The Mount & Blade Modding Contest - Q3 2019
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Theme: Singleplayer Castle Siege Scenes
Greetings everyone!
We've had some amazing submissions made to the Mount & Blade Modding Contest in all areas: Scening, 3D Art, Scripting and 2D art. All submissions have been afterwards released as OSP for our community members to use within their own projects. You can find all the previous contests in our Hall of Fame (https://forums.taleworlds.com/index.php/topic,378523.0.html).
This time around we're going for something different! With a longer submission period and some very appealing rewards, we're hoping we'll appeal to all the sceners within our community to participate! In addition to all the generous sponsors and our veteran judging committee, we are also hosting Gökçen Karaağaç "Cuce" (https://www.taleworlds.com/en/Games/Bannerlord/Blog/64) (Level Designer at TW) as a 4th judge. Let's show him what we can come up with!
The theme of the contest is: Singleplayer Castle Siege Scenes. We're searching for the most creative, bad-ass, believable, fun and beautiful castle siege scenes you guys can come up with! Feel free to let your imagination run wild! Keep in mind that your scenes don't have to be "Visitation" compatible, we will leave that task up to the modders (converting the "Siege" scene to "Visitation"). We understand that this might have a lower OSP value but are very much looking forward to what you guys can create free of chains! The scene should still feature the whole castle, so not just a small section of the walls.
Good luck to all participants and make sure to ask below if there are any uncertainties!
Contest Information
Theme: Singleplayer Castle Siege Scenes
Module: Native
Submission Start Date: June 15th 2019 00:00
Submission End Date: September 30th 2019 23:59
Sponsored By: TaleWorlds Entertainment (https://www.taleworlds.com/), Khamukkamu (https://forums.taleworlds.com/index.php?action=profile;u=178899), NPC99 (https://forums.taleworlds.com/index.php?action=profile;u=467938)
MBMC Rules:
- You may only submit your work during the submission time period specified above.
- Submit only your original work, no derivatives of another asset or asset theft is allowed.
- By submitting your work to the contest, you agree that it will be shared as open source with all the submissions at the end of the contest, according to the open source license provided here (https://forums.taleworlds.com/index.php/topic,374313.0.html).
- In case there's a monetary reward, it's given out only if there are 3 or more submissions.
- Contest rewards will be distributed to the first three winning participants and not the three highest rated submissions.
Scening Contest Rules:
- Submissions must include the AI mesh.
- Submissions must include suitable entry points - Tutorial (https://forums.taleworlds.com/index.php?topic=260147.0).
- Submissions must include entry points 0 and 32 for the purpose of MP testing.
- You may submit up to three works to the contest.
- You may submit previously made scenes if they haven't been released as OSP/LSP yet.
- You are allowed to post screenshots of your work using client-side mods for Native or visual enhancements, but keep in mind that the scenes will be reviewed on a clean copy of Native, and some of your props and settings may not work as intended if you use third-party add-ons during creation.
You are encouraged to post screenshots of your submission as you work on it within this topic!
Evaluation System
The submissions will be rated on a points system, based on their performance in the following categories: Visuals, Gameplay, Innovativeness. Once the submission end date is reached and the submissions are closed, the judges will review the scenes.
Explanation of the categories:
Visuals (40 points)- How well the different scene features fit into each other, the composition of scene props, quality of ground texture and painting work, terrain realism, details and touches.
Gameplay (40 points)- How well the scene plays out in a singleplayer siege scenario with 150 bots (includes evaluation of the AI mesh, entry points, walking distances,...).
Innovativeness (40 points)- The use of new and fresh concepts while designing the look, gameplay, and setting of the scene.
Total points: 40 (Visuals) + 40 (Gameplay) + 40 (Innovativeness) = 120
Judging Committee
The judging committee consists of experienced sceners and veterans within their own field of expertise.
- Gökçen Karaağaç "Cuce" (https://forums.taleworlds.com/index.php?action=profile;u=74087) - Level Designer at TaleWorlds Entertainment (https://www.taleworlds.com/en/Games/Bannerlord/Blog/64).
- InVain (https://forums.taleworlds.com/index.php?action=profile;u=61683) - TLD Developer and Scener, creator of the OSP InVain's TLD Scene Pack (https://forums.taleworlds.com/index.php/topic,359635.0.html).
- Adorno (https://forums.taleworlds.com/index.php?action=profile;u=5514) - Brytenwalda mod & Viking Conquest (https://www.taleworlds.com/en/Games/VikingConquest) Developer, creator of various mods, OSP packs, resources,...
- BNS Marko (https://forums.taleworlds.com/index.php?action=profile;u=230060) - Bear Force II (https://forums.taleworlds.com/index.php/topic,257974.0.html) & Battle of Europe mod developer, creator of OSP packs.
Contest Rewards
1st place
1x Mount&Blade II Bannerlord cd-key
100€ (125€)
1st place MBMC Badge | | 2nd place
1x Mount&Blade II Bannerlord cd-key
70€ (85€)
2nd place MBMC Badge | | 3rd place
1x Mount&Blade II Bannerlord cd-key
30€ (40€)
3rd place MBMC Badge |
Sponsors & Rewards
- 3x Mount&Blade II Bannerlord cd-key sponsored by TaleWorlds Entertainment (https://www.taleworlds.com/).
- 100€ (+50€ in case of 15 or more submissions which is reflected under "Contest Rewards") sponsored by Khamukkamu (https://forums.taleworlds.com/index.php?action=profile;u=178899).
- 100€ sponsored by NPC99 (https://forums.taleworlds.com/index.php?action=profile;u=467938).
- Eternal place in the Mount & Blade Modding Contest Hall of Fame (https://forums.taleworlds.com/index.php/topic,378523.0.html).
- Badges to showcase your achievement across the forums (by Efe Karacar).
Submitting Your Work
You can use the below form to submit your scene. If you make any edits or changes after your first submission, it'll be accepted if it is re-submitted within the submission deadline. Name your scene as you see fit, and please try to use a stable file hosting service (Google Drive, Mediafire, Dropbox, Mega.nz,...).
[b]Forum username:[/b]
[b]Scene name:[/b]
[b]Scene download link:[/b]
[b]Terrain code:[/b]
By submitting this work I agree to the rules and regulations of this contest.
Example
Forum username: William The Bear
Scene name: Famously Handsome Castle
Scene download link: http://www.downloadlinkexample.com
Terrain code:
scn_castle_8_exterior castle_8_exterior 256 none none 0.000000 0.000000 100.000000 100.000000 -100.000000 0x314d060900036cd70000295300002ec9000025f3
0
0
outer_terrain_plain
By submitting this work I agree to the rules and regulations of this contest.
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