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Title: Un-epic Level Contest - Winner Annnounced!
Post by: Purple Ink on March 13, 2020, 03:59:52
And we have a winner! Congratulations to Vegetal Gibber with The White Spire for coming in first place! :)

Here are the results:
1. The White Spire
2. Island of Mimir
3. Depression Quest
4. One Epic Screen
5. The Machine.iso

Thanks to everyone who submitted a level and everyone who voted!

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Title: Re: Un-epic Level Contest
Post by: Vegetal Gibber on March 20, 2020, 10:47:20
Hey, I might be able to cook up something new for this one  :D
Title: Re: Un-epic Level Contest
Post by: Purple Ink on November 02, 2020, 04:19:03
Just a couple more months to go!
Title: Re: Un-epic Level Contest
Post by: Vegetal Gibber on December 27, 2020, 13:03:13
Just wanted to say I'm trying to put together a level for this and it looks like it'll be ready just in time before the deadline (albeit barely!).
Title: Re: Un-epic Level Contest
Post by: sergiocornaga on December 31, 2020, 00:28:44
I would like to request a one month extension!
Title: Re: Un-epic Level Contest
Post by: egomassive on December 31, 2020, 08:45:54
I'm going to try to make something in one day. Yesterday I thought about this off and on and couldn't come up with any ideas, or I should say I couldn't come up with any ideas that would fit in less than fifty screens using original KS. Still, I'll give it another shot today.
Title: Re: Un-epic Level Contest
Post by: Vegetal Gibber on December 31, 2020, 17:35:41
I would like to request a one month extension!

Seconded!

I'm going to try to make something in one day.

:whoa:

Aaaand here's my entry. Hopefully it is un-epic enough!

[ The White Spire (https://nifflas.lp1.nl/index.php?topic=7243.0) ]

It may or may not meet the "50 screens max" requirement depending on how strict the rule is intended to be. I'm guessing that duplicate rooms with little to no differences between them (e.g. on/off switches implemented via screen shifting) don't count towards the total. However, I wasn't sure if alternate versions of the same screen with altered challenges/layout (for the two difficulty settings) would get the same treatment. I assumed they *do* count just to be on the safe side, but if that's not the case, I'll probably update the level after the compo to add lunatic versions of some of the screens I left untouched :P
Title: Re: Un-epic Level Contest
Post by: Purple Ink on January 01, 2021, 05:14:42
Yep. Going to add another month to the deadline.

New deadline: February 1, 2021.
Title: Re: Un-epic Level Contest
Post by: egomassive on January 01, 2021, 18:34:02
Thanks, a one-day un-epic level was too ambitious. I only managed five screens. I can't wait to show you what I'm making though. :nuts:
Title: Re: Un-epic Level Contest
Post by: pfrangip on January 12, 2021, 16:45:04
I'm hopping aboard the level train and making a level for this contest. Not sure it will follow the spirit of the contest, as it is guaranteed to be epic, but it will no doubt follow all of the rules.  :)
Title: Re: Un-epic Level Contest
Post by: Wibi on January 26, 2021, 02:08:31
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[8:06 PM] Jess: just a heads up, everyone. please post info about your level (like a link) for the un-epic comp in the un-epic thread so i can keep track of what's been submitted. thanks (;
Per request, here's Depression Quest (https://nifflas.lp1.nl/index.php?topic=7248.msg75030#new).
Title: Re: Un-epic Level Contest
Post by: Purple Ink on January 28, 2021, 04:49:47
just a few days left!
Title: Re: Un-epic Level Contest
Post by: pfrangip on January 29, 2021, 16:52:05
I humbly submit One Epic Screen (https://nifflas.lp1.nl/index.php?topic=7249.0) for your consideration.

I am afraid it might be simply too Epic to properly compete in this competition, but it definitely meets all of the criteria and rules, including a ham-fisted reference to Nighttime definitely not added at the last minute. 
Title: Re: Un-epic Level Contest
Post by: StraightFlame on January 29, 2021, 20:37:36
Since hamfisted, last-minute nighttime stuff is apparently okay, i edited that thing i showed off on Niffcord to be compliant with the contest rules.

