or when selecting the final theme.
• Do not reserve spots in this thread.
• Only post submissions in this thread.
• Submissions that do not follow these guidelines will not be considered.
• Chosen submission becomes property of Digital Extremes.

We understand that we can’t avoid duplicate Warframe theme submissions, so please do your best to submit a theme that has yet to be presented, and we’ll do our best when sorting through to ensure there is a fair opportunity for all!

Selecting the Final Theme:

Call for submissions will close on Thursday, March 19 at 1:00pm ET.

After reviewing all theme submissions, the Warframe Team will choose a Top 10 to present to the Design Council!

The Design Council will then vote to determine the winning Warframe theme. Design Council voting will begin on Friday, March 20 at 1:00PM ET and run until Thursday, March 26 at 1:00PM ET.

After the Theme is Chosen:

Community artist, Eornheit will create the Warframe’s official design based on the chosen theme! Once the design is complete, we will make an open call to the community once again to design the Warframe’s Abilities. Follow each phase here!

The community-created Warframe’s name and final design will be revealed on Saturday, July 11th during the TennoCon 2020 Live Stream!

ALL PLAYERS FROM EACH PLATFORM CAN PARTICIPATE

Let us hear your Warframe ideas, Tenno!

Fusion 'Frame! 

Fuse with an enemy to directly control them in combat, fuse with allies to buff them up and hitch a ride (Fusion Dance optional). 

Hi all,

There are lots of great submissions here and we can really envision a lot of these themes coming together with Eornheit’s artstyle!

Unfortunately, we’re also seeing submissions of themes and concept art that are not original to the player submitting said theme. There have been so many incredible ideas over the years, which is great to see, but we want to make sure that this thread respects each artist and keeps in accordance with this Open Call Guideline, “Theme idea must be original. Your submission can be from a post you made elsewhere as long as it’s your own!” so we will be starting to hide concept submissions that are not owned by the poster.

A handful of theme ideas have also been repeated throughout the thread, so we’re going to start hiding repeated themes to make it easier for anyone coming to the thread for the first time to see more of what’s been suggested. Please keep in mind that, as explained in the Open Call Guidelines, we’ll only be considering the first post of each theme idea to be the official submission. 

Make your idea as unique as can be - let your imagination run wild! We love all your creativity.

Thank you so much for sharing your creative ideas with us! It was a pleasure to read your ideas for lore and admire your art.

We have reviewed all of your submission and chosen the Top 10 Warframe Theme ideas. Design Council voting has begun and closes on Thursday, March 26! The theme with the most votes will become the next community-created Warframe.

Here are the Top 10 Themes:

• Calligraphy: "A vision of a monk and a scholar, deadly yet sophisticated."
  • Submitted by JareeZy
• Hive: "Hosts a swarm of bloodthirsty flying swarm insects seeking enemies to feast upon."
  • Submitted by xX_ReiMar_Xx
• Broken Warframe: "It's obviously not put together correctly and it's pretty much the epitome of making a bug a feature."
  • Submitted by eaterofstorms
• Morpheus: "Based on the Greek god of sleep and dreams."
  • Submitted by JONNY_AFRO_
• Falconer: "A falconer based Warframe from Cetus, that has a companion, like Khora, that is a condroc."
  • Submitted by DerpasaurasRex0
• Ballerina: "A ballerina based frame, dancing majestically over the battle field."
  • Submitted by Jarranna
• Ghost in the Machine: "Based around the idea of hacking, setup and data transfer."
  • Submitted by Sekan
• Arawn, King of Annwn: "Believed to set the Cŵn Annwn loose to hunt mundane creatures." This Warframe's Cŵn Annwn would be a Kubrow, a spectral hound.
  • Submitted by Avenka
• Kamaitachi: Japanese yokai beast that rides devilish winds and attacks people with limbs like that of a sickle or razor.
  • Submitted by AmdorElensar
• Gargoyle: A stone monster believed to frighten away evil spirits.
  • Submitted by Horizon Ultima

The winning theme is Broken Warframe submitted by eaterofstorms!

Community artist, Eornheit has received the theme and is now designing the next community-created Warframe. Once it's ready, we'll share the final design here:

We're looking forward to seeing everything come together!