Competition 17 Created 18 years ago2005-10-03 14:42:57 UTC by The Mad Carrot The Mad Carrot

Created 18 years ago2005-10-03 14:42:57 UTC by The Mad Carrot The Mad Carrot

Posted 18 years ago2005-10-03 14:42:57 UTC Post #139016
All questions and issues regarding compo 17 in this thread please.

All right, here i go again! Here's my idea:

I want you to create your own Resonance Cascade Scenario, like we've seen in the original Half-Life. Your job is to:

[i]- Make a fully function Testchamber.
  • Don't recreate the original test chamber, make your own!
  • Make somesort of specimen to be tested.
  • Use detail! This will be a small map, so you can add as much detail as you wish, but you can also add additional area's, like a transit system to the test chamber or something, as long as it is playable!
  • And finally, make the actual Resonance Cascade Scenario! (You know, things go horribly wrong)
  • Be original and creative, and try not to copy stuff from the original game.[/i]
If you have any questions or issues regarding this compo, i'd like to hear about it.

Good Luck! ;)
The Mad Carrot The Mad CarrotMad Carrot
Posted 18 years ago2005-10-03 14:49:45 UTC Post #139018
So we are not supposed to make a whole map with a ending ?
Just the testchamber ?
Posted 18 years ago2005-10-03 14:51:06 UTC Post #139020
Why did I let you win! :roll: I'll think about entering this one! :nervous:
Posted 18 years ago2005-10-03 14:51:50 UTC Post #139021
how could i resist? :nuts: :heart:
Posted 18 years ago2005-10-03 14:52:56 UTC Post #139022
This idea is so simple and easy...I think I'll enter after I'll finish my dm map! :tired:
Posted 18 years ago2005-10-03 14:53:54 UTC Post #139023
So we are not supposed to make a whole map with a ending ?
Just the testchamber ?
Well, yes and no. You can make and ending, but its not really required.
The Mad Carrot The Mad CarrotMad Carrot
Posted 18 years ago2005-10-03 14:55:13 UTC Post #139024
i feel like being sadistic in this one... :sarcastic:
Posted 18 years ago2005-10-03 15:00:13 UTC Post #139026
How long do we have ?
Posted 18 years ago2005-10-03 15:20:41 UTC Post #139029
I just thought of an original way to create a teleporter! :glad: But it's not the experiment!
Posted 18 years ago2005-10-03 15:23:43 UTC Post #139030
Extra cool stuff impresses the judges. Just make sure it does stick to the subject reasonably.
Seventh-Monkey Seventh-MonkeyPretty nifty
Posted 18 years ago2005-10-03 15:39:35 UTC Post #139034
Sounds like a wonderful Idea, perhaps I could make the one that I'll use in my mod, then I'll get two things done at once!
Posted 18 years ago2005-10-03 15:58:46 UTC Post #139039
Go for it people. :)

This is a compo that doens't require lots and lots of mapping (brushwork) but a lot more entity work. Lets see how you pull this off. :)
The Mad Carrot The Mad CarrotMad Carrot
Posted 18 years ago2005-10-03 16:04:51 UTC Post #139041
Heh, fun idea, Muzzle. But uhm, just HL, or HL2 entries as well?

