Terraining Contest #3 - Four Seasons

[Gilles]

The Hiveworkshop's Terraining Contest


Four Seasons Terraining Contest

Each contestant must create one terrain, and then change it to fit all four seasons. Only one map needs to be submitted, but four screen shots are required.

Contest Rules And Conditions

1. No submission may violate any Hive Workshop site rules.
2. No team work is allowed.
3. Map way based on UTM. Any additional imports must be cleared by the host.
4. No additional importing is allowed into already existing and most up-to-date UTM map.
5. No contestant may use his/her old works, submission must be made exclusively for this contest.
6. Completed submissions must be physically attached to this thread for originality purposes.
7. No image editing tools may be used to enhance the terrain (you may use them to crop off the World Editor).

Prizes And Winnings

First Place: 30 reputation points and icon Second Place: 20 reputation points Third Place: 10 reputation points

Contest Judging And Voting

• 30 % of the winner shall be determined by the contest's appointed judge(s).
  
  
• 70 % of the winner shall be determined by the results of a public poll.
  
  This is up for discussion as last contest 50/50 was used.
  
  

  Overall Appearance - How appealing your terrain is
  Theme - How relevant your terrain is to the theme
  Creativity - How creative you are with doodads and your overall terrrain
  Technical - How well you used everything; tile variation, doodad placement, atmosphere, ect.

Additional Imports:
Hut_1​

Contest Dates And Deadline

All submissions must be complete and submitted 4 weeks after the contest begins.
The contest shall begin on the 1st of August 2008 and conclude on the 24st of August 2008 0:00 AM, GMT

Note that the contest has been shortened. Contestants have five days left from today!​

 

[Gilles]

And it's off. If there are any mistakes, please let me know.

 

[Gausslander]

Let me be the first to join.
Sounds like an interesting theme for a contest.

 

[Just_Spectating]

so 4 pictures but same terrain, just adding the seasonal effects? and 1 map?

hmmm i guess ill give it a shot.
(this time WITH UTM)

 

[Oziris]

Well i am in as all ways!!! Four season in 4 pictures not a bad theme amd i hope void and MadSen dont join then i wont win ^^

 

[SeRviLy]

I also plan to try this out. Been wanting to create a scene and create 4 seasons for it.

And thats actually a good question above. We create a scene, are we allowed to change tile sets for each season? As well as doodads and weather.

 

[Hawkwing]

I'm in. Four seasons sounds like a very interesting idea and we should hopefully get some nice results.

 

[Sabertooth]

I think using one map and just taking different screenshots of the same part is what we're going for. Or else, 4 different maps.

 

[Mechmap]

By using the same map, are we only not allowed to change the height of the terrain but change everything else like doodads, tilesets? Because I dont see how else we can do that if we dont do 4 different areas in one map?

 

[Hawkwing]

why don't you just set up the height variation and basis of the terrain over a quarter of then map then copy that into the other 3 quarters and change it to suit the season.

 

[Oziris]

Read this example a forest! then u have trees,grass,flowers and so on in winter u will have to change the trees to snow trees! out diffrent tilest like ice and delete some stuff that dont belong in the winter season like flowers they die when it is cold u can make it rain in spring u can change the wether fog anything u like with only 1 terrain on 1 map!

 

[Troubadour]

Read this example a forest! then u have trees,grass,flowers and so on in winter u will have to change the trees to snow! out diffrent tilest and delete some stuff that dont belong in the winter season like flowers they die when it is cold u can make it rain in spring u can change the wather fog anything u like with only 1 terrain on 1 map!

I'm not sure if you're clear on this, but we need to attach the map itself with proof of origin. It would be pretty awkward to replicate the same terrain four times in the same map.

Also, does the camera angle have to remain the same for all four screenies?

 

[frostwhisper]

It's not that hard, people.

- The terrain height stays the same all the time, so does the camera angle.
- The setting stays the same (where you have a tree for summer, you have a tree for winter, of the same kind, just snowy).
- The tileset varies with the seasons.
- The fog and effect vary with the seasons.
- The submitted map can be any season, it jsut needs to show that you've done ONE, to authenticate all the rest.

 

[Gilles]

Thanks frostwhisper. He's absolutely right except for one small thing.

I'll add how judging will work to the OP.

