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Events / Cutstuff Mapping Jam 8: Jamburger
« on: October 27, 2022, 03:15:22 AM »
Cutstuff Mapping Jam 8: Jamburger
Hey all you people, it's Dr. Freeman and welcome to the eighth (or seventh kinda. falcon was weird) Cutstuff Mapping Jam! One day these things will end but today is not that day!
If you do not yet know what a mapping jam is, this is the paragraph where I talk about it! The mapping jam is just when the community comes together to make a bunch of maps. But Jam is not just something for veteran mappers to enjoy, in fact, I heavily encourage that if you've ever had an interest in making a map but Megaman 8-bit Deathmatch, that you give it a shot and make those mapping dreams come true! This is not a contest, and there are no winners. We're just getting everyone together to make some maps for fun. And because of that, any help that you may need can be given by anyone willing to do so. Personally I'm always down to help someone if they need it.
Jam is broken down into two separate phases. Phase 1 will be a couple of weeks long where everyone makes a small map piece (details below). The map piece will also act as one's sign up to the jam. Once the signup phase is completed, we move onto Phase 2 where everyone receives two map pieces and have to make a map using those pieces.
But that is not all! For there is one more gimmick returning to his jam, made a little more user friendly this go around. Along with your map piece assignments, each mapper will be given three words chosen from a pool (more on that later as well). Mappers must choose two out of those three words (i guess you can use all three though if you want) and those words MUST relate to the map you make in some way, shape, or form. Don't worry though. I'm all for bending the meaning of words to get what you want, in fact I find it funny if it makes sense to do so. But we will talk more about that when we reach phase 2.
Here are the guidelines for phase 1. It is mostly copy/pasted like it is every year!
BUT, this time you need to give me more than just a map piece. I mentioned everyone will be given words from a pool for phase 2, but that pool will be made by you fellow mappers. Along with your piece please give me at least three words to put in the word pool. You will not get these words yourself! But they will be words other mappers have a chance of getting. I suppose you can give me more but please don't give me more than five for the sake of my sanity.
That said, there's a level of being reasonable when giving me words. Words like "Dark", "Bounce", "Fast", and "Ghost" are things that you can reasonably use in your life. But don't give me things that don't lend themselves well to mapping like "Broccoli" or something. Also nothing on the nose like "Hard Man" (which isn't even a word!!!). At the end of the day, while I want this to be a user made pool, I do reserve the right to deny any submitted words and ask for replacements or just replace them myself. And keep things PG.
As for the more specific guidelines for Phase 2, that's something we will talk about when we get there.
WITH THAT BEING SAID, as always these map pieces and words act as your sign up to the Jam. You will be unable to participate in Phase 2 without completing Phase 1. So the next couple weeks are your chance to sign up!
All map pieces and words are to be submitted to me either by PM on Cutstuff or over Discord (you can find me at Freems#2222). Submissions will close on Sunday, November 13th at 11:59 PM EST (A little longer than two weeks but with how my schedule is lined up, that's the best outcome for me to actually be able to set up Phase 2 on time) Once the deadline has been hit and everything is submitted, we will discuss the next part!
I believe I've covered everything I have to for the time being. If you have any questions about how anything works, don't be afraid to ask! And with that, it's time to jam!
Hey all you people, it's Dr. Freeman and welcome to the eighth (or seventh kinda. falcon was weird) Cutstuff Mapping Jam! One day these things will end but today is not that day!
If you do not yet know what a mapping jam is, this is the paragraph where I talk about it! The mapping jam is just when the community comes together to make a bunch of maps. But Jam is not just something for veteran mappers to enjoy, in fact, I heavily encourage that if you've ever had an interest in making a map but Megaman 8-bit Deathmatch, that you give it a shot and make those mapping dreams come true! This is not a contest, and there are no winners. We're just getting everyone together to make some maps for fun. And because of that, any help that you may need can be given by anyone willing to do so. Personally I'm always down to help someone if they need it.
Jam is broken down into two separate phases. Phase 1 will be a couple of weeks long where everyone makes a small map piece (details below). The map piece will also act as one's sign up to the jam. Once the signup phase is completed, we move onto Phase 2 where everyone receives two map pieces and have to make a map using those pieces.
But that is not all! For there is one more gimmick returning to his jam, made a little more user friendly this go around. Along with your map piece assignments, each mapper will be given three words chosen from a pool (more on that later as well). Mappers must choose two out of those three words (i guess you can use all three though if you want) and those words MUST relate to the map you make in some way, shape, or form. Don't worry though. I'm all for bending the meaning of words to get what you want, in fact I find it funny if it makes sense to do so. But we will talk more about that when we reach phase 2.
Here are the guidelines for phase 1. It is mostly copy/pasted like it is every year!
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BUT, this time you need to give me more than just a map piece. I mentioned everyone will be given words from a pool for phase 2, but that pool will be made by you fellow mappers. Along with your piece please give me at least three words to put in the word pool. You will not get these words yourself! But they will be words other mappers have a chance of getting. I suppose you can give me more but please don't give me more than five for the sake of my sanity.
That said, there's a level of being reasonable when giving me words. Words like "Dark", "Bounce", "Fast", and "Ghost" are things that you can reasonably use in your life. But don't give me things that don't lend themselves well to mapping like "Broccoli" or something. Also nothing on the nose like "Hard Man" (which isn't even a word!!!). At the end of the day, while I want this to be a user made pool, I do reserve the right to deny any submitted words and ask for replacements or just replace them myself. And keep things PG.
As for the more specific guidelines for Phase 2, that's something we will talk about when we get there.
WITH THAT BEING SAID, as always these map pieces and words act as your sign up to the Jam. You will be unable to participate in Phase 2 without completing Phase 1. So the next couple weeks are your chance to sign up!
All map pieces and words are to be submitted to me either by PM on Cutstuff or over Discord (you can find me at Freems#2222). Submissions will close on Sunday, November 13th at 11:59 PM EST (A little longer than two weeks but with how my schedule is lined up, that's the best outcome for me to actually be able to set up Phase 2 on time) Once the deadline has been hit and everything is submitted, we will discuss the next part!
I believe I've covered everything I have to for the time being. If you have any questions about how anything works, don't be afraid to ask! And with that, it's time to jam!