Contest REMIX CONTEST 12 - Round 3 Starts!

hello all, apologies again for the delay. life gets busy! generally we were all really impressed w the quality of the entries, ao good job everyone!
here are the round 1 results and feedback:

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i have reviewed these tracks once already but lost what I wrote in a horrible accident. i am rushing to get these results out, so I apologize if some of the feedback is terse. I will update this post with what I wrote originally later. Overall Im really impressed w the amount and quality of the entries; great job everyone!

Egona: https://www.freeriderhd.com/t/993245-tran-vizir

6/10 solid entry, you matched the style of the objects well and turned it into something neat. Cool ride too. Nicely done

loge_0: https://www.freeriderhd.com/t/993837-past-participle-aka-router-i/uploaded

7/10 elegant and simple, matches the ride very well. Good. Nice. Ride is fun. Im too lazy to play LOL. Good direction to take w this

C9KC: https://www.freeriderhd.com/t/993875-rustica-arida

5/10 really nice way to change up the track/detail. You say you didn’t have enough time to work on this, but what you have here is really good. I can tell the detail is rushed but it fills the space effectively, + it’s a cool ride. Good track

Clash06: https://www.freeriderhd.com/t/993930-serenity-rc12r1

4/10 a good start for someone who’s new to the editor! Nice job, way to remix the ride and make something new. Would love to see some of these ideas expanded upon in future tracks

Sltg28: https://www.freeriderhd.com/t/994018-scream-my-name

9/10 really clean, awesome track. Reminds me of max’s stacked containers of dante’s dead animal juice. really well done, all time remix

mR..A: https://www.freeriderhd.com/t/994034-chakra-charging-station

8/10 cool way to remix the roofs of the buildings and make a logo, also sick use of resizing. Feels like it could be a poster. A great track as always

Flying_T_Rex: https://www.freeriderhd.com/t/994044-not-around

7/10 I like the direction you took w this. I haven’t played death stranding but can say the inspiration is clear, which is cool. Good theme and it plays really well. Would love to see a longer track based around the game like this

narrowed: https://www.freeriderhd.com/t/994119-chasing-wind-rc12r1

5/10 really cool way to incorporate everything into a circle like that. Im too lazy to play this right now but the ghost makes it look very fun… well done. Would be cool to see you try to make the detail/track more your own, but this is still really cool. You used the objects like mario maker objects to make something of your own, so I applaud that.

panda_rider: https://www.freeriderhd.com/t/994118-kakariko-village

7/10 really impressive scale that adds to the great canon of free rider Zelda tracks. Id rank this higher if not for the use of one of maple’s trees….. try not to do that in future rounds…… still a really cool track despite that.

Nitrogeneric: https://www.freeriderhd.com/t/994129-provider

10/10 really sick man. An all timer. Love it

qduhon: https://www.freeriderhd.com/t/994131-ataraxy-electric-company

7/10 I like what’s here. It plays well and the theme you decided to go w is really unique. If I have any constructive criticism, id love to see you expand on the background a bit in future tracks. The architectural stuff you’ve draw is already so good, but something like a few mountains shapes in the bg would add some context thatd bring this to the next level it deserves. Really cool track

Innominate: https://www.freeriderhd.com/t/994130-temple-of-time-totk

8/10 really impressive and memorable scale at which you’ve drawn here. Cant wait to see this complete, the shading that’s there is sweet. The use of different objects at each level is awesome too, really cool idea

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Nitrogeneric: 10/10 https://www.freeriderhd.com/t/994129-provider

Nitro, Nitro, Nitro.

You really pull no punches here.
This track is huge, even for your standards. The sense of scope, the machinery, and the amount of stuff going on during the ride just surprises me that I'm keeping up with it in real time. These words are hard to place exactly, but the reaction time that I have was exactly enough for me to keep up with what was happening and where. The first time I played this, I played it on a zoom setting where I couldn't tell what was grey line or black line, which was both wild to think that it still worked that way, but that I never felt lost in the lines!

