HD Level Design Contest #1 - Maze

[FeelsGoodMan]

Uhm. These obstacles defines route path to exit. Not intended to be player enable-disable obstacles.
the idea behind is sorting the route parts when a player enters into the maze.

I'm not sure I understand, can you elaborate a bit? Just keep in mind that if it's a puzzle, then it's not allowed.

 

[Avahor]

yeah. It's not a puzzle. no need to solve anything extra to find the exit.
Its just a dynamic maze that updates exit's path when a player enters into.
the way to make these changes is enabling - disabling obstacles (or walls)

 

[FeelsGoodMan]

yeah. It's not a puzzle. no need to solve anything extra to find the exit.
Its just a dynamic maze that updates exit's path when a player enters into.
the way to make these changes is enabling - disabling obstacles (or walls)

Sounds good to me, but let's wait a day to allow others to voice their opinions if they don't agree.

 

[Azurot]

My interpretation has been that actual gameplay can be implied aesthetically, i.e. environmental hazards & glyphs that must be reached to protect you from the hazards. But actually triggering environmental hazards or items that grant protection when interacted with is not allowed.

So if the dynamic pathways you're talking about are "forceable" through player action and require a specific action in order to progress then I imagine that would fall under the "Gameplay" category. For example, requiring a player to pull a set of levers in a specific pattern in order to open a door or scramble generated obstacles so as to allow the player to progress, may not be allowed.

With all of that said, I stand by my initial statements about the interpretability of the rules and playing to your strengths, and don't think that somebody should be punished for their vision if they are able to make the gameplay-lite mechanics work in conjunction with the aesthetic portion. Maybe this will make the contest significantly harder to judge, but I say go with whatever your plans are as long as they aren't super involved, and are gonna have people stumped on your level lol

 

[Celaquil]

Might have to skip out on this one, life suddenly got pretty busy before the holidays.
If I find time, I'll see if I can't whip something together, otherwise you can sign me up for judging.

Kinda sucks, because I really wanted to join. But eh, c'est la vie, we'll see.

 

[Avahor]

first no wip

 

[Avahor]

wip n1

 

[Flinn]

first no wip

Noice!
Where are the ramps from?

 

[Avahor]

Hey, those are included in "Cityscape +" Doodad Pack

 

[FeelsGoodMan]

Hey, still working on this. I was just on a 2 week holiday and lost a lot of time, but hopefully I'll be able to finish within the deadline.

 

[Avahor]

i'm late, dont know if I'll be ready on deadline

 

[FeelsGoodMan]

i'm late, dont know if I'll be ready on deadline

Pretty sure we can get an extension going. Let's check the waters with the other contestants, and if there are no objections in say, 2-3 days, then we can most likely get an extension approved by a moderator.

 

[Avahor]

Nice!

 

[FeelsGoodMan]

WIP 2:

 

[Celaquil]

Looking good! ^^

 

[FeelsGoodMan]

@Azurot What do you feel about an extension?

@Celaquil Will you be able to submit an entry if we extend the contest?

 

[Avahor]

@Azurot What do you feel about an extension?

I second this motion.
need an extension
WIP 2

 

[Azurot]

Extension is highly needed WoW got me sucked in this past month

 

[FeelsGoodMan]

Extension is highly needed WoW got me sucked in this past month

Great!

If @Kyrbi0 or @Archian can officially approve the extension that would be great.

Since we're all in agreement about the extension I'm gonna assume it will be approved as soon as a moderator checks this thread, and adjust my submission date according to that.

 

[Kyrbi0]

Great!

If @Kyrbi0 or @Archian can officially approve the extension that would be great.

Since we're all in agreement about the extension I'm gonna assume it will be approved as soon as a moderator checks this thread, and adjust my submission date according to that.

How DARE you assume that you will receive clemency from the Illustrious Staff of the Hive!!

... Of course. Sounds good

 

[FeelsGoodMan]

How DARE you assume that you will receive clemency from the Illustrious Staff of the Hive!!

