The Summer 2016 7.2 Hour Contest!

[Kube]

Geez I love this community. Thank you so very much.

This contest was a blast to take part in. Now we've got a ton of good alphas to playtest. Thank you @LeSwordfish for doing such a wonderful job hosting.

 

[Startacker!]

I have learned one thing though:
I really, really enjoy streaming, thanks to everyone who watched!

EDIT: I'm streaming, but it's not showing up on the Streams tab.

 

[Corvatile]

Thanks to everyone who voted for Ranchhouse, even if I did apparently spell 'Conagher' incorrectly on the sign and nobody told me until just now.

Spoiler

 

[PevWolf]

announced soon!

 

[Yrr]

happy to see all the winners are maps i gave 5s

 

[Davekillerish]

Can we see the votes and feedback for the detail entries or a link to that information?

Also CONTEST HYPE!

 

[dryerlint]

Good job, everyone! The winners honestly look almost like normal-quality maps, you could barely even tell that they were made in only 7.2 hours.

Can't wait to see what the next contest will be!

 

[killohurtz]

Can we see the votes and feedback for the detail entries or a link to that information?

I'll tidy up the scores and judging and release that publically tomorrow

 

[Funnystuf]

Well, I may not have won, or even come runner-up, but it was still fun to enter. Thanks for hosting this, guys.

 

[LeSwordfish]

Full judging results can be found here: Layout, Detail.

 

[Paper Shadow]

I'm so embarrassed by my incorrectly packed layout entry, and while I can complain about the lack of an obvious packing tutorial, the only person I can truly blame is myself for adding the custom content in the first place... -_-'

Congrats to the winners and participants. It'll be interesting to see what layout entries continue to get development and what detail entries inspire map detailing...

 

[nickybakes]

I'm very happy with the feedback I received. I definitely bit off more than I could chew though, by trying to make a whole town/island in such a small amount of time.

Thanks @LeSwordfish for hosting the contest! I can't wait for the next major one, as it'll be my first since I've become an active member on this site!

 

[Jeddyk]

even tought i didn´t win i had a blast in this contest , cant wait for the next one well deserved winners

 

[dryerlint]

Well, I managed to score second-to-last place... yay? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Did take back a bunch of awesome feedback though. Never thought roof thickness would be such a big issue; I'll definitely keep that in mind for the future. And it was a lot of fun to try and get something out in only 7.2 hours.

Thanks to everyone who voted and gave feedback!

 

[Davekillerish]

I did fairly well, but a bit of that feedback is useless to me.
"Prop library" gee thanks, no context or furthering what you meant by that.
I can assume it means I used too many props, but I personally disagree with that.

 

[Yrr]

I did fairly well, but a bit of that feedback is useless to me.
"Prop library" gee thanks, no context or furthering what you meant by that.
I can assume it means I used too many props, but I personally disagree with that.

I would say too that it does seem like you tried to use as many props as possible tbh.

 

[Davekillerish]

I would say too that it does seem like you tried to use as many props as possible tbh.

You can say that, and I get why you would say it, but I think I didnt use a wide variety or mass spamming of props given the size of the map.

(unlike my spawnroom detail entry which was prop spam sadly)

 

[Yrr]

Honestly I'd just take from that that your idea of what too many props is isn't the same as other people's, and that you should maybe use less in future.

 

[killohurtz]

Looking through your entry's screenshots, I can definitely see where people got the propspam impression. Imagine the scene with all the props removed - all that's left is a flat beach and bare, unbroken walls. Maybe the actual prop count is fine for a map of that size, but you should rely less on props and more on brushwork to create visually interesting scenes in the future.

 

[MegapiemanPHD]

Failure was a failure, no surprise there.