Mapwich 2!! Come join the chaos

[Bridgeburner56]

The rumours you may have been hearing ... they are true. It has returned

THE MAPWICH 2: THE MAPWICHENING



There are extra ingredients this time to add extra spice!. For your culinary creations we will be using:
- Otex by @ukiro (rich in flavour)
- Supercharge gameplay mod by @Tango (for a spicy kick)

- Coop centric gameplay with Zandronum as the test port (for that dinner party vibe)
- Some additional decorations, probably realm667 fare (a nightcap to top off the evening)

For those unaware, The Mapwich is a community project with randomly assigned mapping pairs which is done by me drawing names from a hat live on stream. There are currently over 40 sign ups with everything from beginners to some very well known names. The project is run through my discord and unfortunately I will not be accepting submissions through Doomworld or anywhere else due to the logistics of 2 people working on the same map. If you are interested jump in.

https://discord.gg/XMf5aP7

The drawing of the names is planned for Friday 8pm GMT+13 on January 3rd after which there will be 2 weeks to make your maps followed by a further week of testing and tweaking (same as last time). If you decide to join the you have up until this time to change your mind. I have plans in place in case there are drop outs mid map but for obvious reasons i want to keep this to a minimum. If for what ever reason you do have to pull out after this point, please let me know.

Current sign ups:

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Alfredo
Alper02
An Unusually Friendly Zombie
Ancalagon
Aurelius
BDubzzz
BanjoDave
Bauul
Bridgeburner
Cyano
Dac
Danlex
DFF

DMPhobos
Doomtherobot
Dragonfly
Eirc

Guitardz
Insane Gazebo
Jark
Jimmy
Joe Ilya
Kaito
Leekster
Lorenzo
LowGcifer
Liberation
Maja Mystic
Major Arlene
Margsabl
Market Anarchy
Megablast

Misty
Nirvana
NoReason
Obake the Sincerest
Olio
Paul
Pegleg
Philnemba
Plecthron
Redead-ITA
Remmirath
Revan (Icefox)
RonnieJamesDiner
Sapfiar
Scotty
Seiji
Simpletonium
Sparks
Steve88
Stormcatcher.77
Tango
Terminus
The Individualist
Therektafire
TOVA
TravyB
Ukiro
Vertigo
Walter
Wolf McBeard
Worm318
zsírosbödönm

Depending on what the final sign up list looks like I am considering splitting it into experienced and less experienced mappers and then drawing a name from each side. This will stop any team being 2 new mappers. I did manipulate the draw slightly last time to prevent completely noob mappers being paired but there were some op teams (looking at insane gazebo/danlex and scotty/noreason in particular). 

Any map format is allowed as long as it works in Zandronum and is coop and single player compatible. I'm hoping teams will come up with some creative coop fights for this. I have done preliminary tests with non decorate supporting formats and by entering the thing numbers for the new mobs/weapons from Supercharge you can make a map in boom/vanilla and it will add in the new elements when tested in Zandronum. The majority of Supercharge replaces the original doom assets.

General consensus was that this was a hell of a blast last time. We tried to keep it as stress free as possible and the quality of the maps that were made was staggeringly high and that was with vanilla assets ... Otex and Supercharge, oh boy am I looking forward to seeing what people come up with this time.

Some screenshots of what was cooked up last time from Mapwich 1

Come eat the Mapwich again!

Edited January 3, 2020 by Bridgeburner56

[onetruepurple]

Map title suggestion: "The Mapwich Horror" 

[Alfredo]

Cant wait to see who I get to annoy this year!

[Test Tickle]

PGerhaps

[Alper002]

I do think I want to participate in this...

May need to get some experience in Supercharge and OTEX though... :P

[Walter confetti]

I'd like to join (nickname on discord is wa), with zandronum we have to map with a specific format (hexen, UDMF) ?

[Dragonfly]

6 hours ago, Bridgeburner56 said:

Any map format is allowed as long as it works in Zandronum and is coop and single player compatible. 

