Wc3 Fun Mapmaking Challenge

[Frotty]

@ eubz
srsly, what bhusta said. Everything is explained in the first post.

@ water
Good to have another one, hope I can participate.
You should add the date, survey etc. to the first post for newcomers (above the entries of the last, add the same info to the first event too, maybe)

The testing last time was a lot of fun, I'm looking forward to creative entries

ps.: Everyone should consider having at least 10 playerslots in his map, so everyone can play at the same time.

 

[LordDz]

Yeah will we test the maps somewhere? Garena, gameranger, cheap tickets to my place?
Can't think of a better way to spend valentines than to play a game of Warcraft 3 on weird maps with people I've never met before.

 

[bhusta]

Yeah will we test the maps somewhere? Garena, gameranger, cheap tickets to my place?
Can't think of a better way to spend valentines than to play a game of Warcraft 3 on weird maps with people I've never met before.

There seems to be a big limitation of reading skills on THW. I hope it's not some kind of disease. D:


The Fun Mapmaking Challenge is combined with the inWarcraft Funmap Evening.

It starts on a Friday, because the maps will be played on the following Saturday.

The date of this happening is not set yet, because of some people asking to move this one week.
So there is a poll for the date.

 

[Ralle]

Make sure I am aware of this so I can update the notice please .

 

[LordDz]

There seems to be a big limitation of reading skills on THW. I hope it's not some kind of disease. D:

Shit. It has affected me as well.

 

[WaterKnight]

The voting has come to an end. The event will take place from 21st to 22nd of February 10 to 10pm (UTC+1).

 

[Ralle]

What do you mean with "February 10 to 10pm"?
1. Does it start at 10pm on the 21st and end at 10pm on the 22nd
or
2. Does it start at 10am on the 21st and end at 10pm on the 22nd
?

 

[WaterKnight]

1st option

 

[Ralle]

Okay, thank you for clarifying .

 

[InStars]

So Aeon and Misc genres are not allowed in the upcoming contest?

 

[LordDz]

So Aeon and Misc genres are not allowed in the upcoming contest?

He's going to present the game modes at the start of the contest, so you don't "cheat" (why someone would cheat on a contest like this is beyond me however) and start earlier on it.

But to answer your question, no they are not going to be the gamemodes as they were picked before in earlier contests.

 

[Frotty]

He's going to present the game modes at the start of the contest, so you don't "cheat" (why someone would cheat on a contest like this is beyond me however) and start earlier on it.

Exactly It's really more of a personal contest - what can you do in 24 hours?
There is no judging nor winning nor losing.
The rules are there to make the maps have something in common, compare the way mapmakers decided to implement the keywords, etc.

Also a perfect way to get your mind off your "big" project and just have fun experimenting for a day.

I'm looking forward to it

 

[Zhall]

When's the next one?

I used to do these with my brother as hour builds.. lol was hilarious what we came up with.

 

[bhusta]

[Feb 21-22] Some crazy people are creating maps in 24 hours and then play them together. Would you like to make a map or play?
Read these two threads for more information [Wc3 mapmaking challenge, Funmap suggestion thread].

 

[Jack Of Hearts]

I think I might try my hand at this.

 

[GreeN!X]

As anticipated, a 2nd round of this event will be held in February from Friday 14th to Saturday 15th, the time of day offset being half an hour earlier than last time, so from 10pm to 10pm (UTC+1). edit: date of the event put on a hold until Sunday, see vote

[Feb 21-22] Some crazy people are creating maps in 24 hours and then play them together. Would you like to make a map or play?
Read these two threads for more information [Wc3 mapmaking challenge, Funmap suggestion thread].

This is pretty confusing. :/

If it IS scheduled in 21-22 then lucky me, I didn't miss it at all.

 

[Frotty]

There was a poll and it decided to move to 21-22 instead, you didnt miss it.

