Official Level Design Contest: July/August 2008

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FuriousFox

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Welcome to the official level design contest topic. Please read the following if you're interested in entering the contest or are just curious as to what the rules and regulations are.

There are four divisions, match, capture the flag, circuit and single player. Here are the important parts of each type, for those who would like the specifics:

Match stages are arenas for players to fight. 32 deathmatch starts are necessary to randomize the spawning, but if the stage loads and runs okay, it’s an acceptable entry for the match contest. You should also have a Player 1 Start to keep the level from crashing if loaded improperly.

Capture the Flag stages are arenas for two teams to battle it out. They must include a red team and blue team base with a flag, and should include 32 deathmatch and 16 red and blue team starts. There should also be a Player 1 Start to keep the level from crashing if loaded improperly. It is generally better to make the map symmetrical to be absolutely sure that it is fair for both teams.

Circuit stages are race tracks designed for Race mode. They should include a Circuit mode finish line and several Star Posts to ensure the stage runs properly. Please use the Star Post Activation sector type to make sure it's not possible to skip the Star Posts, and do not use enemies in Circuit mode. There should be a Player 1 Start at the starting point.

Single Player stages are designed to play in 1 player, and have to include a start and end, and obstacles in the way. Generally, it’s a good idea to give the map support for Cooperative and Race mode, but it’s not necessary.

The full rules of the contest are as follows:

1. All levels must work correctly in their selected mode. Support for other modes is suggested, but not required. Levels will be judged in Match, Capture the Flag, Circuit or Single Player, depending on the contest you’re entering.
2. The map may not have been publicly released before. In other words, if you have released the level on the Addons section or on the forums, you may not enter it. However, if it’s unreleased, that is just as good as being completely new, and is a legal entry. Basically, don't fix up an old map and enter it, make something new.
3. The map has to be your own work. If you base it on another map, that's fine, but a straight port or slight modifications are against the rules.
4. One submission per category per person. This means that you can only enter one map in each division.

For the match, circuit and capture the flag contest, there is another rule in place:

5. Custom textures, music, SOCs, and other lumps other than a header and the map itself are not allowed in the Match, Circuit and Capture the Flag contests. These levels are going to be combined into a single WAD file, so in the interest in getting the entries out on time, you have to be creative with what you have.

Submissions are to be sent to my e-mail at FuriousFox@gmail.com.

Submissions need to have "Contest Submission - July/August" as the subject line, and contain the name of the stage, your nickname, and the contest you are submitting the map to in the e-mail body. If you do not give me a nickname, your e-mail's given name and e-mail address will be used to attribute the file. For multiple maps in one e-mail, make sure to put the information for each map included. I prefer attachments, but links in the body of the e-mail are also alright provided they are to your own webspace. No SendSpace, Rapidshare, or other similar file hosts. Files hosted on such servers will not be included. Note that maps that are considered unplayable will be rejected.

The contest submissions period ends on September 1st, 2008 at 12:00 AM GMT. (August 31st, 2008 at 7:00 PM EST). Any submissions that are late will be possible to get in if you get them to me before the judging starts, but if you’re late, you’re taking a risk that you might have to wait for the next contest, so please get your file in on time.

Judging will consist of voting on the message board. Any member can vote, giving a number for each map from 0 to 10, zero being the most abysmal piece of crap ever, and ten being total perfection. You cannot vote on your own map. To encourage voting, if an entrant votes on everyone else’s map in the contest they are entered in, the lowest score on all of their entries will be dropped. (Example: If someone enters a single player map and votes on all the other single player maps, their lowest score is dropped.)

Judging will start the instant the files are uploaded, and continue until a week after they were uploaded. The exact time when voting will end will be shown when the files are uploaded. At that point, all votes will be averaged and the map with the highest average in each category will be declared the winner.

The section on the Addons section for showing contest winners is still under revision, but the winners will get special treatment on the website.

All entries are welcome, from beginners to advanced level designers. Even if you don’t win, this is an excellent way to get feedback on your stage to help improve. Collaborations are allowed, and testing is encouraged strongly.
 
Monster Iestyn said:
That's odd. The contest seems to have started earlier than usual, leaving us plenty of time to enter our maps.
For this post, Monster Iestyn should automatically win the contest, regardless if he enters or not.
 
Monster Iestyn said:
That's odd. The contest seems to have started earlier than usual, leaving us plenty of time to enter our maps.
Then why waste time posting replys when you have all this time =P
 
This contest I'm going to attempt Tubelectric CTF, Medivo Nights Circuit, and maby a GS level.

also Remember, people tend see this topic as a signal to start working on their entries.
 
I swear Glaber you are an annoying little rat. You brag too much about contests.

Anyways: I got a race level. Most people in netgames seen it but I never released it so don't be too quick to report on me like you guys did Brandon.
 
Let's just say I like useing SRB2 Doombuilder too much. And Brandon's case is different from this. His level was released on the forums prior to the contest. You case is more like Sonic Master's, except his prior release was on the wiki and was allowed. I would also assume that distributing the level through a netgame should still make the entry legal.
 
Well sorry about that annoying rat comment. I just know that you are very curious about contests.

Why don't you host the level design contest instead?
 
Perhaps I can get my Lost City map in here? Oh goody, a reason to start working on it again. Now to get past wadders block...
 
I've got a map under construction. I can honestly say without exxagerating that this map is recieving the highest amount of effort out of any other map that I've ever done.

However, details come later.
 
Princess Solelias said:
Why don't you host the level design contest instead?

I wish I could. Unfortunately my bugging FF and Mystic has voided any chance of me hosting the contest. Also there is no record of the contest ever being hosted by a regular forum member. Even the 2 I thought were hosted by one wound up being hosted by a former admin.
 
glaber said:
Princess Solelias said:
Why don't you host the level design contest instead?

I wish I could. Unfortunately my bugging FF and Mystic has voided any chance of me hosting the contest. Also there is no record of the contest ever being hosted by a regular forum member. Even the 2 I thought were hosted by one wound up being hosted by a former admin.

Yeah they wouldn't allow you to be one. They all got issues anyway.
 
verifiaman said:
My level is gonna beat all yours!!!
YAY! It's Lord Verifiaman! Get in the car! >:3

He's about to take over the world.... Run for lives!!!!

(sorry, just kidding... don't take me bad)
 
I actually don't know if I'll be able to enter this one. I'm probably gonna be away from the computer for a while (parental restrictions)...
 
Ice said:
I actually don't know if I'll be able to enter this one. I'm probably gonna be away from the computer for a while (parental restrictions)...
I'm attempting to get radiant emerald finished seeming i have the layout and just need to do all the FOF's, so yea maybe next time for me.
 
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