Official Level Design Contest

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The Official Level Design Contest is a mapping contest held on the SRB2 Message Board. It is currently held bimonthly, though in the past it was held every month.

The objective is for people to make their own unique maps over the course of the two months, using no additional multimedia outside of what is provided in SRB2's core wads, and send them in to be combined into a single wad. Then, for a full week after the submission period, people will play and judge the maps on the intended gametype, according to how fun and interesting it was to play, adding whatever constructive criticism they see fit. They give their votes (and comments, if they want to) inside of the voting topic on the message board, giving the map a number from 0 to 10, 0 being the lowest, and 10 being the highest. Once the contest voting period is over, the compiled map pack is eventually added to SRB2.org's Addons section, with the winners highlighted.

The contest has four divisions, for each of the main gametypes: Match, Capture the Flag, Circuit Race and Single Player. Maps entered in a contest may support other gametypes, but they shall only be judged on the one it was entered in.

The Single Player contest has the additional bonus of allowing the author to add custom graphics and music to their map. It is also the only division which will not have its wads merged into a single file: they will be presented for voting as they were entered. Finally, the winning maps of the Single Player contest will receive special treatment on the SRB2 Addons section: they will be displayed in a "Featured Addons" section complete with screenshots and a commentary from the author. The remainder of the Single Player entries will not be added to the addons section automatically, though: each author must submit his/her level as a normal Addon submission.

There was a new rule recently added and went into effect for May/June 2008. Authors cannot enter two maps into one division.

List of Contests

Only legitimate maps are counted in numbers of maps and average ratings.

Period Number of Maps Average Rating
2008
September/October 23 4.78
July/August 15 4.28
May/June 11 5.14
March/April 11 4.75
January/February 17 4.30
2007
November/December 17 4.54
September/October 15 4.92
July/August 11 6.12
May/June 15 5.38
March/April 21 5.30
January/February 26 4.76
2006
September-December 14 6.49
July/August 29 4.72
May/June 32 5.29
March/April 27 5.76
January/February 13 6.90
2005
November/December 14 5.67
September/October 11 4.89
July/August 10 6.72
May/June 17 6.20
March/April 5 (No voting happened)
January 13 6.30
2004
December 23 5.17
February 3 6.66
January 7 6.49
2003
December 3 5.35
October/November 10 5.93
September 5 6.68

Current Records

Rank Name Author Contest Score
Single Player
1 Nuclear Sunset Zone Act 2 BlueZero4 July/August 2007 9.50
2 Aero Shrine Zone Act 1 Tets January/February 2006 8.78
3 Gelespious Mountain Zone Penopat January/February 2007 8.71
4 Dark Palisades Zone Tets July/August 2005 8.33
5 Rocky Pass Zone Oogaland May/June 2006 8.30
6 Storm Ruins Zone Act 2 FuriousFox January/February 2006 8.25
7 Arid Ruins Zone Act 1 Tets May/June 2006 8.10
8 (tied) Red Desert Zone SonicMaster September/October 2008 8.00
8 (tied) Moon Temple Zone JJames19119 July/August 2006 8.00
8 (tied) Los Gehts Zone Penopat May/June 2006 8.00
Match
1 Tree Ring Zone Some guy November/December 2005 10.00
2 Four Seasons Oogaland November/December 2005 9.50
3 Nocturnal Sahara Zone Digiku May/June 2005 9.14
4 Greenery Hotel Zone JJames19119 March/April 2006 9.00
5 Rocky Ravine Zone Blue Blur March/April 2006 8.56
6 Ivory Square Zone Digiku September-December 2006 8.44
7 River Side Zone Some guy January 2005 8.40
8 Loopy Tunnel Zone a441 September 2003 8.33
9 Plughole Zone Oogaland September-December 2006 8.14
10 Snow Shrine Zone Oogaland May/June 2007 8.11
Capture the Flag
1 Castle Canyon Zone Mystic January/February 2007 8.82
2 Metal Star Zone FuriousFox January/February 2006 8.71
3 (tied) Lush Falls Zone Com July/August 2007 8.29
3 (tied) Isolated Canyon Zone Neo Chaotikal January/February 2006 8.29
5 Daimondus Zone Glaber January/February 2007 8.27
6 (tied) Amber Fortress Zone Chaos Zero 64 March/April 2007 8.00
6 (tied) Card Carnival Zone JJames19119 September-December 2006 8.00
6 (tied) Lily Pads Zone Oogaland May/June 2006 8.00
6 (tied) Wall Fortresses Zone JJames19119 March/April 2006 8.00
6 (tied) Techno Hill Zone CTF Mystic January/February 2006 8.00
Circuit
1 Race Alley Zone FoxBlitzz July/August 2006 8.86
2 Four Seasons Circuit Zone Oogaland July/August 2006 8.20
3 Ice Cap Zone JJames19119 January/February 2007 7.60
4 Wacky Track Zone SonicMaster January/February 2008 7.00
5 Generic Greens Zone SRB2 Playah March/April 2007 6.80
6 Sandopolis Zone JJames19119 March/April 2007 6.78
7 Sky Cannon Zone FuriousFox September/October 2007 6.71
8 (tied) Waterfall Heights Zone Boinciel September/October 2007 6.67
8 (tied) Noxious Wood Zone SRB2 Playah March/April 2007 6.67
10 Morning Hill Zone JJames19119 July/August 2006 6.60
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