Map Jam & Challenge #9

The_Templar

your Country52798 Posts

December 14 2013 13:36 GMT

Map Jam & Challenge #9

From
Saturday, Dec 21 4:00pm GMT (GMT+00:00)
To
Sunday, Dec 22 4:00pm GMT (GMT+00:00)

Rules:

All participants send one topic to the admin via PM, e.g. 'rocks' and 'low main'.
Combine the two randomly selected topics (tba) in one map.
Post your map overview and relevant details in this thread and have your map uploaded to EU/NA within the next 24 hours.
Poll decides on winner with participants having one additional vote.

Winner is determined
Wednesday, Dec 25 4:00pm GMT (GMT+00:00)

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Wasted Journeys by SidianTheBard
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Untitled by moskonia
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Korhal Ravine by Uvantak
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Chiron Beta Prime by Coppermantis
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Hidden Spoils by The_Templar
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Planet C by NewSunshine
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Galilei Guile by RFDaemoniac
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Salusa Secundis by TheFish7
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Retrosynthesis by -NegativeZero-
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Poll: Which map is the best while using the topics well?

Planet C by NewSunshine (8)

40%

Korhal Ravine by Uvantak (7)

35%

Retrosynthesis by -NegativeZero- (3)

15%

Salusa Secundis by TheFish7 (2)

10%

Wasted Journeys by SidianTheBard (0)

0%

Untitled by moskonia (0)

0%

Chiron Beta Prime by Coppermantis (0)

0%

Hidden Spoils by The_Templar (0)

0%

Galilei Guile by RFDaemoniac (0)

0%

20 total votes

Your vote: Which map is the best while using the topics well?

(Vote): Wasted Journeys by SidianTheBard
(Vote): Untitled by moskonia
(Vote): Korhal Ravine by Uvantak
(Vote): Chiron Beta Prime by Coppermantis
(Vote): Hidden Spoils by The_Templar
(Vote): Planet C by NewSunshine
(Vote): Galilei Guile by RFDaemoniac
(Vote): Salusa Secundis by TheFish7
(Vote): Retrosynthesis by -NegativeZero-

Since there was one PM vote for Korhal Ravine and none for Planet C, it's a tie!

Previous Topics

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Map Jam #1
- 2v2
- Desert Oasis Style Mains
Map Jam #2
- Extreme chokes and open spaces
- Use of hostile units
Map Jam #3
- 3 player
- multiple Xel'Naga Towers
Map Jam #4
- Area < 16900
- Forward high ground
Map Jam #5
- No ramps
- Maximum playable width of 116
Map Jam #6
- Gold Bases
- Contains at least 11 ramps per player
Map Jam #7
- Based on a Magic the Gathering card
- Xel'Naga tower in main
Map Jam #8
- 3 player map
- Asymmetric

Topics:

2 Central bases separated by rocks with two ramps leading to each expansion

Non-linear terrain: Use of ramps, highground pods, and/or pathways that are not part of the main attack routes.

Process
Send your idea for an interesting topic to the event's administrator via a private message to The_Templar. Two topics are randomly selected using randomizer.org at the start of the event, and then immediately made official. This way, no "cheating" can occur, and the administrator can technically participate as well.

Make sure you read the How does it work? section as well and feel free to ask additional questions in this thread.

FAQ:

What is the Map Jam & Challenge?
The Map Jam & Challenge is a format by and for the community.
The Map Jam & Challenge is a regular map making competition.
The Map Jam & Challenge wants you to be creative and quick.
The Map Jam & Challenge provokes thinking outside the box.

This is a format developed collaboratively by Samro and Scorp, and was motivated by MotM, CSL Map Jam and the Map Making Challenge.

Why do this?
It is all about challenging your fellow map makers with some strange idea and together do a 24h map making jam that will produce innovative, fun and crazy maps. From this format ideas may emerge that can be implemented to competitive maps - or maybe not. There is nothing to win like beta keys, sorry for that. I have no give aways, no tshirts. Also I do not own this format. This is an idea that i hope can be run by the community itself, without judges, organization, etc.

I know many will appreciate this. Here it is all about making maps. These may or may not be played. This is not the biggest point. We are looking for new ideas in maps and for new ways to make maps.

How does it work?

Runs monthly.
24 hours to allow all timezones a few hours. Is held in the weekend to allow the most people to participate.
All participants send one topic to the admin via PM, e.g. 'rocks' and 'low main'.
By a randomized process two topics are selected among all entries and made public to start the Map Jam & Challenge. This aspects helps to have no 'cheating' like preparing a map to give yourself more time.
Within the 24 hours participants post the overview in this thread and upload their map to EU/NA (ask your fellow map makers at EU/NA)
Public Vote decides on the winning map. Map makers who think they have the edge in evaluating how good a map is, can message the admin with their choice to have a double-vote.
Win = Fun & Fame

Map Jam & Challenge #9
The Map Jam & Challenge starts Saturday, Dec 21 4:00pm GMT (GMT+00:00) and runs 24 hours. Topics need to be sent to The_Templar via PM until one hour before the challenge starts. This gives the admin one hour to randomly select the double-topic. Via PM we will keep all ideas secret and fresh for the next round maybe and the double-topic is quite a surprise for everyone.

