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Questionable Level Design Contest #3 ~ Results!

The Results of Questionable Level Design Contest #3!

Thank you for your patience on results but it's time to reveal the winners of this year's QLDC!

I say this every time but I would like to thank our judges for their work and involvement in helping make QLDC the event it is. So thanks to authorblues, Java, Kezcade, patcdr, Shoujo and shovda! Thanks also to Amethyst whose contributions to QLDC are always appreciated, but she had to drop from judging this year.


The Winners!

As always the competition is very hot in this contest but our Top 3 "most questionable" submissions were:
Questionable Level Design Contest #3 (Winter 2025) - 3rd PlaceBending our brains around more numbers and shapes than anyone should reasonably handle was
FerpyMcFrosting with "Do You Mind?"
!

Questionable Level Design Contest #3 (Winter 2025) - 2nd PlaceOnce again showing us they have a mastery of cryptic puzzles in SMW is
Fyre150 with "a simple wood"
!

Questionable Level Design Contest #3 (Winter 2025) - 1st PlaceNot leaving us feeling Blue and Impressing the judges was
Daizo Dee Von with "You are Just a Blue Switch"
!


Questionable Level Design Contest #3 (Winter 2025) - 3rd PlaceTop Ten!

The following entries are our runners up and their authors are being granted a golden Questionable orb (patent pending)!

  • "Super Little Guy That Can't Jump Very High" by MegaMarioMan9
    has us wishing we too could jump just a little bit higher.
  • "Once in a Moon Room" by E-man38
    is out here for all the greedy little moon gremlins.
  • Sliding a saw into your DMs then ghosting was
    Nitrogen with "A GRINDR ENCOUNTER"
    !
  • Are you sure you remember the secret code?
    "push button, receiv" by Scags
    is here to advocate for password managers.
  • Having us running up the walls was the entry
    "Triangleful Heaven" by Bumpty
    .
  • To see more interesting cinema than much of the MCU play
    "Mario Goes to Hollywood" by MrNapkino
    .
  • Making people doubt how much they actually know this game is
    Medic with "Super Mario Worldle"
    .


Questionable Level Design Contest #3 (Winter 2025) - DistinctionDistinctions!

We have had many many entries that really delivered yet again for this contest, so to highlight those efforts that our judges agreed did something special in this year's QLDC the following people are earning questionable distinctions.

Author(s)Award
HammererQuestionable Morals
AnorakunBloodiest Tears
Hot SaucePut a Spring in Our Step
jirok1Oops all Coyote Time!
mmBeefStewBoom-shaka-laka!
derenrichDoes anyone really own the Voicer-kun?
Hwailaluta & SpaceGlamAdmit 1 to Gamblers Anonymous
Zavok & N450We've Got Colorful Confusion At Home
unipatRIP Fred Durst
Mischievous MarcUnJumpman
ScarfleySomething's Not Right Here
janklordeFailed to load: img/trophy/QLDC_distinction.png
Dark PrinceWe Couldn't See It
GbreezeSunsetYour Mario is in Another Castle
codfish1002Sickest Shreds
FullcannonThe Fields Medal Goes To
BlaagonSeek The Dis-Creep-ancy
OEO6Pacmaniac
KevinCopyrighted material has been shared using your SNES
karafruitMost QBASIC
Donut & Segment1Zone2Most filled with DETERMINATION
NewPointlessGo home and be a family man!
HD_DankBaronSpace Jam DVD
Burning LoafExpansion is my favorite flavor of Chips
underwayThis One Judged Itself
iforogtDidn't Patch NMSTL

Questionable Level Design Contest #3 (Winter 2025) - ParticipantFor all those who participated this year you will be getting the participation trophy!

Questionable Level Design Contest #3 (Winter 2025) - JudgeAs usual, our lovely judges will be receiving this trophy for their profiles to acknowledge their contributions.


Disqualifications

  • Entry 13 was incompletable as-submitted and therefore couldn't be fully judged.
  • Entry 29 was removed from results due to disqualifying conduct of the submitter.


Judge Comments

If you would like to see the detailed feedback the judges gave on each entry you can view the following spreadsheet:

Judges Comments →


Thanks for another great QLDC! I look forward to the next one! :)
Wow! I'm absolutely blown away that my first ever contest entry earned a distinction trophy! I truly, wholeheartedly did not expect that at all. I learned a lot from participating in this contest and I hope to improve my contest entries with your feedback. Big thanks to the judges for all of their hard work. You guys are awesome! #smrpg{y} #smrpg{<3}
Edit: Forgot to say congrats to the winners and all who participated as well lol.
I won the distinction trophy! #smrpg{y}



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Was hoping to get a distinction trophy but I've never done one of these before so I guess I just didn't know what I was getting into. Always next time! I'm glad the judges mostly seemed to like my level at least.

Congrats to all the winners!
I won't lie, I was feeling I'd get the distinction trophy for real lol
Ah! The first contest and I'm really happy to hear all of the positive things said about the other entries! Lots of fun times with this one! A lot of people did a fantastic job!
A soon as I woke up, the QLDC trophy came back.
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I admit my entry wasn't very good since I'm a Lunar Magic newbie and I'm just learning the basics (at least I knew how to put in custom graphics) but at least I'm glad I participated in this contest. I promise my next QLDC entry will be better, not something that will rank in the top 10 but something that is fun to play.
A distinction! Glad to see judges enjoyed the level! Congrats to everyone!