Zeepkist News

View the event on Zeepkist's Official Discord server!



[h2]Vote for the Level Contest Winners![/h2]

Voting is open for the Wall Riding level contest held earlier this month! Voting closes on 4th February.

Vote for up to 3 submissions in the Best Decor and Best Layout/Flow categories!

[h3]VOTE NOW[/h3]

[h2]When is the Super League tournament?[/h2]

[h3]Timeslot 1 (1 Room, 64 player capacity)[/h3]

• Sunday 28th January at 10:00 PST
  
• Sunday 28th January at 13:00 EST
  
• Sunday 28th January at 18:00 GMT
  
• Sunday 28th January at 19:00 CET
  
• Monday 29th January at 05:00 AEDT
  

[h3]Timeslot 2 (1 Room, 64 player capacity)[/h3]

• Sunday 28th January at 19:00 PST
  
• Sunday 28th January at 22:00 EST
  
• Monday 29th January at 03:00 GMT
  
• Monday 29th January at 04:00 CET
  
• Monday 29th January at 14:00 AEDT
  

[h2]Super League Details[/h2]

We will be competing on 15 of the 35 level submissions from the Wall Riding level contest held earlier this month. You can checkout all submissions on the Steam Workshop!

The rooms will open around 10 minutes before the event starts and is scheduled to last around 2 hours (7 minutes per level) with a rest period half way through. The first timed level will begin on the hour (~10 minutes after rooms open)

The leaderboards in all rooms will be tracked and will be combined into a single overall leaderboard post-event on zeepki.st/super-league!

Top 3 with the most points will receive a NEW special racing helmet IN-GAME, a Discord role and 3,000 chat EXP in our Discord server!



[h2]Who can join?[/h2]

The Super League is open to all! Open Zeepkist and hop in to one of the Super League rooms hosted by Akane (Timeslot 1) or Socks242 (Timeslot 2). Rooms are filled on a first-come-first-served basis.

Look out for the following rooms hosted by either Akane or Socks242:

• Zeepkist Super League: Wall Riding
  

[h2]What tracks are we racing on?[/h2]

The 15 tracks we're racing on have been picked out by our judges. Download the level playlist on our Discord!

They are:

• Wormville by Dylan
  
• Swagger by Lazy_Echidna
  
• Pastel Reverie by AndMe34
  
• Windy Towers by Renergy
  
• Scattered City by Lexer
  
• Circulus by Graham The Guy
  
• Pinky's Peril by St Nicholas
  
• [BREAK TIME: WALL RIDING EDITION]
  
• Gyration by Richhyyyy
  
• Peace Mill by agix
  
• Fisher's Peak by Wombat!
  
• Verdant Rush by Akane
  
• Ronin Ridge by Not That Guy
  
• Dry Grass Dry Wall by Codewalt
  
• Miiruta 4 by Shadynook
  
• Astarte by Maou + Maki + Mdpl
  

- Akane

[h3]THEME: Winter Sports[/h3]

The Winter Youth Olympics is being held this month in South Korea!

Build a level that has players competing on an olympic winter sport!

Looking for ideas? How about a twisting ski slope, a bobsleigh/luge track or a track built on a giant ice hockey rink!

[h3]DEADLINE[/h3]

• Your track should be complete and submitted by Sunday, 11th February 2024 at 18:00 GMT
• Submissions will be combined into a single workshop item after the deadline above
  

[h3]SUBMISSION RULES[/h3]

1. You can only submit one level (you can modify or replace your submission as much as you like until the deadline)
   
2. Level collaborations are permitted (Maximum of 3 players per level. This counts as a level submission for each individual creator)
   
3. The name of the level MUST start with "ZSL - " (e.g "ZSL - My Level")
   

[h3]LEVEL RULES[/h3]

1. Scaling track pieces is permitted
   
2. Level MUST follow any theme requirements set above
   
3. Level MUST be under 4000 blocks
4. Level MUST have an author time above 30 seconds
5. Level MUST have an author time under 1 minute 15 seconds (75s)
   
6. Level MUST have at least 2 checkpoints. Consider adding additional checkpoints for split timing or where it would prevent a cut, as cuts do not make for good tournament tracks!
   
7. Level MUST NOT have hidden finishes/shortcuts (e.g using no-collision or invisible blocks to hide a secret path that is NOT the intended route)
   
8. Level MUST NOT have alternative "risky" finishes
   

[h3]HOW TO SUBMIT YOUR LEVEL[/h3]

1. Join our Official Discord server
2. Upload the level to the Steam Workshop
   
3. Link the workshop item in the theme's thread in #level-submissions
   
   Don't have Discord? You can submit your entry by linking your workshop item in the comments section of this announcement post!
   

[h3]WINNERS & PRIZES[/h3]

• Up to 15 of the submitted levels will be used for the next Zeepkist Super League event
  
• The community will vote on their favourite maps from the theme once submissions close
  
• Top 3 in the community votes for Best Decor and Best Track Layout will each win a special hard hat cosmetic in-game. Discord users will also get a `Level Contest Winner` role and 3,000 chat EXP in our Discord server.
  

[h3]BANNER CONTEST[/h3]
We're also hosting a themed banner contest for our discord server banner image where you can win a special beret hat!!