Topics will be announced in this thread.

The previous events were administrated by Scorp, Samro, and RFDaemoniac. In future events, other community members may administrate as well. If you are interested in administration please notify the admin of the most recent map jam.

Uvantak

Uruguay1381 Posts

December 14 2013 15:07 GMT

Ahhhh Yis!!
i ♥ the Mapjam

moskonia

Israel1448 Posts

December 14 2013 15:25 GMT

Fuck yes! can't wait.

iamcaustic

Canada1509 Posts

December 14 2013 21:55 GMT

Can't wait to see what the topics are going to be.

EatThePath

United States3943 Posts

December 15 2013 01:26 GMT

I always enjoy trying to craft a fun topic. Let's see...

Coppermantis

United States845 Posts

December 15 2013 06:53 GMT

Sent in my topic. Let's see what comes up this time.

neobowman

Canada3324 Posts

December 15 2013 08:17 GMT

Haha, you've got your luck cut out for you going up against Nazgul himself.

SidianTheBard

United States2475 Posts

December 15 2013 09:25 GMT

I swear every Map Jam is always a really shitty weekend for me. I'll most likely be visiting my family doing an early christmas that weekend. >.<

Time to think of a topic though...to torture everybody else!

(hopefully I can compete tho!)

-NegativeZero-

United States2142 Posts

December 15 2013 09:57 GMT

I'll likely have no proper internet access that weekend so I wouldn't be able to upload a map to bnet, but could I still enter if I just post a map overview from my phone?

The_Templar

your Country52798 Posts

December 15 2013 13:25 GMT

#10

On December 15 2013 17:17 neobowman wrote:
Haha, you've got your luck cut out for you going up against Nazgul himself.

I'm just four votes behind with a few hours left :\

On December 15 2013 18:57 -NegativeZero- wrote:
I'll likely have no proper internet access that weekend so I wouldn't be able to upload a map to bnet, but could I still enter if I just post a map overview from my phone?

That's what I usually do, should be fine

moskonia

Israel1448 Posts

December 15 2013 15:02 GMT

#11

The map making community needs some serious boost, I was sure RedBull was the boost we needed but it seems not.

iHirO

United Kingdom1381 Posts

December 15 2013 15:16 GMT

#12

GameHeart suggested a dynamic ‘arena’ map, where the map appearance changes for the spectator as the player expands. Would this be a viable topic for a map jam?

moskonia

Israel1448 Posts

December 15 2013 15:23 GMT

#13

On December 16 2013 00:16 iHirO wrote:
GameHeart suggested a dynamic ‘arena’ map, where the map appearance changes for the spectator as the player expands. Would this be a viable topic for a map jam?

Probably too complicated for most map makers, including me, so no. Map topics need to be able to explain in a few sentences max.

Uvantak

Uruguay1381 Posts

December 15 2013 20:35 GMT

#14

Well if Ryan gives us the dependencies for making the doodads change with the players colors then sure, but otherwise we would be stuck having to make the map with pre-determined colors, like making the red player spawn in the bottom right and all the doodads be colored red meanwhile the blue player spawns in the top left and all his doodads are blue, much other than that can't be done without putting a good amount of time developing a special mod for the maps.

RFDaemoniac

United States544 Posts

December 15 2013 21:22 GMT

#15

I think most of the issues behind changing area colors is technical, rather than creative, and thus not so well suited for a jam, but it's definitely worth investigating.

neobowman

Canada3324 Posts

December 15 2013 23:22 GMT

#16

I suppose it's possible to have like stuff get more creeped up with doodads being replaced with their zergified counterparts or something like that.

GameHeart

286 Posts

December 16 2013 00:01 GMT

#17

On December 16 2013 05:35 Uvantak wrote:

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I will be happy to build the system to make this easy to do for you guys at some point but I am too busy with other things at the moment. Maybe for a future challenge!

Uvantak

Uruguay1381 Posts

December 16 2013 01:03 GMT

#18

I'm quite interested about the arena type of map, too bad that i suck at making non themed maps like Phantasm, Electric Circuit and such u.u But oh well that's something i have to work on, don't worry about it tho, maybe in the future as you said, it not something that it is needed now, it can wait.

@Neobowman, that's a good idea, but iirc we don't have the animations of when the doodads start to get creeped tho, maybe if we use a modified and permanent version of the overseer's contaminate...

EatThePath

United States3943 Posts

December 16 2013 20:27 GMT

#19

On December 16 2013 09:01 GameHeart wrote:

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I will be happy to build the system to make this easy to do for you guys at some point but I am too busy with other things at the moment. Maybe for a future challenge!

That would be kind of awesome. At your leisure. ^^

MarlieChurphy

United States2065 Posts

December 17 2013 01:46 GMT

#20

Would be interesting to see some island, hybrid, or similar style map.

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