I see the bits and pieces of machinery left over from the monk laden islands of old strewn around in the ride, but you relied mostly on your own natural instincts, which I think was the right thing to do with the time allotment.

Could the operating table and accoutrement use some extra depth and love? certainly. Same thing with the lower part of the track.
I do not think that it's really the point.

Starting the track, riding a bit, zooming out, saying "damn."
That's what the track is about.



panda_rider: 9/10 https://www.freeriderhd.com/t/994118-kakariko-village

How interesting is it to see two different trackmakers that decided to go in a BOTW/TOTK direction with this round?

I think this is my personal favorite of the two. The creativity with the ride and reuse of the objects, The amount of extra little details all over the darn place, this encompasses what remixing is about to me.

There are some caveats to copy/pasting so many houses, clouds, and birds together that I'd like to point out. Having all the birds exactly in the same flight shape in a giant mass feels a bit rushed and forced, same as other parts of the trees and houses. Adding small little bits to distinguish the different people's homes, the different birds in the sky (go take a picture of some going by! they're always a little asymmetrical and out of sync by the tiniest fraction. just a bit differently sized. that's what really can make it pop!) could truly sing like the game that inspired it.

I hope you feel proud of yourself for this one, this is a large step up from your previous stuff!



Flying_T_Rex: 8.5/10 https://www.freeriderhd.com/t/994044-not-around

Sense of space and atmosphere is absolutely top notch here. Really cool repurposing of the rock detailing. Are those bridge parts taken from the ride of Ataraxy as well? Kudos.

I do think the one thing this one is thin on is ride. The sea is beautiful and the ambiance is set... For me to do a ten second balloon ride and heli up to things!!!

Having some extra platforms in the sky would've taken away from the lore exactitude of your inspiration, but it may have made for a more engaging piece. Just a thought.



Innominate: 8.5/10 https://www.freeriderhd.com/t/994130-temple-of-time-totk

Well now... You bit off a tad more than I think you could chew, eh?

First things first I'd like to compliment sheer giganticness of the temple. Feels HUGE, just as the temple felt in the original game itself.
I'd like to compliment you on the blob part as well, really fun util of those objects, and certainly the most inspired part of the gameplay.
Unfortunately I couldn't find my way past that one truck glitch part. That hurts. The beginning being rather untooled and sketched out sets the scene for a decent chunk of the gameplay that is to follow, I'm afraid.

These go big or go home tracks are really the toughest darn ones to get out the gate. You either win big or you lose personally. But that's also well and truly in the spirit of this contest. Using your ambition to really try and conjure up something beyond anything you've ever held in scope before.

If you had taken this on as a personal project and dumped a good two months of solid work into this, it truly can still be one of the coolest tracks of the year. Besides that, you have a sincere vision that I know you could return to rework any time you're ready.



Sltg28: 8/10 https://www.freeriderhd.com/t/994018-scream-my-name

Great retooling of the objects!!! The statue bobbing on the surface of the sea is a cute little touch.

Seeing people have the ambition to try and make something a bit bigger and larger is awesome for this format of contest. Detail is well executed, if a tad patchy in parts, same as ride.

I feel this track adds into the canon of: "Remix Contest Tracks Based On Oil Rigs", which is an odd thought but hey, whatever works?



mR..A: 7.5/10 https://www.freeriderhd.com/t/994034-chakra-charging-station

What a lovely little minimalist piece you cultivated here!

Remixing and ride are on point, as always. The stop sign before the bombs got me good, as I'm sure it got most everyone else.
You have a knack for coming up with ideas and executing on them with the proper authority. Even for something made quickly and earnestly, your passion and knowledge of this game always shines through. I'm just waiting to see you rip the hinges off the door again on one of these rounds. Patiently, but still.



loge_0: 7.5/10 https://www.freeriderhd.com/t/993837-past-participle-aka-router-i/uploaded

For how quickly you put this out and dumped it, this is a decent track that could be categorized in that "Pleasant Ride" formula. It makes me think of your other remixes in other contests, on how well you've been able to twist disparate parts of track into something truly your own. Seeing this track be a size of Ultracave or The Well would have been a phenom, I'm sure you know.

