Revision as of 12:58, 2 September 2010

Brief

Design a town/village/hamlet level. The contest discussion thread can be found here.

DEADLINE: Monday 13 September - your entry must be ready for judging before midday GMT+0. It is strongly recommended you submit well before this time in case you run into troubles. Modifications to your submission are welcomed - the newest version of your entry will be judged, although modifications made after the submission date will not be judged.

Requirements

All entries must:

• portray a "friendly" settlement of some kind
• be complete - do not enter a small section of a larger city, unless you also submit the rest of the city.
• lvl source as well as exported layout files must be included.
• contain at least the "outdoor" level. Additional rooms are optional, but if included, areas must be set up with area transitions.
• be submitted before monday 13 september midday (GMT+0)

Guidelines

Strong entries will:

• ... have around a dozen or so buildings and outhouses. Consideration will be made for extending the level by adding interior levels.
• ... visually portray the towns primary function such as fishing town, mining town, farm town, etc. For example, a farm town might include features like a miller, grocery market and bakery. A defensive outpost might have a wall around it.
• ... consider access to the town. This may inlude roads, paths, harbours, etc.
• ... include an area resource to add a handful of important interactive objects, such as doors. The town doesn’t need to be populated in this contest.
• ... have considered the sky and surrounding environment in the distance.
• ... be usable in a variety of mods. Please don’t go too overboard with weird additions such as crashed alien ships or other features that would make it extremely specific to a module.
• ... prioritise level design over custom content. While custom props are allowed, such contributions must be shared with the level and will not gain "bonus points". You should try entering any custom props you make to our second contest!

Groups and Prizes

Groups

This contest has only one group.

• 1st place - 15 points, chooses first
• 2nd place - 10 points, chooses second
• 3rd place - 5 points, chooses third
• All other entries meeting requirements - 1 point

To receive an "entry point", your submission must meet the requirements of the contest, listed at the top of this page

Prizes

Please see Community Contest Prizes

Helpful tutorials

• Complete Outdoor Level Making Video Guide by mikemike37 (recorded for this contest)
• Level Editor by various (Builder Wiki)
• Level Editor Tutorial by various (Builder Wiki)
• Making a new, playable module by Fen Tabris
• Building levels by Fen Tabris
• Custom Level and Room Building video tutorial by st4rdog.
• Lightmapping guide and troubleshooting by mikemike37

Entries

For information on how to enter, please see the Entry FAQs

For information on Judging, please see the Judging page.

IMPORTANT - consent to share

By entering this competition you consent to share your work for other community members to benefit from.
Where appropriate, source files should be shared. 
The work *MUST* be your own (obviously you may use DA props and selection groups).
Do not use custom props unless you have explicit consent from the author to share. You must include them with your level.
Others may use and modify your work in their Dragon Age mods, though are encouraged to give credit. 
As the entries are judged, local copies will be saved If your work is taken down.
If your work is taken down, you allow for it to be re-uploaded, crediting the work in your name.  

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Judges Comments

Judges will leave comments both as contructive suggestions for the entrant and also as impartial guidance for any looking to make use of your work.