Not that I'll enter, I'm way too busy for that now, but just a question anyway... :)
Posted 18 years ago2005-10-03 16:06:18 UTC Post #139042
Thats a Hl1 compo! :lol:
Posted 18 years ago2005-10-03 16:13:55 UTC Post #139045
Yep, HL1 only. :)
The Mad Carrot The Mad CarrotMad Carrot
Posted 18 years ago2005-10-03 16:15:08 UTC Post #139046
This is an HL1 competition. After this and the sort-of-unofficial Source compo, the competitions will probably alternate between engines. I think having them running simultaneously is, and would be, bad entry count-wise.
Seventh-Monkey Seventh-MonkeyPretty nifty
Posted 18 years ago2005-10-03 16:29:51 UTC Post #139053
I think it will be a great idea to make to compos run simultaneously. :
Posted 18 years ago2005-10-03 17:41:38 UTC Post #139075
t will be a great idea to make to compos run simultaneously
No. It would prevent mappers from working for both compos. Alternating is a better idea.
About the theme of this compo, I think that it is too similar to the game, or similar to build a machine, etc. I havent decided if I'll participate...
Posted 18 years ago2005-10-03 17:46:12 UTC Post #139077
Well, couldn't you have two seperate competitons for the same topic? One for HL1, and another for HL2? Or did I completely miss the point?
Posted 18 years ago2005-10-03 17:53:13 UTC Post #139081
wow, I am really impressed!

Compo 15 has just ended, and another has started! wow, that is how it should be done every month.. say Seventh, how about making a link from the compo page to another page listing lots of compo ideas.. (for twhl 3) just a thought.

Compo 16...
Love the idea!!
Unbreakable UnbreakableWindows 7.9 Rating!
Posted 18 years ago2005-10-03 21:50:04 UTC Post #139111
Rimrook should enter l33t test #1: Conclusive analisis for a entry, even if he doesn't make another one, he'd have a chance at winning.

and prepared to be pawned by my entry, if I finish it this time
Posted 18 years ago2005-10-04 01:28:10 UTC Post #139121
Not a bad idea... I'm entering... :)
Daubster DaubsterVault Dweller
Posted 18 years ago2005-10-04 02:07:16 UTC Post #139134
I think having them running simultaneously is, and would be, bad entry count-wise.
Meh. I quite like the idea of having them run simultaneously, but one has a longer deadline than the other... or something. Like it was with the last compo. :)
Trapt Traptlegend
Posted 18 years ago2005-10-04 02:20:32 UTC Post #139150
did anyone mention anything about how long we got?
Posted 18 years ago2005-10-04 02:44:31 UTC Post #139170
Well, couldn't you have two seperate competitons for the same topic?
Not really, then you'd probably be restricted as to what you could do in Source.

I'm with Kasperg, definitely. One at a time. I'll probably introduce some flexibility timing-wise, though ? there's no reason why they're always a month.
Seventh-Monkey Seventh-MonkeyPretty nifty
Posted 18 years ago2005-10-04 02:47:13 UTC Post #139172
has it started officially? or is it just a sugestion?
Posted 18 years ago2005-10-04 02:48:40 UTC Post #139174
I'm going to post it in a minute.
Seventh-Monkey Seventh-MonkeyPretty nifty
Posted 18 years ago2005-10-04 02:49:49 UTC Post #139175
great! :biggrin:
Posted 18 years ago2005-10-04 03:18:18 UTC Post #139185
There, with a nice picture for a change :).
Seventh-Monkey Seventh-MonkeyPretty nifty
Posted 18 years ago2005-10-04 03:50:01 UTC Post #139187
Ghehe, neat! :D
The Mad Carrot The Mad CarrotMad Carrot
Posted 18 years ago2005-10-04 03:51:22 UTC Post #139188
Seventh if someone like me will win he wouldn't be able to judge for I know nothing on source! :
Posted 18 years ago2005-10-04 03:54:04 UTC Post #139189
What the hell are you talking about?
AJ AJGlorious Overlord
Posted 18 years ago2005-10-04 04:30:27 UTC Post #139194
I don't understand your sentence either, Elon.

