organized by
-mint- and RandomeLoL
We're back with another year of holiday frenzy! In this contest, mappers will create beatmaps based on each other's short text prompts. The limit is your imagination!
- October 23 – Contest announcement and forum post.
- October 23-November 2 – Prompt submissions open.
- October 31 – Prompt draft deadline. You must submit your prompt by the 31st in order to be eligible for the contest. Between this date and November 2nd, you will be allowed to submit revisions to your prompt. Be sure to check your osu! inbox for a message from -mint- or RandomeLoL: you will be messaged if a revision is required; if you are required to revise your prompt and you do not revise it on time, you will no longer be eligible for the contest.
- November 2 – Prompt final deadline. Prompts distributed. For the prompt you receive, be sure to check your osu! inbox for a message from -mint- or RandomeLoL!
- November 2-30 – Mapping period.
- December 1-20 – Judging period.
- December 22 – Showcase on the osuBSM Twitch channel (time TBD)! The top 8 submissions and more will be shown along with live commentary, along with the results.
- Please submit contest materials on time. We would prefer not to have to chase people down for these things.
- Mappers who submitted a prompt in o!mSSC2023 but did not submit a beatmap will not be eligible for this iteration of the contest:
- CuB-03
- MapleSyrup-
- Worthlessnut9
- Prompt must adhere to osu! Rules (wiki/en/Rules) where applicable.
- Prompt must not exceed 5 words in length and may only contain alphanumeric characters or common punctuations. Hyphenated words count as multiple words.
- Prompt must not be a song or artist name or in direct reference to one. Indirect references are okay, but use them at your own discretion.
- Prompt may be a descriptive genre/style, or abstract concept/phrase. Please feel free to exercise creative liberties here.
The organizers reserve the right to disqualify or request revisions for any submission, but will ensure that the prompt submitter will be informed in a timely manner. Only those with submitted prompts may participate in the contest, so disqualification for a prompt submission will result in disqualification from the contest entirely.
- Submission must be in .osz format.
- Submission should be an osu!mania beatmap in a keymode that abides by the ranking criteria.
The length of the beatmap must be between 1:25 and 7:30. - Submission must only contain one difficulty.
- Submission should have a background of reasonable quality.
- Hitsounds and storyboards are optional. They may be taken into account in judging.
- Difficulty name should be identical to the prompt received.
- osu!’s AutoMod should be able to achieve maximum score on the beatmap.
- Submission must NOT be uploaded to the osu! website until after the contest’s results are finalized.
- Your submission must be solely made by you. Collaborations are not allowed for this contest!
Judges
Each submission will be graded out of 40 points, which are broken down as follows:
- Prompt: 10 points
- Creativity: 10 points
- Gameplay: 10 points
- Musical Representation: 10 points
- 1 month osu!supporter to the mappers of the top 8 submissions.
- The gift of giving!
Prompt Form
Beatmap Contest Submission
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