Doing this in lieu of PJ who's been facing some technical difficulties... hopefully I don't screw it up!

2024 was a fantastic year for JCS, and there is no shortage of outstanding work to honor. Now's your chance!

Here's the rules:

• You may (but don't have to) choose up to your top 3 nominated entries per category, ranked.
• You are advised to vote fairly.
• You are allowed to vote for uploads that have not been listed amongst the nominations.
• Only levels uploaded to J2O in 2024 can be voted on.

In order to vote, you may either:

• post your votes in this thread and then immediately delete the post - this will make it temporarily hidden
• use this Google Form and confirm your vote to either me or PurpleJazz over a private message or a DM. (Or by posting "Voted via the form" here.)

The nominees are (sorted alphabetically by author):

Best Battle of 2024

A Titan, Ornery - cooba
Starling - cooba
Zeno - cooba
Intergalactic Destination - Dragusela
Jolly Battle Level - Dragusela
Pumpkin Park - Dragusela
Knapweed Bog - Lark
Lemondrop Labyrinth - Lark
Raz'goth Hollow - Lark
Shores of Desolation - Lark
Mt. Gongga - Loon
The Silenced Cathedral - Loon
Astral Witchcraft - minmay
Titan Armory - PurpleJazz
Necropolis - Superjazz
Blood Libel - Violet CLM
Mini Commotion - Violet CLM

Best CTF of 2024

Falkenstein: The New Order - cooba
Penelope - cooba
Starling (CTF) - cooba
Bioluminesence - Dragusela
Twilight River - Dragusela
Willowgrove Hollow - Dragusela
Indigo Falls - FawFuL
A Great Day for Hockey - Lark
Azure Alluvion - Lark
Triton's Trench - Lark
Psithurism - Loon
Copper web - Lynx/Naps
Astral Witchcraft - minmay
Saline Shores - PurpleJazz
Thunder Cliffs - Superjazz
Spherical Coalesence - Warren
The World Spear - Warren

Best Single Player of 2024

Diamondus Ultimate - DoubleGJ
Find It Out (Single Player) - Superjazz
Good Morning Turtleville! - RSGDB
Marbel Prize - Violet CLM

Best AngelScript of 2024 (can choose up to 5)

A Titan, Ornery - cooba
Diamondus Ultimate - DoubleGJ
A Great Day for Hockey - Lark
Triton's Trench - Lark
Copper web - Lynx/Naps
Astral Witchcraft - minmay
Custom MLLE Naps WeaponPack - Naps
Bad Apple - Spaz Electro
Find It Out (Single Player) - Superjazz
Thunder Cliffs - Superjazz
Capture the Cow / Melk Reskins - Violet CLM
Show Player Gems V - Violet CLM
Two DOM Mutators - Violet CLM
Defend and Destroy - Warren
Spherical Coalesence - Warren

Best Eyecandy of 2024 (can choose up to 5)

A Titan, Ornery - cooba
Falkenstein: The New Order - cooba
Penelope - cooba
Starling - cooba
Starling (CTF) - cooba
Zeno - cooba
Diamondus Ultimate - DoubleGJ
Bioluminesence - Dragusela
Intergalactic Destination - Dragusela
Jolly Battle Level - Dragusela
Pumpkin Park - Dragusela
Twilight River - Dragusela
Willowgrove Hollow - Dragusela
Indigo Falls - FawFuL
A Great Day for Hockey - Lark
Azure Alluvion - Lark
Knapweed Bog - Lark
Lemondrop Labyrinth - Lark
Raz'goth Hollow - Lark
Shores of Desolation - Lark
Triton's Trench - Lark
Mt. Gongga - Loon
Psithurism - Loon
The Silenced Cathedral - Loon
Copper web - Lynx/Naps
Astral Witchcraft - minmay
Saline Shores - PurpleJazz
Titan Armory - PurpleJazz
Find It Out (Single Player) - Superjazz
Necropolis - Superjazz
Thunder Cliffs - Superjazz
Blood Libel - Violet CLM
Mini Commotion - Violet CLM
Spherical Coalesence - Warren
The World Spear - Warren

Best Author of 2024

cooba - A Titan, Ornery, Falkenstein: The New Order, Penelope, Starling, Starling (CTF), Zeno

Dragusela - Bioluminesence, Intergalactic Destination, Jolly Battle Level, Pumpkin Park, Twilight River, Willowgrove Hollow

Lark - A Great Day for Hockey, Azure Alluvion, Knapweed Bog, Lemondrop Labyrinth, Raz'goth Hollow, Shores of Desolation, Shores of Desolation

Loon - Mt. Gongga, Psithurism, The Silenced Cathedral

PurpleJazz - Saline Shores, Titan Armory

Superjazz - Find It Out (Single Player), Necropolis, Thunder Cliffs

Violet CLM - Blood Libel, Capture the Cow / Melk Reskins, Marbel Prize, Mini Commotion, Show Player Gems V, Two DOM Mutators

Warren - Defend and Destroy, The World Spear, Spherical Coalesence


Voting closes on February 28th, at 23:59 GMT+1.