 

[WaterKnight]

GreeN!X is right, I copied the false date to the first post/did not update it. The event will be held this coming weekend.

 

[Zhall]

When will the theme be announced?

I WANT TO CHEAT! LOL

Nah, not even going to copy and paste triggers like some people say they are going to.

 

[bhusta]

When will the theme be announced?

I WANT TO CHEAT! LOL

Nah, not even going to copy and paste triggers like some people say they are going to.

Tomorrow evening.

You can use old resources you have done before.
But it is more challenging to start new.
You can even work with somebody together.
There are no rules.
It's just about challenging yourself to create something fun/playable for what you will get a lot of feedback.

 

[Paillan]

I want to join :3

 

[GreeN!X]

Alright, so it's pretty much evening here (GMT +8) so the challenge has started ? I'm kinda busy this weekend (I mean really busy), But I know I can squeeze in some modding. I hope I can finish something though.

 

[WaterKnight]

http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/city.html?n=195

6 hours 40 mins to go

 

[Paillan]

you mean in 6 hours the event starts?

 

[Frotty]

Yes... Is time really that hard?

 

[Silkan]

If im participating on this, I should be doing the map now?

 

[WaterKnight]

We are going to start at 10pm UTC+1. I have linked the clock for that time zone several times. Hive is a multinational site.

So still >2 hours left. I have not even posted the necessary genres and key words yet, which I will do shortly before the launch.

Anyway, I would advise you to spend some time of the beginning first to settle on a map idea that matches the conditions, is fun to you and doable.

 

[bhusta]

Ladies and gentlemen,

the funmap challenge starts in 1 hour and 30 minutes.

After the host WaterKnight posted the two genres and two keywords, you will have 24 hours to create a map which somehow uses these points.
You can pick one of the genres or both.
But you have to implement both keywords.
The keywords don't have to be implemented literally.
For example the last funmap challenge had the keyword "Mirror".
You don't have to import a mirror model or something like that.
It can also be used as a verb (to mirror something).
After the 24 hours, these maps will be played on the funmap evening.
So, try to create a multiplayer map.

There are no ratings.

Just fun.

The players/participants are the judges.

Teamwork is allowed.

Using old stuff is allowed.

#peace #wurst #swag

 

[muzzel]

Keep in mind that adding penguins will increase your maps style rating.

 

[WaterKnight]

So, the 2nd round of the mapmaking challenge will start now. I have just rolled the conditions:

Choose at least one of those two genres:

• escape
• rpg/adventure

Try to integrate the following key words:

• mystical
• gold/minerals

You have a day worth of time, until 22nd Saturday 10pm UTC+1.

 

[InStars]

Hey!

I am gonna participate with my friends, most of them learned to use World Editor just today, so I am helping them too. We are going to post it on Google Code open-source SVN repository.

http://code.google.com/p/wc3-fun-mapmaking-challenge-map/

So you can follow our progress
Gonna be a fun 24h, good luck!

 

[muzzel]

Great, i like the genres and keywords but i dont have time to participate >.<

You guys better make some great maps...

 

[Cokemonkey11]

Pretty tough genres for multiplayer speed maps! I'll see if I can't spend a few hours tonight and a few tomorrow night before the deadline. Need to think of an idea first though.

 

[LordDz]

Oh it's on. Gold for the gold god!

 

[kari0003]

Great to see this starting, I will contribute in some way!

mystical -> mythical ?

 

[WaterKnight]

mystical -> mythical ?

Explain me the difference, just pick what you like.

 

[kari0003]

I intended to use the tauren model as the "big bad minotaur"

Also, i hope my game genre will not be too off, after all its hard to make a whole rpg... (I dont want to share details yet)

 

[Paillan]

mystical: recalls for something that is unmoral, but some people may believe in it, like levitation through meditation, many people believe it's possible.
Mythical: refers to the origin of the world made by a/some god/gods, where men where created from those to.
I done my stuff. Hope you like the mystic escape, in Spaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!

