Introduction:
In essence, Nexuiz's worst quality at the moment is its lack of very good maps. As standards increase for creating maps, i'm sure we can fix this -- even if it's a slow process. Today, I want to challenge you all to create those better maps in hopes of improving the experience given from Nexuiz. Now, this is a contest... And thus, it has a reward -- But also rules. I'm now going to explain these attributes.
Rules:
- #1: ALL CONTENT MUST BE GPL - No exceptions. (Except for Oblivion :P)
- #2: The textures used should be of good quality and/or high resolution. If it's done in a nice way the textures won't matter too much though. (Some exceptions can be made for maps based on other maps.. Such as making a CTF map out of a DM map.)
- #3: Map submissions have to be made by you, but can be from before this event started. Basically, as long as you made it and it fits the other rules -- It will be added.
- #4: Try to balance the map as much as possible.. Avoid putting weapons unevenly in your map. If you're making a CTF/TDM map, perhaps put most of the weapons in the center of it?
Contest Information:
This contest begins on the 21st of September (9/21/2009), and ends on the 1st of January (1/01/2010). Voting will begin on December 1st (12/01/2009), while map submission will be closed on the same date. Now, as for reward, I can't promise you getting your map into Nexuiz.. However I can say that any map that is submitted here will be looked at, and if it's approved by the project manager (m0rfar) and the devs, I would assume that it could go into Nexuiz 2.5.5 or 2.6. (But, that isn't necessarily only available for maps that win the contest -- All maps will be looked at :D)
Current Submissions:
cortez wrote:Submisson #2: Bloodrage_V2
Download: http://www.filefront.com/14738593/bloodrage_v2.pk3/
FruitieX wrote:Submission #6: Caverun
Download: http://hrfdesign.com/nexrun/maps-repo/n ... n_v1r2.pk3
FruitieX wrote:Submission #8: Cel_Hell
Download: http://hrfdesign.com/nexrun/maps-repo/n ... l_v1r2.pk3
C. Brutail wrote:Submission #13: Hot Grounds
Download: http://akion.planetnexuiz.de/maps/dm/ma ... 1_v3r2.pk3
FruitieX wrote:Submission #14: Castles
Download: http://www.hrfdesign.com/crap/maps/ctf/castles_v2r1.pk3
FruitieX wrote:Submission #16: Space Race
Download: http://hrfdesign.com/crap/maps/cts/space_race_v1r1.pk3
Oblivion wrote:Submission #17: Corsair -- Not completed, but well... I want it in the contest :P
Download: http://www.djsupportonline.com/nexmaps/corsair.pk3
Note: If the maps are outdated, I will most likely not know unless you tell me to update the links. Either way, the latest version of the map is what is important.
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Anyway, the whole point of this is to bring some more activity to Nexuiz and possibly improve it by adding new/better maps to the game. But also for mappers to have fun doing this, and hopefully you will. Good luck! :D
