Pirate Level Making Contest

[Anti-]

Hello, I decided to host a level making contest. Its theme is simple - pirates and everything related to them.

Rules:
- Levels made before this contest aren't allowed to compete
- It can be any level type
- It must be pirate themed
- The levels must be submitted before July 25th, for the results to be posted by July 28th (extended due to HalfLite not being able to judge levels earlier).
- It can't be a collab level
- No innapropiate levels

Judges:
JV || PR3
Adasio || adasio.s (host)
HalfLite ||HalfLite (co-host)
Darke~ || megabrody5000
Hipponator || Agenth

How the levels are going to be judged:

There are 100 points (25 from each judge) possible, whoever gets the most wins.

Art:_/5
Blocks:_/5
Gameplay:_/5
Pirate themed:_/5
Difficulty:_/5

Explanation of point categories:
Art: Background has 3 points possible. In-game art has 2 points possible
Blocks: 1 point: custom blocks. 1 point: custom blocks you have made. 3 points: how good the blocks are.
Gameplay: 2 points: fun. 3 points: good and unique obstacles.
Pirate themed: all 5 points are dependant on how much Pirate stuff is in the level.
Difficulty: (means not to easy, not too hard) All 5 points dependant on the difficulty.

Original scoring system here.

Contestants:
1. Latisty || Latisty
2. Stickman8190 || SimBen2 - pirate adventure
3. Hitsugaya || Darkar - Pirate Deathmatch
4. Ievory || theultragrape - buccaneer battle
5. Sρychατο || Spychato - Pirates
6. ----- || azyssd - pirate ship race
7. Flyshruck || Flyshruck - Buccaneer' showdown
8. AnthraX || DarkDiscipline667 - {pirate-ship-fight}
9. Blazing_Shadow || blazeth - the pirate hat attack
10. LSD || frogbot
11. ProClifo || ProClifo
12. delicious french cuisine || Zorjeff - Best beerd pirate version
13.
14.
To join the contest, simply tell your JV and PR3 name here.

Prizes:

1st place: 3 backgrounds, pirate block set, 30 thanks on JV and hosting the level 30 times with 8 people
2nd place: 2 backgrounds of your own choice, pirate block set, 20 thanks on JV and hosting the level 20 times with 8 people
3rd place: 1 background of your own choice, pirate block set, 10 thanks on Jv and hosting the level 10 times with 8 people
4th place: pirate block set, 5 thanks on JV and hosting the level 5 times with 8 people
5th place: pirate block set
6th place: 8 blocks from pirate block set of your own choice
7th place: 4 blocks from pirate block set of your own choice
8th place: 2 blocks from pirate block set of your own choice

All of the prizes have been made by the judges and Dutany. A big credit to him for giving out his blocks as he won't finish his level.

Blocks
Background 1
Background 2
Background 3

FINAL STANDINGS:

1. Spychato - 84 points
2. Azyssd - 79 points
3. Darkar - 78 points
4. Flyshruck - 75 points
5. DarkDiscipline667 - 61 points
6. SimBen2 - 58 points
7. theultragrape - 50 points
8. blazeth - 39 points

Congratulations everyone, I'll show you the prize list soon.

[Anti-]

Judged levels:

pirate adventure by SimBen2

Art: An Ok BG, some in-game art. 3/5 points.
Blocks: Good blocks made by him. 4/5 points.
Gameplay: Very repetetive, some random parts not matching to other parts. 1/5 points.
Pirate themed: Some random pirate ships lying on the ground, no water. 3/5 points.
Difficulty: Way too hard. 3/5 points.
Total: 14/25 points.

Art: It was above average 3/5
Blocks: Kind of basic, and I really didn't like the skull net block 2/5
Gameplay: Kind of boring and repetitive 2/5
Pirate themed: Seems pirate-y 4/5
Difficulty: Too hard, I think 4/5
Total: 15/25

Art: 3/5, being 2/5 on background and 1/5 in-game.
Blocks: 4/5, being 2/5 on Custom Blocks (self-made) and another 2/5 on how good the blocks were IMO.
Gameplay: 2/5, being 1/5 on how fun it was and another 1/5 on how good and unique the obstacles were.
Pirate Themed: 3/5
Difficulty: 2/5 (not hard, but rather repetitive and annoying obstacles)
Total: 14/25 points.

