Levels have been submitted, and now the level solving phase commences!
The attached level pack contains the submitted levels. Here's a list of levels:
author | name | final version | later versions |
Gronkling | The Isle of Skye | 8 here | - |
Crane | Prize Catch | 7 here | - |
geoo | Stroke at Retirement Age | 2 here | - |
Akseli | Feel the Pressure | 2 here | - |
Steve | The "Hole in the Head" Gang | 5 here | - |
Clam | Evacuating a Retirement Home | 5 here | - |
Pooty | A sea of purest green | 3 here | - |
möbius | Tres Hombres | 3 here | - |
Proxima | Brute Fours | 2 here | - |
Late submissions: möbius, Proxima
The attached contest.dat contains the first version of each level, the only one relevant for the official scoring.
The attached contest_final.dat contains all 'final' versions, the one relevant for the unofficial scoring on who can solve the most final versions.
The 'later versions' column lists versions of a level that have been posted after the final version. They are only relevant for the unofficial backrouting scorings. With regards to that, the attached levs_allversions.zip contains all versions from the first up to the final versions of all levels, but not the later versions, for backrouting purposes.
Thanks everyone for submitting levels!
I was hoping to see some levels especially by möbius and Shvegait too (and of course, everyone else who hasn't submitted
), as they have been making really neat levels recently and many years ago respectively. And Simon, you lazy bum, taking a nap instead of finishing your level.
Either way, here's a chance to still get your levels in:
Late level submissionsI will accept late level submissions until
Tuesday, Feb 26th, at noon UTC. However, as a penalty late submissions will lose one point in the 'Best looking level' and the 'Most fun level' scoring category. To make a late submission, just post your level in this topic. The level will then be included in the pack!
So for the next week, you'll have to look out for updates!Solution and submissionsThe deadline for solution submissions is
Tuesday, Mar 12th, at noon UTC.
Don't forget to select 'Custom Lemmings' viewer style (right-click -> Change viewer style) when playing a level.
To save a replay after you solved the level in the Lemmix playtester, press 'u' and a replay file will appear in the Replay folder. To view a replay, select the level and go into the play tester, then press Shift+R.
I will post my solutions (and votes) one day before the deadline in an encrypted archive, and I will not change them. I will announce the password for the archive once the deadline has passed.
Submit your solutions to me via PM or e-mail (geoo89 ad g mail dod com [you should be able to decipher this, if not, send me a PM
]). If you want to submit your solutions before I posted my encrypted archive, and if you don't trust me, you can send me the solutions in an encrypted archive, and send me the password within one day of the deadline. Solutions have to be in Lemmix .lrb format, using the 'Custom Lemmings' viewer style.
Scoring3 official categories:
- Most levels solved
- Best looking level
- Most fun level
For 1., you score a point for each level you solve, including your own.
Category 2. and 3. will be decided by voting: each player has 6 votes per category (you can opt not to use all of them), which can be distributed over different levels, and a level can receive up to 3 votes per category. You may not vote for your own level. If you designed a level, but cast less than 4 votes in a category, your own level will receive one negative vote in the respective category.
So e.g. you could give one level 3 votes, another 2 votes, and a third one 1 vote; or you could e.g. give 1 vote each to 5 different levels (and don't use the last vote); or you could opt not to vote and receive -1 vote for your own level. The level with most votes wins the category.
You can cast votes for any level, even if you haven't solved them. (I realize that it might be hard to judge how fun a level is if you haven't solved it, but it's all just for fun.)
Submit your votes in a PM or e-mail (it can be the same PM/e-mail as the one with the solutions). You can put them in a text file and encrypt them as well if you want.
Note: all votes and solutions will be posted at the end of the contest!
Backroute fixing jam!As we all know, backroutes are a common thing, and it might just be that not just my and Steve's levels have backroutes. So I introduce: the backroute fixing jam. (How else could ccexplore be entertained for three weeks, if he solves all the levels in less than a day.) Hopefully this will make things a bit more lively.
This goes as follows:
Whenever you solve a level, you're highly encouraged to send your solution to the level author. To upload a replay, you can use a filehoster like
http://www.speedyshare.com/ which you don't have to register for, and then include the link in a PM.
Level authors can update their levels and post them in this topic (and should also post who found backroutes), but have to make sure that the level file name includes the version number somewhere (which should be strictly increasing in steps of 1). I will post a link to the latest version in the level table above, and people can again try to solve the new version. Notice that the updates have no implication for the official scoring described above, there are no official bragging rights to be won here (as the categories below are a bit messy to score anyway and can be influenced easily), but implicit bragging rights for the following categories:
- The dubious honour of the backroute proneness king, aka. Brickout Memorial Trophy (name courtesy of Steve): Goes to the author whose level has the highest number of backroute fixes (+1 if the latest version still has known backroutes).
- Backroute finding king: to whoever finds the most backroutes. EDIT: You can include all the backroutes to each level in the batch of solutions you send me at the end, to decrease the chances that backroutes get lost in the mess.
- Final version solver: to whoever solves the most 'final' versions, where final means the latest version that has been posted before Tuesday, Mar 5th, at noon UTC. For that purpose, send me your replays to the final versions as well, but make it clear which solution is to the first and which to the final version.
Changelog:
2013-03-05: Final versions uploaded and an archive with all versions so far.
2013-02-26: Proxima's level added
2013-02-24: penalty for late submissions changed
2013-02-22: möbius' level added
2013-02-21: Note about unofficial backroute finding category added (submit solutions for all versions of a level for that purpose.)