Awesome, one MapCore user converted! 
I like what you've sketched up, and that graph paper is a great idea...why have I never thought of that?
"I haven't had great experiences with Unity in the past but this really makes it a hell of a lot easier and nicer to use" - I might have to quote you on that. Thanks!
Quote from blackdogMaybe the free version could have the complete feature-set for a limited time (eg: one month) so anybody installing it motivated by a contest like this get the full potential and are motivated to discover everything, then they must upgrade or stay with the limited features.
I've thought of that, yep. Mostly, the problem is how to keep users from simply using the trial/watermarked version all they need, then removing it entirely...and keeping all the geometry created, heh. Hopefully I can figure something out.
Adobe is perfectly fine with that 
i guess the point is making the people dependent from the tool, while an "extended" license is good to get comfy for something like a contest, nobody can produce enough stuff in a month to get around the payment.
Just bought ProGrids. ProBuilder is a little expensive for me right now. That said if I were to get into Unity seriously I would definitely get it.
Luckily Unity allows a 30 day trial so I can play with the nice lighting and it fits in nice with the schedule of the contest.
Posting shots to my personal tumblr. Will post wips when there's actually something decent to show
http://infinitestate.tumblr.com/
EDIT: What I would love to see in Probuilder is a clip tool like in hammer.
EDITEDIT: Is the texture editor disabled in the free version of probuilder? The material chooser is greyed out. That's kind of a large hindrance. Is it still possible to do texture manipulations in Unity itself? I'm new to both tools.
EDITEDITEDIT:
Quote from sixbyseven"I haven't had great experiences with Unity in the past but this really makes it a hell of a lot easier and nicer to use" - I might have to quote you on that. Thanks!
Go right ahead
Cool, nice work already!
A clip tool, extrude, proper Auto NoDraw...we have a lot to add - and we will!
The free version is only geometry editing, but you can drag-n-drop materials onto the ProBuilder objects. This is actually not supposed to work, ha, but I'm leaving the loophole open until the contest is over at least. Of course, with only the free version you won't be able to actually manipulate that material on the object, but it does give some texturing ability.
If you have some free time, you can check out the Unity tutorials I made for Unity Cookie, here: http://www.unitycookie.com. The "Getting Started With Unity" tuts are quick and simple, but go over the basics, so you won't miss anything obvious. I apologize in advance for my under-par mic, it has since been fixed 
I noticed on the main page that it says you can export to Obj but I can't find anything about that in the video tutorials and it doesnt mention it in the commercial vs free comparison.
Is there a way to do this in Unity?
Figured it out. Had to a bit of a crash course on unity editor modification. Didn't realize there were some symbolic names for folders like Editor etc..
Intersting Alex, curious for the final result.
I couldn't come up with any idea 
I think the lack of level design I've been doing lately has been building up in my subconscious
Also sixbyseven. I've notice one thing about progrids. I'm not sure if this is my fault or not but every so often the progrids mode causes the marquee select to be offset visually by about 20 or so pixel diagonally. The select is still the same but the visual feedback from the marquee is off.
So far I've been solving it by reloading one of my backup projects then reimporting all my scenes and assets since the last backup.
Is there some mode I'm accidentally switching to that's causing this issue?
Mind you it works fine in regular unity primitive select mode. It only has these issues when I'm in progrids mode..
EDIT: I've managed to replicate the situation that causes this bug:
1) Enter Probuilder edit mode
2) place a point light
3) Enter the inspector and change mode of the light to hard
4) enable deferred lighting
At this point is seems to cause the selection marquee to be permanently off after that. Undoing to the point of light creating seems to fix it.
EDIT2) It seems to only have this effect when deferred lighting is enabled.
Glad you got that working It's a strange bug with Deferred lighting...honestly, I have no clue how the rendering method could cause that , but I'm sure we'll figure it out. I think you meant to say "ProBuilder" instead of ProGrids?
More screenshots?
Quote from sixbysevenI think you meant to say "ProBuilder" instead of ProGrids?
