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
 Nuclear Sunset Zone Act 2. |
 Tree Ring Zone. |
 Castle Canyon Zone. |
 Race Alley Zone. |
