[COMPETITION] BobtheGreatII's May Modeling Challenge: Forerunner Map

Welcome to May - June Modeling Competition!

Create a playable and fun Forerunner themed multiplayer map for Halo Custom Edition!

What it should be:

The map should follow the standard Forerunner theme. Try your best to keep it in the Halo Universe. Feel free to use textures that are already created. If you use tags from someone else, be sure to list them and give them proper credit. Try to keep the map process to yourself, but if you must you can work in a group. No guarantees the prize will be split though.* The map itself can follow any size. Small, Medium, or Large. All maps must support all game types. Try to make it as fun as you can too. No rules against having map testing, but I'm not to be blamed for stolen ideas or tags. Anything you think is yours must be posted here first for all to see.

What it shouldn't be:

The map should not have UV errors. Exception errors will guarantee an almost immediate disqualification. Modeling problems, shadow problems, and other unpleasant errors will knock down on the rating.

Please post WIP in this thread, to be judged, critiqued, and hopefully to help you in your map making process!

Required pieces include:

• The Map!
• A list of tags, textures, or models used and their appropriate author!
• Top down finished map render showing playable paths.

Warning!
You must show progress, including renders! Any final model entries with no WIP renders/screenshots will not be accepted. Also, it may seem like a given, but all maps must be created between the 1st of May and the 30th of June . No previous work will be accepted!

Rules can change as seen fit by me, or the forum to protect original work, and properly judge the competition. Redirect comments and questions about judging and other issues to here:
http://www.modacity.net/forums/showt...g-Competitions

The Prize:
*The prize is still up in the air. It will be announced as soon as I can work something out. I'm aiming for a gift card through Steam currently.

Now get to work!

>>Rules Have Changed<<
- Sketch is no longer required.
- You now have two months.
- From now on, you can use a previously un-released map to submit to the competition. (Note, Beta or Alpha releases don't count as a release). This does mean however, that it must be your work, if any of the map was done by someone else (excluding tags of course) without their permission it will lead to immediate disqualification. The forum will be my support for seeing that these maps are done by you and only you. Remember, WIP shot are still required in this thread, any released content without some work being showed will also lead to immediate disqualification.

Awesome competition! I'll give it a go if I have some time to model stuff.

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Originally Posted by BobtheGreatII

A sketch of the map layout! (This is for proof it was your idea)

Also, it may seem like a given, but all maps must be created in this month. No previous work will be accepted!

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These are both kinda dumb tbh, not everyone makes a sketch of their map (I certainly never have, revelations, requiem, sympathy, etc)

As for the second rule, this would probably be good in a community where it's not only normal to have multiple WIPs, but also way more people. You're eliminating pretty much just one of the maybe 4 entries you'll get in this (if you're lucky) by not allowing maps started relatively recently.

You should also extend the deadline, and give at the very least three months instead.

I'd have to agree. Perhaps you should do asset challenges as opposed to an entire map.

Maybe a forerunner structure, as opposed to an entire map?

And on the note of drawings; they never seem to work out right when I do them, and I end up just going off of my creativity.

This is not the place to be posting these. Post all comments about the competition here: http://www.modacity.net/forums/showt...g-Competitions

This thread is for the WIP. The rules stand though. Deadline will be extended. It's two months. Three is extravagant. And the rule isn't mine. It was Snaf's from the original modeling competitions. It makes sense to me. And I will not accept any maps that have been worked on previously. This is a given for a monthly modeling competition. If you could pull out any old dusty map and submit it, you haven't put forth the effort to create something from scratch for this month. That rule will not change. All maps must be made this between this month and the end of the next.

And no, it's a map. Not a structure.

I can remove the sketch from the competition, but I will not be accountable for stolen ideas or layouts.

kewl, i think i might participate.

Hrm... I might actually use this to jump back into some modeling, rather than continuing my lazy.

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Originally Posted by Llama Juice

Hrm... I might actually use this to jump back into some modeling, rather than continuing my lazy.

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hehe yeah that was exactly my reasoning :P

This is what I'm hoping for. I need to get to work on mine. Sheesh.