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(LBPC15) The New Year's Change - The Results

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Hello friends,

yeahh!! The waiting finally has an end!
The contest crew has found a winner of our

LBPC15: A New Year's Change Contest

First of all...we had a lot of fun playing your contest entries, they've all been enjoyable and entertaining! ...and rather varied!

And you all would have deserved a prize, cause one could feel that everybody has tried to give his best! So thanks a lot
to all participants for sharing your imaginative and entertaining creations with our community!

Nevertheless we had to find a winner to get a crown aaand ...here it comes!

Ladies and gentlemen, the lbpc contest crew proudly presents the winner of our LBPC15 contest:


1st place:

LBPC15 ~ Follow Your DreAmS
by xxAlexInLbpxx
https://lbp.me/v/q2qbwfp/topreviews?p=1&l=12

http://ic.lbp.me/img/ft/a9c94f3f1f8275811dfe9c7f1db5e7b2cb75c09d.jpg

"Follow Your DreAmS" is a colorful platformer full of fantasy and with a funny gameplay. The change theme has been realized by the contrast between watching a boring TV show and a little journey into a fantasy land, which you can explore with your hover board! To us the best overall package!

Congrats to our winner!


...and we have two 2nd places:

(LBPC15) Light & Dark - Platformer
by SuperK96
https://lbp.me/v/q2mv40v/trailer?p=1&l=12

http://i5.lbp.me/img/ft/5f5bc19540d612863e1b8b280fe3e2e74cd122bd.jpg

"Light & Dark" has a fascinating gameplay, the idea how it uses the change theme as a gameplay element has been great!


and..

(LBPC15) Expand Toggle!
by blacksackman
https://lbp.me/v/q2q10rr

http://ie.lbp.me/img/ft/27ee6217bbc820f445272f589280481c42ce25b8.jpg

"Expand Toggle!" also has used the change theme as a gameplay element in an intelligent and intriguing way. Fantastic entertainment!


The judges are thinking that both levels have deserved a second rank! Congrats for your fantastic creations!


...and here the other level entries that also haven't won a crown this time...
in accidental order without ranking...


Create A Valentine (LBPC15) Mini Game
by lbphart3
https://lbp.me/v/q2qb9xh/activity

http://ic.lbp.me/img/ft/3dc31117f630302eb8371f8fd16f352ae16728b0.jpg

"Create A Valentine" is a beautifully designed little level! Decorating hearts and changing them this way has been a fine idea, thanks for sharing!


(LBPC15) The Snowy year
by MineValubleOres
https://lbp.me/v/q2n/topreviews?p=1&l=12

http://i2.lbp.me/img/ft/35215fd2b815e60ffdd46db5e838695b6a187c96.jpg

"The Snowy Year" has been fun to play with fine gameplay ideas in a beautiful wintry scenery! Well done!



(LBPC15) An unexpected change
by ThomasDorland
https://lbp.me/v/q2q-92n/topreviews?p=1&l=12

http://ie.lbp.me/img/ft/f0ed4d7199bf2f0ade4d457fdbd8d489881b36b5.jpg

"An unexpected change" has chosen a sad theme, the change as a story element by the loss of a loved one. With a story that makes the player curious for more! Fine level and we're hoping that there could be a happy end in a sequel!


Thank you all for participating and having made the contest a fine one!

The Contest Crew		2018-03-06 08:22:00

Author:
CuriousSack
Posts: 3981

I really enjoyed playing all the entries with their crazy designs and great soundtracks! Congratulations to the winners!
Thank you to the organizers for keeping the play-create-share spirit alive and kicking, hopefully this site still has some more stuff up it's sleeves. In any case it has had a great run and it has been a privilege to be a part of some of the contests through the years.		2018-03-06 09:10:00

Author:
blacksackman
Posts: 234

Oh wow, I can?t believe it...... thanks so much It was a great contest and nice entries. Special thanks to the LBPC crew for the great work in this community.....THANKS greetings Alex2018-03-06 20:14:00

Author:
xxAlexInLbpxx
Posts: 9

Congrats 2018-03-07 22:15:00

Author:
Lbphart3
Posts: 813

There were some very nice entries here! I'm very curious as to your reasoning for choosing Follow Your Dreams as the winner.