 

 

Hope this helps. :)

[VanaheimRanger]

You can change my name on the list to guitardz, I still go by that here :)

[Philnemba]

Put my name up as I'm willing to give this a go on January :)

[wolfmcbeard]

Delicious and nutritious!

[Bridgeburner56]

I believe the sign up list (and the discord) is up to date which means there are currently 48 hapless souls keen mappers for Mapwich 2. Still another 2 weeks to throw your name into the sandwich-I-mean-hat

[Kam Tovalski]

Well In my situation joining there would be like going out from comfort area but Alright

[xvertigox]

Had a great time working with @Liberation last time, very much looking forward to munching on 2.

[Super Mighty G]

Nothing helps you improve like working with veteran mappers. Allow me to participate. 

[Worm318]

Huh I thought I already joined via discord. Welp. I want to join!

[Margsabl]

11 minutes ago, Worm318 said:

Huh I thought I already joined via discord. Welp. I want to join!

Same here, did the react thingy but didn't see my name on the list. Anyways, Captain Mitchell on the discord, would also like to join!

[dac]

51 minutes ago, Worm318 said:

Huh I thought I already joined via discord. Welp. I want to join!

 

What he said. Name's Dac on the discord, count me in.

[Bridgeburner56]

Apologies to those I've missed 😅 I'll update the list here and make sure you have the role in the discord. 

@Super Mighty G jump in the discord and I'll add you to the project

[Faceman2000]

Do we need previously published content to join? I’m relatively new to the mapping scene - been at it for about a year now - and I’m just now working on my first wad I intend to release.

 

If not, I would very much like to participate. Seems like a good chance to get some experience and start getting my name out there.

[Bridgeburner56]

25 minutes ago, Faceman2000 said:

Do we need previously published content to join? I’m relatively new to the mapping scene - been at it for about a year now - and I’m just now working on my first wad I intend to release.

 

If not, I would very much like to participate. Seems like a good chance to get some experience and start getting my name out there.

No previous releases required. We had a few people who had never released a map or even really mapped at all before last time. I'll be making sure new mappers are paired up with someone more experienced as well

[VanaheimRanger]

28 minutes ago, Faceman2000 said:

Do we need previously published content to join?

I believe it's open to all who want to join.

[DFF]

Sign me up if possible, sounds fun!

[Mk7_Centipede]

should i play?  or catch the next sammich?

[Bridgeburner56]

1 hour ago, Mk7_Centipede said:

should i play?  or catch the next sammich?

Why not both? ;p

[PeterMoro]

Wish i had time to join this kind of thing. These days i don't even have enough time to finish my own map : (

[xvertigox]

29 minutes ago, PeterMoro said:

Wish i had time to join this kind of thing. These days i don't even have enough time to finish my own map : (

 

In my experience strict deadlines really help when it comes to productivity.

[Bridgeburner56]

Currently 60 sign ups ...

wow

[PeterMoro]

10 hours ago, xvertigox said:

 

In my experience strict deadlines really help when it comes to productivity.

I've heard similar things about speed-mapping. I'm sure it improves a lot of areas. Well I'm definitely gunna to try community projects and speed-mapping and maybe even twitch-streaming some mapping after i finish my current wad. 

[Bridgeburner56]

I have been reminded that last time I had allowed a week after the drawing of the names for teams to acquaint themselves, agree on a collaborative method and plan their map (which was a good idea). In order to keep things the same I will be moving the name drawi g forward a week and keeping the start date for mapping that first weekend in January. There's still a week to decide whether or not you want to join. 

 

I will also be writing up an official set of rules. There's twice as many people this so I think some clear guidlines will be good. I'll post clear dates and times with the rules in the next couple of days 

[RonnieJamesDiner]

2 hours ago, Bridgeburner56 said:

agree on a collaborative method and plan their map

 

Person #1: "So, how many Archviles should there be?"

 

Person #2: "All of the Archviles."

 

Person #1: "Excellent, let's do this."