ninjadave

Unless that live action manager is me, I'm a bit too busy to be keeping up with this.
It was a great idea for me at first, but I've been busy doing Graphic designs on the side, not to mention my own project.

I find it much more fair for me to announce it, rather than leave it to guessing.

Though I still like to keep tabs on the winning team.

I don't really even know what I could do to help. =/

It looks like the essential areas are being developed on, I could always do programming or mapping for anything extra.
What something extra that needs to be done?

I know your right, I just wanted to get some ideas out there.
I'll see what I can do.

This caught me eye, and I'm very much interested.

I barely skimmed over the contest rules and everything, but I have several ideas that came to mind.
I'll read through it again and rethink some of these unrefined ideas.

Best Mutator
I'm liking ambershee's idea. With gun modifications and such. Reminds me of those old classic shooters, the side-scrolling ones.

Best New Game Type
I've done plenty of game mode experimenting, and this is one I remember that was very original.
-Time zone: Very odd but... anyways this game mode is actually 2 maps in one. Two almost replica maps are built side by side. One looks much older than the other. A teleporter leads a player from one map to the other.
Anyways the result is a 'time travel' map. Certain things are set up so that when something is destroyed in the 'past', its destroyed in its replica map. The 'future'.
Lets say a person is in a base. If its blown up in the 'past', it will immediately destroy itself in the 'future'. This is a half and half mapping and programming.
All you really need is a medium sized map and an older looking version of that same map, then some classic programming tricks.


Best Tool
I'm guessing tool for practical use? No idea.

Best New Weapon
RW rifle (RadioWave Rifle): Rifle that fires high amounts of radiowaves that burn people. Sounds somewhat funny, but last time I checked its really a weapon. Radiowaves bounce, so naturally this weapon would have a ricochet effect. Maybe a hilarious color to let people visualize the weapon effect.

Best Use of Physics

That comes to mind.
Though I don't know if thats what they are looking for...
The only other thing that comes to mind is a trampoline map. As in, you bounce to move about, and objects bounce as well. I actually made a 2D game with this, mostly turns out to be hilarious. With spike pits in the map and falling bouncing objects, you could knock other people about and eventually into spikes.
The main trick was the jump button being a down jump button. This way you bounce higher by going faster downward.

Best New Vehicle
I'd love to see a real vehicle, but maybe thats just me. I'd drive a Ferrari.

Best Game Mod
I have ideas, but nothing good. =/

Best Machinima
Luckily we have plenty of time.

Best Graphics in Map
Hmm...
I make a map look better than it is, but I'm not that great at it.
What would be neat is if you have a real place mapped out and you photographed every area of it to have a completely photographic map. What graphics beat the real thing?

Best New Weapon Set
Real weapons would be neat. Though thats just me I bet. Maybe futuristic modded classic weapons. Didn't Bioshock have that? It wasn't 'futuristic' but you know what I mean.

Best FPS Game Mod
Realism mod?

Best Non-FPS Game Mod
I can only see something very original winning here.

Best Level for Game Mod
Plenty of ideas, but this has to be in an existing mod huh.

Best Art for a Game Mod
I can't draw.

Best New Vehicle Set
I mentioned real vehicle before

Sorry for my noob question, but what do you mean by 'upgrade'?