Precious Palaces | Official Map Contest 2021
Envious of his brother's spectacular palace, the Djinn's twin brother is deeply frustrated.
"Nobody wants to party at my palace. Even my own father refuses to step inside..."
To add to his embarrassment, even the witches avoid targeting his unsightly home!
The Djinn's twin brother raised his pickaxe, and echoed his voice across the land. Enough is enough.
🗺️ Theme: Palace - You must build the Djinn a palace!
The map can be located entirely outdoors, entirely indoors, or a mixture of both - think about how you wish to tackle the theme and be creative with your gameplay choices!
🃏 Wildcard Rule: Mystic Sands - You must use at least some of the new Mystic Sands structures and props, but you may combine this with any Creative mode content already available.
🥇 Main Prizes | Official Implementation:
We are looking for three Palace-themed maps, which will be added to our Official servers for voting! ✔️
Each contributor in a winning map will also receive:
- 1x Witch It Steam Key (Giftable)!
- 10x Crystallized Moonlight!
- Your name added to the description of a Creative Mode structure!
- @Grand Architect Discord Role!
🥈 Secondary Prizes | Community Voting Rewards
When you post a map entry, you will receive the @Architect role... or @Architect (x2) if this is your second time entering a map contest (only applicable for Discord entries).
At the end of the contest, each entry will be voted on by the community in three areas: 🎲 quality gameplay, 🎨 artistic masterpiece, and 💡 creative visionary. Voting will be exclusively on Discord and any entries uploaded on Steam will be automatically posted to our Discord at this time for voting. Votes can only be cast through discord.gg/witchit.
Community voting will begin on 25th January 2022 (after contest deadline)! 🗳️
Secondary prize winners will receive:
- 10 Crystallized Moonlight!
- Your name added to the description of a Creative Mode structure!
✔️ Participate in just 5 steps:
1. Create a custom Witch It map following our theme, rules and advice below!
2. Upload your map to the Steam workshop!
3. Upload at least ONE screenshot onto your workshop page!
4. Add the hashtag #mapcontest2021 in the description - this helps us organise entries, as well as lets us know we can use your map on our servers!
5. Finally, post your entry in #map-entries on discord.gg/witchit or underneath this contest announcement on Steam!
🧠 Are you still unsure what to do? View our detailed participation guide here:
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2203730812
⚠️ [Important!] Rules:
> You must build on an empty map containing no structures (interior, town day, island day, town night, ice day, graveyard night, magical forest, desert day, desert sunset)!
> You can submit as many maps as you want (however, quality is always better than quantity)!
> You can either make your map solo, or collaborate with up to 3 other creators - please mark them as a contributor to your workshop item!
> You cannot enter using other creator's maps that you are not an original contributor on (we will check for stolen work)!
> You must design an entirely original map - it cannot be based on an existing map from another game!
> Offensive/NSFW content is strictly prohibited!
> All users can enter, including Grand Architects (previous winners) and staff members!
🔨 Breaking these rules may result in disqualification from the contest!
📖 Advice for Creating Official Maps
Below is some advice for creating maps for our Official servers. Please read each section carefully!
📕 Broken Hiding Spots
Combining structures together can sometimes lead to small gaps in which props can fit into. This is most often seen with world boundaries, rocks, and ice structures - but can easily be avoided by vigorously checking intersections of structures. One small gap in a structure leading to a impossible-to-reach area for Hunters will result in a broken map. Please be mindful to ensure your maps have no broken hiding spots on them (we recommend you test during and after the building process).
📙 Gamemode Compatibility
Your map must be compatible with Hide & Seek, Mobification and Hunt a Hag. Please consider using a variety of props and gameplay options for both teams, and take into account the skills each team may use.
📒 Testing Your Map
A great looking map may be unapprovable if the gameplay mechanics are inconsistent or broken - please test your map throughout the creation process to make sure it plays as intended! Some things to watch out for include stairs that don't work, ladders that cannot be climbed, doorways that are too small etc. Hunters should have a spawn area that they cannot leave until the hiding period is over.
📗 Optimise Your Maps
Ensure your map is smooth to run by optimising your structure and prop use - rather than using small wall segments, can you scale a single wall up to create the same effect? Have you removed objects in areas that aren't visible to the player during gameplay? Are there too many props?
Our recommendations:
- Stay below 1,000 props
- Use any amount of structures
- Do not stack lights or jump pads
- Frozen props shouldn't glitch when touched
📘 Consider Size
Your map must support 16-player lobbies! With this information, please consider the size of your map. If it's too big, your map will be favoured towards Witches. If it's too small, your map will be favoured towards Hunters. We're looking for maps that are balanced somewhere in the middle. For reference, feel free to explore the default Witch It maps to get an idea of size.
⌛ Deadline
We are closing this contest on Monday, January 24th 2022.
Once the contest ends, we will review your entries and decide on the winners, which will be revealed shortly after.
