Map Contest: Survive The Horror

[Bluhman]

And 5 days have passed.

[Moosetroop11]

Well there was some drama, things tend to slow down when there's something important to talk about. It'll pick up now.

[Meiscool-2]

Righto, the five days have passed. Sorry, I was at my friends house for the past two days, so I havn't been able to keep tabs on this.

I'll wait for MooseTroop's entry, then begin judging. If anyone else wishes to enter, make a map and post it before MooseTroop does or by the end of the day.

[Moosetroop11]

XD Meis, mine was the first entry in

[Meiscool-2]

....

Blonde moment. Alright, Judges, you can begin judging.

[Krynth]

Go ahead a disregard my entry since I was never able to finish it...

The only thing I was able to get after that was the overlay and some lighting but yea theres no need to judge mine...

[MrMister]

Moosetroop11 - 6/10
I don't get it. The objects are too randomly placed, and the door in the top right is blocked by a table. And all the 'goblins' aren't doing anything.

aboutasoandthis - 7/10
It's quite nice, but the placement of some of the objects don't make sense, like the fireplace by the door.

Jynce - 4/10
Somehow you made it cluttered AND bland.
And the blood trail makes no sense.

Daetyrnis - 9/10
Great job of making the place look dilapidated.
Nice use of overlay, even if you did depend on it a little too much.
Genuinely creepy.

Bluhman - 6/10
You sort of had an okay concept here..
I don't really understand why they built hardwood floors and walls down there.
Piss poor overlay and mysterious vines also lose some points.

lucas_irineu - 5/10
The ghosts are from FF6, which don't look that great.. and there's a lot of them.
There's also a ghost behind the counter.. err.. in the counter? Which wouldn't be necessary for a willy-nilly undead operation such as this. The layout of an inn wouldn't be anything like that, either. Something weird in the fireplace, which is fire-hazardly close to those beds.

neb87 - 7/10
An okay effort and concept, but there's so much negative space. You really didn't utilize all of your space.

Krynth - 3/10
Once again, ugly and unrealistic layout for any type of building.
You didn't really attempt anything with this map.

So, in conclusion, I'd like to see more effort out of all of you, and my personal favorite was Daetyrnis.

[Meiscool-2]

Moosetroop11: I think a lot of the objects are to random and don't match in style. However, the randomness of it does have a flow, and it shows how messy those goblins are, so I like it. You're the only one that didn't try to make a ruined-styled map, which I will credit you for, seeing as most of the tiles in the chipset are torn and battered.

aboutasoandthis: Good. You went through the effort to make an overlay, and it fits nicely. You used ideas from my screen to make ripped rugs and ect. In all honesty, it's a very well rounded map. The only thing I don't like about it is the charas. They look out of place to me.

Jynce: True horror... for the eyes.

Daetyrnis: Excellent. Probally the best overlay, blood, and vine uses of all. Real great job with this. I see very little wrong with it. You came in second out of my personal choices.

Bluhman: My personal favorite. You had a great and highly original idea here. The character poses fit, and everything goes with the theme. Even though it's not very realistic that a house would be in a cave, I like originallity. You made it look real, with the pano background, support beams, broken floorboards, and a light overlay that's pointing downward, as though there is a crack in the ground above. The only thing I don't like is the fact that you used a stock overlay rather than a custom one.

lucas_irineu: I see you like to make things very final fantasy styled. I don't much like that though. The rooms are to small, undetailed, and bland. Also, I don't think you made the screen broken and ruined enough to use Ghosts correctly. I do like that you tried to use a light overlay, even though it looks like the place where the light should be at is darker than all the other areas.

neb87: I should quote MrMister here, because that's pretty much what I think. You had a good idea, but you just didn't fill up the space.

Krynth: More randomness would've made this better. Also, like you said, an overlay and some other things would've made this good. I can see a lot of great ideas that could be used to make this screen awesome, but it just has nothing in it other then chairs.

So, my favs go to Bluhman for first, and Daetyrnis for second.
Be afraid though, as it all could be washed away by Linkizcool

[Krynth]

lol not sure if ya'll missed it or not but I had mentioned I was dropping out of the contest earlier since I wasnt able to finish it at all...

but yea I had alot of ideas I planned for the map but too many problems at home....

thnx for your time scoring it none the less

[Bluhman]

Yaay. The idea was that the house was hit by an earthquake a while ago, and so fell down a chasm. Of course, the excavators installed scaffolding in order to prevent the house from falling down while they're in it. Yep. That's the idea.

[Moosetroop11]

XD MrMr, the idea I had was that the witch type person was cooking for the goblins while they all jumped around on the tables below impatiently. And yeah, she's a messy cook :p

I didn't even bother to use an overlay, so I don't see why I should get more than a 6 anyway (so I'm not angling for more marks) I just wanted to justify the map.

[aboutasoandthis]

The more I think about it, switching the fireplace with the wall next to it is a good idea.

I need to figure out how to make light rays on UP. I'm getting close.

[MrMister]

Originally posted by Moosetroop11
XD MrMr, the idea I had was that the witch type person was cooking for the goblins while they all jumped around on the tables below impatiently. And yeah, she's a messy cook :p

I didn't even bother to use an overlay, so I don't see why I should get more than a 6 anyway (so I'm not angling for more marks) I just wanted to justify the map.

Overlays don't make a map, man. I didn't deduct anything there.

[Meiscool-2]

Originally posted by MrMister

Originally posted by Moosetroop11
XD MrMr, the idea I had was that the witch type person was cooking for the goblins while they all jumped around on the tables below impatiently. And yeah, she's a messy cook :p

I didn't even bother to use an overlay, so I don't see why I should get more than a 6 anyway (so I'm not angling for more marks) I just wanted to justify the map.

Overlays don't make a map, man. I didn't deduct anything there.[/B]

Agreed. Quite often, overlays kill maps. That's the case with quite a few of my maps.

[Daetyrnis]

Just a question, how was my overlay?  Good or bad?