Keep in mind, that i'll judge the entries on the following aspects:
  • Level design (No blocky rooms/brushes)
  • Detail
  • Texturing
  • Entity work
  • Third party area's (not required, but it adds in the overall gameplay)
But the top four aspects are most important.
The Mad Carrot The Mad CarrotMad Carrot
Posted 18 years ago2005-10-04 04:35:44 UTC Post #139195
Heh.. I just got an awesome idea for my entry! Damn - this time I'll start the entry on time... Destiny was so buggy, just because I was in a big hurry to finish it.. :)
Stuff I can do best:

- Level design (No blocky rooms/brushes)
  • Detail
- Texturing
- Entity work
  • Third party area's (not required, but it adds in the overall gameplay)
Daubster DaubsterVault Dweller
Posted 18 years ago2005-10-04 04:38:13 UTC Post #139196
^^

Go to it, Commander!
The Mad Carrot The Mad CarrotMad Carrot
Posted 18 years ago2005-10-04 05:12:47 UTC Post #139197
i have a good idea for one but im no good with entitys and all :(

i may as well just start it and see what i can do
Posted 18 years ago2005-10-04 05:26:32 UTC Post #139198
Seventh if someone like me will win he wouldn't be able to judge for I know nothing on source!
"Me no speak england?"
Trapt Traptlegend
Posted 18 years ago2005-10-04 05:47:31 UTC Post #139199
Nah, he means that when he wins a HL compo, he thinks he'd be a bad judge for a Source compo because he knows nothing about Source mapping.

I think there's a point to that. If technical aspects are judged as well then the judge should know what he's dealing with.

Maybe keep the judging and idea thinking from those compo's apart from each other, e.g. the HL compo winner judges in the next HL compo and the Source compo winnern judges for the next Source compo?
Posted 18 years ago2005-10-04 05:53:40 UTC Post #139200
Whats with the freakin Source! I don't want a Source compo!
The Mad Carrot The Mad CarrotMad Carrot
Posted 18 years ago2005-10-04 06:06:43 UTC Post #139201
interesting idea...
Posted 18 years ago2005-10-04 06:22:02 UTC Post #139203
Maybe keep the judging and idea thinking from those compo's apart from each other, e.g. the HL compo winner judges in the next HL compo and the Source compo winnern judges for the next Source compo?
That was definitely the idea ? who says that all the HL entrants will even have HL2? Gives them a month to decide on their subject too... ooh, that could mean some more From Base competitions!

Muzzle: don't worry, yours is an HL competition, just that, being the present competition thread, it's being used for people talking about what'll happen at the end of it.
Seventh-Monkey Seventh-MonkeyPretty nifty
Posted 18 years ago2005-10-04 08:17:16 UTC Post #139243
"Me no speak england?"
Trapt likes to laugh at me lately. :nervous:

Usally I write better english then what I type in this site for I don't think when I type in this site. :aggrieved:
Posted 18 years ago2005-10-04 08:17:55 UTC Post #139245
hehe i might enter :) like the idea.
Posted 18 years ago2005-10-04 08:20:19 UTC Post #139246
I don't understand your sentence either, Elon.
I wont be able to judge in a source compo! :zonked:
Posted 18 years ago2005-10-04 08:25:45 UTC Post #139248
Who asked you to judge in a Source compo? :x

The winner of the HL1 compo chooses the next topic and judges FOR THE NEXT HL1 COMPO.

The winner of the HL2 compo chooses the next topic and judges FOR THE NEXT HL2 COMPO.

:x
Trapt Traptlegend
Posted 18 years ago2005-10-04 09:26:52 UTC Post #139264
Wow.. How extremely complex. :tired:
Daubster DaubsterVault Dweller
Posted 18 years ago2005-10-04 09:34:18 UTC Post #139269
This is confusing.. :S
Madcow MadcowSpy zappin my udder
Posted 18 years ago2005-10-04 09:37:27 UTC Post #139272
Ok...stop shouting! :cry:

I have an idea allready!! :cyclops:
Posted 18 years ago2005-10-04 09:46:34 UTC Post #139275
How does one going about making a source splash screen? Come to think of it, can you get an old copy of hl1 (v1.1.1.0) to work w/source? Or is it an entirely different build of the game?
Posted 18 years ago2005-10-04 10:31:07 UTC Post #139280
Question:

The specimen can be anything?
Daubster DaubsterVault Dweller
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