So basically I want to see the exact terrain in all four seasons. You can change whatever you like, but It has to be the same place. So if you do a cottage, I want to see the trees in the same spots, the cottage in the same spot, ect. You can change the things that would change with season.

Hope that makes sense.

 

[SeRviLy]

All clear now . Shall get started once i figure out a good scene.

 

[Childeric]

Im happy with how quickly this was setup. Thanks Gilles. Good luck to all. =)

 

[Gilles]

Well i am in as all ways!!! Four season in 4 pictures not a bad theme amd i hope void and MadSen dont join then i wont win ^^

What about Childeric? Everyone seems to overlook you Childeric, and yet you've won two already.

 

[Naze]

Yes, that's true....

So we don't have to post the WIPs, right?

 

[Sabertooth]

Yea but doing so keeps the thread active.

 

[Hawkwing]

And you can get good critique by doing so. Unless you have some secret source giving ideas on how to improve, I don't see how you could result in something that really appeals to the public.

 

[Gilles]

I'd prefer to see WIPs, but don't expect me to review them, I don't think it's fair if the judge gives help to some and not all.

 

[Thrikodius]

I think I'll try this out. I remember an old image from a vacation in Norway. Allthough I just started terraining so this might just become shit.
But hell, it'll be fun.

 

[frostwhisper]

I talked to Gilles about the contest length, since I believe 30 days is too long, and the thread eventually dies for two weeks or so before the judging begins (if you remember last time).

So he told me to ask you, if you want the contest length to bee changed to 14-15 days instead.

 

[Oziris]

Well it's fine with me 14 days that is like 2 weeks!

 

[Huurka]

14 days IS 2 weeks.

 

[Volvox]

Like the theme, dough i am separated from my computer, i managed to get my claws on a WE(it's like a plague, really) so i'm in wee!

 

[Sabertooth]

I think 3 weeks is better. 30 days was good for the last one because some people hopped on at the end. Maybe like 20 days for this one and see how it goes. For example, I start school up again in september so my August is busy as hell, giving people more time allows them to work around what they have to do.

 

[Hawkwing]

I would prefer 30 days. It gives time for people to draft some ideas first and also time to finalize their terrain. While with 14 days if you join a bit late or are sick a few days or something you hardly get any planning and less time for finalizing.

 

[Naze]

I prefer 3 weeks/20 days, as Sabertooth said.

My school started 3 days ago, and I'll be busy aas hell, and I would probably miss the deadline in only 2 weeks...

 

[SeRviLy]

I would prefer the 30 days as well. I work 5 days a week and have weekends off. Id like the extra time.

 

[NearbyHermit]

Oho,I join this one,big time!

 

[AntoMarc]

I think I'm in but I am not sure

 

[NearbyHermit]

I think I'm in but I am not sure

Come on,do join in!

 

[Oziris]

Yea join it will be fun -.0

 

[Gilles]

Tell you guys what. If there isn't any activity, I'll shut it down and judge them. If there are people still working, it will stay open the full thirty days.

Sound fair?

 

[frostwhisper]

Deal.

 

[Oziris]

Deal.

 

[SeRviLy]

What kind of inactivity are we talking about, no one submitting something new within a certain amount of time? Sounds like a deal though.

 

[frostwhisper]

Just nobody working on anything.

 

[Volvox]

Fair enough.

 

[Gilles]

Enough spam, let's see some WIPs.

 

[Volvox]

Here are 2 wips which i personaly don't like much, one is summer, the other is autumn and i also have the spring ready but these wips probably won't be used so i won't upload... But critics are always a good thing.

 

[Naze]

Hmmm... I think your autumn concept is too vivid.

 

[SeRviLy]

I chose a pretty big scene to work with so i will be a while hehe, I hope they come out well.

 

[~Void~]

100% judge, I say.

 

[Just_Spectating]

how about more than 1 judge. everyone has their own opinions.

 

[Gilles]

I can appoint more judges if you want, but then it does usually eliminate some good terrainers.

 

[Just_Spectating]

another question.

does the whole map have to be "terrain", or can we just have the part of which the screen sees?

 

[Gilles]

The map has nothing to do with judging, I only judge an image, the map is for verification.

 

[Just_Spectating]

ah, ok.