Anywho. Just glad I can play another Loge track



qduhon: 7/10 https://www.freeriderhd.com/t/994131-ataraxy-electric-company

It's almost like you've found a Ouija board and are channeling zxwinxz's remix instincts back from beyond the grave!

I had a lot of fun playing this one. The remixing of the main island for the final stretch was well handled. The architecture feels a bit Doctor Seussed, in the way that nothing really has any anchoring from the ground. But I suppose the facility isn't up to code...

You had a lot of fun making this track, and it bleeds through to me. I quite enjoyed this one!



Egona: 6.5/10 https://www.freeriderhd.com/t/993245-tran-vizir
You make track so quickly, and throw it all away just as fast!!!

A good amount of people thus far in the competition have stuck with the general detail quality that our lovely Volund so meticulously scribed at a previous date, and for good reason too. Simple shapes sell.

For being too busy and releasing this quickly out of the gate I see this being solid work. I'm sure with more time and focus you could have smoothed out more bumps and jags that come up when playing the track, but that's how these contests go!

Great redux of both detail and track reuse, would love to see it a bit more whole like how that middle part of the vista feels in the back. Not much to say beyond that, I feel.



narrowed: 5.5/10 https://www.freeriderhd.com/t/994119-chasing-wind-rc12r1

The tricky thing that I'm hoping to balance here is that on one hand, I don't want people to ONLY limit themselves to using the objects, as is, slightly used in box, here it is plopped on a canvas, boom. Like stamps, or stickers.

The other hand, however, likes limitations, and exactly what you can get away when one limits themselves to almost only using the objects and finding a way to try and reunify the piece again. Lucky with this round, you have a unifying piece with the center island!

I don't find too much merit in the execution of this. The surrounding parts where things are rearranged, retooled, fun and neat to play. Ripping all but a tiny little edit to the big object feels like an "eh, good enough" kind of move.

You have the tools here. Build something beyond what's already been built! Think of it like how people remix songs. If you hear a remix that's just straight up the same song with a few extra cymbols and tweaks to the mix, do you really need to go out of your way to listen to that remix? Keep it in mind when pushing forward to future rounds.



C9KC: 5/10 https://www.freeriderhd.com/t/993875-rustica-arida

I can see you had some vision with small imagery around the track, but I don't really see any of the original track still left here! Okay ride and detail beyond that, it certainly feels slap dashed.



Clash06: 5/10 https://www.freeriderhd.com/t/993930-serenity-rc12r1

I was wondering who would go with a more plank filled track!

It shouldn't be overlooked that I see how you're trying to marry your own artistic ideas with the lines of another. It's a tough thing to balance, especially early on when figuring your own way of trackmaking.

The attention to the line placement is the biggest thing for me. Near all of the lines in Volund's original work are neatly tucked, giving clarity to the image and making it so much easier to see what's really wanting to be looked at and what wants to be glazed over. Lots of things I see you adding after have a scratchier, less confined look, giving a marked contrast between the two.

I don't think there'd be any shame in going nearly all bones of the track and finding your way from there. That's what I used to do! The creativity that you can generate from that could spark a little better for you than trying to match and copy another's work.

Outside of that, the ride's fine, not jostling me in ways I'm not wanting it to, but nothing I would write home to mother about. Taking another look at the original's feeling of weight could give inspiration here too, possibly. There's some pretty cool things you can do with ride, remixing, and detail, but it requires inspiration and a bit more elbow grease.

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Great job everyone!
round 3 will begin soon. like other people have said it's still being worked on, but im excited to see what people will make with it. the feedback has been pretty unanimous towards round 3 being longer, so im going to make it 3 weeks long. if youve been itching to make a track for this contest and havent yet, this next round will be a great opportunity for you to do so....
once round 3 is ready to go and announced we'll work on round 2 scores