READ ALL OF THE FIRST POST IF YOU WANT TO PARTICIPATE.
ROUND THREE STARTS - SEE COMMENTS
So I was thinking of a contest idea, and am trying to put this into real life. Because my idea was unfinished, I tried to get sayko's advice. Partial credit goes to him.Anyways, I will copy and paste this from Word, so don't expect a lot. Read it all if you're interested. It explains pretty much anything.
Here it is:
TICKTOCK
This competition is a TIMED challenge. It will go something like this:
There will be X minutes making tilesets (no playtesting) and the same number of minutes placing objects and playtesting.
There will be a restriction as well, be it eliminating a type of tile or object, type of map …
You will have to use this - http://www.free-online-stopwatch.com/ - timer to make things easier and consistent. If you are off by a few seconds, it won’t matter too much.
Of course, use the honor system. If you post something like this - http://www.nmaps.net/5080 - I will be suspicious. Each round will have shorter and shorter time limits, and harder and harder restrictions.
As for the scoring, here is the rubric:
20 points asthetics,
20 points gameplay,
10 points replayability
50 altogether
Every round points will be tallied up, the person with the most points will win.
Each round will last one week, you have to submit it by then. The judges’ average points will decide the winner of the round and the points tallied up with the previous rounds'.
You will receive 0 points if not participating in a round and 10 points off if late.
HERE'S THE TWIST: The person with the highest points in the aesthetics portion will get 10% more time on the next round.
Tag your map TICKTOCK and on another tag rn(roundnumber) - ie. rn1, rn2, etc., or your map will not be counted.
No loopholes. This is what I think all of the loopholes are - feel free to remind me.
NO SPLITTING TIMES. for example, for a 5 min each one, somebody can't put 2 more minutes on the tileset and only 3 on objects.
NO BREAKS. Well, you can, but not just to think about what to do.
This is a TIMED challenge. Don't just think about it for a half hour when you get stuck in the middle.
You can cut off the times earlier than suggested, but it is not recommended. Nothing will happen if you cut off times, so make the most of your time.
The winner will get:
1st place – ded+10rates+userbar
2nd place – 7rates+userbar
3rd place – 4rates+userbar
With the rates, sayko and aerodynamic and I will each rate the allotted rates, and the judges will rate half the allotted amount (rounded down – 5, 3, and 2 respectively) to the maps of choice (if maps are not given, they will be chosen at random [as if they were just scanning the archive])
Example: I made a map a while ago like this type in case anybody wants what I did - http://www.nmaps.net/207107
Contestants:
Daikenkai/DDRave
Kablizzy (maybe) - if you want to, you can still join
lukesv
TheBlackLion
romaniac
Slayr
Hero/Sunset
Conen
Judges:
Sayko
Aerodynamic
I guess I'll judge then. *sigh*
About Questions
Feel free to ask them :) (after you read it, at least the major components).
Try to be creative. Doing something out of the ordinary will probably make you succeed (that doen't have horrible gameplay and aesthetics) :)
EDIT:
Some of you might wonder what the timer is about and when to start. The timer has a sound alarm, and you can pull N to the front, it will still work. It might be better to see it though.
You can start with a blank or full tileset AT THE PLAYTESTING SCREEN. That's it. You gotta have in mind the type of map you want.
Look on pages following for more info time-wise.
