1. CHALLENGE:

What is Storytelling Level Design Challenge?

Below is a simple description of an open ended story written by Alex 'Smog' Shaw. Read the story and whatever comes to mind, whichever images appear in your imagination you are to create the visuals.

Create the visuals based on the story below. Key to Storytelling Level Design Challenge is to tell a story with your environment that you create.

"Long shadows are cast down the street as light from the setting sun hits various objects dotted about the roadside. On one side of the road there sits a lonely bench, which was dedicated to someone long dead. The bench was positioned in front of a low-lying wall that has recently started crumbling. Unlike most buildings in the village, the railway station behind the wall no longer stands proud like it once did. It was forsaken and left to whittle away over the years after the roof collapsed.

In contrast to the decay around the train station, the opposite side of the street has seen investment and as such the buildings have been re-born and impose the feeling that the rest of the village has entered a new age."

Written by: Alex 'Smog' Shaw


2. CHALLENGE DETAILS:

•Any level editor of your choice
•Create your work-in-progress thread. Update your forum thread with your wip and final submission. Work in progress thread must be started with the following: "WoLD Storytelling Challenge 1 - YourName"
•Storytelling Forum Section is here


3. JUDGING CRITERIA:

•Storytelling within your environment based on the short description. How well you followed the description and communicated that within your environment?
•Work In Progress Thread on WoLD Forums. How well did you keep progress log?
•Screenshots with no hud
•3 Beauty Screenshots
•Optional: video trailer no longer then 30 seconds


4. CHALLENGE SUBMISSION:

•Deadline: March 25, 2011 at midnight your time.
•Judges: WoLD Members in a Public Poll based on 3 Beauty Shots you provided
•Submission: 3 beauty screenshots, no hud
•WIP Thread: Post final screenshots in your own Work In Progress Thread on WoLD Forums. (Registration is Free).

Our new forums are now up and running, access is now available.

Change over is now complete and we're testing functionality, so get in there and see if it falls over. :-)

See you on there, guys!

Weds 16th Feb, our forums will be migrating to vBulletin so until further notice, the forums are down. Hopefully the new boards will be up and running by this evening.

NOTE

You will be requested to reset your passwords when the new forums go live.

Further announcements to come in due course.

Meanwhile, kick ass & chew bubble gum.

Thank you to everyone who participated. We hope you enjoy and learn a lot from these challenges.

Winter 2011 Level Design Challenge has come to an end. After a week worth of playing, dissecting and discussing me, Keith, Smog, Nexusdog and Oilcake has come to a decision on the top three.

Winner and 2 runner ups.

We also couldn't leave it at choosing just three. We all had honorable mentions that we thought should get recognition as well.

So without further ado, here is the winner, 2-runner ups and honorable mentions.

Note: Please note that these maps are not in their final release state.

Notes below include compilation from all of the judges on what the designer did well and where the map needs improvement.

WINNER: hhmoore

RUNNER-UPS: Qmaster and Shrioihusky

HONORABLE MENTIONS: BenGough and Wookash_b

Don't forget we are still around! :)
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