This one's all about environmental storytelling. The good stuff. The stuff that separates a stale walking simulator from a good time. It's a sore point for mappers old and new, and we're going to fix that once and for all with that competition. No puzzles where necessary. The focus is mainly on some rich storytelling through the world, the environment of the world participants made. Experience the world through the details, finding hints and suggestions of happenings past. This competition ran on the first weeks of December 2020, results took a while to come in, but here we are, congratulations to Ossy, the Prophet & Valla-chan for their first place with their entry "Asphyxia". 1st place: Asphyxia by Ossy, the Prophet & Valla-chan -- 40.250/45 Check the Feedback here: Judging Spreadsheet 2nd place: Anomalous by MrRogers -- 40.000/45 Check the Feedback here: Judging Spreadsheet **3rd place:** **Tiffany by Ada -- 39.167/45** Check the Feedback here: Judging Spreadsheet Other entries in this competition Re-Invigorated by BEEclan & TeamSpen210 -- 32.300/45 - Judging Spreadsheet Bioengineering by Ferni -- 31.167/45 - Judging Spreadsheet Grand Courtyard Hotel by matt71490 & Lassi -- 30.417/45 - Judging Spreadsheet Aperture Liars by BEEPlay -- 26.733/45 - Judging Spreadsheet sp_breakout by Mystical βee -- 22.833/45 - Judging Spreadsheet Renovations by 16902 -- 21.650/45 - Judging Spreadsheet Left after the shift by Mr. Fear -- 20.950/45 - Judging Spreadsheet Eingeschüchtert und feige - Metathesiophobia by Amber -- 19.583/45 - Judging Spreadsheet hammer(tm) by Beeguettery -- 17.883/45 - Judging Spreadsheet Insanity by TERRORcows -- 17.617/45 - Judging Spreadsheet hoho story time by DrBee-pster -- 14.967/45 - Judging Spreadsheet Backstage Breakdown by someone & TRIPLIX The Bee Core -- 13.000/45 - Judging Spreadsheet (BONUS) 30 seconds in 30 minutes by rorius berardoius -- 20.900/45 - Judging Spreadsheet Contact us: Site: [Thinking.withportals.com](http://www.thinking.withportals.com/) Discord: [Discord.gg](https://static.moddb.com/html/external/tinymce/ https:/discord.gg/tQsn4Pm)

This competition was all about visuals. Specifically, short maps with really good visuals. No puzzles where required, but participants could include if they want. The competition ran for 10 days on the first weeks of august, congrats to everyone, and in particular Valla-chan for earning first place for her map Isle of Onara! 1st place: Isle of Onara by Valla-Chan -- 36.600/40 Check the judge feedback here: Judging Spreadsheet 2nd place: First Steps by Super Dirt -- 34.900/40 Check the judge feedback here: Judging Spreadsheet **3rd place: just_a_stroll.bsp by Madeye -- 34.600/40** Check the judge feedback here:Judging Spreadsheet Other entries in this competition Fluxional by MrRogers -- 34.500/40 Judging Spreadsheet 5. Surface Meltdown by Tewan & Mystical Ace -- 33.000/40 Judging Spreadsheet Submechanophobia by Ferni -- 31.700/40 Judging Spreadsheet Outage by Orlando2303 & B.A.S.E -- 29.000/40 Judging Spreadsheet The Duke by Jofish -- 26.400/40 Judging Spreadsheet Beyond Shattered Walls by Ossy Flawol -- 25.800/40 Judging Spreadsheet Free from the depths by LabPlay -- 22.000/40 Judging Spreadsheet Guys something is wrong with my submission by Krzyhau -- 21.400/40 Judging Spreadsheet twp visual design comp submission by AddM -- 21.000/40 Judging Spreadsheet Vaultway by DrMeepster -- 20.700/40 Judging Spreadsheet Future-Starter by BoxFigs & matt71490 -- 17.100/40 Judging Spreadsheet 15. Broken Door by souf -- 14.500/40 Judging Spreadsheet 16. ho yes matrix time by Baguettery -- 13.500/40 Judging Spreadsheet CBT by DarviL -- 5.000/40 Judging Spreadsheet (BONUS) Stairing by MisterLambda -- 30.125/40 Judging Spreadsheet Contact us: Site: http://www.thinking.withportals.com Discord: https://discord.gg/tQsn4Pm‘

After discussions, our moderators and Community contributors came to an agreement on a new set of rules for those who wish to join and interact on our discord server asking about general advises on mapping and modding, and what you should expect when you join the server, read below for more information.   - **Be respectful to all users.** Take any interpersonal issues to DM's — they have no place here. - **Avoid low-quality posts.** This includes memes, images without context, or anything else that doesn't contribute to productive discussion. - **Don't spam.** Generally just don't do anything repeatedly until it gets annoying. - **Give and take good criticism.** Keep criticism fair and constructive; be ready to take feedback when you post your work. - **English discussion only.** We know not everyone speaks English natively, but please make your best effort! - **Absolutely no pornographic/gore/NSFW/NSFL material.** If you're not sure, don't post it. - **Don't backseat moderate.** If someone's being problematic, let the moderators take care of it. - **Ask good questions.** Do your own research before you ask, and be clear, specific, and detailed in your question. - **Give good answers.** Be patient with askers, and be as clear and thoughtful in your answer as possible.   We also had some changes within our admins with some departures by some long time members due conflicting agendas between the moderator job and real life. TWP thank ***Anna (Lpfreaky90),*** ***Adroon, Michelle Sleeper, ***and ***Niker107  ***For their job and time in the team. Although, not all is sad news, TWP welcome our two new additions to the team of moderators, those being ***Wii2 ***and ***Chris W. ***Who are also long-time members of the community. If you wish to join the server, [CLICK HERE](https://discord.gg/XUUtbsy) thanks for reading this far, and as always, sorry for the bad English.