Getting Started

Getting Started With TennoGen

Have you ever wanted to see your designs in Warframe? Do you have the technical skill and know-how to make textures? TennoGen Steam Workshop is how to do just that!

TennoGen Steam Workshop is Warframe content created by Tenno, for Tenno. Submit your designs and you could see them for sale inside Warframe! TennoGen artists will receive 30% of the Steam sale of their items that are accepted via the program and implemented in-game.

We recommend that artists already have a considerable amount of experience with texturing and various software before submitting to the TennoGen Steam Workshop. All skins will be reviewed by members of the Digital Extremes art department to see if they meet our internal standards. Accepted pieces get added to Warframe updates and are released throughout the year.

REQUIRED TOOLS:

To submit items to the TennoGen Steam Workshop, creators need to download the Warframe TennoGen Tool and Blender (including the TennoGen Blender Plugin). For more information on how to use these programs, we’ve outlined all of the details in their dedicated guides.

HOW DO I GET STARTED?

You’re in the right place! This hub serves as a complete overview for all things TennoGen.

There’s a lot to learn as you get into TennoGen, so we’ve broken the information down into categories to help you understand the process piece-by-piece:

• Getting Started — the following guides outline the key details when first designing an item for Warframe. Learn how to make an item fit in-universe, identify a few common issues to avoid in your initial design, and get an overview of all available Content Types in TennoGen, including their base Technical Specifications.
  • Basic Art Guide
  • Faction Style Guide
  • Common Reasons for Rejection
  • Content Examples and Technical Guidelines
• Content Guides — each Content Type in TennoGen comes with its own guide. Depending on what item you want to make, review the specific guide to identify Technical and Artist criteria you need to follow!
  • Creating a Warframe Skin
  • Creating an Alternative Helmet
  • Creating a Syandana
  • Creating a Melee Weapon Skin
  • Creating a Blade and Whip Skin
  • Creating a Whip Skin
  • Creating Operator Accessories
  • Creating a Chest Armor Piece
  • Creating Shoulder Armor Pieces
  • Creating Leg Armor Pieces
• Technical Guides — since we are adding your work to our game, these guides outline naming conventions and other technical details that help your creations match our internal standards.
  • Texturing Guide
  • Normal Map Baking
  • Substance Painter Shader
• Submitting Your Creation — once your piece is ready, the following guides outline the process of submitting your creation to the Steam Workshop for review!
  • Exporting your Files using TennoGen Blender Plugin
  • Screenshot Requirements
  • Uploading your Creation via the TennoGen Tool

Beyond these guides, if you want to get advice from community artists, feel free to use the official subforums or the TennoGen section of our Discord to share your questions and your work!

WHAT KIND OF ITEMS CAN I SUBMIT?

Artists can submit their own creations from the following content types:

• Warframe Skins and Alt Helmets
• Syandanas
• Operator Accessories
• Melee Weapon Skins
• Chest, Shoulder, and Leg Armor Pieces

For a full overview of all content types, please review the “Content Examples and Technical Guidelines” page!

HOW ARE SUBMISSIONS CHOSEN?

Submissions are chosen by Digital Extremes based on quality and creativity. We will consider the popularity of skins as deemed by the Tenno, but we will be making the final decision on what is added to the game.

HOW MUCH WILL I MAKE?

If your skin is chosen, you will make 30% of each sale on PC. This 30% is a percentage of the cash transaction, not Platinum Currency. A curated selection of items is available on Consoles for Platinum, following the completion of a licensing agreement with the Artists — we will contact you privately with an All-Platforms License offer if your item is chosen for transfer.

WILL I GET FEEDBACK ON MY ITEM?

Feedback is offered to items or artists we feel may have potential for future acceptance. You are welcome to contact us for critiques, and we will offer feedback at the team’s discretion. Please understand due to workloads and the volume of submissions, we cannot provide highly detailed feedback for every submission.

We try to give as much feedback as we can to community artists, but we recommend reviewing our “Reasons for Rejection” guide for common issues we see with pieces: https://www.warframe.com/steamworkshop/some-reasons-for-rejection

WHY CAN’T I SUBMIT ANYTHING?

If you can't submit anything and you know you've set up everything correctly, it's possible you have a Limited User Account on Steam. To unlock certain community features, including submissions to the Steam Workshop, users must spend $5 USD in Steam. You can read about the policy on Steam here: https://help.steampowered.com/en/faqs/view/71D3-35C2-AD96-AA3A