I did indeed :X
Quote from sixbysevenMore screenshots?
Here's where I'm at so far
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I'm sure sixbyseven will be along eventually to update this. Anyway the entries for the mapping contest are up on facebook.
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set…19308876&type=1
One of my mates (BucketMonkey) has entered.
Good luck on the contest!
sixbyseven, would it be possible to make a better discount on the plugin? I really want to start using it to test a few levels in Unity, but the current price (75-95$) is way too high for what I can afford at this moment.
I'd be happy to use the free version and I don't mind not having the "NoDraw", but it lacks the ability to "Apply custom textures" and "Rotate and Scale Textures" (which are very important for me atm).
Thank you!
Hey Mapcore folks Sorry, I've been neglecting you, I'll fix that!
Here are fancy links to each person's Contest Gallery- spread the word! We will also be posting all of these on our Facebook, at "http://www.facebook.com/probuilder3d". We'd love to see you "Like" the page and claim your album with a comment/etc, hopefully we can get some good design critique going there as well. Note: Would you like a link added to your Gallery? Just let me know! Also, if I somehow forgot anyone, PM me ASAP!
I'm just going to say it myself- wow, this all looks AWESOME! Great work, everyone!
Quote from AlexMJust started playing with this. It's quite nice so far. I may have a few questions but I'll refrain until I watch the tutorial videos.
Glad you like the blog
That's YOU! Haha, who knows what people you can find on Mapcore!
Also, this contest looks so cool, I'll make an entry if I can beat my nemesis, Time.
Sadly, the contest is over already 
But, we'll be having another very soon!
Very nice entries, this looked fun!
Quote from sixbysevenI'm just going to say it myself- wow, this all looks AWESOME! Great work, everyone!
personally I'm a big fan of this entry
Zedalis was the best by far (not to take away from anyone else, there were tons of awesome entries). His entry was amazing and only brushwork
i'm super happy I won a copy of probuilder albeit the person who won before me already owned a copy
1st Place
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Brotherhood will receive the top prize of $500, and a full year subscription to CG Cookie! Congrats Brotherhood, and thanks for making such an awesome level with ProBuilder!
Runner-Up
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Zedalis design will receive the runner-up prize of all SixBySeven tools, plus a 3 month subscription to CG Cookie! Amazing work Zedalis, I'm sure we'll see more from you in the future too
Honorary
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AlexM_Infinite takes an honorary win- so we'll honor him/her with any SixBySeven tool for free, just choose. Great work, especially for a first time ProBuilder user!
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That's a wrap for Mapping Contest #2, folks- my sincere, humble thanks to everyone for participating, especially since I know many of you are first-time or early Unity/ProBuilder users. Your creativity and willingness to dive head-first into a challenge like this, is what makes the indie game-dev revolution so powerful! Keep at it!
Of course, thanks to the Judges as well! Much appreciated, having your votes and input really makes the contest more fun and serious at the same time. So that's a big thanks to:
Simon Dean of Games Foundry - http://www.gamesfoundry.com/
SamV - http://www.rochardthegame.com/en/
Megafiers Team - http://www.west-racing.com/mf/
EricV - http://www.redchurch.com/
BenColeman of U4iA - http://u4iagames.com/
Jess Rahbek of Zero Point Software - http://www.interstellarmarines.com/
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As always, all contestants can pick up ProBuilder, or any other SixBySeven tool, for 25% off- just email/PM me
Mapping Contest #3 is already being planned, and for various top-secret reasons, I am especially excited about this next one! Details will come in the next couple weeks, you can stay up-to-date via our facebook, twitter, or by signing up for the Newsletter (lots of goodies in there!). Thanks all!
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A note on final score calculation:
Rank 1 was given 3 points, Rank 2 gave 2 points, Rank 3 gave 1 point.
Total Scores were 19, 14, 9, for Brotherhood, ZedalisDesign, and AlexM_Infinite (respectively)
I'm disappointed Zedalis didn't win, personally. Looks like a successful contest, though, congratulations!
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