I know you stated that you are not an active NeoLemmix solver, but I still want to explain some things.
We had a special collaboration contest at some point. If, for example, a collaboration rule is chosen I would not be against it.
For these I would recommend organizing seperate contests.
Multiplayer levels are completely different from single player in design, way of playing and target audience. A seperate contest would be the best option here.
I even mentioned to Simon about hosting a Lix Multiplayer contest.
In the case of SuperLemmix:
For one, I also would point at different target audiences - execution focus (SLX) and puzzle focus (NL + Lix). One of the main reasons I highly encouraged Will in his SLX effort was so that excecution difficulty and all the old mess can stay out of NL while still finding a new engine for it and the target audience.
But exactly because of the different engine focus that I personally really fed up with over the time (timed bombers, gimmicks, radiation etc etc....), I will make a hard call here:
As I won't play SLX content, I won't host SLX contests. I would be biased and therefore unfit to host such a contest.
People can host their own contest for it, but I would stay out of it.
I would call myself one of SLX supporters, but purely that I can play in peace.
I am aware that this seems harsh, but I don't want to be involved and even organize something that I do not enjoy and therefore do a bad job. That would be unfair to everyone.
Here from my experience many people simply play in silence and do not post about their experience. My general expectation is no feedback apart from the vote and if I get any it is a nice surprise.
This sounds like the proposed polls are indeed a good thing to do.
QuoteThe contests don't allow collaborative levels. About 50% of levels I create nowadays are collaborations of some sort. I understand that collaboration levels is a big can of worms in itself and allowing them in contests is complicated. But I'm curious, were they ever allowed in contests? And if so, why were they then subsequently not allowed?
We had a special collaboration contest at some point. If, for example, a collaboration rule is chosen I would not be against it.
QuoteIt seems like the contests don't allow anything made outside of NeoLemmix or Lix. ... Multiplayer levels in Lix are not allowed in contests. ... Also, why is superLemmix not allowed in contests?
For these I would recommend organizing seperate contests.
Multiplayer levels are completely different from single player in design, way of playing and target audience. A seperate contest would be the best option here.
I even mentioned to Simon about hosting a Lix Multiplayer contest.

In the case of SuperLemmix:
For one, I also would point at different target audiences - execution focus (SLX) and puzzle focus (NL + Lix). One of the main reasons I highly encouraged Will in his SLX effort was so that excecution difficulty and all the old mess can stay out of NL while still finding a new engine for it and the target audience.
But exactly because of the different engine focus that I personally really fed up with over the time (timed bombers, gimmicks, radiation etc etc....), I will make a hard call here:
As I won't play SLX content, I won't host SLX contests. I would be biased and therefore unfit to host such a contest.
People can host their own contest for it, but I would stay out of it.
I would call myself one of SLX supporters, but purely that I can play in peace.
I am aware that this seems harsh, but I don't want to be involved and even organize something that I do not enjoy and therefore do a bad job. That would be unfair to everyone.
QuoteI also backed out of the contests because my levels were not getting played by many people
Here from my experience many people simply play in silence and do not post about their experience. My general expectation is no feedback apart from the vote and if I get any it is a nice surprise.
QuoteIn the current contest, the whole 1 vote per person across the 4 or 5 levels was too low I thought. I agree that people would just vote for their own level. I would also be in favour of keeping results hidden until the conclusion of the voting round.
This sounds like the proposed polls are indeed a good thing to do.
