Contest Survey

[Briareos H]

Well for example a lot of the wip's already have had images posted.

That's a good point. I think you're right with the rule to start from scratch.

 

The statement that Thief FM contests never had prizes is mistaken (example) and I think that, depending on the generosity of a few people, having a prize pool would be a nice motivational idea. I actually wouldn't mind donating a bit for a FM contest if there were to be many newcomers. What wouldn't be fun is a contest where only the few very active mappers produce a mission and everyone forgets it after a while. I'm afraid that the mapping community might be quite reduced at the moment, and it's still doubtful to me whether people would be interested in making their first map.

 

Also, is Aprilsister an alt of aidakeeley? I certainly detect the same kind of unnerving irrelevance.

 

EDIT: By the way, I'm the one who voted for use of ambient sounds, though that was almost a tie with seasons. None of the currently released missions for TDM have convinced me sound-wise. I'm pretty sure that a strong highlight on aural experience would force mappers to spend a lot of time tweaking their rooms to perfection to the benefit of all experience modalities. I'm a sucker for multimodal immersion.

Edited January 28, 2011 by Briareos H

[Sotha]

Hey, now seasons and dark secret are tied! Should there be a final vote to discern between these two?

 

Both are fine for me.

[Aprilsister]

Yes, have a run-off, or combine them in to one... but go go go.

 

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And, no, Briareos, I'm not an alt of aidakeeley -- but you're not the first to be interested so.

Edited January 29, 2011 by Aprilsister

[Springheel]

Is there any rush, considering hardly any mappers have actually signed on?

[Aprilsister]

I'd say there is a "rush" to get the basis defined so that people could then have something to sign on to...

[Sotha]

I'd say there is a "rush" to get the basis defined so that people could then have something to sign on to...

 

Aye. All this discussion and voting is useless if we have too few participants in the end. That is why i see it important to get to the "mappers enroll" phase relatively quickly.

[nbohr1more]

As it appears that the survey is not accumulating any more votes, I will declare "Seasons" the winning theme.

 

I am working on the final details for this contest and will post them as soon as possible in a new thread...

[Sotha]

As it appears that the survey is not accumulating any more votes, I will declare "Seasons" the winning theme.

 

I am working on the final details for this contest and will post them as soon as possible in a new thread...

 

Good job! Thanks!

[Midnight]

Just a quick idea for a future contest.

 

Not sure if this has been suggested already. Take the training mission map as a base and turn it into a proper FM. You could add anything you want to it, or remove whatever seems un-necessary. Obvious downside is that you might get tired of seeing similar architecture in each entry, and it might also be a bit jarring to go from one mission where you expect door x to lead to y and the next mission door x leads to z.

 

Heh, the more I write the less of a good idea this seems, but I still think it would be interesting from a mappers pov, though if there were interest in a contest like this it would probably be best to wait until TDM is more established. It would be best if early contests were aimed at bringing about as much variety in visuals and gameplay as possible.

[jaxa]

And for a contest furtherer into the future, "Mini Games", like some of the recent T2 FMs like Snowball Fight or the zombie one or something that involves clever use of the physics system a la Swing. Such a contest should probably be postponed until there are a greater number of traditional stealth maps (same reason to not do a "total crap" contest ).