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Sep 30, 2024, 03:04 PM
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Halloween Battle Contest

It's Spooktober! Boo!

I came to a realisation that there should be many more Battle levels. Also I have not run a contest in some time and I'm feeling generous (within reason).

I am, therefore, announcing:

Halloween Battle Contest!
Create a spooky/horror/etc. themed Battle level.

Rules:

Must be uploaded to J2O before October 31st, UTC-12:00
  • That's four weeks to create a Battle level. Battle is by far the easiest gamemode to make levels for - it's essentially freestyle JCSing. There are some "common sensibilities" that levels abide by, but maybe breaking those is more interesting? With JJ2+ you don't even need a single event for a level to technically work as a Battle.

Must be at least as big as You Arena, but no bigger than The Impossible Metropolis
  • I don't have the exact dimensions because it's late and I'm lazy. Something reasonably sized is what I expect to get.
  • If you really want to make something as large as Hellfire I can't really stop you, but beware of biting off more than you can chew.

Must follow a Halloween-appropiate theme
  • This is a restriction, but one that should stimulate creativity.
  • Your entry should be within the range of "cartoony levels of spook" and "viscerally upsetting horrors". Unless you can somehow go beyond that!
  • Unusual and exotic palette/tileset combinations[1][2][3] are very welcome. Halloween is a good excuse to go nuts, and Battle does not usually require visual restraint.

Scripted gameplay modifications are permitted
  • Within reason. Please submit a Battle level, rather than an example level for your new cool gamemode mutator.
  • Feel free to use everything else at your disposal.

Multiple entries per contestant are permitted
  • I don't expect any, but why not.

Your entry will be judged by me and me only
  • That's right.

There might be an award for the best entry
  • Or there might not. We're doing this for fun, first and foremost.
  • My entry is not eligible to win.

Go wild!

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Oct 8, 2024, 12:19 AM
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Wishing good luck to all contest entrants, please be mindful of the fact that many players could be alergic to peanuts, so sorry to be offering this unsolicited advice, but it's important to be aware of food allergies on a holiday like Halloween, so that the holiday celebration can continue without letting it become dangerous for those with food allergies, those with food poisoning, etc. etc.
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Thanks for the heads up, Splat. I'll make sure my level contains no peanuts.
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