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12 Days Before Christmas Level Design Contest - Results

After the long wait, the results are finally up. The entries were judged under the same format as the 24ho contests. For anyone who's not familiar with this system, each entry is given a rating from 1 to 5 being:

5: Favorites
4: Enjoyable
3: Ambivalent
2: Unfulfilling
1: Not for me

Then the three judges (wuthering, notgoodwithusernames and I) voted on the top 3 winners based on who got the highest average score. The entries were judged based on level design and creativity with the given themes. Without further ado, the winners are:

Third place
Gamma V
notgoodwithusernames: This entry tried to capture the essence of the Mario franchise, and even though doing so is quite a challenge to pull off, it was able to accomplish this fate with flying colors while also having fun levels to boot.
wuthering: With it's simple, classic design, this entry provides the player with a traditional-yet-enjoyable romp.
aj6666: The level design was empty at some points, but nowhere near bad. The atmosphere of the levels felt very authentic, making this something really fun to play.


Second place
yoshicookiezeus
notgoodwithusernames: Even with the simplistic visuals, the stunning level design and mouth watering creativity made this entry a shiner.
wuthering: This entry brings out more fun in a dimensional rip than anyone could ever imagine. The difficulty is high but fair, and all themes were dealt with in an imaginative fashion.
aj6666: The entry had a lot of creative gimmicks, but some of the themes could have used more potential if they weren't limited by the graphic style.


First place
Zmann
notgoodwithusernames: With the great visuals and excellent level design, this entry was able to capture the themes presented in this contest with pure ease.
wuthering: With its consistently solid design, this entry well deserves it's placement.
aj6666: Not only this had an excellent level design and theme usage, but the difficulty curve and the consistent graphic style gave a lot of consistency. Definitely worth winning.


Honorary mention
This entry had the same average score as the third place, but didn't make it to the top 3 during the judges' voting.
Evilguy0613
notgoodwithusernames: With a bit more of polishing, this entry could of easily gotten into the top 3, but nevertheless it's a really fun play through while also taking a really neat idea and amplifies it to the max.
wuthering: Despite its flaws, this is one of the most creative entries in the contest. A single, consistent gimmick, the ability to switch blocks on/off using the L and R buttons, was used very interestingly throughout the hack.
aj6666: The block and shy-guy gimmick were an original input and gave the entry an unique feeling and a great experience.


I want to congratulate not only the winners, but everyone who managed to complete all twelve levels. Even if you didn't get a great score, being able to complete the requirements is already something since not everyone was able to do this. I'm aware this was a hard contest, but don't worry if something like this get done again in the future I'm sure it will be easier.

As a judge, I really enjoyed playing through the entries. Even with the low number of participants there was a lot of variety, which was interesting. Some people decided to follow the themes in order, some decided to shuffle them or put them together in one level (tile). The alternate dimensions were all completely different, and despite being the hardest theme of all, I think it was also the most interesting one.

Judge files:
aj6666 (txt)
Wuthering (txt)
notgoodwithusernames: scores (txt) - reviews (html)
General scoring (xlsx)
Although it had it's ups and downs, judging for this contest was an overall very enjoyable experience. I'm unsure of well I did on my first time of being a judge, so if you have any criticisms about how I judged, please do drop me a PM telling me how I can improve.

Anyways, congratulations to the winners, you all deserved it. It really was a tough call voting for some of them, as they were all nearly of the same caliber, but I feel as if they all have a fair and well-earned placement.


On a semi-related note, I seriously hope no one notices the typos I made in my judging file. #ab{>_>}
Well then this went pretty well. Good thing I actually got around to finishing all the levels on time :V

Seems like most of the entries I played through before stopping ended up scoring fairly low, so now I'm all remotivated to keep playing the rest of them! Looking forward to discovering what makes the other high-ranked entries great!

And while the number of levels to time ratio might have been a bit high (as evidenced by the relatively small number of finished entries), I'd like to state that I really enjoyed the concept of this contest.
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So, yoshicookiezeus got second. Not exactly surprising since in most contest he has participated and won something, it was mostly second place. Congratulation to ZMann for winning and also congratulations to Gamma V for creating a pretty good entry. Enjoy your winnings and such.

There should be more contests like this one, they are definitely fun and I would like to see another unique type of contest soon.
> 2nd to last place

darn

Oh well, this contest was actually quite fun to participate in. Congrats to the winners.
Well, uhm, I'm a bit disappointed at myself for getting at 10th place... which is two higher then last. :/
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Well, uhm, I'm a bit disappointed at myself for getting at 10th place... which is two higher then last. :/


Me to... But still a great Contest though! :)
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Did quite miserable. And the SMB theme was the most unclear one. Oh well. Results are results.
It'd be still nice, if someone would LP this.
Aww so close to the top 3 haha but satisfied with the results either way. I thought I might have been taking somewhat of a gamble considering the gimmick of the hack but it's nice to know that it was accepted in the end. Congratulations to not only the winners but everyone who was able to submit an entry as I know it wasn't easy work.


Hope you decided to do another contest like this again as it was really fun.
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3rd Place, huh? SWEET!

Anyway, like many other contestants, I was a bit daunted by the alternate dimension/dimensional vortex theme, so much so that I almost dropped out of the contest. Thankfully, I eventually calmed down from the initial shock and came up with something, deciding on a level that had a surreal palette, floating landmasses, and enemies disguised as friends. In the end, I managed to finish by the original New Year's Eve deadline. I also made a slightly-more-polished version of this with an Overworld for the Hacks section.
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Congratulations to the winners. :D
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I got 1st? That's amazing... #thp{=D}

To be honest, I was just happy to finish up my entry in time for this one. I wasn't expecting to even place, let alone win the whole thing. But I'm glad my entry was still so well-liked.

Congrats to the other winners as well!
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A divided 5th place! I'm pretty happy :3, especially seeing NGWU liked my entry so much he gave it a 5. He noticed that I decided to stick to the more simplistic design instead of 'hey let's make a level which is B screens long but takes you 10 minutes to complete because so much stuff and paths and okdjahia'. But I guess I overdid it a bit, because the other judges critizised it. Oh well. This helps me develop my own design style more and more.

Also I must congratulate everyone who got mentioned here because I liked their entries really much and they deserved to be on the winners platform for sure. Let's hope there will be more special contests like this in the future!
Cool. Congratulations to the winners.

Will there be another contest like this later on? I seriously considered participating this time, but gave up because I realized I don't yet have the skills needed to make an advanced, "chocolate" hack.


Originally posted by Proto Stratos
Will there be another contest like this later on? I seriously considered participating this time, but gave up because I realized I don't yet have the skills needed to make an advanced, "chocolate" hack.

Most probably there will be unique contests like this but this may just be simply a one time thing (not sure but it is a possibility). I would love to see more unique contests and you could perhaps give them a try in the future (most likely they will happen).