 

[Zhall]

I thought it was saturday and sunday, So i'll take the liberty of working until the 10AM play time.

..Or wait, it's just a 24 hour period huh. lol. Already missed like half of it

 

[bhusta]

Paillan please fix the point and group leaks at least.
It wouldn't matter if you have one or two triggers which uses points without removing them, but you have quite a lot periodical triggers.
There is no winning and no loosing condition.
Maybe you should add a trigger which fires if there is only one player left.
The sun collapse ability does not work right, I was killed only 1 from 10 times from a star.
And where is the gold/minerals? One can kill the meteors and then you get money but you don't need that money for anything.
Also one can camp in the nebula waiting for the other players to die but this is a little bit boring and somehow senseless.
I suggest you move the nebula every 10 seconds to a new location.

You have a lot of time left, so please fix these major mistakes.

I thought it was saturday and sunday, So i'll take the liberty of working until the 10AM play time.

..Or wait, it's just a 24 hour period huh. lol. Already missed like half of it

As I said above there is a lot of time left, most of the entries will be made in 2-4 hours.
The 24 hours aspect is a decision made because of the multinational paticipants.

 

[LordDz]

Gold for the Gold God!
9 player multiplayer RPG/Escape. Hopefully it works in multiplayer too.

 

[Cokemonkey11]

Jesus, do you sleep? All I have is 2 triggers

 

[bhusta]

Still 9 hours and 30 minutes left.
There is enough time to start now and finish something fun

 

[Cokemonkey11]

Well, I have something I won't have time to finish everything but it's at least playable. I need to run out and get some work done but I plan to spend a couple more hours on this before the deadline.

 

[eubz]

This is just a single player escape mini-game.

 

[bhusta]

This is just a single player escape mini-game.

hey eubz,
I did not get your map.
It's more like a boss brawler and doesn't fit the keywords and genres at all.
But maybe you can convince me from the opposite.

The mechanics do not seem to work either.
There are no items to find.
The respawn did not work for me.
The way gates just teleport you back to the circle of power of your current stage which is senseless.
There are no real abilities to use, just the footman shield which is quite boring.

There are over 5 hours and 30 minutes left, so please fix it.

 

[Paillan]

I think this time It may work. But I don't know how to work with custom scrips so I don't now how to delete points.

 

[eubz]

you can use

• custom script: call RemoveLocation(udg_YOUR_LOCATION)

to delete the location leak.

hey eubz,
I did not get your map.
It's more like a boss brawler and doesn't fit the keywords and genres at all.
But maybe you can convince me from the opposite.

The mechanics do not seem to work either.
There are no items to find.
The respawn did not work for me.
The way gates just teleport you back to the circle of power of your current stage which is senseless.
There are no real abilities to use, just the footman shield which is quite boring.

There are over 5 hours and 30 minutes left, so please fix it.

1. There are item drops and some items that you should find if you can find it).
2. I guess its my fault not to write in the quest to type -restart so that your unit respawns.
3. some waygates will bounce you back to the same islet when you haven't killed what is to be killed first.
4. It is a escape map but you have to kill some ceeps before moving on. And should it be possible that I convert minerals to some kind of items that makes your unit stronger? And this is how I implement it in this map. The thing is that, I am going to make this multi-palyer.

 

[Silkan]

Well I think is done for multiplayer play, quite simple and fun, you deal with help your teammates or go alone for the gold, the player that gets more gold and escape wins.

If you want to test it alone just open the map on the editor and place some Loot seekers because it needs like 4 to 6 players.

I know it has minor leaks with groups but come on, the map lenght it's about 4 min.

 

[bhusta]

For the guys who aren't familiar with the funmap evening:
This is the channel where we discuss which maps will be played.
You will also get the game name there.

The funmap evening already started. So, you can join now.
The maps from the challenge will be played in 1 hour.