Mini-Game Mapping Contest #5 - Defense

[KayS]

Ahh... Well, after hours of reflection... I join

Good Luck guys...

 

[Cokemonkey11]

Considering joining this one!

 

[mckill2009]

is it OK to seek help (suggestions) for the improvement of the terrain?

 

[Vengeancekael]

Sure.

 

[Eldubs]

Il be looking at the contestants maps. Small maps are in my taste

 

[Ahimtar]

well, this contest (with the judging also) looks much better then the last. good luck.

 

[KayS]

well, this contest (with the judging also) looks much better then the last. good luck.

I hope so...

 

[Vengeancekael]

Get your baseball bats out.

 

[Skasi]

Yay, this is the first contest I plan to participate in. Don't expect any insane triggers or anything the like.

Stay tuned and be ready to 'Defend the Tree of Life'!

 

[Vengeancekael]

I can already tell you'll be getting 0/15 for originality.

 

[baassee]

I can already tell you'll be getting 0/15 for originality.

It's not always as the eye sees...

 

[Skasi]

Err, well I've never ever seen a map like this before. I've never ever seen any map even being a tad similar to mine. Originality's something I'm expecting to score high in.

I'm a bit concerned now though, about Vengeancekael being so biased. Uh, you're an unspoken judge by any chance?

 

[Vengeancekael]

I won't be judging this contest
But keep working on it, I don't know the map's details.

 

[mckill2009]

It's not always as the eye sees...

I'm not a terrainer myself but these days...terrain matters most than codes/gameplays, etc...

 

[baassee]

I'm not a terrainer myself but these days...terrain matters most than codes/gameplays, etc...

Gameplay can give more total points than terrain is it not?

 

[Skasi]

Now stop talking bad about me, I'll score 26 Terrain Points just you wait and see!

 

[Ahimtar]

ugh... i got a few cool original ideas for this one... but i got almost no time and im not even sure if i could trigger it good enough... quite a dilema, but as i said before, im probably not joining

 

[Tickles]

Well... I started with a space-themed map, but then I realized KayS already did a similar one for a previous contest. This new map has been a little more fun to make anyway.

Dark Vestige WIP

The storyline is a bit cheesy for Dark Vestige, but I knew I'd stick with it if I posted up a very early game testing WIP (obvious from the lack of skills, icons and background junk). It's basically a tactical sidescroller (defense/survival), but you can acquire upgrades for your whip to help defend the children better from the risen dead.

 

[Apheraz Lucent]

Thought I don't have much experience in judging, I am qualified to give very good results and therefore, as this contest attracted me much, I would like to sign up for a judge.

 

[eubz]

I'm joining the contest... Defense/Survival maybe...

 

[Eldubs]

I'm not a terrainer myself but these days...terrain matters most than codes/gameplays, etc...

Ok, ok! My map has the best terrain in the world. But the mission of the game is to build a tower to win. Isnt that a retarded map?

Gameplay IS the map... Terrain is just a big part.

 

[Bannar]

Tremble in fear guys!
In last mapping contest my highest rating was 48/100.


No mercy, no love, no nothing. I'll find everything, every narrow mistake. If you want to hide them, better hide them good!

 

[KayS]

Wow!! There's no Going green this time

 

[baassee]

No mercy, no love, no nothing. I'll find everything, every narrow mistake. If you want to hide them, better hide them good!

Then I'll just leave sumthin' stupid for ya in the code just to see if you can find it And what can you expect from a map made in 3 days anyway?

 

[Bannar]

^Irony mode undetected?

 

[baassee]

^Irony mode undetected?

Moar lajk hide an' seek in my kooooodee måådee

 

[Bannar]

Understood ;P

 

[Jazztastic]

Tremble in fear guys!
In last mapping contest my highest rating was 48/100.


No mercy, no love, no nothing. I'll find everything, every narrow mistake. If you want to hide them, better hide them good!

