OK, THE 48-HOUR MAP JAM IS OFFICIAL!
THE THEME IS VIKINGS
Voting for the date is pretty much done. It's clear that most people are going to be okay with this upcoming weekend: 7/6 - 7/8
RULES/General information:
A theme will be announced at the beginning of the jam at 12:00 a.m (GMT), via my twitter handle: "@idubbbz" and I will also post it here in big, bold lettering: (VIKINGS)
The theme should be pretty apparent and explicit in your map so no one thinks you started early.
This is the tool ill use for deciding the theme: http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/9894 ... megen.html
You can use any of the community assets at your disposal and as much AI as you want. BUT BE FOREWARNED! If you add too much community content to your map or have too much AI, it might bog down people's computers, affecting your chances of winning. There are no limits in terms of story, size of the map, or anything else for that matter. If you want to make a huge set of custom pieces before the event, that is your prerogative. If you WANT to share them, it's up to you. May the best map maker win.
For Anton's sake & the sake of Sumlauncher: - "Any custom items that are used, should either be provided as a new pack, or people should use custom objects from SUMLauncher. I'm going to do my best over the weekend to put all the maps that are created into SUMLauncher as we go, and this will be hugely useful for me. Noting which objects are used, will also help me a lot." - Do this to make things easier for everyone. You don't have to, but we highly encourage it.
You must have the map uploaded in the designated thread by 11:59 p.m. (GMT) on Sunday!
Feel free to live-stream the crap out of it. I know I'm going to. (I will be participating, but not eligible for winning) If you're not on twitter, GET ON IT! We can yell at each other about our trials and tribulations!
The winner of the map jam will be determined by a poll, within a thread, containing all the finished levels. The poll will be in the SPF, and it will be up for 1 week. (would it be shitty to have the poll + maps in the SPF instead of the modding sub-forum?)
The winner will receive ONE steam game of their choosing. (except train simulator & Planetary Annihilation)
In the event of a tie, I will create an overgrowth video of 2 rabbit AI (Winner 1) & (Winner 2)
both identical rabbits except for the team they are on: (Winner 1) & (Winner 2) . Whichever rabbit wins, wins the competition. (
, it's basically a coin toss..with a little more excitement)In closing, I'm going to be a little lenient on the start and end times. We all experience technical issues with overgrowth, hardware problems, etc. This is meant to be fun! SO PUT A SMILE ON YA FACE!
