Map Jam & Challenge #17
http://wiki.teamliquid.net/starcraft2/User:The_Templar/Map_Jam_&_Challenge

From
Saturday, Feb 21 4:00pm GMT (GMT+00:00)
To
Sunday, Feb 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 in one map.
Post your map overview and relevant details in this thread.
Poll decides on winner with participants having one additional vote.

Winner is determined
Tuesday, Feb 24 4:00pm GMT (GMT+00:00)

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Forest Maze by TheFish7 + Show Spoiler +

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RNGesus by Uvantak + Show Spoiler +

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Unknown Laboratory by lftsraindrop + Show Spoiler +

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Ruinous Maximus MJE by NinjaDuckBob + Show Spoiler +

Hiatus by ScorpSCII + Show Spoiler +

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Algue's Fantasy by -NegativeZero- + Show Spoiler +

Poll: Which map uses the given topics the best?

Forest Maze by TheFish7 (1)

3%

RNGesus by Uvantak (2)

5%

Unknown Laboratory by lftsraindrop (0)

0%

Ruinous Maximus MJE by NinjaDuckBob (1)

3%

Hiatus by ScorpSCII (27)

71%

Algue's Fantasy by -NegativeZero- (7)

18%

38 total votes

Your vote: Which map uses the given topics the best?

(Vote): Forest Maze by TheFish7
(Vote): RNGesus by Uvantak
(Vote): Unknown Laboratory by lftsraindrop
(Vote): Ruinous Maximus MJE by NinjaDuckBob
(Vote): Hiatus by ScorpSCII
(Vote): Algue's Fantasy by -NegativeZero-

Topics:

TBD

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 giveaways, no t-shirts. 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 #17
The Map Jam & Challenge starts Saturday, Feb 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 The_Templar, 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.

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
Map Jam #9
- 2 Central bases separated by rocks with two ramps leading to each expansion
- Nonlinear terrain
Map Jam #10
- No elevation levels
- At least half of the expansions on the map must be farther away from your opponent's main base than your main base is.
Map Jam #11
- At least a portion of the main base must border a cliff higher than it which is accessible from the outside.
- The map must have a single watch tower that gives vision of the 3rd base hatch/nexus/CC of all spawn points.
Map Jam #12
- Low Main.
- 1/4 of bases or more must be islands.
Map Jam #13
- At most two ramps per player
- Island map
Map Jam #14
- Maximum of 8 bases
- Very short air rush distance
Map Jam #15
- Use of mineral walls.
- Playable bounds at least twice as long as wide, or vice versa.
Map Jam #16
- Only 2 normal (8 mineral, 2 gas) bases per player.
- The use of single wide horizontal or vertical ramps.

Uvantak

Uruguay1381 Posts

February 16 2015 22:21 GMT

Templar I luv u :3

Xenotolerance

United States464 Posts

February 16 2015 22:48 GMT

Topic seeeent

Big J

Austria16289 Posts

February 16 2015 23:17 GMT

Submitted

IeZaeL

Italy991 Posts

February 17 2015 08:55 GMT

Topic sent :D

Coppermantis

United States845 Posts

February 17 2015 09:40 GMT

Sent mine in.

fluidrone

France1478 Posts

February 18 2015 11:28 GMT

a templar onboard a battlecruiser.. what could go wrong?
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thank you for mapmaking event <3

EatThePath

United States3943 Posts

February 20 2015 16:35 GMT

submitted, see you tomorrow

The_Templar

your Country52797 Posts

February 21 2015 16:04 GMT

Topics:

5 player map
At least one double-sided XNT, i.e. the tower is placed between two unpathable areas that create a long walk distance between either side, with no space adjacent to the tower for passage.

Example of the second one:
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TheFish7

United States2824 Posts

February 21 2015 20:04 GMT

#10

Oooh intriguing set of topics. I wonder how many maps will end up with 5 XNTs.

The_Templar

your Country52797 Posts

February 21 2015 20:23 GMT

#11

On February 22 2015 05:04 TheFish7 wrote:
Oooh intriguing set of topics. I wonder how many maps will end up with 5 XNTs.

Mine probably will >.<

Big J

Austria16289 Posts

February 22 2015 01:40 GMT

#12

Odd amounts of players on a map always makes me throw up when using the editor... I'm trying but I'm really shit at this...

SwedenTheKid

567 Posts

February 22 2015 02:33 GMT

#13

Why do I get the feeling lots of people are going to give up with the 5p topic?

The_Templar

your Country52797 Posts

February 22 2015 02:47 GMT

#14

On February 22 2015 11:33 SwedenTheKid wrote:
Why do I get the feeling lots of people are going to give up with the 5p topic?

Yes, well...

TheFish7

United States2824 Posts

February 22 2015 02:53 GMT

#15

Forest Maze

15 bases, semi-symmetrical, gratuitous LOS blockers, close spawns disabled.

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Big J

Austria16289 Posts

February 22 2015 03:40 GMT

#16

On February 22 2015 11:33 SwedenTheKid wrote:
Why do I get the feeling lots of people are going to give up with the 5p topic?

I already hate the imbalance on 4p rotational maps. And 5p has to be rotational, but even then the ramps don't work out so you have to make it more broken.
But I still calculated through where to place all the starting positions so that they are equal far away and already putting up with the fact that one of the bases (for me bottom middle) cannot be like the others (I'd have to move it one hex for that). But then it came back to ramps again and I realized how I would just end up with way too many bases from my original plan.
And in the end it's just going to be 3p with 5-positions to begin with, because letting 2 players start next to each other would be insane.

Maybe I should just make some assymetric-don't-even-try thingy, but I'm not in the mood for that. I like symmetries... (taking it too seriously, I know. But I honestly have no clue how to make a 5p map that somehow makes sense in my head)

Uvantak

Uruguay1381 Posts

February 22 2015 05:12 GMT

#17

Behold! RNGesus

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The map can be played as 1v1, 2v2, 1v2v2 or a extremely RNG based FFA, the choice is yours!

Map info:

♦ In 1v1 players can't spawn the two at the same time on the same main.
♦ Horizontal and Diagonal rocks have 4000 HP and 3 armor each, Vertical rocks have 7000 HP with the same armor.

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I spent like 2 3* hours 20 min on this and somehow it came up pretty, natural tilesets ftw! lol

Can be found in: Nowhere. If anyone wants me to upload this say so!

And G

Germany491 Posts

February 22 2015 05:41 GMT

#18

I was going to make an axially symmetric 1v4 map with the one player starting with a gold base and walled off, but I just don't have the time and the whole concept is stupid anyway...