Art:3/5
Blocks:4/5
Gameplay:1/5
Pirate themed:4/5
Difficulty:3/5
Total: 15/25

TOTAL: 58/100

Pirate Deathmatch by Darkar

Art: An Ok BG, great in-game art. 4/5 points.
Blocks: Really nice custom blocks made by him. 5/5 points.
Gameplay: A fun level, not much obstacles. 3/5 points.
Pirate themed: A lot of pirate stuff. 5/5 points.
Difficulty: Deathmatch, no difficulty, adds some ways of losing HP though. 2/5 points.
Total: 19/25 points.

Art: 5/5, it was great
Blocks: 4/5, really good
Gameplay: 3/5, I liked some parts but didn't like others (the cannonball, for example)
Pirate themed: 5/5, excellent
Difficulty: 3/5, it seemed quite simple
Total: 20/25

Art: 3/5, being 1/5 on background and 2/5 on in-game art.
Blocks: 5/5!
Gameplay: 3/5, being 1/5 on fun and 2/5 on obstacles and uniqueness.
Pirate Themed: 5/5! (Jack is even drinking some rum )
Difficulty: 0/5, no difficulty, Deathmatch.
Total:16/25 points.

Art:5/5
Blocks:5/5
Gameplay:4/5
Pirate themed:5/5
Difficulty:4/5
Total: 23/25

TOTAL: 78/100

buccaneer battle by theultragrape

Art: Meh BG, no in-game art. 1/5 points.
Blocks: Good blocks made by him. 4/5 points.
Gameplay: Just a regular DM with no obstacles. 2/5 points.
Pirate themed: Just a big piece of pirate ship, nothing more. 3/5 points.
Difficulty: Deathmatch, no difficulty, there's a way of losing HP though. 1/5 points.
Total: 11/25 points.

Art: 3/5, I liked the layered stuff
Blocks: 4/5, a little basic
Gameplay: 3/5, pretty good, I like what happens if you fall in the ocean, but I don't like waiting for trap doors
Pirate themed: 4/5, it was on a ship
Difficulty: 4/5, almost perfect
Total: 18/25

Art: 2/5, being 1/5 on BG and 1/5 on in-game art.
Blocks: 3/5, being 2/5 on custom block home-made and rest on how good they were.
Gameplay: 2/5, being 1/5 on fun and rest on how good obstacles were (honestly, those opening trapdoors were very annoying)
Pirate Theme: 2/5
Difficulty: N/A, deathmatch
Total: 9/25

Art:1/5 Not much effort in the background, no level art.
Blocks:4/5 Custom blocks by him, blocks are decent, some clashing art styles (pixelart and then more realistic).
Gameplay:0/5 I did not have fun on this level. Just long corriders that can be easily spammed, and then some hatches that trap you in these hallways so that you can be spammed.
Pirate themed:3/5 Just a pirate ship, nothing else that was really pirate themed.
Difficulty:4/5 Difficulty wasn't too much of a problem, but it was a bit easy.
Total: 12/25

TOTAL: 50/100

Pirates by Spychato

Art: o.O 5/5 points.
Blocks: Great blocks made by him. 5/5 points.
Gameplay: Rather fun with some cool obstacles. 4/5 points.
Pirate themed: Pirate ship, crew, treasure, that cave wasn't really pirate-ish though. 4/5 points.
Difficulty: Maybe a bit too easy. 4/5 points.
Total: 22/25 points.

Art: 5/5, excellent!
Blocks: 4/5, some deleted blocks, and some sub-par
Gameplay: 4/5, a little basic at parts, but fun
Pirate themed: 5/5, perfect
Difficulty: 5/5, good difficulty
Total: 23/25

Art: 5/5, pretty good
Blocks: 3/5, some blocks wouldn't match the cave, rest is good
Gameplay: 4/5, decent, although quicksand part is very annoying
Pirate Theme: 3/5, lacked quite a lot of theme, especially when you get on the isle/cave
Difficulty: 3/5, not much challenge to race when everyone has 100 speed, and offensive items are really needed
Total: 18/25

Art:5/5 Very nice in-game art and BG.
Blocks:4/5 Custom blocks made by the creator. The blocks are decent.
Gameplay:3/5 I had some fun in this level, but there wasn't anything we haven't seen before.
Pirate themed:4/5 Mostly pirate themed, but the cave section didn't have too much to do with pirates.
Difficulty:5/5 Not too hard, but not easy either.
Total: 21/25

TOTAL: 84/100

pirate ship race by azyssd

Art: Nice background, some cool in-game art. 3/5 points.
Blocks: Great blocks made by him. 5/5 points.
Gameplay: Rather fun with some cool obstacles. 4/5 points.
Pirate themed: Big piece of pirate ship, cannonballs and this stuff. 5/5 points.
Difficulty: Rather good, maybe a bit too many cannons. 4/5 points.
Total: 21/25 points.

