TF2Maps Presents: The Winter 2017 72hour TF2Jam!

LeSwordfish

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can someone help me? i made a skin but i have no ideia on how to submit it

There's a massive link in the OP and i've put a massive link in my own signature.

Hey, thanks for putting this event on!
I wanted to make sure that my idea wouldn't be judged as low-effort, so I wanted to clear it here first.
My idea is three weapon ideas I've had. Each would have a funny, Mann Co. Store styled product description and stats, but I would only draw one, because I'm not a very good artist, and the other 2 ideas are rather geometrically complex. Is this low effort? I wanted to make sure before I invest time in making this a reality.

Thanks for your time.

That sounds good as a start - but these events are great for pushing yourself, so I would suggest seeing if you can do more than the one drawing.
 

MilkMaster72

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My drawing pad does not want to work anymore, but I decided that I want to create a weapon idea and draw it out. Can I draw it with pencil on paper, then use my phone to take a picture of it and upload it as my entry, or will it be considered a low effort entry? I would use my scanner for a clearer image but, that's also broken...
Oh, and also, can I use a concept I created a long time ago, but re-create it?
 

aumtwrf1337

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Feb 11, 2017
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Hey everybody! Keep up your good work :) I've got to get to sleep so I can crush it tomorrow in the final 24 hours of the Jam!

My goal for this weekend is to learn about recording replay demos and the process of exporting high-quality videos. There are a ton of great tutorials out there.

I love TF2, and I've always thought it had a very unique community. I can't wait to see all the cool maps, art, fan-fic and hulabah-hoodoo you guys and gals can come up with.



My personal challenge this weekend is to publish one high-quality highlight reel of competitive TF2, which demonstrates to all viewers the tf2 matchmaking experience.

(the HOW-TO series by NISLT is a good example of my inspiration)


You can check out my progress here. So far I have two videos made, and I still have a lot to learn. I guess there is a known issue with exporting in windows via "startmovie <filename> h264" which can prevent audio from properly syncing to the video - I'll have to troubleshoot tomorrow :S

Please recommend any favourite tutorials you might have (anything and everything- map making, video editing, workflow, etc ... )

My environment
OS: Windows, Linux
Ram: 32G
HDDs: A few
Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-6700K CPU @ 4.00GHz
Software: Steam, Blender, Dropbox, Google Drive, Solitaire
Platform: Youtube
 

LeSwordfish

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My drawing pad does not want to work anymore, but I decided that I want to create a weapon idea and draw it out. Can I draw it with pencil on paper, then use my phone to take a picture of it and upload it as my entry, or will it be considered a low effort entry? I would use my scanner for a clearer image but, that's also broken...
Oh, and also, can I use a concept I created a long time ago, but re-create it?

Thats fine.
 

zzuxon

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Feb 8, 2017
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That sounds good as a start - but these events are great for pushing yourself, so I would suggest seeing if you can do more than the one drawing.
I really appreciate this feedback. Unfortunately, I have some other stuff going on and ultimately decided I don't have time to draw the other two. Hopefully it's enough, but if it isn't I'm at least proud of what I did. I'll be submitting shortly. Thanks for all the help.
 

aumtwrf1337

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Feb 11, 2017
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Use some editing software to cut out the idle parts of the demo, such as the beginning with the demo controller

Yeah for sure! As of last night I just sorta figured out how to to export from the dem file, to something watchable- and then it was a learning experience for creating a youtube channel and doing my first upload. Having an end-to-end workflow is clearly very important for this type of product.

Thanks for the feedback!
 

Vipes

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Feb 12, 2017
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How does one submit non maps? Really don't think I should be uploading anything that's not a map.