Speaking of collaboration projects I had an idea. What if we had a TWHL secret Santa? If you don't know what a secret Santa is, here's how it works: everybody puts their names into a hat, and then one person randomly picks out a name. That person is your gift recipient and you then become their "secret Santa". You get them a gift but they don't know and they have to try and guess who got a gift for them.
So
What if we apply the same thing to our members here, only with maps?
Say everyone (all those who wish to participate) randomly gets a partner and they have to make a map for them which is delivered sometime near Christmas. Everyone PM's me a link to their map and I distribute from there. After a week of guessing feel free to upload to the vault so we can all see the creations!
You can put a secret in the map that reveals the "secret Santa" or just keep them guessing for ages! ( or until the map is in the vault)
So if you're interested, let me know and I'll organize everything including the randomization, and informing everyone of who their recipients are. I will have a recipient but I will not receive a gift map (the downside of being the 'project leader')
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Update - October 23
Alright! The Secret Santa Assignments are complete!
Everyone should have a PM in their inbox with their assignments and Engine Types. If there's any GENERAL questions, ask em here. If there's any questions regarding your assignment, PM me, and we can work something out.
Here are some general rules:
Map names should be SS_<target_username>_<map#>
example: SS_tetsu0_01, if you made your map for Tetsu0.
All wads are to be wadincluded, to protect your handiwork, and just to make everything neater. I'm sure everyone can spare another 3 or 4 MB on their hard drives.
If you're making a mod, please structure it for steam.
I will be test-playing all the submissions to make sure they work, so i can hopefully iron out the bugs before we need to distribute.
Also, I suppose there should be a deadline.
I'm going to say the Deadline is December 17th.
That should give everyone enough time to get SOMETHING in, and it will give some leeway to the stragglers.
ALSO, it'll give me time to make sure everything works, and get them distributed for Christmas.
If you can't make the deadline, let me know (PM) at least a week in advance so i can cover you smile - I'd like to keep everything on schedule, and I'm pretty much giving everyone a week post-deadline to get their stuff in.
I'll dig up some of my disposed maps, give em a polish and personal touch, then send em off in your favor.
Good luck everyone!