... Of course. Sounds good

Thanks!

So I guess the standard extension is 2 weeks, so the new due date is the 6th of January. I have updated the main post.

 

[Kyrbi0]

I don't know if there's a "standard" extension but two weeks works. : )

 

[Celaquil]

@Celaquil Will you be able to submit an entry if we extend the contest?

Sadly, no.

The holidays and subsequent time between Christmas and new years are too busy for me, and thus one week is too little time to finish anything on this scale for me.

 

[FeelsGoodMan]

Sadly, no.

The holidays and subsequent time between Christmas and new years are too busy for me, and thus one week is too little time to finish anything on this scale for me.

Aw that's unfortunate. What do you say about being a judge?

 

[Celaquil]

Already said I can do that ^^

 

[FeelsGoodMan]

-- No longer participating --

 

[FeelsGoodMan]

@Avahor @Azurot Just want to give you both a friendly reminder of the deadline on the 6th of January

 

[Azurot]

Lol thanks for the reminder. I've been having a problem with my map that randomly shuts down my pc if I work on it for more than 5 minutes. So that's fun. We'll see if I end up actually finishing it - but ill release whatever I end up doing.

 

[FeelsGoodMan]

Lol thanks for the reminder. I've been having a problem with my map that randomly shuts down my pc if I work on it for more than 5 minutes. So that's fun. We'll see if I end up actually finishing it - but ill release whatever I end up doing.

Hmm that's weird. Have you tried doing some troubleshooting?

 

[Azurot]

To be totally honest - not really lmao. Seems like it'll just randomly send my gpu into overdrive. Might be how I'm doing alpha tiles, honestly. Never really worked with them and definitely not on reforged. Using ruined ground object without a model lol, I dont know if there's a better way.

 

[FeelsGoodMan]

To be totally honest - not really lmao. Seems like it'll just randomly send my gpu into overdrive. Might be how I'm doing alpha tiles, honestly. Never really worked with them and definitely not on reforged. Using ruined ground object without a model lol, I dont know if there's a better way.

Maybe it can help to monitor your temperatures while working on the map, maybe some of your hardware is overheating. Another thing you can do is right click Windows icon > event viewer > Windows Logs > System, and then you look for errors that are marked as critical. Make a Google search for the event ID, and see what you can find.

If it turns out it's your GPU overheating I recommend either A) if you dare, open your GPU and apply new thermal paste to the GPU die, or B) undervolt your GPU. Undervolting gives you worse performance, but better temps. It's very easy to do it in MSI Afterburner for example.

Ruined ground alpha should be unproblematic, and I have used it in many maps previously, so I doubt this is it.

 

[Archian]

Beautiful designs all of you

Is an extension needed?

 

[FeelsGoodMan]

Beautiful designs all of you

Is an extension needed?

We have already gotten a 2 week extension, but if another can be granted I'm not against it as long as both @Azurot and @Avahor agrees.

 

[Azurot]

Maybe it can help to monitor your temperatures while working on the map, maybe some of your hardware is overheating. Another thing you can do is right click Windows icon > event viewer > Windows Logs > System, and then you look for errors that are marked as critical. Make a Google search for the event ID, and see what you can find.

If it turns out it's your GPU overheating I recommend either A) if you dare, open your GPU and apply new thermal paste to the GPU die, or B) undervolt your GPU. Undervolting gives you worse performance, but better temps. It's very easy to do it in MSI Afterburner for example.

Ruined ground alpha should be unproblematic, and I have used it in many maps previously, so I doubt this is it.

I've tried monitoring temps and nothing changes before the shutdown as far as I can tell. Looking through the logs, I can see when it shutdown but there are no errors during that time outside the "System did not shutdown cleanly".

I got some solid progress and weirdly didnt have any shutdowns for a good 2 or so hours after posting yesterday lmao.

Beautiful designs all of you

Is an extension needed?

I wouldn't be opposed to another extension if @Avahor would also gain value out of that.


I'll post another WIP later today and see where we're at.