Voted via the form

The voting deadline has been extended to February 28th (next Friday).

The voting deadline is now* over! Thank you to everybody who took a part in the process.

PurpleJazz will be with you to present the results shortly.

* - 10h30m after the fact... I was a bit sleepy

Apologies for the delay, I had other things on my plate. Here are the results!

Best Battle Level of 2024

Titan Armory - PurpleJazz [4]
Mt. Gongga - Loon [3.75]
Astral Witchcraft - minmay [3.75]
Blood Libel - Violet CLM [2.5]

Best CTF Level of 2024

Copper web - Lynx & Naps [3.25]
Saline Shores - PurpleJazz [3.25]
Indigo Falls - FawFuL [2.75]
Falkenstein: The New Order - cooba [2.5]
Astral Witchcraft - minmay [2.5]

Best Single Player Release of 2024

Diamondus Ultimate - DoubleGJ [8]
Find It Out (Single Player) - Superjazz [6]
Marbel Prize - Violet CLM [4.75]

Best AngelScript of 2024

Astral Witchcraft - minmay [8.5]
Spherical Coalescence - Warren [4.9]
Show Player Gems V - Violet CLM [3.8]

Best Eyecandy of 2024

Astral Witchcraft - minmay [3.9]
Saline Shores - PurpleJazz [3.5]
Indigo Falls - FawFuL [3.4]

Best JCSer of 2024

Dragusela [6]
cooba [3]
Warren [2]

Congratulations to all of the award winners! And thank you so much for voting for Titan Armory and Saline Shores, I honestly didn't expect to win either category but I'm truly thunderstruck by the reception these have received. Very well done to the other award winners! It was a very close finish - special shout out to Loon for Mt Gongga for narrowly coming 2nd place in Best Battle, which was one of the best new party-sized Battle levels of the year, perfectly suited for events such as JDC and the Anniversary Bash.

Props to minmay for creating Astral Witchcraft which was arguably the most technically impressive level of the year - really showing off the power of modern AngelScript while offering some delightfully energetic gameplay. It's no wonder it's been such a prominent feature of the awards this year! Definitely worth giving it a spin, but be sure to bring your friends! I can't wait to see what minmay has in store for us in 2025 and beyond.

We've seen plenty of other of cool things done with AngelScript this year. Copper web has one of the most unique level themes of the year and introduces a titular web launcher gun that shakes up the usual CTF gameplay by giving players a useful utility weapon for area denial. Very well done to Lynx and her script writer Naps! Meanwhile Warren has brought in some jaw-dropping visual effects and some seriously strong weaponry in his new CTF level Spherical Coalesence. Talk about power creep!

On the Single Player side of things, Diamondus Ultimate amps up the flexibility of its namesake tileset up to 11 and offers a captivating mix of old-school gameplay while simultaneously deploying AngelScript for some fun custom gameplay elements and storytelling. Find It Out is the long-awaited and highly anticipated follow up to SJ's multiplayer pack of the same name, and the wait was well worth it! It offers plenty of nostalgic gameplay while having a emphasis on story, taking full advantage of scripting for some more engaging dialogue than your typical single player episode. There's also a fun new JJ1 level to try in Marbel Prize, if you'd like to mix things up a bit. You can even play it in your browser!

There were also plenty of levels that broke new ground purely through exceptional level design alone. Shout out to cooba for making Falkenstein: The New Order, which bridges the gap between oldschool and newschool gameplay in a way not done with as much style and flair in a long time. It's reminiscent of classic OLC CTF levels in some respect but also feels like a fresh experience. Meanwhile Violet continues to do Violet things and defies conventions, this time by making a predominately vertical level that's actually a joy to play in Blood Libel, proving that there's still heaps of potential to discover if you're willing to think outside the box! I also can't go without mentioning Indigo Falls by FawFuL, which does some wonderful things with JJ2+ layer modes and feels very much like it's own environment rather than just another Carrotus level. It also offers fantastic gameplay too, check it out!

Lastly, I cannot close without giving a special congratulations to Dragusela, your JCSer of the year for 2024! You have gone from strength to strength, starting from relatively humble beginnings just a few years ago to one of the most prominent level creators in the modern day. It's safe to say that if you played JJ2 Multiplayer in 2024, you almost certainly played a Dragusela level at some point. A very well deserved win, and I eagerly await new levels from you this year! cooba also definitely deserves to be commended this year for being a creative tour-de-force, bringing out a plethora of highly innovative levels during the year that offer a diverse range of gameplay for all occasions. Props to Warren as well, hopefully we see some more explosive levels from you in 2025!

Thanks to everyone who made 2024 such a fantastic year in the JCS scene, and here's to an even greater 2025!

Congrats to the winners!

Hooray!