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Overworld Design Contest 2022 - Rules and Submissions

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honk honk im tahixham. haha im british. Welcome to the Overworld Design Contest! This contest's premise is simple: make a funny little silly overworld. You know the rules! And, well, if you don't, you should check them out below:



Rules

• This is a Chocolate contest, so you may use any custom ASM, Graphics, Music, etc that you would like.
• You may work with a partner.
• Your submission must be anonymous. Don't add your name anywhere.
• You may not submit an overworld that was finished or worked on before the start of this contest. Please start fresh!
• You may not use MSU-1.
• Your entry must work on the most recent, stable versions of BSNES and SNES9x with zero modifications.
• You must have fun :)



Guidelines + Advice

• There are no restrictions on what you do, or don't do, with events. They're not required by any means, but if you feel you can do something cool with them, then go for it. If you do decide to use events, see about the Overworld Event Debugger below.
• You don't have to use level names, but can if you want to.
• You do not have to use all the submaps and the main map in your entry, but we encourage the ambition!

If you decide not to use events or level names, it won't negatively affect your score. However, if you do, their effectiveness will be judged alongside everything else.


Overworld Event Debugger

If you use events in your entry, we strongly suggest you include the ability to easily beat levels to see the events. Making the judges have to enter each level with a goal orb is Not the Tea.

A very easy to apply patch we encourage people to use is the Overworld Event Debugger patch, by Koopster. This patch makes it so pressing A/B/X/Y while on a level tile will enable the event, easy peasy! If you need additional help setting up the patch, you may ask over on our Discord at #overworld2022-showoff (not the discussion channel please, no spoilers there!).



Judging + Scoring

For this time around, the judges will be revealed from the get-go, but remember your entries must be anonymous, so please do not show your overworlds directly with these people! No spoilers! 🔪

Our judges this time around are Koopster, Major Flare, and Ringo.

Scoring is very much the same as last time, with two main categories. Below is a breakdown of their points value, and what will be considered in this category when judging.


General Design (40 Points)

Functionality - Does the overworld work? Do the paths connect together? Does any placement of Switch Palaces, secret exits, bonuses, etc, make sense?
Connectivity - Do the warps and worlds work well together? Is there a logical sense of progression?
Events (if used) - Do they benefit the overworld created? Do they cause any substantial change to the elements of the overworld?


Aesthetics (60 Points)

Visuals - Do the palettes work well together? Are decorations present and used well? Do the graphics used clash or fit well together?
Shaping - Does the overworld look interesting? Does the terrain have varied and interesting shapes? Is there any cutoff?
Atmosphere - Does the music used fit the world? Does the overworld accurately convey the emotion it sets out to (ie, does the Beach world make you feel like you're on a beach)? Do the decorations contribute to the atmosphere?
Perspective - Does the overworld work as an actual space? Is the perspective of the terrain all harmonious?
Level Names (if used) - Do they work towards the theme of the world?


Both categories will then be combined into a total of 100 points!



Prizes

Trophies are of course available to our winners and participants!





Submission Guidelines + Deadline

Please submit a BPS file in this thread by Wednesday, April 20th, 20:00 UTC. You can package your BPS file into a ZIP folder, if you wish. There is no need to include any additional files for your entry (such as a TXT file explaining your entry).

To make it easy, here's a handy little timer counting down towards the deadline:




If you want to make an update to your entry after submitting it, edit your existing post. Do not make a new post.

Remember, this thread is for submissions only! For discussion and questions on the contest, please use the discussion thread. We also have #overworld2022-discussion and #overworld2022-showoff on our Discord server for you, too!



Good luck, and get those overworlds overworlding! 🤾🏽‍♀️
Guess I'm up first?

Will most likely update later on, but submitting now in case I get too busy to further polish it.

e: Haven't worked on it since I submitted it. Good luck to all the entrants!
Want progress on 100 Rooms of Enemies: The Nightmare Edition? Go here to see.

(rip my other userbars momentarily)

Yes.

Might update later, but I don't know if I wanna expand it, or just leave the gag like this.
Here's my contribution!
Quintesson Judge: Silence, or you will be held in contempt of this court!
Hot Rod: I have nothing but contempt for this court!
- Transformers the Movie (1986)
My entry

Update: Fixed a typo in a level name.



The OWDC22 Experience

Update 1: Fixed path settings on
Richard's Bomb Shelter
so you can't walk to the
really cool rocket level
(shotouts to Devazure lmao).
Update 2 (final I hope so): Some small changes and a major perspective error fix on world 2.
Kirbo was here
My Anime Lovers Overworld

Updated: 18/04/2022
C3 Stuff:
Music Request, Graphics, Ports, Mario Kart PC Custom Tracks, Overworld, Mario Kart Tour Fans Club, DT's Music, Clothes and Certificates, MIDI and Coverarts

Tonight.. tonight..

Join Discord server now: DT's SMW Hacking Server

My YouTube Channel: Dispace Troblex

Contact: DT Music and Gaming#8283
Entry (updated again) to challenge myself to learn to make overworlds. This is pretty much a vanilla overworld. The only custom things are some of the palettes and the music.

Edit: I'm a liar, the other custom thing is the Event Debugger. Originally by Erik, and fixed by Kevin.

Credits:
Porters:
Fullcannon
 Kevin
Masterlink
Wyatt

Feedback and guidance:
GbreezeSunset
Sixcorby



You are challenged by Champion Daisy!

LAYOUT FOOTER:
Our entry (A collaboration with Lazy)

Damn, didn't notice I put the ROM instead the patch and submitted it #smw{x_x} My apologies.

Here's the correct file. Sorry for the inconvenience.
Nobody takes flopping Cheep-Cheeps seriously.

Background image: Snowy Mountains by Gamma V
Luigi's Adventures Download here#w{=3}
Update 1.1(Fixed Some Glitches)
My Overworld Design Contest 2022 Entry.
Userbar made by Green Jerry




Entry Here

An experience brought to you by  Kevin and I.

(EDIT: Version 2. Fixed critical bug.)
Originally known as A Yoshi (2006-2009), Aquifer (2010-2011), and Azurik (2012-2014).
Here is my entry!
A computer problem prevents me from uploading the version I actually want to submit, so I had to make a quick touchup on a previous version. This version is completable and has most of the doo-dads I want, so enjoy!


Other Submissions of mine!
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