Hello all,
As many of you will be aware, Age of Empires 4 recently received an update to enable mods and maps to be generated by users! To encourage and incentivize all map makers to get creating, I am excited to announce a map making contest for the month of May 2022 with $1000 in prizes! The maps will be judged on the following criteria:
~ Creativity and Uniqueness
~ Suitability for competitive play
~ Fairness of resource allocation
~ Consistency of feature spawns (cliffs, ponds)
Rules:
~ Maps must be Generated maps, crafted maps will not be considered.
~ Maps must be submitted in this thread before 11:59PM (00:00GMT) on 17 May 2022 to be considered.
~ There is no limit on how many maps an individual may submit.
~ Maps will be judged based upon the ‘micro’ size of the map.
~ Maps from other games can be ‘ported’ across and entered into the contest, however, they may be judged more critically on the creativity and uniqueness criteria.
~ Do not copy maps submitted by others and lodge them as your own. Maps may be deemed as copies of other entries if they are too similar to other maps and will subsequently be disqualified. This rule does not apply to maps that have been ported from other games, unless there is an allegation of plagiarism.
Rounds:
There will be two rounds. The first round is open to all entrants. After the submission period has closed, a panel of judges will then vote which entrants they would like to see move on to the final round.
The second and final round will be made up of maps selected by the judging panel from the open round. Each judge will privately vote, and the results will be revealed after the votes are tallied.
Prizes:
1st - $500
2nd - $300
3rd - $200
Judges:
I will not be judging the maps that are entered, rather, judges will be enlisted from the pro scene, and include professional players and professional casters.
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to ask!
Happy creating