The theme is Winter Sports and ends at the same time as this level contest!! View the banner contest event details on Discord

- Akane

View the event on Zeepkist's Official Discord server!



[h2]Vote for the Level Contest Winners![/h2]

Voting is open for the Snow Rally level contest held earlier this month! Voting closes on 21st January.

Vote for up to 3 submissions in the Best Decor and Best Layout/Flow categories!

[h3]VOTE NOW[/h3]

[h2]When is the Super League tournament?[/h2]

[h3]Timeslot 1 (1 Room, 64 player capacity)[/h3]

• Sunday 14th January at 10:00 PST
  
• Sunday 14th January at 13:00 EST
  
• Sunday 14th January at 18:00 GMT
  
• Sunday 14th January at 19:00 CET
  
• Monday 15th January at 05:00 AEDT
  

[h3]Timeslot 2 (1 Room, 64 player capacity)[/h3]

• Sunday 14th January at 19:00 PST
  
• Sunday 14th January at 22:00 EST
  
• Monday 15th January at 03:00 GMT
  
• Monday 15th January at 04:00 CET
  
• Monday 15th January at 14:00 AEDT
  

[h2]Super League Details[/h2]

We will be competing on 15 of the 40 level submissions from the Snow Rally level contest held earlier this month. You can checkout all submissions on the Steam Workshop!

The rooms will open around 10 minutes before the event starts and is scheduled to last around 2 hours (7 minutes per level) with a rest period half way through. The first timed level will begin on the hour (~10 minutes after rooms open)

The leaderboards in all rooms will be tracked and will be combined into a single overall leaderboard post-event on zeepki.st/super-league!

Top 3 with the most points will receive a NEW special racing helmet IN-GAME, a Discord role and 3,000 chat EXP in our Discord server!



[h2]Who can join?[/h2]

The Super League is open to all! Open Zeepkist and hop in to one of the Super League rooms hosted by Akane (Timeslot 1) or Socks242 (Timeslot 2). Rooms are filled on a first-come-first-served basis.

Look out for the following rooms hosted by either Akane or Socks242:

• Zeepkist Super League: Snow Rally
  

[h2]What tracks are we racing on?[/h2]

The 15 tracks we're racing on have been picked out by our judges. Download the level playlist on our Discord!

They are:

• How the Grinch Stole Physics by zivecef
  
• A Snowy Rally Eve by Istaysideway
  
• Tempest Alpina by Linzi
  
• Snöbyar Rally by Richhyyyy + Diabler
  
• Knelbourne Forest Rally by DeeDeeNaNaNa
  
• Snowy Rally Valley by Parrazarre
  
• A Rally of Snow by Maou + Maki + Sandals
  
• [BREAK TIME: SNOW RALLY EDITION]
  
• Sponsored by Dylan by Dylan
  
• Dusk Trace by Shadynook
  
• Freezing Verzameling by CDAW
  
• Quad Peaks Rally Stage 1 by Codewalt
  
• Frigid Air by Kernkob
  
• Nocturne of Ice by Wombat!
  
• Snowy Mountain Pass by Lexer
  
• Rocky Mtn Racin' Basin by St Nicholas
  

- Akane

I'm really excited to announce that Zeepkist: Crash 2D has finally launched!



Zeepkist: Crash 2D is a web game that's available on Poki.com!



The mechanics are similar to "dismount" type games: You crash your zeepkist and try to rack up as many points as possible, which you can use to buy new zeepkists, hats, levels, and obstacles!

It's entirely free, and is monetized by letting players watch ads!






You probably have a bunch of questions! I'll try to answer a bunch of them, and if you have more, feel free to leave a comment!


Q: What is this? A: A new game by me!




Q: Why did you make another game? A: Poki reached out to me about a year and a half ago to see if I was interested in publishing to web platforms. I didn't have anything to put on Poki at the time (Zeepkist itself is far too big for that of course).

Later, however, I was playing around with 2D physics and made this little game, and I decided to get in touch with Poki to see if they were interested in this little thing I was making. And they were!

My biggest motivation for putting time and effort into this is because I'm curious if small games-on-the-side like this can make money, which I need to live. And I'm especially curious if this can give me an additional income stream that might be a bit more steady than Steam. It's also smart not to put all of your eggs into one basket.

Another, smaller, motivation is that I'm curious to see if this will raise Zeepkist "brand awareness". Maybe people will play Zeepkist 2D on Poki, google Zeepkist or come across it on Youtube, and decide to give Zeepkist a try!




Q: Did this take time away from developing Zeepkist? A: Yes! Absolutely, solo-developing two games at the same time is not easy. But I hope it will pay off in the end and all be worth it :)


Q: What's next? A: Back to work on Zeepkist v16! Development on Zeepkist continued throughout development of Zeepkist 2D, as you might have noticed from the devlogs and patches!

I'm curious to see how well Zeepkist 2D does. If it makes sense for me to make more web games I'll absolutely think about doing that. At the end of the day I still need to pay rent! :D



I hope that answers all of your questions!

Go play Zeepkist 2D, tell your friends, and Happy Zeepkisting!!!

- Yannic

- Awarded level contest season 3 hat to winners!

There were 15 winners this time because one submission had 9 collaborators listed.

This smelled fishy, so Akane and I decided on the following:



Happy Zeepkisting!!!