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Welcome to the Bad 2 Good Level Contest.
(Alternatively titled Make a Bad 2 Good Level, as it's a sequel to my 2017 contest MAGBL).

What's this contest about?
It's quite simple, when you join you'll get a bad level, and your job is to try to remake it into a good level. Hence it's a Bad 2 Good Level.

Deadline:
The contest will start on Friday 16th December 2022 - 6:00pm UTC.
The contest will end on Monday 9th January 2023 - 10:00pm UTC.
The deadline has been reached, no longer accepting submissions.

Rubric:
- Fun & Design: 30 points. How well the level design manage to create a fun experience?
- Isomorphism & Creativity: 15 points. How well the level manage to creatively convert the original level into a good implementation?
- Polish & Aesthetics: 5 points. How well is the level's overall look, feeling and atmosphere with respect to the original?

Entering and Submission:
To join the contest simply just post in this thread saying you want to join (you can ping me) and I'll give you a bad level as your base.
Once you're done, PM me your level for submission (or you can submit it here, but I prefer a PM).

Rules (breaking these rules may lead to a penalty):
- Levels must be completable.
- Levels must work on SMBX2 Beta 4.
- Levels must be submitted on time.
- Download link must work.
- Don't submit an unrelated level.
- If you don't make any edits on the level, it will not be accepted.
- Joke submission will not be accepted

Other important information:
- You can add graphics, Lua, gimmicks, etc. Just make sure the original level is still recognisable.
- You can save the level as .lvlx.
- You can rename the level, or keep it the same.
- You are allowed to have a limited amount of re-rolls if you don't like the level you got.
- Make sure to set the "Allow users to send you private messages" option to yes, so I can PM you the level.

Judges:
Radiance
Sux
Shinbison
SetaYoshi
DisasterMaster

Contestants:
deice
ctrl_void
Alagirez
SuperAlex
Jur1121
Ness-Wednesday
Cloth pocket
wyldstrykr
Twisted4932
Mal8rk
Sirkibble64
litchh
Deltom
Petraheim
Murphmario
8lue Storm
Stipkip
DRACalgar Law
Dr Wally
AirShip
cato
Mystery Man Bro
MrCool422
amattson7919
Saltlord
King Mario


Any questions, suggestion, criticism, etc? Hurl them at me!

TDK wrote: ↑

Sun Dec 04, 2022 8:30 am

yo this is a sick concept. sign me up, i'm def participating when it starts

I'm in!!

This is interesting. I'm in.

I'm in I came the contestant

I like the sound of this. Count me in (as a contestant).

Sure, I'll go for a second round

This is an interesting contest idea, I'll sign up.

idk... if i join, i may made a level even bad

In(as contestant). Can't wait to have fun in this contest.

Such creative idea, I'm interested to judge this one

That could be a cool way to reinforce my level design skills. I'll be in as a contestant

Sux wrote: ↑

Tue Dec 06, 2022 8:01 am

Such creative idea, I'm interested to judge this one

Thank you, I'll add you to the judge list.

I'm interested in this would like to enter as a contestant, I needed more level editing exercises lately anyways always lots of fun.

Let's do it again.

y'know what why not lemme join lol

Great idea! I'm in

As someone who's mostly done level edits, I'm in.

Count me in as a contestant!

This seems pretty cool, I'd like to join!