Art: 3/5, not much in level
Blocks: 4/5, good, but bland at parts
Gameplay: 5/5
Pirate themed: 5/5, yep
Difficulty: 4/5, too hard?
Total: 21/25

Art: 4/5, decent BG and art
Blocks: 4/5, starting blocks just killed morale, got it back when I saw those sexy cannons
Gameplay: 4/5, over-usage of cannons was perfect, can't say the same about the water bombs
Pirate Theme: 3/5, lacked some pirates and stuff
Difficulty: 4/5, bombs were annoying, cannons were exciting
Total: 19/25

Art:3/5 Bg is ok, and very little in-game art (but the art that there is is good).
Blocks:4/5 Custom blocks by the creator. Blocks are decent.
Gameplay:3/5 I had some fun on this level. The skulls were good/unique, but not much else was new.
Pirate themed:4/5 Mostly pirate themed (again the caves weren't that pirate themed).
Difficulty:4/5 Decent difficulty, although some parts are hard or frustrating.
Total: 18/25

TOTAL: 79/100

Buccaneer' showdown by Flyshruck

Art: Great moving BG, nice in-game art. 5/5 points.
Blocks: Really nice custom blocks made by him. 5/5 points.
Gameplay: The level is fun to play, but it's a bit too small. 3/5 points.
Pirate themed: A lot of pirate stuff. 5/5 points.
Difficulty: Deathmatch, no difficulty, adds some ways of losing HP though. 2/5 points.
Total: 20/25 points.

Art: 5/5, nice layers
Blocks: 4/5, pretty good
Gameplay: 3/5, a bit small
Pirate themed: 4/5
Difficulty: 4/5, wasn't challenging at all
Total: 20/25

Art: 5/5, pretty good, color synchro is pleasing to my eyes
Blocks 4/5, good blocks, especially the water ones
Gameplay: 3/5, spikes slighty need timing so you can avoid them, cannos needed a bigger cannonball
Pirate Theme: 4/5, lacked a bit of pirate references and such
Difficulty: 2/5, deathmatch with two ways to lose hp
Total: 18/25

Art:4/5 Background is decent, but has little effort put into it. In-level art is good.
Blocks:4/5 Custom blocks by him. Blocks are good but lack detail.
Gameplay:2/5 Somewhat fun. The spikes and cannon really get in the way of the fighting though.
Pirate themed:4/5 Mostly just a ship again, but there is also beaches and a cannon.
Difficulty:3/5 The spikes make the level kinda hard, since you can hit them easily.
Total: 17/25

TOTAL: 75/100

Sargasso Sea Showdown by DarkDiscipline667

Art: Meh BG, some in-game art. 2/5 points.
Blocks: Nice custom blocks made by him. 4/5 points.
Gameplay: Gameplay: A little bit boring, adds a bit of challenge because of fishes. 2/5 points.
Pirate themed: A lot of pirate stuff. 5/5 points.
Difficulty: Deathmatch, no difficulty, adds some ways of losing HP though. 2/5 points.
Total: 15/25 points.

Art: 3/5, wasn't much
Blocks: 2/5, very basic
Gameplay: 4/5, pretty good
Pirate themed: 4/5
Difficulty: 5/5, good for a deathmatch
Total: 18/25

Art: 1/5, background was a big piece of laziness, no in-game art
Blocks: 3/5, I need to give 2 extra points for custom blocks you made, blocks kinda sucked
Gameplay: 2/5, not fun at all and basic obstacles
Pirate Theme: 3/5, not much pirate things in there
Difficulty: 1/5, deathmatch, rum and red amoebas are the only things to avoid
Total: 10/25

Art:3/5 Background is ok, and in-level art is there, but not that great.
Blocks:3/5 Custom blocks by the creator, but they aren't that great.
Gameplay:4/5 I had fun on this level. The sea creatures got in the way which was annoying, but the rum that decreases your stats was interesting and is not in very many Dm's.
Pirate themed:4/5 Lots of pirate themed items, except the weapon blocks are not.
Difficulty:4/5 Can be a bit annoying at times, but the difficulty is decent.
Total: 18/25

TOTAL: 61/100

the pirate hat attack by blazeth

Art: Bad BG, no in-game art. 0/5 points.
Blocks: OK custom blocks made by him. 3/5 points.
Gameplay: A boring ha with no obstacles. 1/5 points.
Pirate themed: Just a piece of pirate ship and clouds. 3/5 points.
Difficulty: Hat attack, no difficulty, adds some ways of losing hats though.2/5 points.
Total: 9/25 points.

