The Wonderland Board

We have a new editor. Yay. I mean, Yippee!

In honor of this, I will have a little contest. One which every room is a certain size. 32 (Length) by 38 (Width). For some of you this size will look familiar.

RULES AND REGULATIONS
1. ALL rooms are at the aforementioned size, 32x38. No exceptions!
2. NO hubs (I.E., it is all one level set)!
3. You may have up to 60 Rooms. They can be 1 big puzzle, many small puzzles, and/or have a storyline.
4. All editor materials are fair game.
5. You must work on this ALONE. You cannot work with anyone, excluding yourself. You may ask for help with editor functions though.
6. Your submission must be completable with a 'Gold' ranking. (I.E., tested by you)
7. All work MUST be original. You cannot use any puzzles/characters from any other level sets. You may, however, use forum members' username.
8. Remember, do not taunt any of the other submissions. They have feelings too, you know!
9. All submissions are to be PM'd to me, as a .zip file, with any other needed files (The Level, Custom Icons/Textures/Models, etc.). A .txt file, with instructions on downloading is only required on submissions with additional files.
10. All submissions are to be entered by July 4, 2014, by 23:59 MST. If any submissions are entered after this date, it is automatically disqualified.
11. All rules must be met in your submission, or it will be disqualified.
12. You cannot use any 'Pow' or 'Blink' Magic. This includes scripted Spellballs!
13. NO CHEAP TRICKS!!!

EDIT: 2 Rules added, 2 Rules amended, and the end date has been changed.

nice, a WACC-like thing.

i'll give it a try!

edit: how about we PM the entries instead?

mako wrote: 8. Remember, do not taunt any of the other submissions. They have feelings too, you know!

BORING

I, uh, may do this thingy though. If I don't get school'd.

mako wrote:RULES AND REGULATIONS
1. ALL rooms are at the aforementioned size, 32x38. No exceptions!
2. NO hubs (I.E., it is all one level set)!
3. You may have up to 42 Rooms. They can be 1 big puzzle, many small puzzles, and/or have a storyline.
4. All editor materials are fair game.
5. You must work on this ALONE. You cannot work with anyone, excluding yourself. You may ask for help with editor functions though.
6. Your submission must be completable with a 'Gold' ranking. (I.E., tested by you)
7. All work MUST be original. You cannot use any puzzles/characters from any other level sets. You may, however, use forum members' username.
8. Remember, do not taunt any of the other submissions. They have feelings too, you know!
9. All submissions are to be placed in this topic, as a .zip file, with any other needed files (The Level, Custom Icons/Textures/Models, etc.). A .txt file, with instructions on downloading is only required on submissions with additional files.
10. All submissions are to be entered by June 5, 2014, by 23:59 MST. If any submissions are entered after this date, it is automatically disqualified.
11. All 11 rules must be met in your submission, or it will be disqualified.

So this is basically just "make an adventure with WLVs sized 32x38?

No offense, but I think that's going to be a pretty dull competition. The few times WACC earned a reasonable amount of entries (5+), the participants had to follow unique and challenging rules they wouldn't normally try to follow. But because most WLVs in our ordinary adventures already fit in a 32x38 sized area, this competition is pretty much just "make a good adventure", which is what we're always trying to do.

But hey, maybe that's just me. I won't be entering, but maybe someone else will.

To be honest, I have to agree with yot yot5, this contest is rather mundane. The previous contests all had something that made them unique, but this seems like "make some big adventures with whatever." Of course, it may be a good idea to keep things simple at first, but still.

My opinion is the same, this is definitely not challenging. It's like giving your children $8000 and asking them if they can survive one day before you get back home - sure they can, and they'll do many things you haven't intended them to do.

Pawelec wrote:My opinion is the same, this is definitely not challenging. It's like giving your children $8000 and asking them if they can survive one day before you get back home - sure they can, and they'll do many things you haven't intended them to do.

please

stop

before

this

gets

out

of

hand

inb4 this gets out of hand

Pawelec wrote:My opinion is the same, this is definitely not challenging. It's like giving your children $8000 and asking them if they can survive one day before you get back home - sure they can, and they'll do many things you haven't intended them to do.

Well, I'd hate to be your child if you think you should make staying alive until you get back as hard as possible.

But, I do agree.

Well, to me, this is a challenge; I mostly make levels that are 20x20.

Just out of curiosity, how many levels maximum and minimum must this require?

And, all so, what's your recommendation on the amount of levels per this adventure?

I actually all ready made one; it was hard, it's the first time I actually really used Z-bots... or flash magic... or suction tubes... or rainbow bubbles... or floing bubbles... or, a level this size, actually.

Jutomi wrote:Well, to me, this is a challenge; I mostly make levels that are 20x20.

You can always add exterior walls. It's more of a limit to me, who tends the dimensions 40+. I might have to cut out unnecessary things! :O

Wait, I can..?

I'm sorry Mako, but I probably won't be in for this. It's too vague on what we're supposed to do and I don't feel like making a random one-shot adventure of that size and quality right now. Maybe you should try adding more limits? (e.g. No monsters?)

I've changed some rules, and added 2 rules to 'Serve the Customer'. The new end date is July 4th. If needed I will make it go 'til July 31.

Uh-oh...

If that were Brr, I'd be set.

Oh well, I am sure I can come up with something, quick.

The minimum level requirement is 1, right?

Yes.

I've been on vacation, sorry for the late response

I just wanted to bump this to make sure no body - including Mako - forgot about it.

I look forward to seeing every one else's submissions.

This is still active, right?

Yes. I've been away. Surgery, DROD, etc. Have all been pulling from Wonderland.

I'd like to tell how voting works, if I may.
*takes podium*
There will be 4 publicly vote-able categories.
1. Best Story
2. Best technical use.
3. Best puzzle(s)
4. Difficulty

There will be 2 special awards.
4. MS pick.
5. My pick.

All categories are a 1-10 rating.
Ties will be settled by combat.

Sorry about the surgery.

It's OK.

It should be over, but with only 1 entry, this will continue to the 31st.

Uh-oh...

inb4 it never ends because no one else ever enters

I've never entirely understood why, either...

I personally find it as a motivation to make interesting puzzles.

Really, the two contest levels I made are two of my favorite levels that I've ever made.

Jutomi wrote:I've never entirely understood why, either...

why what

Why users don't submit to contests.

I would join if it had some type of challenge but this contest to me is so, uh, general? Just "make an adventure with width x and height y" doesn't prove a challenge to me.

I made it more challenging on myself by making it have to essentially exactly fit into that size...

like, only having 1x1 walls around the edge - if I remember accurately.

It did make me think a little.

Jutomi wrote:Why users don't submit to contests.

Because most contests aren't very good lately