Whatever it is, we want to see THE CHANGE! If it's a bad change, how did your character(s) solve the problem? If it's a good change, what we?re things like before it happened?
Show us in a single, story driven level. You may include cinematics if you like, but we will be judging the interactive gameplay of your level.



Cinematics are allowed, but we are judging the gameplay of each level.

Take out the intro cinematic and the level description and it's just any other level with gameplay that does not represent the theme of the contest at all. Many other entries had gameplay that demonstrates "change" but this level does not. You said you are judging by the gameplay, yet obviously you did not.		2018-03-11 01:53:00

Author:
AmazingKittyCat
Posts: 204

The intro was showing a normal day of a sackboy and then it changed into a cool adventure. We were also rating the level design and gameplay aspects and 'Follow your Dreams' had gameplay and it was fun.

I think what also has to be mentioned is, that most creators in LBP aren't good with story driven levels, that have to be made in a month or two. So after all the change in a story wasn't too necassary, because there would've been one entry, 'Follow your Dreams'.		2018-03-11 14:09:00

Author:
mdkd99
Posts: 1172

The intro was showing a normal day of a sackboy and then it changed into a cool adventure. We were also rating the level design and gameplay aspects and 'Follow your Dreams' had gameplay and it was fun.

I think what also has to be mentioned is, that most creators in LBP aren't good with story driven levels, that have to be made in a month or two. So after all the change in a story wasn't too necassary, because there would've been one entry, 'Follow your Dreams'.

It's a very great level and Alex is a great creator, I guess I just misunderstood the "we are judging the gameplay of each level" thing to mean the gameplay has to demonstrate the theme of the contest as well.

Thanks for clearing that up. And sorry for questioning your decision.		2018-03-12 00:18:00

Author:
AmazingKittyCat
Posts: 204

No problem, we are here to answer questions and clear misconceptions.2018-03-12 00:27:00

Author:
mdkd99
Posts: 1172

Hey Shawn, thank you for playing my lvl..... great to see you back in lbp 2018-03-12 01:01:00

Author:
xxAlexInLbpxx
Posts: 9

I'm a little late to this but thanks for the 2nd place, hope you had fun playing my level and congratulations to the winner.2018-03-12 22:30:00

Author:
Xev
Posts: 8

Thanks a lot, Xev, I really enjoyed your fantastic gameplay idea! I always thought, wow, what possibilities would this idea have in a platformer with another visual design! And it remembered me on Zelda: A link to the past, where you could change between the world of light and the world of darkness to reach special areas.
Thanks a lot for sharing and many greetings, Jürgen^^		2018-03-13 09:01:00

Author:
CuriousSack
Posts: 3981

Yeah, I personally liked the variety of gameplay and the way, how the environment was presented.2018-03-13 16:19:00

Author:
mdkd99
Posts: 1172

Thanks a lot, Xev, I really enjoyed your fantastic gameplay idea! I always thought, wow, what possibilities would this idea have in a platformer with another visual design! And it remembered me on Zelda: A link to the past, where you could change between the world of light and the world of darkness to reach special areas.
Thanks a lot for sharing and many greetings, Jürgen^^

Thanks I'm glad you enjoyed it, I had this idea some time ago so I'm happy I was able to complete it and share it. I haven't played a link to the past but I did play a link between words, I really liked the duality of the game which I think would fit very well with the theme of this contest.


Yeah, I personally liked the variety of gameplay and the way, how the environment was presented.

Thanks, I was a little skeptical about varying too much the gameplay and leave behind the core idea I had in mind but in this way I think the level was more fun to play and to create for me.		2018-03-14 00:04:00

Author:
Xev
Posts: 8

Congrats to the winners of this contest and good luck to everyone in future contests! And remember that even if you're level didn't win, I'm sure the judges still enjoyed playing through your level and all the other entries.2018-03-17 14:35:00

Author:
gurren009
Posts: 2592

Who Won?
The pin and Crown?

It doesn't say.		2018-03-25 00:24:00

Author:
MineValubleOres
Posts: 35

It does say who won. xxAlexinlbpxx won.2018-03-25 00:43:00

Author:
mdkd99
Posts: 1172

Is she still missing the crown?2018-03-25 09:08:00

Author:
Hanfi1311
Posts: 776

I don't know. I guess we have to ask her. If not we should probably give Alex the well deserved crown.2018-03-25 10:55:00

Author:
mdkd99
Posts: 1172

Thank you, I got the crown 2018-03-25 20:39:00

Author:
xxAlexInLbpxx
Posts: 9

Best to put the royalty badge set on your profile
This contest is very fun, it is over satisfactory.

xxAlexInLBPxx I declare that you are in the Royalty family
You are now heir to it, tamed to it, have an advantage to it.
Well. Done. As for the rest everyone in this following contest I'd like to say you are worthy <3		2018-03-27 12:29:00

Author:
MineValubleOres
Posts: 35

I bet they appreciate the good words. Thanks, man.2018-03-27 13:09:00

Author:
mdkd99
Posts: 1172

I have an idea for our next contest. Before we do something summer related, would it be of interest to the judges if we organize a contest related to "Mothers Day"? I think that would be an interesting theme, and it would be fun to see how creators would build this sort of level.2018-04-02 04:07:00

Author:
gurren009
Posts: 2592

This is an interesting theme for story related contests, but we have seen how 'difficult' it is for some creators to make up a story in a month or two.

Maybe we could make such a contest in Dreams next year.		2018-04-02 07:05:00

Author:
mdkd99
Posts: 1172

Fantastic idea, but Mother's Day is already in five weeks, one week for organizing the announcement and spreading the info, this would mean only four weeks for the participants to create their entry! Not very much time!2018-04-02 09:48:00

Author:
CuriousSack
Posts: 3981

Yeah, that is true. Perhaps we could plan something for Father's Day, but that would seem a little weird since it's still 2 months from now.2018-04-02 18:58:00

Author:
gurren009
Posts: 2592

If it was a contest about making a story it would be difficult and only a few members would participate and not all would create a story.2018-04-02 19:47:00

Author:
mdkd99
Posts: 1172

I agree. We definitely need to make a contest in which members get enough time to see the contest and plan out what they're gonna do.2018-04-04 16:05:00

Author:
gurren009
Posts: 2592

Not only that but also a simple theme and simple task. Story driven levels aren't that easy anymore.2018-04-04 16:15:00

Author:
mdkd99
Posts: 1172

Yeah that is true. People are also busy with work or school, so making a story would be rather time-consuming.

Perhaps we could make an LBPC contest allowing players to design whatever theme/story they want, just on a set of a few conditions? For example, you could say that every level has to have a final boss at the end, or that every level has to include a unique type of power up, etc.		2018-04-05 05:25:00

Author:
gurren009
Posts: 2592

Maybe something simple like a Cardboard themed platformer would be good. It's simple and everyone can have fun.2018-04-05 07:35:00

Author:
mdkd99
Posts: 1172

Since this thread is still lit I will add something. If I had unlimited time before the deadline I would have made a story-driven level instead. It was going to be an alternate reality story where the collector won, like Wolfenstein. The design was going to be like LBP1 wilderness merged with LBP3 multiple layer style. I had a short script but I'm too lazy to write it down here. Feel free to use the idea of you want! Without the contest I would not have gotten the motivation to finish the entry that I submitted, so I'm thankful for that. All the nice comments and reviews made it well worth it in the end.2018-04-05 12:18:00

Author:
blacksackman
Posts: 234

If we ever make a story driven contest, we'll make sure to give the creators at least 2 months of time.2018-04-05 22:04:00

Author:
mdkd99
Posts: 1172

We should try doing a Contraption Challenge, like they used to do on other LBP forums. The goal in those contests is building a really cool object, rather than a full-on level.2018-04-06 15:16:00

Author:
gurren009
Posts: 2592

The Contraption Challenge was a favorite of mine. Nuclearfish and Chimpanzee were doing that contest on this site as well.2018-04-07 13:12:00

Author:
jwwphotos
Posts: 11383

Yeah! I remember seeing them on this site too. Stuff like: LBPC CC17, LBC CC18, and so on...2018-04-07 16:17:00

Author:
gurren009
Posts: 2592

Hi friends,

fine to have such a vivid discussion about ideas for a future contest! I've opened an extra thread for these ideas so that we finally can close this
"(LBPC15) The New Year's Change - The Results" thread!

Many greetings, Jürgen^^		2018-04-08 09:58:00

Author:
CuriousSack
Posts: 3981


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