Cutstuff Mapping Jam 3: Peanut Butter and Jam [RELEASED]

[Dr. Freeman]

DOWNLOAD THE PACK HERE
Or here if you're allergic to Best Ever


You can download all of the map pieces here!

One year ago, on June 20th, 2014 a mapping event was held by one SmashBroPlusB called the Brothers Mapping Jam. In it people made small map pieces and then were assigned two partners where they made two separate maps. Unlike other mapping events at the time, this was no contest, merely an event to be enjoyed by the masses and maybe even get a Top Man medal. The event was generally considered a success and the maps are still played to this day.

and then freeman hosted a second jam which was weird i guess who cares

But Jam 1 was considered a success.

And then, silence.

The Jams vanished from the world. Contests rose up once again such as Finish That Map 2: Return of Jafar and I.N.S.P.I.R.E. Both were considered to be generally fun, and were great to help people who have never mapped before try their hand at it. Yet it was a different kind of event. There was no sign of the days of jam.

Until one year later, as the hot summer air blew it, it arrived, descending from above.

SmashBroPlusB and Dr. Freeman present...

Cutstuff Mapping Jam 3: Peanut Butter and Jam

Hey everyone, it's Dr. Freeman, and welcome to the Third Mapping Jam! That's right, we're celebrating the Jamiversary by hosting the third one of these. Now it can join all the great trilogies.
Like the Hannah Montana trilogy.
A masterpiece.

If you don't know what a Jam is, a super quick explanation. It's where a bunch of mappers get together and make some maps, though there's generally something different about how they are made. For example, the first map had members working together, while the second had you do it real fast. The other note about Jam is that it's For Fun! Meaning that there are no winners, losers, judges, or Concrete Man Medals. Just maybe a fun medal.

So what are we doing this time? Well I'm glad you asked! Because you'd be screwed over if you didn't!

Phase 1- FINISHED

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This Jam will follow a lot more cues from the first mapping jam than the second, because the second was a fun experiment, but I think most of us agree it doesn't need to be repeated. And like the first mapping jam, this will be split into two phases!

For the time being, Phase 2 will remain a secret, but it will be different than Jam 1's Phase 2, BUT WHAT WILL IT BE? THE MYSTERY LIVES ON!

So let's talk about the less secretive Phase 1 for the time being!

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Similar to Jam 1, Phase 1 will have you make a small map piece! Here we have some guidelines and differences to go over, so let's begin!

-Map Pieces can be no bigger than 896x896 units.

-There will be some quality control going on with these pieces. It's not going to be too harsh, but a couple things that will probably get your piece rejected is if
1. It obviously had no effort put into it and it's just an empty box or something.
2. It is WAY too convoluted for its own good with 3D Floors everywhere
3. It's just straight up unplayable
4. Any other rules are broken.

-Let's talk about textures! Jam 1 dictated that you pick a core texture set for your piece. We are going to ask for the sake of the piece to stick with Core Textures Only. It doesn't matter what Core Textures you use (I mean, don't make it all like fences or something, be somewhat reasonable) and you shouldn't worry at all about what textures you use, as it won't have much of an effect on Phase 2. As a side note, don't worry about adding aesthetics or little fancy visual touches to your piece, this basically falls into the texture bit in the fact it will probably just prove to eat up your time and not prove to be important at all later on. The most important thing about these pieces are the layout, the textures are just here so we have something to look at.

-Signing Up in the topic is optional. If you want to sign up here, more power to you, but no one is going to make you, but it's important to note that no one is technically signed up until you submit your map piece to me via PM or Skype. Your piece basically acts as the submission. If you don't have a map piece, you aren't ready to jam.

As for deadline, it's more casual so we're giving out some extra leeway with the time. The due date for the map pieces will be two weeks from now on Saturday, July 4th at 11:59 PM. Shortly after I will make another post discussing Phase 2 and we will go from there. If you're worried about any of the rules for one reason or another, try to get it done and send it a little early and I'll let you know if it's okay!

That should be the most of it. If you have any questions, ask Smash or myself and we will try to answer them to the best of our ability. But until then, it's time to Jam and have fun!

Phase 2-

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I hope you didn't grow attached to the map pieces you made, because they will not be appearing in your map!
I mean, it's not illegal to use your own piece but that's not the main point here.

Phase 2 of Jam 3 is similar to Phase 2 of Jam 1 in the way that you will have two map pieces and will have to make a map with those two map pieces, the differences are the fact that

A. Unlike Jam 1, you are working alone.
B. The two pieces you get will be two other pieces made by the other people who signed up.

So basically, everyone has been assigned two other map pieces and you will make a map using those pieces.
Yay!

But let's get into some more detail here!
1. You have to use both map pieces assigned to you and they must be in the playable area of the map. Hooray! Changes can be made to the map piece, and that's a whole thing we need to go over right now!

-We are pretty laid back in changing the map piece, the general rule of thumb is that it still must be recognizable as the map piece in question. So if we saw my map piece, I should play the map and be like, "Oh yeah, it's a bit different but this is mine"

-For example, let's say there's a pesky ledge that is a bit too high, then you are totes allowed to lower that elevation. What you are not allowed to do is lower that elevation until it touches the floor, or raise an elevation until it touches the ceiling. The elevation must still exist, but it can be altered.