If I include a spamfuck of trigger comments inside my triggers, will I lose points on coding? I could hide the stuff inside a massive blank wall of text

 

[Apheraz Lucent]

Why would you need trigger comments? Explaining triggers to whom? Yourself? Judges will be more than enough qualified to understand what the triggers do, even without testing them.

 

[Tickles]

No mercy, no love, no nothing. I'll find everything, every narrow mistake. If you want to hide them, better hide them good!

You and your 20 hours of testing

So there's still only one judge so far?

 

[Skycraft]

No mercy, no love, no nothing. I'll find everything, every narrow mistake. If you want to hide them, better hide them good!

I never make mistakes in my maps.
NEVER!

And don't quote me on that.

 

[mckill2009]

Gameplay IS the map... Terrain is just a big part.

IMO, terrain is the BIGGEST part...most people will complain about the terrain even if
gameplay is good...
Awesome terrain >>> not boring, gamplay is OK coz of it
Bad terrain >>> boring, therefore bad gameplay

@MADAWC
EVERY MAP has mistakes in the eyes of every a reviewer...

 

[Dr.Killer]

Does that green icon reduce score? I mean the imported icons that go green when I pause the map? If so then how to fix it?

 

[Gausslander]

Import the DISBTN.

 

[Dr.Killer]

Thank you.

 

[Eldubs]

IMO, terrain is the BIGGEST part...most people will complain about the terrain even if
gameplay is good...
Awesome terrain >>> not boring, gamplay is OK coz of it
Bad terrain >>> boring, therefore bad gameplay

@MADAWC
EVERY MAP has mistakes in the eyes of every a reviewer...

Terrain is the biggest part, yes. But gameplay is the map. You cant have a map without gameplay. But you can have a map without terrain.

 

[Vengeancekael]

Terrain: 25 points
Gameplay: 30 points

What is this, I don't even.

 

[Eldubs]

Terrain: 25 points
Gameplay: 30 points

What is this, I don't even.

I dont get it :/

 

[Aeroblyctos]

Terrain is way overestimated. Terrain should be something like 15 points.

Especially because this is a defensive map, not RPG.

 

[KayS]

This is gonna explode...

xD

 

[mckill2009]

Terrain is way overestimated. Terrain should be something like 15 points.

Especially because this is a defensive map, not RPG.

underestimated, I may say...

But gameplay is the map

map is nothing 'without' a terrain...but map is there without gameplay...

 

[Gausslander]

god... terrain is not at all important in a defense map. I wouldn't care if it was all village dirt if it had good gameplay.

 

[Apheraz Lucent]

Well, Aesthetic Appearance is what makes the spirit of the map. And like human beings, map needs love too, and I would like to see that map which is played worldwide and has shit of (or not any, at all) visuals. That's why more than 45 points will go to Visual Appearance.
And could anyone tell me am I accepted as a judge? Just to know.

 

[Gausslander]

Alright ill make a pretty map then. My game's going to be a small 1v1 strategy map with income and an emphasis on having lots of units to try out and have fun with. You'll be defending a castle, and the map is simple enough thag little coding is required.

 

[Apheraz Lucent]

Sounds nice, but take caution.
Originality can take away 15 points, but Gameplay takes even more - 30.
So, implement something new to avoid penalty scoring on Originality, and try to be creative to make the game not boring after 10 minutes or so.

 

[mckill2009]

finally someone agrees with me ...I havent decided on my map yet, still bz with other stuffs...the terrain if finished though and I will post it here probably tonight...

 

[Gausslander]

I guess most of the originality comes from the types of units you field, which range from Dragonfire Grenadiers to Crop-Dusters. The gameplay is fun, I assure you, and I plan for it to be as... lets say... surprisingly deep as can be.

 

[Bannar]

Main subject in my judging gonna be triggering/scripting anyways (like I did in WMM)

~Map without custom trigger data isn't a good map.


Ye, it's still just 10 points ;/

 

[eubz]

Terrain is way overestimated. Terrain should be something like 15 points.

Especially because this is a defensive map, not RPG.

I agree, terrain should only have 15 points, even 10 points will do...

 

[scorpion182]

why Triggers < Terrain ?