FP Mapping Contest - Cinematic - Developers

Seeing as my computer's north bridge keeps overheating, I ran out and bought a laptop just to judge, I'm gonna get my judge thing in! Goddamnit.

[QUOTE=sphinxa279;31053305]Seeing as my computer's north bridge keeps overheating, I ran out and bought a laptop just to judge, I'm gonna get my judge thing in! Goddamnit.[/QUOTE] Sphinxa, you are the coolest, awesomest, badassest mother fucker.

[QUOTE=~ZOMG;31053321]Sphinxa, you are the coolest, awesomest, badassest mother fucker.[/QUOTE] I'm really not, I just enjoy being part of the community I suppose.

You bought a laptop just to judge a competition that is being widely regarded as a failure. That's awesome.

[QUOTE=~ZOMG;31053464]You bought a laptop just to judge a competition that is being widely regarded as a failure. That's awesome.[/QUOTE] On the other hand, he now has a mobile device on which he can play games, or use source sdk when not at his main pc

[QUOTE=IronPhoenix;31053587]On the other hand, he now has a mobile device on which he can play games, or use source sdk when not at his main pc[/QUOTE] On the other hand as well, I had to buy it from a PC world :v: Goodbye money.

[release] [U][B] Hawkeye[/B][/U] The cave was cool in general, but everything else was a bit half-done. The elevator/lift could've used some more work, and the character simply standing in one place might've been better if he did something more. The cave enterance was good and the lightning/thunder was in sync. Could've been more than it was. [B]6/10[/B] [/release] [release] [U][B] IronPhoenix [/B][/U] It was unclear exactly what was going on, I think I missed some underlying hidden message or something. It was different than expected, but too vague. Also, there could've been more stuff done to it, it felt like it was lacking something. [B]5/10[/B] [/release] [release] [U][B] Grenade-Man [/B][/U] It was pretty nice, the camera parented to an npc worked nicer than I expected. Brushwork and lighting were both good, the kitchen was nice. The only problem I found was when the man looks into the mirror in the bathroom, his eyes are aiming left instead of straight. Lots of wasted potential, but it's good so far. [B]8/10[/B] [/release] [release] [U][B] Janooba + TangoGorila[/B][/U] The overall concept was great, having a movie rather than a single scene or moment. There was good humor, a decent storyline, and great characters as well. Some things could've used some tweaking, such as Legs's rigging to his mount, but it was great overall. [B]9/10[/B] [/release] [release] [U][B] xeonmuffin [/B][/U] It was far too short with only a couple of glimpses, and the rebel ragdolls didn't feel like they fit the scene very well. The idea was good, can't say much about the rest. [B]4/10[/B] [/release]

After I've started learning animation I'm actually going to return to my idea with something really nice I have in my head. Could be a few years though.

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[QUOTE=sphinxa279;31053683]On the other hand as well, I had to buy it from a PC world :v: Goodbye money.[/QUOTE] Burn it...BURN IT!

[QUOTE=IronPhoenix;31070447]Burn it...BURN IT![/QUOTE] or you know... just format it.

[url=http://www.worldofleveldesign.com/]World of Level Design[/url] does 11 day mapping challenges. They've also got a couple of tutorials with guidelines for each day. [url]http://www.worldofleveldesign.com/categories/level_design_tutorials/11-day-level-design-process-overview.php[/url] [url]http://www.worldofleveldesign.com/categories/level_design_tutorials/how-to-create-playable-level-design-in-11-days.php[/url] Here are some winners from their contests, showing that good products are completely possible in 11 days. [quote] [img]http://www.worldofleveldesign.com/categories/level_design_challenges/images/storytelling-01/large/zapwizard02.jpg[/img] [img]http://www.worldofleveldesign.com/categories/level_design_challenges/images/march-2010-challenge/ref-recreation-challenge-2-sargematt.jpg[/img] [img]http://www.worldofleveldesign.com/categories/level_design_challenges/images/halloween/final2010/high/WarrenM-01.jpg[/img] [img]http://www.worldofleveldesign.com/categories/level_design_challenges/images/march-2010-challenge/ref-recreation-challenge-1-biliz.jpg[/img] [/quote] It's also a good idea to do speed training and the pressure might encourage people to finish their maps.

Wait for me to post my judgy thing, currently downloading ep2 on new laptop as the OB CD Crapped out on me...

[QUOTE=sphinxa279;31072743]Wait for me to post my judgy thing, currently downloading ep2 on new laptop as the OB CD Crapped out on me...[/QUOTE] And I quote here: [i]"Holy shit it's got a fuckton of scratches"[/i]

[QUOTE=xeonmuffin;31071364]or you know... just format it.[/QUOTE] Anything pc worldish must be cleaned...with fire!

