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Contest ideas
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Tue Mar 26, 2013 3:00 pmby Lamp
Contest ideas
I am thinking that there should be a contest about mapmaking, not just off a theme (e.g. most random level contest, biggest level contest, etc).
Also, 4th of July should be the theme of the contest next to 4th of July.
Stupid ideas (correct me if i'm wrong):
Randomest level contest
Smallest level contest
Biggest level contest
Not bad ideas:
Most Detailed level contest
Best levelgened level contest
Simplest but most fun level contest
Re: Contest ideas
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Tue Mar 26, 2013 3:13 pmby Fordcars
You know, we don't all live in the US
Re: Contest ideas
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Tue Mar 26, 2013 3:29 pmby BlackBird
If you dont live in the US, then you dont have to participate in the level contest.
Re: Contest ideas
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Tue Mar 26, 2013 3:40 pmby Little_Apple
wat
Re: Contest ideas
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Tue Mar 26, 2013 3:43 pmby Fordcars
Sure, but aren't level contests supposed to be for everyone?
Re: Contest ideas
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Tue Mar 26, 2013 3:54 pmby BlackBird
Socialist.
Re: Contest ideas
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Tue Mar 26, 2013 4:05 pmby bobdaduck
Politics themed contest
Re: Contest ideas
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Tue Mar 26, 2013 4:34 pmby Little_Apple
koalas.
Re: Contest ideas
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Tue Mar 26, 2013 8:59 pmby Lone Wolf
Earth Defender.
Re: Contest ideas
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Tue Mar 26, 2013 9:33 pmby Quartz
Lamp wrote:Also, 4th of July should be the theme of the contest next to 4th of July.
This is an idea that no one likes except you.
Lamp wrote:Stupid ideas (correct me if i'm wrong):
Randomest level contest
Smallest level contest
Biggest level contest
Perhaps. But the idea of "Big Levels" is certainly an excellent one. "Small Levels" could be great too.
Lamp wrote:Not bad ideas:
Most Detailed level contest
Best levelgened level contest
Simplest but most fun level contest
I like all of these. I would undoubtedly do horrible at levelgen contest but that's fine, there would be a lot of cool levels from other people.
Also obviously it'd just be "Simple Level Contest." Lol "Simplest but most fun" sounds very ... unsmooth.
Re: Contest ideas
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Wed Mar 27, 2013 8:43 amby sky_lark
I actually like the simplest idea and smallest idea. For the latter, perhaps you could restrict map sizes to a certain amount of gridsquares (that idea actually sounds really familiar, anyone else remember it?). It would be harder to regulate "simple" but that could be cool as well.
Take the initiative and post a level contest thread!
Re: Contest ideas
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Wed Mar 27, 2013 9:25 pmby Lamp
Quartz wrote:Lamp wrote:Also, 4th of July should be the theme of the contest next to 4th of July.
This is an idea that no one likes except you.
Lamp wrote:Stupid ideas (correct me if i'm wrong):
Randomest level contest
Smallest level contest
Biggest level contest
Perhaps. But the idea of "Big Levels" is certainly an excellent one. "Small Levels" could be great too.
Lamp wrote:Not bad ideas:
Most Detailed level contest
Best levelgened level contest
Simplest but most fun level contest
I like all of these. I would undoubtedly do horrible at levelgen contest but that's fine, there would be a lot of cool levels from other people.
Also obviously it'd just be "Simple Level Contest." Lol "Simplest but most fun" sounds very ... unsmooth.
The smallest level contest would fail miserably
Someone would just make a level, and then resize it to make it tiny that you don't even fit your ship in.
The biggest level contest might fail too, someone would just resize their level to 999999999
Re: Contest ideas
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Wed Mar 27, 2013 9:35 pmby bobdaduck
Nobody would vote for that, so that would be their loss.