Art: 2/5, wasn't much
Blocks: 3/5, basic
Gameplay: 2/5, small level
Pirate themed: 3/5, on a ship
Difficulty: 2/5, too small to be difficult
Total: 12/25

Art: 1/5, being 1/5 on background and 0/5 on in-game art.
Blocks: 3/5, being 2/5 on Custom Blocks Blazeth made and 1/5 on how good they are.
Gameplay: 1/5, being 1/5 only on fun; no obstacles.
Pirate Themed: 1/5.
Difficulty: I'm guessing it has no difficulty, so 0/5.
Total: 6/25 points.

Art: 1/5 Ok Bg, no in-game art
Blocks: 3/5 Custom blocks by the creator, but they weren't that great
Gameplay: 2/5 Wasn't that fun, and did not have that much uniqueness to it
Theme: 3/5 It is on a ship, but that's basically the only thing pirate themed.
Difficulty: 3/5 It was a bit easy.
Total: 12/25

TOTAL: 39/100

[Cirmentia]

Why did Hipponator and HalfLite get to apply for co-judges before the thread was even made? And why were they accepted above everybody else? Because they're your friends?
That's hardly fair.

[Anti-]

Why did Hipponator and HalfLite get to apply for co-judges before the thread was even made? And why were they accepted above everybody else? Because they're your friends?
That's hardly fair.

The have the biggest experience in making very good levels here on JV, so they're likely to judge the submitted levels the most fair way.

[Bean_Boy]

I expected the theme to be 'anything goes'
because a pirate is free

[Dutany]

I'll join. I made some blocks already :3

Btw inb4proclifo

[StickMagic]

I'll join

JV: Stickman8190
PR3: SimBen2

[Voodoo]

I wanna join :3

[Ievory]

Wait, are there only 5 people that can compete?

I want to join, but I want to complete the level first.

[Anti-]

Wait, are there only 5 people that can compete?

I want to join, but I want to complete the level first.

No, there can be unlimited number of people joining.
I'll add you anyway, it doesn't matter if you finish the level or not.

[Spychato]

I will join of course.
I need a motivation to make a level.

Edit.. sup
Edit 2: No winner yet ;-;



Last edited by Sρychατο; 10th July 2012 at 10:15 PM.

[Yeti]

I'll join

Pr3 name is zostimos

D

[boo]

JV: memberator

PR3: theblueberryman

[Dutany]

Why did Hipponator and HalfLite get to apply for co-judges before the thread was even made? And why were they accepted above everybody else? Because they're your friends?
That's hardly fair.

Maybe they thought of this idea with the 3 of them? Besides, does it really matter?

[Anti-]

Maybe they thought of this idea with the 3 of them? Besides, does it really matter?

No, it was my idea and I asked them if they could be judges. Yes, they are my friends but they're also the best level makes out there.
And I agree, does it matter?

[▓▒░-DD667-░▒▓]

Joining, brah.

[Cirmentia]

No, it was my idea and I asked them if they could be judges. Yes, they are my friends but they're also the best level makes out there.
And I agree, does it matter?

It does matter, because you're choosing friends over people who may be more qualified, or someone else who may even want to. You're not even giving anyone else a chance to judge.

At least don't put "No more judges will be accepted," as if there was even the slightest chance of someone else judging.

[Anti-]

It does matter, because you're choosing friends over people who may be more qualified, or someone else who may even want to. You're not even giving anyone else a chance to judge.

Now read the 2nd part of the 2nd sentence once or twice again please.

[Cirmentia]

Now read the 2nd part of the 2nd sentence once or twice again please.

[▓▒░-DD667-░▒▓]

Please dispute any debates over PM, thank you. We don't need an good contest derailed by an silly argument.
Anyways, there are people who are qualifed just like Hippo and Half e.g. Darkar