-Another example is let's say there's a null pillar (I don't even remember if a piece has a null pillar but roll with me). You can go ahead and make that pillar a normal pillar that doesn't touch the ceiling, or make it something that hangs from the ceiling yet doesn't touch the ground. You can alter it, but the pillar must still exist in some capacity.

-Three examples are good! Is there a spot in the map piece where it's like "Wow, I want to put something here..." Like maybe a stairway, another platform, or a 3d floor. Well good news for you, all of those are legal! Adding on to a map piece is A-OK, as long as once again, it is recognizable with the new features.

-If the map piece has any spawns, weapon tokens, or any other things, you are allowed to remove them all and do what you wish with them.

-I believe that covers the basics of what you can and can't change. If you have any dilemmas or questions, just ask myself or Smash and we'll be happy to help you out!

2. There was a reason I said don't worry about textures in Phase 1, and that's because you are allowed to change any texture you want in the map piece. Make it other core textures, make it custom textures! The world is your oyster! You are not confined to the textures that the map piece used, only the layout.

3. We are still quality controlling these maps! Wow what jerks! But don't worry, if you are unsure, there will be plenty of time to make a rough draft, send it to myself or Smash and we'll tell you if there's anything wrong that won't fly.
Speaking of quality control.

4. Freeman is an asshole. Please have 8 bit music or I'll change it.
Also don't worry about adding boss themes, the finished pack will have its own boss themes.

5. As this is not a contest, it is encouraged (but optional) that if you can, share your maps with your friends, get some critique, or maybe even playtest the map online before the pack releases. All of this is perfectly fine and legal. So feel free to do it if you want!

Hey, hey, let's talk about deadline!
OH NOOOOO
But it's summer, people have other things to work on, so we don't want deadline to be that crazy. So we're extending all the way to 11:59 PM on August 29th
DAMN
THAT'S A LONG TIME
WHAT IF PEOPLE PROCRASTINATE BECAUSE OF THAT LONG TIME

Well, don't you worry your pants! We're gonna have a check-in on August 1st. We are by no means expecting finished maps by that check-in. Just confirmation that some work has been put into the map.

Map Pieces

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Mendez & Gumball- Made by Shade
    Cherry & Derek- Made by Caprice
    Rozark & Korby- Made by Derek
    Freeman & Shade- Made by OrangeMario
    Lego & OrangeMario- Made by Korby
    Thunder & Rozark- Made by Gumball
    OrangeMario & Kapus- Made by Freeman
    Caprice & Mendez- Made by Llama
    Shade & Caprice- Made by Rozark
    Gumball & Galactan- Made by Lego
    Galactan & Llama- Made by Smash
    Llama & Lego- Made by Galactan
    Derek & Freeman- Made by Kapus
    Korby & Cherry- Made by Thunder
    Kapus & Smash- Made by Cherry
    Smash & Thunder- Made by Mendez

[LlamaHombre]

So do we sign up or what

[Korby]

He mentioned in the post that it doesn't matter if you sign up or not, just hand him a piece before 'merica day is over.

[LlamaHombre]

Solid, guess I just missed that.
Either way, I'll be participating.

[Caprice]

I'm always a fan, so sign me up!

let's just assume i still know how to use doombuilder

[Dr. Freeman]

Hey everyone, it's time for...

PHASE 2

So let's talk about Phase 2!

I hope you didn't grow attached to the map pieces you made, because they will not be appearing in your map!
I mean, it's not illegal to use your own piece but that's not the main point here.

Phase 2 of Jam 3 is similar to Phase 2 of Jam 1 in the way that you will have two map pieces and will have to make a map with those two map pieces, the differences are the fact that

A. Unlike Jam 1, you are working alone.
B. The two pieces you get will be two other pieces made by the other people who signed up.

So basically, everyone has been assigned two other map pieces and you will make a map using those pieces.
Yay!

But let's get into some more detail here!

(click to show/hide)

1. You have to use both map pieces assigned to you and they must be in the playable area of the map. Hooray! Changes can be made to the map piece, and that's a whole thing we need to go over right now!

-We are pretty laid back in changing the map piece, the general rule of thumb is that it still must be recognizable as the map piece in question. So if we saw my map piece, I should play the map and be like, "Oh yeah, it's a bit different but this is mine"

-For example, let's say there's a pesky ledge that is a bit too high, then you are totes allowed to lower that elevation. What you are not allowed to do is lower that elevation until it touches the floor, or raise an elevation until it touches the ceiling. The elevation must still exist, but it can be altered.

-Another example is let's say there's a null pillar (I don't even remember if a piece has a null pillar but roll with me). You can go ahead and make that pillar a normal pillar that doesn't touch the ceiling, or make it something that hangs from the ceiling yet doesn't touch the ground. You can alter it, but the pillar must still exist in some capacity.

