All the mods that were created and released as part of a PlanetPhillip.com or RunThinkShootLive.com mapping competition. Some were part of a series, others were individual competitions.
Follow these releases via RSSMapping Competitions/Challenges started in January 2010.
Approximately 2 or 3 are run every year.
They vary in length from 10 days to, in some cases, 90 days.
The current average length is 19 days - that is 3 complete weekends.
Some competitions have prize money, others some games and sometimes no prizes at all.
In 2014, the name was changed from "Competition" to "Challenge".
This was done to encourage more mappers to enter.
Around 8 Days before a challenge starts an announcement is made on the site and Twitter.
Each challenge has a very specific theme.
The tag Mapping Challenge can be used as a search filter on any of the PLAY archive pages.
You can also view the Mapping Challenge entries via the PLAY archives Table View or their own special page.
UPDATE: A late entry was received and has been included in a patch and an updated file. It will not be entered into the voting system.
This Ville contains 6 entries, each with varying degrees of design quality, visuals and polish.
The theme was designed to encourage difficult gameplay and challenging scenarios.
You decide if the entrants achieved this.
5 stories. Each with a dark secret.
A secret that you have to play to discover.
Are you ready?
Total Downloads: 4,2925th November 2016
34 Comments
and 14 recommendations, 7 say "Play It Later"
Welcome to the fifth and final challenge from The Hammer Cup 2016, which has a Grand Prize of a NECA Gravity Gun, plus other prizes for second and third places.
This mod contains 10 entries, each with their own style and setting.
For this challenge, entrants were allowed to use ANY previous Ville theme, except one of the previous four from The Hammer Cup 2016.
Total Downloads: 5,81030th July 2016
50 Comments
and 14 recommendations with no significant bias
TrapVille AKA AdmiralAckbarVille
Welcome to the fourth challenge from The Hammer Cup 2016, which has a Grand Prize of a NECA Gravity Gun, plus other prizes for second and third places.
This mod contains 9 entries, each with their own style and setting.
The theme for this challenge was a trap. The player could be the one setting it or caught in it.
Total Downloads: 4,18510th June 2016
81 Comments
and 13 recommendations, 5 say "Play It Later"
Welcome to the third challenge from The Hammer Cup 2016, which has a Grand Prize of a NECA Gravity Gun, plus other prizes for second and third places.
This challenge contains 12 entries all with the idea of a “backtracking” as the main theme.
One of the staple events in video games is the backtrack sequence. A part of the game where you retrace your steps in the exact location but this time something has changed.
The change can be due to new enemies, a violent explosion, time travel, new vehicles etc.
We would like you to create a map where the player interacts with an area and then has to backtrack through the same area, but the area must have changed.
The reason for the change and the exact change is entirely up to you.
Total Downloads: 6,29030th April 2016
84 Comments
and 14 recommendations, most say "Play It Later"
Welcome to the second challenge from The Hammer Cup 2016, which has a Grand Prize of a NECA Gravity Gun, plus other prizes for second and third places.
This challenge contains 15 entries all with the idea of a “liberation” as the main theme.
Total Downloads: 11,04919th March 2016
103 Comments
and 21 recommendations, most say "Play It Now!"
Chasmville is the first in a series of 5 Mapping Challenges called The Hammer Cup 2016, which has a Grand Prize of a NECA Gravity Gun, plus other prizes for second and third places.
This challenge contains 13 entries all with the idea of a Chasm as the main theme.
Total Downloads: 5,5756th February 2016
104 Comments
and 16 recommendations, most say "Play It Now!"
An abstract experience, a city street event, a re-imagining of the original Blast Pit, a Combine base which will require all your skills, a rebel base that has been attacked, a giant water puzzle, a blocked train, a dark & scary nightmare and a bank heist with a difference.
These are what awaits you in this first of a kind release – all the winners from the 2015 mapping challenges.
Get you snacks ready, cancel your appointments and get comfy. These maps will have you transfixed for the next couple of hours.
Enjoy!
Total Downloads: 3,99424th January 2016
41 Comments
and 5 recommendations, most really enjoyed it!
We all read and watch plenty of other amazing stories and ideas.
The thought of using them as inspiration for maps is an interesting one.
This theme came about from a suggestion made on the RTSL site.
Total Downloads: 5,08320th December 2015
43 Comments
and 11 recommendations, most say "Play It Now!"
4 entries to make you sleep with the light night.
4 entries to make you shiver and shake with fear.
4 entries to have you looking over your shoulder.
4 entries to make you wish you were braver.
Play alone and in the dark – if you dare.
Total Downloads: 2,4911st November 2015
44 Comments
and 15 recommendations with no significant bias
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Total Downloads: 3,14215th December 2016
63 Comments and 12 recommendations, 6 say "Play It Later"