[QUOTE=IronPhoenix;31072969]Anything pc worldish must be cleaned...with fire![/QUOTE] It may be over priced but I needed quick access :v:

[QUOTE=IronPhoenix;31072969]Anything pc worldish must be cleaned...with fire![/QUOTE] Why? It's not like they manufacture it - they just sell it.(albeit with bloated software but a format fixes that)

They have touched it....with fire i say!

[QUOTE=IronPhoenix;31073433]They have touched it....with fire i say![/QUOTE] Shush you, before I shove a squid down your chimney...

[QUOTE=sphinxa279;31073513]Shush you, before I shove a squid down your chimney...[/QUOTE] You do, and ill set an octopus on your house! Ok, this has got mad enough, ill stop now. zzz

Whats all this talk about fire?

I hate my girlfriends wi-fi so much, only just finished downloading EP2 and now have to go to work, extend the judge deadline again? :v:

Alright

There we go, just going to help somebody with their computer then will be back to judge, finally.

Well here we go: [release] [U] [B]Xeonmuffin's Entry [/B][/U]It was okay, nothing spectacular as I'm sure everyone will agree, a futuristic ship of some sort with ragdolls oddly placed around, random explosion, screen turns black forever. Not impressive to be honest and I know for a fact you can do better. could of had more added to it of course, but you might have not had the motivation. Would have turned out nice if done properly. [B][U]Final Score: 5/10 [/U][/B][/release] [release] [B][U]Grenade Man's Entry [/U][/B]Loved it, it was very well done, from the camera movement to the AI of the citizen. It was simple and not overdone like I imagined some of the entries to be like, obviously a few of the props in the rooms could of used texturing instead of the dev texture or you could of used a model. [B][U]Final Score: 8/10 [/U][/B] [/release] [release] [B][U]IronPhoenix's Entry [/U][/B]I don't quite know what was going on really, whether it was a citizen who had been captured by the combine and forced to live in a room opposite a pair of stalkers, or something else I don't know. I liked how the scenes kept changing and showing different scenarios which were taking part, few things could of used fixing up such as the size of the door and a few custom animations wouldn't have gone a miss. [B][U]Final Score: 7/10 [/U][/B][/release] [release] [B][U]Hawkeye Hawk's Entry [/U][/B]It was different from what I expected I'll certainly give you that, map was nicely designed but with only one issue I noticed, the elevator was just hovering upwards and not moving on any tracks or a pulley system, might have been time constraint issue? The custom voice acting was nice as it offered something different to the scenario, well done. [B][U]Final Score: 8/10 [/U][/B][/release] [release] [B][U]Janooba's Entry [/U][/B]Sweet fucking christ, this was actually really good. Great voice acting good map work apart from a few bland walls, went so far as to get custom textures, music etc. Reminded me of Austin Powers and Dr Evil threatening to blow up earth, had me giggling. Well done! [B][U]Final Score: 9/10 [/U][/B] [/release]

Quick question, how many of the judges did i catch out with the end screen?

[release] [B][U]Janooba's Entry [/U][/B]Sweet fucking christ, this was actually really good. Great voice acting good map work apart from a few bland walls, went so far as to get custom textures, music etc. Reminded me of Austin Powers and Dr Evil threatening to blow up earth, had me giggling. Well done! [B][U]Final Score: 9/10 [/U][/B] [/release] I'm very glad you liked it! We were actually going for abit of an Austin Powers feel so it's great that you picked up on that. It's a shame we didn't get any further with it though. In other news. Are we going to wait for deadchicken, or just go along without him?

[QUOTE=Janooba;31098366] I'm very glad you liked it! We were actually going for abit of an Austin Powers feel so it's great that you picked up on that. It's a shame we didn't get any further with it though. In other news. Are we going to wait for deadchicken, or just go along without him?[/QUOTE] Hope you will expand on in the future :smile:

[QUOTE=sphinxa279;31106034]Hope you will expand on in the future :smile:[/QUOTE] We had an entire movie planned out, we simply ran out of time due to a shit ton of problems here and there, so we planned on making at least half of the movie, unfortunately the intro was the only part we could get working...

[QUOTE=TangoGorila;31106711]We had an entire movie planned out, we simply ran out of time due to a shit ton of problems here and there, so we planned on making at least half of the movie, unfortunately the intro was the only part we could get working...[/QUOTE] Was still excellent :v: