Tileset Competition, prizes to be won! :D
 

Celebrating the festive season I figured I'll hold this lil tileset competition. This has been discussed in #jcstalk just before I posted it hereAnyways, theres lots to it and unlike other competitions this one has a huge set of rules and restrictions to it, lemme start to explain.

The tileset you will make will have various restrictions, BUT you have the option of choosing between one of two restrictions:

OPTION 1:
You can have any amount of colours and can do whatever they want to the Jazz palette, but can only use 40 tiles.
Empty tiles are counted aswell, if JCS says its 40 tiles even if only 30 were used then it's a 40 tile tileset. This does mean that effectively you only get 39 tiles to use.
People who use less won't get bonus points, use as many tiles as you can!

OPTION 2:
You're can ONLY use 16 colours. However, the Jazz palette will still be included in your tileset, but you're not allowed to use them or change other colours to fit their entries. The 16 colours you want to use should be placed in another location in the palette. If for any reason you do want to use some of the colours in the Jazz 2 palette, add them at the location of your 16 colours. The transparent colours in JJ2 (pure black and the blue) do NOT count as one of your 16 colours.
Why am I doing this? Simple, JJ2 NEEDS those colours to work correctly, cant go any other way.
If you are struggling with the palette work for this then I will do that and make it JJ2 compatible myself (with no penalty for the person that does it). Just send me the tileset using 16 colours. This will give people who are forced to use MSPaint a chance in the competition.
Tip: Dont use a single colour gradient (like all shades of blue for example, as in my blue world tileset) because I will not like you for it. You've been warned.
Because of the colour limitation the amoutn of tiles you are allowed to use has been doubled! You can use 80 tiles. Empty tiles are counted aswell, if JCS says its 80 tiles even if only 70 were used then it's a 80 tile tileset. This does mean that effectively you only get 79 tiles to use.
People who use less won't get bonus points, use as many tiles as you can!

OPTION 3:
Same restrictions as Option 2 (16 colours and 80 tiles) but with the following change:
The Jazz palette must be edited to only use 16 colours (excluding the transparent colours) and NO OTHER palette outside of the edited Jazz palette entries may be used. Added this option because some poeple just love custom sprite colours :D
Option 2 and 3 will be regarded as one option when it comes to prizes because there is almost no difference between the two.

Rules for all Options:
1. Your tileset must include the following tiles:
-Vine
-Hook
-Poles
-Sucker Tubes
-Destruct Block/s
-Arrows
-Text sign
-Exit sign
-Background Layer eye candy
The background layer eye candy can be anything. As long as the tileset isn't layer 4 only.
2. You can't save space by making one side of tiles and flip them in JCS.
3. You can't have multiple entries. You must choose between option 1 and 2, can't choose both.
4. FINAL Deadline is 24th December 2002, Winner will be announced on Christmas day (the day after deadline).
5. You're welcome to include an example level or music or anything else, but these wont be rated.
6. If you send your entry before the deadline and want to change something, you are welcome to resend the tileset.
7. Don't ask me to comment on a tileset before the deadline, because I won't, guaranteed.
8. If for any reason you do not meet the restrictions (say for example you accidently used 17 colours instead of 16) for one of the options then I will notify you and give you a chance to resend a version that does meet the restrictions. This does not apply if the tileset was sent on the final deadline, It wont give me time to send it back.

PRIZES:
This is what you've been waiting for :D
Best tileset of Option 1: £10
Best tileset of Option 2 and 3: £10
Overall Winner: £20 (excluding the cash from the option you won).

This means that the winner will have £30 and the person who won the other option will win £10. Say for example there are 5 tilesets in option1 that are better than the best tileset in Option 2 (and 3 after changes) then Option 2 will STILL win the £10 instead of the other people. Note that this is just an example and I'm not saying option 1 makes better tilesets. Both options have been explained to various tileset makers and the choice between the two are pretty even.

I know that not all of you are from the UK, so I'll give estimates on what its worth in other popular currencies.

£30 = $45 = €45 (euro)
£20 = $30 = €30 (euro)
£10 = $15 = €15 (euro)

That should be all you need to know, if there are any questions ASK ME!
ICQ = 18989030
MSN/Email = disguise@surfanytime.co.uk
AIM = DisguiseDA
IRC = #jj2 or #jcstalk (preferred for JCS related stuff) on Quakenet

Out of those you stand a pretty good chance of finding me on AIM and IRC, I check my email every now and then but I barely use ICQ and MSN.

SSF
 

Wow this is cool :D

OMG THIS IS SO.....
WHAT-DO-I-KNOW!!!!!!! XD

Hmm....which one to choose...

So I'm not allowed to use a single clor gradient in the second one,ya?
And the second ones more comlicated too...
So I've decided!^-^
I take option one...^^

Now I just need a theme...e_e
..
OO;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
OHMYGODMYPAINTSHOPPROSTOPPEDWORKING!!!!!!!
NOWI'VEGOTTALEARNTOUSEGIMPINSTEAD!!!!!!!!!!!!!
OHMYHOLYGOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

*dies all over the place*

(Btw,added ya to AIM!}> )

Count me in ;).

Option one sounds easier, but I have a feeling nobody will enter option two, so I could enter this two-color tileset I made and win.

Wow, Wisety's topic magically becomes "Cool". Feel the power. ;P

I would enter, but even my Paint doesn't work and I have no talent. Other than that, I'm a definate win. ;-P

Wow, you are right on the money! Way To Go! How did you know that I was going to pick number 2?

`N0

Because I suck SO much I will pick option 2. Sounds easiest. But that's because I suck.

You all need to think this thought before you choose.
Don't count on that. Both options is a challenge.

WISETAAAYYYYHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!! ;_;
Can you do the palette work for meeeeeh???
PLEEEEEEEEAAAAAASE?????? *sob*

I think I'll pick option 1...
My tilesets were always small :D

YES!!!!
DISGUISE you rule!! :)
I've been waiting for this for ages!! I guess I'll go for the first option.....

YEEHAW!!

Questions: do you need all 4 arrows?(up, down, right, left)

Destruct blocks. Buttstomp block too?

Poles: h-pole and v-pole?

Does this count for arrows + background layer eye candy too?

If I had a really good idea, I'd participate in this. But, I don't.

I might do this. But I forgot how to make a tileset. ;p

(And I'm bad at it anyway.)

Egads! That is a tiny little tileset!

I won't have room for the sprite tiles if i have to put in all the stuff Disguise mentioned in! :p

ITs worth a try, tho.
`N0

With disguises requirements, it leaves you with about 21 tiles.

F.A.Q. 16 Bit.
 

May we fix snow and pinball from the 16 colors we choosed?

...And if so, where in the pallett are the Snow and Pinball colors?

RFF
 

Heheh. I am so gonna choose option 2. It rox ma butty! Sorry. I feel... slangish. Anyway, I'm gonna make a red-world.. MWHAHAHA

Red Presents...

Red.... Universe.

So.. that means I can use 1000 tiles? Thankx :P

Or I might choose option 1... which is easier :D

No, option 2 is 80 tiles.

Hmm... Sounds interesting. I might enter just for the sake of entering (like in the CTF comp.) But, as most of you may know, I can only use MS Paint. Stupid Paint. Oh well, if I get a chance I'll make a set.

(Um.. Disguise might have to edit the pallette, or something. Not sure how you do that, but I've got Paint.)

AJ2f

You can just download the psp 30 day trial.

SSF
 

gaaah I hate mondays, feel liek im gonna explode. I'll post all questions as fats as I can here then its off to bed.

1. I can do palette fopr peiople who choose option 2

2. Both v and h poles

3. Any dblock, it could even be a normal single tile block that looks liek a dblock

4. Just left and right arrows, other 2 are useless

5. It's tiny, thats the point, with option 1 ur supposed ot make a good set from amazing quality tiles. In option 2 u make a good set with a great variety of tiles. Choose the one you're better at.