Here you go. (http://knyttlevels.com/levels/Nifflas%20-%20The%20Machine%20pirated.knytt.bin)
Title: Re: Un-epic Level Contest
Post by: egomassive on January 30, 2021, 17:48:32
I hereby submit Island of Mimir (https://nifflas.lp1.nl/index.php?topic=7250) for your judgement. I also want to formally concede because it was started in 2009 by someone else and it exceeds the size limit twice over.

If I hadn't made it for this competition it would certainly be a KS+ level and it may not have included any nighttime. So, I'm not just submitting it to be cheeky. I couldn't abide by the size limit, because I had to give it the space it deserved out of respect for the original author's work.

If you do play it with KS+, two of the cutscenes fade to black and single-pass rendering is enabled for a better experience, but original KS users will not miss out on anything.
Title: Re: Un-epic Level Contest - Submissions Closed / Voting Open
Post by: Purple Ink on February 01, 2021, 06:06:53
Submissions are now closed! Voting is open!

Submissions:

Vegetal Gibber: The White Spire (https://nifflas.lp1.nl/index.php?topic=7243.0)
ncrecc: Depression Quest (https://nifflas.lp1.nl/index.php?topic=7248)
pfrangip: One Epic Screen (https://nifflas.lp1.nl/index.php?topic=7249.0)
egomassive: Island of Mimir (https://nifflas.lp1.nl/index.php?topic=7250)
StraightFlame: The Machine.iso Download (http://knyttlevels.com/levels/Nifflas%20-%20The%20Machine%20pirated.knytt.bin)

Play the levels and then send me a PM listing the levels from your favourite to your least favourite. If you submitted a level votes for your own level will be disregard. The level with the most favourite votes is the winner! Voting ends on March 1, 2021. Most of these levels are Hard. If people end up needing more time we can discuss it closer to March 1.

Special note about Island of Mimir: This level is eligible for first place. It is not eligible for the prize. In the event that it wins, the second place level will receive the prize.

I will abstain from voting despite playing all the levels. In the event of a tie I will cast the deciding vote.

As a reminder, the prize is a key for Chucklefish's game Wargroove.
Title: Re: Un-epic Level Contest - Submissions Closed / Voting Open
Post by: Purple Ink on March 02, 2021, 03:43:33
And we have a winner! Congratulations to Vegetal Gibber with The White Spire for coming in first place! :)

Thanks to everyone who submitted a level and everyone who voted!
Title: Re: Un-epic Level Contest - Winner Annnounced!
Post by: Talps on March 02, 2021, 11:31:09
Congratulations, Veg!

It'd be good to see the rankings of the other levels.
Title: Re: Un-epic Level Contest - Winner Annnounced!
Post by: egomassive on March 02, 2021, 23:16:24
Congratulations Vegetal! It is a fine level. I hope when you're playing Wargroove that you savor the experience all the more knowing the tough competitors you had to beat to win it.

Thanks for running this competition, Purple Ink. I know my level wouldn't have happened otherwise.
Title: Re: Un-epic Level Contest - Winner Annnounced!
Post by: Purple Ink on March 03, 2021, 04:48:49
It'd be good to see the rankings of the other levels.

 :oops:

I thought I included in the first post but apparently not. It's there now.
Title: Re: Un-epic Level Contest - Winner Annnounced!
Post by: sergiocornaga on March 03, 2021, 05:32:53
Congrats VG! The White Spire was indeed great, I loved how many secrets it had tucked away. I personally ranked One Epic Screen as my favourite, so seeing it place fourth surprises me. Then again, everything submitted was fantastic (yes, even The Machine.iso) so maybe these results should be interpreted the same way a "top five" usually is- as the best of the best!
Title: Re: Un-epic Level Contest - Winner Annnounced!
Post by: Vegetal Gibber on October 11, 2021, 11:43:50
Thanks for the kind words, everyone! Sorry it took me so freaking long to post a reply. It was really fun for me to make The White Spire for the compo, and also to see so many cool and unique levels being created for it C)