We hope you enjoy creating your maps! #mapcontest2021
"Nobody wants to party at my palace. Even my own father refuses to step inside..."
To add to his embarrassment, even the witches avoid targeting his unsightly home!
The Djinn's twin brother raised his pickaxe, and echoed his voice across the land. Enough is enough.
🗺️ Theme: Palace - You must build the Djinn a palace!
The map can be located entirely outdoors, entirely indoors, or a mixture of both - think about how you wish to tackle the theme and be creative with your gameplay choices!
🃏 Wildcard Rule: Mystic Sands - You must use at least some of the new Mystic Sands structures and props, but you may combine this with any Creative mode content already available.
🥇 Main Prizes | Official Implementation:
We are looking for three Palace-themed maps, which will be added to our Official servers for voting! ✔️
Each contributor in a winning map will also receive:
- 1x Witch It Steam Key (Giftable)!
- 10x Crystallized Moonlight!
- Your name added to the description of a Creative Mode structure!
- @Grand Architect Discord Role!
🥈 Secondary Prizes | Community Voting Rewards
When you post a map entry, you will receive the @Architect role... or @Architect (x2) if this is your second time entering a map contest (only applicable for Discord entries).
At the end of the contest, each entry will be voted on by the community in three areas: 🎲 quality gameplay, 🎨 artistic masterpiece, and 💡 creative visionary. Voting will be exclusively on Discord and any entries uploaded on Steam will be automatically posted to our Discord at this time for voting. Votes can only be cast through discord.gg/witchit.
Community voting will begin on 25th January 2022 (after contest deadline)! 🗳️
Secondary prize winners will receive:
- 10 Crystallized Moonlight!
- Your name added to the description of a Creative Mode structure!
✔️ Participate in just 5 steps:
1. Create a custom Witch It map following our theme, rules and advice below!
2. Upload your map to the Steam workshop!
3. Upload at least ONE screenshot onto your workshop page!
4. Add the hashtag #mapcontest2021 in the description - this helps us organise entries, as well as lets us know we can use your map on our servers!
5. Finally, post your entry in #map-entries on discord.gg/witchit or underneath this contest announcement on Steam!
🧠 Are you still unsure what to do? View our detailed participation guide here:
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2203730812
⚠️ [Important!] Rules:
> You must build on an empty map containing no structures (interior, town day, island day, town night, ice day, graveyard night, magical forest, desert day, desert sunset)!
> You can submit as many maps as you want (however, quality is always better than quantity)!
> You can either make your map solo, or collaborate with up to 3 other creators - please mark them as a contributor to your workshop item!
> You cannot enter using other creator's maps that you are not an original contributor on (we will check for stolen work)!
> You must design an entirely original map - it cannot be based on an existing map from another game!
> Offensive/NSFW content is strictly prohibited!
> All users can enter, including Grand Architects (previous winners) and staff members!
🔨 Breaking these rules may result in disqualification from the contest!
📖 Advice for Creating Official Maps
Below is some advice for creating maps for our Official servers. Please read each section carefully!
📕 Broken Hiding Spots
Combining structures together can sometimes lead to small gaps in which props can fit into. This is most often seen with world boundaries, rocks, and ice structures - but can easily be avoided by vigorously checking intersections of structures. One small gap in a structure leading to a impossible-to-reach area for Hunters will result in a broken map. Please be mindful to ensure your maps have no broken hiding spots on them (we recommend you test during and after the building process).
📙 Gamemode Compatibility
Your map must be compatible with Hide & Seek, Mobification and Hunt a Hag. Please consider using a variety of props and gameplay options for both teams, and take into account the skills each team may use.
📒 Testing Your Map
A great looking map may be unapprovable if the gameplay mechanics are inconsistent or broken - please test your map throughout the creation process to make sure it plays as intended! Some things to watch out for include stairs that don't work, ladders that cannot be climbed, doorways that are too small etc. Hunters should have a spawn area that they cannot leave until the hiding period is over.
📗 Optimise Your Maps
Ensure your map is smooth to run by optimising your structure and prop use - rather than using small wall segments, can you scale a single wall up to create the same effect? Have you removed objects in areas that aren't visible to the player during gameplay? Are there too many props?
Our recommendations:
- Stay below 1,000 props
- Use any amount of structures
- Do not stack lights or jump pads
- Frozen props shouldn't glitch when touched
📘 Consider Size
Your map must support 16-player lobbies! With this information, please consider the size of your map. If it's too big, your map will be favoured towards Witches. If it's too small, your map will be favoured towards Hunters. We're looking for maps that are balanced somewhere in the middle. For reference, feel free to explore the default Witch It maps to get an idea of size.
⌛ Deadline
We are closing this contest on Monday, January 24th 2022.
Once the contest ends, we will review your entries and decide on the winners, which will be revealed shortly after.
We hope you enjoy creating your maps! #mapcontest2021