6. I can get 28 tiles leftover with all the requitrements already drawn, its possible :p

7. No you can't fix pinball or snow. Wanna fix up the palette? choose option 1. Option 2 is only your 16 colours and option 3 is only fixing up default jazz2 palette

8. Snow palette locatrions are in articles section, pinball locations are in JCS talk, a few posts down i think.

9. Tip: dont use a single gradient, it looks boring and I wont like it, so dont make a total red world :P

10. Option 2 is 80 tiles

11. Use paint, send me the bitmap of finished tileset (using 16 colours) and I'll fix it up. This is option 2 only to make this competition paint compatible. I'll send you finished set after palette edit aswell.

Done, sleepy time, bye bye

ThanX Disguise.

One more question: Can I put the 16 colors i use into the Textured Background?

ThanX again!
`N0

Naah... just when I would finally learn how to use it, it would expire on me. For now I'll stick with Paint, and maybe some day get something better.

Can we put the same color in two different areas of the palette?

You can, becuse it still count as one color. But if you'r using option 1, you should not place the same color 2 places. That's just wastering entrys.Your textured background won't work anyway, unless you make a gardiant on at least 16 colors, and then you break up the rule with having only one gardiant.

One question:
You said, "3. You can't have multiple entries. You must choose between option 1 and 2, can't choose both."
Can you make multiple entries for one option, in my case option 1?? Please, please, please!!!
And this question is for Disguise, not for Blaze :p

Fine, but I asked Disguise all theese questions before, so I know the anwsers there from. ;P

SSF
 

ONE (1) submission only, regardless of what option/s they are.

I'll just re-answer the stuff moonblaze answered to annoy him some more ;)

1. Yes you can put the same colour more than once in your palette. If you weren't able to Option 3 would become useless and impossible. It would be stupid with option 1, because of a waste of colours, though I would congratulate the person who managed to fill up a whole palette from a 40 tile tileset. It's very hard to do, but not impossible :p
No I didn't just say the person who manages to use all 256 colours will get bonus points of any kind, don't waste your time trying to find a way to fill an entire palette of 256 colours.

2. You can put the 16 colours in your textured background, but a textured background needs 32 colours. Even if you do slim it down you're gonna have a single gradient, and I already warned you about using those ;)
Not having a textured background is not a rule, if you can manage to make one go ahead, but the possibility of one wieghs greatly against you :p

3. Looked back and noticed that I forgot to answer another question from frankenquist. You can't flip ANY tiles, arrows and background layer eye candy is included.

Oh by the way I'vealready got a submission, ph33r!
Hehehe, don't let that rush you though, take your time ;)

Alright, ThanX!

I'll go work on that now...

`N0

Egads! It is hard to make a round sucker tube with only a two color gradient!!! :p

Hah, nobody will beat me then. ;-P

Today I got a ray of inspiration for a new tileset. If I can manage to keep my tileset under 40 tiles, I'll use that as my entry for option 1.
I'm allowed to upload the tileset AFTER the competition right? Like if I now make a 40 tiles long tileset, I can later release a let's say 800 tiles long tileset on J2o?

Oh, and am I allowed to host and use the tileset before 24 December or should it be kept 'secret'?

SSF
 

You can do with the tileset what you want. You can change it later, you can upload it before the release date, anythign as long as I get a tileset that has the requirements ofr the competition :D

However, if you're gonna upload it before the release date know that you're doing it at your own risk. I will NOT disqualify any entries that steal from your tileset, whether they are ideas or ripped tiles.

Should we include a custom level? Will it up our chance of winning if we do?

`N0

Re: Tileset Competition, prizes to be won! :D
 

Fneef!

Just sent in my entry! ;)

BTW, it does have down arrows, because I zipped it before I saw the answer to the question, "Do you need all 4 directions of the arrows?"

SSF
 

*claims second page*

Oh man oh man so many tilesets :D :D :D