The cerv.id Classic
A month-long map jam for mappers of all skill levels!

This Month's Theme: weird ports

What is This?

The cerv.id Classic is a map jam for Dr. Robotnik's Ring Racers, a technical kart-racer based on SRB2.

Inspired by Simpleflips' Romhacking Competitions, participants have 1 month (Jun 1 — Jun 30) to create a map using High Voltage Ring based on the given theme.

Once the jam is over, your submissions will be broadcasted live on YouTube in a wrap-up event where judges will give constructive feedback and show off each submission. Each submission will recieve additional feedback on the results page once the results are announced.

Rules

Your submission must be inspired by another media property!

Your chosen property must not be Sonic the Hedgehog-related! Your chosen property must not be from a car/kart racer! This jam is founded on uniqueness, mappers are encouraged to adapt something off the beaten path!

Your submission should consist of 1 to 2 original maps (of any gametype) started after the competition begins. You may submit solo or as a team.

Teams are not required to consist of exclusively mappers! Both solo-mapper and multi-mapper entrants are free to recieve texture, spriting, lua, or other help. Make sure everyone is credited!

Only 1 song per map. Sorry, but altmusic bloats file sizes tremendously!

Your submission must follow the Submission Guidelines

16 Player Starts (for Race), 16 Match Starts (for Battle)
Must include a minimap and thumbnail
Bots should be able to complete your map (for Race)
Your map should have checkpoints if needed (for Race)
Must include an Overtime Kiosk, at least 1 Prison Egg, and at least 1 Combat UFO (for Battle)

While not a hard rule, it can be fun to keep your submission secret until the stream! To up the hype and wow the judges...!

Tips and Tricks

First-time mapper? You may want to consult the "Your First Map" guide to get your bearings!

#course-help in the Kart Krew Discord is a great place to ask for help if you're stuck!

It may be helpful to break down your location into a series of setpieces. Kart Krew Dev shared this "concept art" of Launch Base Zone.

noclip.website is a great resource for 3D game maps!

The Stairbuilder tool is another common way to make curves! Use the "Auto Curve" function for best effect, but it's worth playing around with.

Wonder how rings are placed so neatly? One way to achieve that is with the "Place Things" function! Press v to enter Vertex mode, then select "Place Things" from the toolbar!

Struggling to see your map due to a bright texture? You can continue looking at your map by changing the display mode to "Wireframe" using the toolbar!

Testing configurations:

Grand Prix: -file "%AP" "%F" -skill %S -warp %L +cheats 1 +devmode 1
Race: -server -file "%AP" "%F" -skill %S -warp %L +cheats 1 +devmode 1
Prisons: -file "%AP" "%F" -skill %S -warp %L -gametype battle +cheats 1 +devmode 1
Battle: -server -file "%AP" "%F" -skill %S -warp %L -gametype battle +cheats 1 +devmode 1 +battletest 1

Appending +bind KEY "setrings 20" +bind KEY "give sneaker" can also be helpful for testing!

Submit Your Map

Submissions to the cerv.id Classic will eventually be compiled into a map pack to be released on the SRB2 MB.

ALL SUBMISSIONS: When submitting, you may exclude your map from the map pack, or release it both in the pack and separately. All submissions will be included in the wrap-up stream.

MAP PACK SUBMISSIONS: The final submission date for maps entered in the pack is one month from the stream date. Check back for a second submission link closer to the date!

TEAM SUBMISSIONS: If submitting as a team, please have ONLY ONE TEAM MEMBER submit a .pk3 containing your team's submission.

Submit your map here!