Half-Life 2: Deathmatch 1024-unit Competition?

Competition Deadline: April 30th! (for real)

So, the last competition was pretty successful (even though no actual map pack came of it) so I figured maybe do a Source engine competition but with a bit of a twist:

The play area must be contained within a 1024x1024 unit area of the grid.

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That is, must be within one of the brown squares

So here's a basic outline:

- Play area must be contained within one 1024x1024 grid block

- Stock Half-Life 2 Content only

- Only original maps specifically made for this contest (no recycling)

- Focus on proper Deathmatch gameplay, this is not a 'scene' contest, but make it as pretty as you want.

I thought this would work well, considering the map size is pretty much defined for you, it's pretty small so it's not a huge investment of time, plus with such a rigid limitation it's gonna require some creativity.

So, is it worth doing? Does anyone plan on participating? Or is it just a terrible idea?

If it's a yay, then maybe we can move on with an official thread like the last one?

Note: This is just the play area that is constrained to the 1024 grid block, if a sky brush or some other element creeps its way outside a bit it's not big deal. And things like a 3d sky obviously have to be placed else where.

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Note: This is just the play area that is constrained to the 1024 grid block, if a sky brush or some other element creeps its way outside a bit it's not big deal. And things like a 3d sky obviously have to be placed else where.

2048 is pretty big though, that's about the size of a regular small DM map. This is sort of pushing that. More along the lines of the classic Quake 3 1v1 maps, or some of the smaller levels you'll find in Halo/Halo 2 multiplayer, where the map is basically centralized around one prime area.

An example, for those who might not have played Warlock:

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Really tight, chaotic but simple level that's just basically circular gameplay.