Mini Mapping Contest #14 - Theme Discussion

[Rufus]

Theme Discussion

Time to start a new mapping contest!
Start suggesting themes by posting below.
If everything you can think of has already been suggested, wait for the poll to go live.

Theme	Description
Puzzle	The map should have one or many fun puzzles as its core.
Labyrinth	Try to find your way out while also having a fear of being killed by the inhabitants of the Labyrinth.
Treasure Hunting	Try to find as many treasures as possible before the time limit passes.
Expedition	The player has to reach a special goal (e. g. reach a place, find a treasure) before his enemies while also constructing a base/gather materials etc.
Escape	Escape a prison or similiar.
Hacking	Each player starts off with a pc ( building ) and should conquer other players using some hacking techniques, visually displaying them.
Workshop	Get customers requests and complete them to win.
Genre Twist	Choose one of the following classic mini-game genres (Arena, Tower Defense, Castle Defense or Race) and develop a map with a strong twist. Example, an Arena map were you control the creeps and try to defeat the heroes sending waves of minions.
Dungeon Master	Create a multiplayer map where one of the players controls the flow of the game and dynamically molds the adventure or quest.
Stealth	Sneaking, pickpocketing, assassinations and/or everything related!

 

[Mister_Haudrauf]

How about 1.Cataclysm. A map where you make a terrain that is almost complete destroyed.

2.Vulcanic. A map that is dominated by Vulcanos and a beautiful landscape.

3.Toxic. A map that has a toxic atmosphere and look to it. (Not polluted)

4.Desert Collossus. A map dominated by sand, ancient things and small patches of Oases. (Think of Egypt)

 

[Rufus]

Those are suggestions for terrain rather than for gameplay though.

 

[Mister_Haudrauf]

Those are suggestions for terrain rather than for gameplay though.

Sorry. I thought that Mini-Mapping has something to do with Terrain.

Okay forget what i said before.

How about a Labyrinth. Try to find your way out while also having a fear of being killed by the inhabitants of the Labyrinth.

Treasure Hunting. Try to find as many treasures as possible before the time limit passes.

 

[Heinvers]

Mapping =/ Terraining. Those are two entirely different things.

 

[Rufus]

Added those to the list. Sounds interesting!

 

[Nowow]

How about a Shadows of the Colossus themed contest: hunt down one or more massive beasts using your wits alone.

 

[PROXY]

How about a Shadows of the Colossus themed contest: hunt down one or more massive beasts using your wits alone.

I really, really, really love this idea <3

 

[Mister_Haudrauf]

I know something. Do you know of a game called 'the Escapists'?

How about something like this.

 

[Rufus]

@Mister_Haudrauf Never heard of. Please elaborate!

 

[Mister_Haudrauf]

@Mister_Haudrauf Never heard of. Please elaborate!

It's a game where you a have to try to escape out of different prisons each which different difficulties.

• You can craft different items to help with your escape along with the life in the Prison.
• You have to avoid if possible to get the Guards on your bad side.
• You can train your character in Strengh, Speed and intelligence.
• You have fellow inmates that you can either make friends with or get on your bad side.
• You can have different jobs that will get you money to buy items from your fellow inmates.

There are many things in the game. I have only mentioned the things that i remember.
I think it is better if you read for yourself.

The Escapists

 

[PrinceYaser]

Hmm, another MMC.

Interesting!

 

[Shar Dundred]

I would like to suggest the "Expedition" theme that was already suggested last time.

 

[Rufus]

Expedition Added.
@Mister_Haudrauf, I added "escape" to the list too, but can you please create a more elaborated short description thatn the one I wrote?

 

[Astaroth Zion]

Hello,

I would like that we consider these 3 themes:

• Workshop: get customers requests and complete them to win. (Could be single player or multiplayer).

• Genre Twist: choose one of the following classic mini-game genres (Arena, Tower Defense, Castle Defense or Race) and develop a map with a strong twist. Example, an Arena map were you control the creeps and try to defeat the heroes sending waves of minions. (Could be single player or multiplayer).

• Dungeon Master: create a multiplayer map where one of the players controls the flow of the game and dynamically molds the adventure or quest. We could combine this theme with a classic mini-game genre, for example, create a Tower Defense map where the Dungeon Master can spends points to create waves and send them to the mace the other players are building, and as the game progress the DM gets more points to make for a challenging experience. (Mandatory multiplayer "at least 2 humans slots").

Do you like these suggestions, any changes to them?

Also here are some of the past contest for reference.

Past Contests

Some past Mini-Mapping Contests:

• Mini-Mapping Contest #12: Organization
• Mini-Mapping Contest #11: Treasure Hunt
• Mini-Mapping Contest #10: Survival
• Mini-Mapping Contest #9: Map Size Limit
• Mini-Mapping Contest #8: Escape
• Mini-Mapping Contest #7: Boss Fight
• Mini-Mapping Contest #5: Defense

 

[Abovegame]

Hacking - Each player starts off with a pc ( building ) and should conquer other players using some hacking techniques, visually displaying them.

 

[The Panda]

Some of my ideas are already listed, Waiting for poll!

 

[Rufus]

Added your suggestions, and one of my own: Stealth.

 

[Abovegame]

Ten ideas should be enough don't you think ?

 

[DD_legionTN]

There are some themes that I'm really interested in, can't wait to see how will it turns out. Though no theme suggestion from me.

The only thing I'm aware of is the "Treasure Hunt" theme, which we had it in #11, we may not want to have a repeated theme within a short period.

 

[Rufus]

The only thing I'm aware of is the "Treasure Hunt" theme, which we had it in #11, we may not want to have a repeated theme within a short period.

I don't think it would hurt, would it? The voting can determine that.

I'll create a poll soon!

 

[Astaroth Zion]

I'll create a poll soon!

Great, I'm eager to participate on various of those themes. A multiple-option poll could work fine.

 

[Rufus]

Yeah I figured that each voter can vote for up to three options.