Originally posted by Lazy
Every VLDC, there's a slew of submissions that look pretty but are an absolute bore to play though. This contest would finally get people to put some thought into their level design. That's also why this would actually be hella different from VLDC.
I disagree. The people that know how to make good levels and have done so throughout VLDCs will continue to do it here while the people who aren't the best at designing levels won't suddenly get any better in this contest.
The scoring criteria would be changed, but the level quality will not be any different (well, it'll be better because the contest will be less big and thus less absolute newbies will enter, but that's a different factor). They'll look generic and still be an absolute bore to play through.
I honestly just don't think "VLDC but without the aesthetics criteria" would make for a very exciting contest, and I'm not just saying that cause Vitor will yell at us if we make a second VLDC right now.
I'm not saying a contest like that won't ever happen, just definitely not right now where VLDC already exists.
Originally posted by Lazy
As for the authenticity vs. creativity debate, that just sounds like "imitate something" vs. "come up with something on your own" to me so uh. I'm for creativity.
Looking over people's replies, that seems to be the consensus yeah, there were only like 1 or 2 people that want that 24h contest extension. I guess we can drop that one then, cause as I said earlier I agree the format is definitely better suited to something like 24hosmw.
Originally posted by Lazy
@disallowing unintended behaviour: what why
Because that would fit the original proposal of a SMW-remake contest without making it boring by adding the authenticity category. No game would be published on the SNES that legitimately exploits its own mechanics for design, they'd just add stuff.
Which is where the other two proposals stem from:
Either we let people add custom stuff and jank however they wish as long as it LOOKS like SMW or we disallow custom assets and stuff that clearly wasn't intended. Options 3 and 2 in the earlier post I made.
Both would differentiate it from VLDC a lot, enough to warrant being their own things.
Also it's not like I have any kind of authority here so if you don't agree with anything your vote counts as much as mine.
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