 

[Avahor]

Due my obligations at home, I lost 10 days of previous extension so an extension is greatly appreciated.

Greetings.

 

[Avahor]

WIP N° 4 (Anyone can confirm me new deadline?)

 

[FeelsGoodMan]

WIP N° 4 (Anyone can confirm me new deadline?)
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That looks great!

@Archian haven't officially confirmed the extension, but I'm gonna assume it's no problem to have it approved. So the contest due date is 20th of January. I have updated the main post.

 

[Kyrbi0]

Not Archian but I approved the last one, so sure.

 

[Azurot]

Not super happy with it, but here's the link to my submission. Still plagued by shutdowns so I wasnt able to polish it as much as i would have liked. OH WELL!

Nightshade Labyrinth

Entry for HD Maze Contest Follow a young orc warlock as he explores ancient Darnassian ruins in search for power... Will update map after the contest, but unfortunately this is my final submission for the contest as it stands now.

www.hiveworkshop.com

 

[Avahor]

My entry
Wizardry glade

Walkthrough here

A bit late, and map is far from imagined final version, but a deadline is a deadline. Good luck for everyone.
I enjoyed a lot discovering Reforged assets.

Greetings.

 

[FeelsGoodMan]

Great! Don't forget the video walkthrough guys. I can make it for you if you want, but I'm gonna need info about what route you want me to walk in the video.

 

[Avahor]

Hey thanks for the reminder

Map: Wizardry glade

Walkthrough

 

[Azurot]

Great! Don't forget the video walkthrough guys. I can make it for you if you want, but I'm gonna need info about what route you want me to walk in the video.

Ah shit, yeah. If you wouldn't mind doing that for me, that'd be sick. Its fairly linear, but the idea was to "collect" all the purple runes, then walk to the cliffside log shrine in the bottom right, then to the eye of sargeras shrine on the bottom left. Thanks for your patience with my slow ass, Feelsgood.

Hey thanks for the reminder
Here is the Video

This is unbelievably inventive and novel. Love it!

 

[Avahor]

This is unbelievably inventive and novel. Love it!

Oh man, its nice you liked it.
Thank you
Greetings!

 

[FeelsGoodMan]

Ah shit, yeah. If you wouldn't mind doing that for me, that'd be sick. Its fairly linear, but the idea was to "collect" all the purple runes, then walk to the cliffside log shrine in the bottom right, then to the eye of sargeras shrine on the bottom left. Thanks for your patience with my slow ass, Feelsgood.


This is unbelievably inventive and novel. Love it!

Alright, I'll get to it one of the coming days!

 

[Archian]

Fantastic entries! Is a further extension needed?

 

[Avahor]

At least not from my side. My entry is done.
thank you Archian

 

[FeelsGoodMan]

Fantastic entries! Is a further extension needed?

I believe that's a wrap, everyone submitted their entries.


Map: Nightshade Labyrinth

@Azurot here's your video walkthrough:

 

[deepstrasz]

I see you all went with the high cliff, fog down below thing.
I like it that Azurot made more use of going under stuff (bridges, arches etc.).
I also really like it that even though Azurot and Avahor mainly used grass and stone, their style and environments were different, the first having more of a jungle+ruined/old temple feel while the second going for a more medieval European vibe. Meanwhile FeelsGoodMan went full mountain snow and ice.

 

[Azurot]

I believe that's a wrap, everyone submitted their entries.

@Azurot here's your video walkthrough:

Thanks bud!

Also, really interesting seeing a pov of somebody going in relatively blind to a level like that. Thanks again for going out of your way to do the walkthrough!

I see you all went with the high cliff, fog down below thing.
I like it that Azurot made more use of going under stuff (bridges, arches etc.).
I also really like it that even though Azurot and Avahor mainly used grass and stone, their style and environments were different, the first having more of a jungle+ruined/old temple feel while the second going for a more medieval European vibe. Meanwhile FeelsGoodMan went full mountain snow and ice.

It's all about that -depth-.