[Winners] Mapeadores Zombie Apocalypse Contest

After nearly 4 long months, the results for the contest are here! 22 submitted maps in total, with a couple being late and/or updated after the deadline. An impressive number for an impressive prize pool! image4096×2048 658 KB

These are the runner up prizes, just barely scratching top 3, but worthy of a prize nevertheless!

Best Aesthetic Runner Up - ze_SANCTUARY_v1_2 by Hichatu A clear winner to the best aesthetics runner-up. Sanctuary places you in a beautiful marbled castle, and then throws zombies at you for you to cover the whole thing in blood. Players seemed to enjoy the cave-dropdown the most. It was clear that the mapper spent a lot of time figuring out the aesthetics of the map. image1920×1080 609 KB

Most Innovative Runner Up - ze_cruelty_squad_v1_1 by Longus Dongus A weird yet wonderful map. Faithful to the original game, Cruelty Squad has a lot of interesting mechanics, featuring a spinning room puzzle, odd triggers and an awesome visual style that totally fits the chaos that you’ll experience. Probably a crowd favourite too, when the map is fully optimized, we can see it being a regularly played map! image2560×1440 979 KB

The best up and coming mapper(s), this was a bit of an oddball prize but worth to have!

Best Up-And-Coming Mapper - ze_depths_b1_1 by Luffy and Nyafi A beautiful underground temple-esque map, which is even more impressive that it was the mappers’ first map (atleast on GameBanana)! This map has a lot of cool triggers and has plentiful zombie shortcuts to keep both teams engaged. Featuring a drivable car and keys to open doors, as per the contest guidelines suggested to have. Definitely the most impressive first map out of the submissions. image1920×1080 433 KB

And now for the winners…

3rd place - ze_ubermenschen_b2 by Haryde, Kotya, Friend and Microsoft Ubermenschen is a truely unique map for Zombie Escape, playing more like GMOD ZS or Left 4 Dead. The mappers put an incredible amount of effort into the map, by far one of the best submissions of the contest. It’s got unique gameplay and something for everyone! Definitely a unique take on Zombie Escape as we know it. image2560×1440 909 KB

2nd place - ze_uranus_attack_b4 by Raphi In classic Raphi style, Uranus Attack came second place. Uranus Attack has a unique style which has been perfected with every new map Raphi has made. It combines good visuals with unique storytelling, with some interesting mechanics and gimmicks along the way. A well balanced map with a couple of checkpoints to keep players engaged. image1920×1080 204 KB

1st place - ze_endemic_v1 by Chinny By far the winner by a mile. Endemic meshes both great aesthetics with simple yet intriguing innovative mechanics. The map is incredibly dynamic, allowing humans to choose their path and allowing zombies to pick their spawn, even to spawn ahead of the humans at times (with a glow and low HP). It has incredible replay value to due to how dynamic it is, and was a favourite among judges! image1920×1080 402 KB

Thank you to all those who submitted, judged, playtested and sponsored! Hopefully we can do more of these in the future, and congratulations to the winners! (Please DM me your PayPals if you won a prize at Hichatu#1337).

The full judging spreadsheet/scoresheet can be found here: Mapeadores 2022 Judging Spreadsheet - Google Sheets