Hey everyone, its competition time once again!




Introduction


We are pleased to announce a new Forge contest for you all co-hosted by myself, ZombieDyer, and ForgeHub. That being said, ForgeHub is not responsible for managing the judging of this contest in any way but has been kind enough to provide a $500 total prize pool in addition to promoting this event for you all. I hope this will provide a fun community competition that will inspire amazing creations for everyone to enjoy!


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WHATS THE COMPETITION?

So, the competition is centred around creating a map for my “Team Conquest” gamemode (which can be bookmarked here to use when testing your map). This custom gamemode focuses on fast-paced, consistent interactions between 2 teams of up to 8 players per side. The map should be made to support 8v8 and I have linked a prefab of the blockout for the play space below. When forging your map, it is important to remember that any accessible area outside of this play space, should be at least covered in a timed kill zone. You may have areas outside of the original blockout that players can get to if you feel its necessary for your map’s theme, but we would advise that you stick to the original size as much as possible with visible blockers (such as buildings or cliffs) or timed kill zones surrounding the entire edge of the play space.

Blockout prefab link


THEMES

I have provided 2 of my existing Team Conquest maps for you to gain inspiration from: WW1 Trenches and WW2 Hacksaw Ridge. When constructing a theme for your map, you can make it absolutely anything you want, be it a historically accurate depiction of a past real world war, something from your own imagination, a remake from a scene of a game, film or TV show or even a comedic map. Just because my TC maps area focused on early 1900’s warfare, don’t feel you have to follow suit.


MAP DESIGN

There are two sides to the map for both teams to spawn at, whether that be a base or just a well-covered area of the map’s terrain. In between these two areas is a “no-man’s-land” esc environment where players will meet and the majority of the conflict will take place. It is important to remember that this will be a war simulating experience, so we would advise against having an abundance in varied levels in the no-man’s-land section, I would say stick to only two differently elevated levels max. Keep your map relatively flat with a decent amount of cover and that should work well. However, if you find a map style that works well with the gamemode then feel free to incorporate it into your design. Overall, we want players to be dying a lot with an average life expectancy of 10-20 seconds per spawn. Oh, and you can have any vehicles on your map so don’t forget to incorporate vehicle-friendly areas into your layout as well. But try not to go overboard.


GAMEMODE OBJECTIVES

So, a game of Team Conquest lasts 15 minutes with the sole objective of killing as many players on the opposite team as possible before the match ends. The team at the end of the game with the most kills will naturally win. Even so, we generally find that 250 – 300 kills form the total for both teams by the end of the match and each game should appear balanced in scoring unless an external factor alters the match’s gameplay (such as unbalanced teams or AFK players). If one team consistently wins then you may need to revise your weapon placement and map layout to address the case of the unbalanced aspects.


WEAPONS


All permitted weapons have been devised into 4 tiers and can be bookmarked as a prefab here. Tier 1 weapons (green) should be set to respawn 5 seconds after disturbance. You can have as many of this tier on your map as you wish and they act as “primary” weapons. Tier 2 (yellow) should respawn 10 seconds after disturbance and we will only allow you to have 5 of each per side. Tier 3 (red) should respawn 15 seconds after disturbance and we will only allow 1 of each per side. The only tier 4 weapon is Jorge’s Chaingun which is set to respawn 60 seconds after death or deletion. If you wish to use the tier 4 weapon, it must be placed in the centre of the map with only one available for both teams to fight over. This encourages players to enter the no-mans-land section of the map and it should be marked with a visual cue (such as a light or sign). As for vehicles, turrets with stands and grenades, we will let you decide which suit your map best and at what rate they will respawn. If you do not feel vehicles will work with your map, there is no requirement to feature any and marks will not be deducted for lack of them.


ALL REQ WEAPONS (APART FROM THOSE FEATURED IN THE PREFAB) AND VEHICLES ARE PROHIBITED FROM USE ON YOUR MAP WITH A WARNING GIVEN IN THE FEEDBACK STREAM IF WE FIND ANY. If there are any Req weapons on your final map, you will be disqualified.


JUDGING

JoeSubbi and Myself will be judging all maps from submission day to the final 3 winners announcement. Foge will be helping give feedback during streams, pick out maps to enter the finals list and shall advise Joe and Myself when it comes to the 3 finalists.


There will be a point system we will stick by while judging the maps. There are 2 focal areas which you should consider when constructing your map. The minimum amount of points you can score for each area is ½ a point with an exceptional performance within that area earning you the full marks. So, for reference: a 2.5 point map is average with a 5 point map being outstanding.


Area 1: Immersion – worth up to 2 points


How well can a player be immersed in your map? Will I feel like I’m really there in that war? Are there lighting issues, lack of sound effects, holes in your map that could ruin my experience?


Area 2: Gameplay – worth up to 3 points


Does your map reach the 250-300 kills end game mark? Is one side more over-powered? Would I feel confident that my team has an equal chance at winning? Does the cover flow with the map allowing for interesting confrontations? How well do your weapons and vehicles work with the over all flow of the battle?


PRIZING


1st place: $300

2nd place: $200

3rd place: $100


The 3 winners will also get a full map feature on my channel along-side being a part of the cinematic trailer for Team Conquest Series 1. I will also make special map thumbnails for the winners’ maps.


HOW TO ENTER


A separate thread will be posted on Monday 2nd July where you can submit your maps. This thread will be linked here when it goes live. You have until 15th July (12pm EST) to submit any maps you wish to enter.


ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

WW1 Trenches: LINK
WW2 Hacksaw Ridge: LINK
Team Conquest Gamemode: LINK
Team Conquest Blockout: LINK
Team Conquest Weapon List: LINK
My YouTube Channel (for streaming feedback): LINK

We will be streaming feedback sessions from 22nd July every Sunday from 7pm – 11pm UK time, 2pm – 6pm EST.


You can co-forge a map for this competition with a friend(s). Just be aware that the primary forger will receive the full winnings if the map places 1st, 2nd or 3rd and it is up to them to split the money between everyone involved.


You can enter up to 3 maps in the competition submission thread.


All submissions must have been originally created after the 17th June. They will also need to be uploaded to ForgeHub under the “maps” section of the site with a download link. The gamemode is technically a minigame so I suggest you list it as such when uploading your map.


If you need to get in-touch with me about anything regarding the competition, your best bet is to either “start a conversation” with me here on ForgeHub or send me a direct message on twitter: https://twitter.com/ZombieDyer


This is my first time writing up a competition so if I’ve missed anything, let me know. If you have any other questions, drop ‘em below and I’ll get back to you asap!


Good luck to all!

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