Re: Contest ideas
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Thu Mar 28, 2013 6:42 amby sky_lark
Lamp, I don't think I understood your idea properly then. I wasn't suggesting that people battle to see who can create the physically smallest level ever. That wouldn't even be a level contest, it'd be a feat of level making technique. No, what I was suggesting was that people are given a certain gridsize, then try to make a decent level within those parameters. For example, maybe 6x6 (big squares). That could get you enough room for a good Nexus or Bitmatch, although I'd be interested to see if someone could make a good team map, like Core.
Re: Contest ideas
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Thu Mar 28, 2013 9:36 amby Quartz
sky_lark wrote:Lamp, I don't think I understood your idea properly then. I wasn't suggesting that people battle to see who can create the physically smallest level ever. That wouldn't even be a level contest, it'd be a feat of level making technique. No, what I was suggesting was that people are given a certain gridsize, then try to make a decent level within those parameters. For example, maybe 6x6 (big squares). That could get you enough room for a good Nexus or Bitmatch, although I'd be interested to see if someone could make a good team map, like Core.
In other words, not "Smallest Level," but "Small Levels." Yes
Re: Contest ideas
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Fri Apr 19, 2013 5:10 pmby amgine
how about best use of curves tool level?
Re: Contest ideas
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Fri Apr 19, 2013 5:24 pmby Little_Apple
amgine wrote:how about best use of curves tool level?
Re: Contest ideas
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Fri Apr 19, 2013 6:42 pmby Quartz
Serpentine came late to that party I see. ;D
Re: Contest ideas
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Sun Apr 21, 2013 12:43 pmby sky_lark
What are you implying, Little Apple? That contest was a year and a half ago, I'm sure if people want to repeat it we can without worry.
Re: Contest ideas
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Fri Sep 20, 2019 2:24 pmby Quartz
bobdaduck wrote:Politics themed contest
Let's do it.
Where we droppin', boys?
Re: Contest ideas
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Sat May 16, 2020 6:28 pmby amgine
How about around the world.
themes from places world wide.
lots of ideas to be had there
Re: Contest ideas
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Sat May 16, 2020 11:13 pmby sky_lark
Lol, how did you even find this thread... gosh, 2013 feels like three years ago, not seven...
Re: Contest ideas
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Thu May 21, 2020 10:05 amby amgine
it was the last post on this meta area of the forum ironicclly didnt see it was 2013
this still could be used for a general party idea area
I had a another one
animal theme
Re: Contest ideas
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Fri May 29, 2020 6:01 pmby Quartz
sky_lark wrote:Lol, how did you even find this thread... gosh, 2013 feels like three years ago, not seven...
To be fair, in this case I apparently necro'd it in 2019.
Re: Contest ideas
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Wed Jun 03, 2020 12:26 amby Santiago ZAP
Contributing to the necroing here, but one contest i'd love to see is asymmertrical gameplay, just like bob's map where one team attacks and the other defends, would be cool to see asymetrical nexus, rabbit, etc...
Re: Contest ideas
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Wed Jun 03, 2020 3:20 pmby amgine
I would be down for a assymetrical map contest. it would be interesting to see if they could make the maps balanced.
Re: Contest ideas
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Thu Jun 04, 2020 2:21 pmby Quartz
I think the asymmetrical idea has been mentioned before. I still love the idea.
Re: Contest ideas
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Thu Jun 04, 2020 4:52 pmby amgine
I had a interesting idea a imposter themed map try to design a map the way another map designer would do it but better try to pass off as them
Re: Contest ideas
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Thu Jun 04, 2020 5:14 pmby bobdaduck
amgine wrote:I had a interesting idea a imposter themed map try to design a map the way another map designer would do it but better try to pass off as them
We did this already
Re: Contest ideas
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Wed May 05, 2021 6:44 amby airbonesix
found some pretty good contest ideas here
Re: Contest ideas
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Thu Mar 24, 2022 5:40 amby burekvid
I'm from canada, can i still participate ?
Re: Contest ideas
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Tue Nov 29, 2022 6:03 pmby Skybax
burekvid wrote:I'm from canada, can i still participate ?
Yes