-Three examples are good! Is there a spot in the map piece where it's like "Wow, I want to put something here..." Like maybe a stairway, another platform, or a 3d floor. Well good news for you, all of those are legal! Adding on to a map piece is A-OK, as long as once again, it is recognizable with the new features.

-If the map piece has any spawns, weapon tokens, or any other things, you are allowed to remove them all and do what you wish with them.

-I believe that covers the basics of what you can and can't change. If you have any dilemmas or questions, just ask myself or Smash and we'll be happy to help you out!

2. There was a reason I said don't worry about textures in Phase 1, and that's because you are allowed to change any texture you want in the map piece. Make it other core textures, make it custom textures! The world is your oyster! You are not confined to the textures that the map piece used, only the layout.

3. We are still quality controlling these maps! Wow what jerks! But don't worry, if you are unsure, there will be plenty of time to make a rough draft, send it to myself or Smash and we'll tell you if there's anything wrong that won't fly.
Speaking of quality control.

4. Freeman is an asshole. Please have 8 bit music or I'll change it.
Also don't worry about adding boss themes, the finished pack will have its own boss themes.

5. As this is not a contest, it is encouraged (but optional) that if you can, share your maps with your friends, get some critique, or maybe even playtest the map online before the pack releases. All of this is perfectly fine and legal. So feel free to do it if you want!

Hey, hey, let's talk about deadline!
OH NOOOOO
But it's summer, people have other things to work on, so we don't want deadline to be that crazy. So we're extending all the way to 11:59 PM on August 29th
DAMN
THAT'S A LONG TIME
WHAT IF PEOPLE PROCRASTINATE BECAUSE OF THAT LONG TIME

Well, don't you worry your pants! We're gonna have a check-in on August 1st. We are by no means expecting finished maps by that check-in. Just confirmation that some work has been put into the map.

Oh wait, how can you make the map if you don't know what pieces you have to use?
Well that's fine, because HERE WE ARE
THE PIECES
PEOPLE ARE USING
AAAAAAAAAAA

Pieces on the left, map maker on the right.

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Mendez & Gumball- Made by Shade
    Cherry & Derek- Made by Caprice
    Rozark & Korby- Made by Derek
    Freeman & Shade- Made by OrangeMario
    Lego & OrangeMario- Made by Korby
    Thunder & Rozark- Made by Gumball
    OrangeMario & Kapus- Made by Freeman
    Caprice & Mendez- Made by Llama
    Shade & Caprice- Made by Rozark
    Gumball & Galactan- Made by Lego
    Galactan & Llama- Made by Smash
    Llama & Lego- Made by Galactan
    Derek & Freeman- Made by Kapus
    Korby & Cherry- Made by Thunder
    Kapus & Smash- Made by Cherry
    Smash & Thunder- Made by Mendez

You can download all of the map pieces here!

Remember, have fun and have a Jam!

[Hallan Parva]

Something to clarify! Because it didn't occur to me until after Freeman had already posted.

You are only making one map. Your map will use both pieces in it.

Hopefully this should answer any remaining questions!

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[12:21:29 AM] Dr. Freeman: FUCKING
[12:21:29 AM] Dr. Freeman: LOL
[12:21:31 AM] Dr. Freeman: KAPUS- SMASH
[12:21:32 AM] Dr. Freeman: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
[12:21:36 AM] SmashBro: THE DESTINY
[12:21:40 AM] Dr. Freeman: RIGGED

[Kapus]

I got 2 thirds of WTF.


cherry don't make any smapus jokes in your map pls

[Russel]

PBJ15 - A fated couple

Sorry I had to
please forgive me

[Ceridran]

I got 2 thirds of WTF.


cherry don't make any smapus jokes in your map pls

curses
foiled again

[Mendez]

For anyone who plans to use GBT's piece, I should give a word of warning:
Pasting the map into GZDB caused all the little points to misalign from the grid by a very tiny amount. This makes drawing sectors around GBT's piece difficult because you won't be able to perfectly connect all your lines together. It's recommended that you check every vertices after pasting in GBT's piece and make sure that all the points and lines are aligned to the grid. This just happened to me and I don't want anyone else to struggle. Oddly enough, Smashbro's piece didn't have any issues with pasting.

[Gumballtoid]

I'm pretty sure it was just some weird mishap on your end, since I had no trouble pasting my own piece, or either of the two pieces I was assigned.

That said, I'm sure it could still happen to anyone or any piece, so Mendez's sentiment is probably still valid.

[Dr. Freeman]

Yep, I quickly tested it and his piece copy/pasted just fine with no problem of adding sectors around it.

Doombuilder hates Mendez. ;-;

[Dr. Freeman]

Yo, yo.

To my understanding, a chunk of the people taking part of this have been rather booked for the last month or so and I was thinking about it and while the deadline is supposed to be the 29th of August, this isn't a contest, and there is no reason to make a map pack of rushed maps.

As such, I am extending the deadline a whole month. (Wow!) ending it on September 30th.

More time to make good maps, more time to test maps.
Less time to make rushed maps or somethingidunno.

[Dr. Freeman]

Hello, hello!

Friendly reminder that as of today there are two weeks remaining to finish your map for Jam 3.
Wow!

okay that's all bye