Why there is no official KF2 mapping contest?

[poosh]

If you'll look how KF1 evolved, then you'll see that Grindhouse Mapping Contest (with a grand prize of $10k) was announced just in 2 months after the release of the game. In the next year contest helped to double amount of maps shipped with the game. Plus bunch of great community-made maps become available for download.

Initially KF1 had only 5 core maps: BioticsLab, Farm, Manor, Offices and WestLondon.
In the next few months Tripwire added 3 more maps: Foundry, Bedlam and Wyre.

Other 9 core game maps which was added in 2009 and 2010 were made by community within Grindhouse Mapping Contest: Waterworks, IceBreaker, Departed, Crash, FilthsCross, Biohazard, HospitalHorrors, MountainPass and Suburbia.

At the end of year 2010 community-made maps made 50% of official maplist.


Why Tripwire is not using the same strategy in KF2 development?

 

[Yoshiro]

Who is to say we aren't? We love doing mapping contests with the community, but those have all been after the game has released.

 

[Ryno5660]

I was going to say that we only have 4 maps at the moment, while community maps are fantastic and community-sourced content is more of a thing these days, you have to give the developers a chance too!

 

[S.N.A.F.U.]

but those have all been after the game has released.

Sounds like the answer is: mapping contests will occur following completion of the Early Access phase.

P.S.

Spoiler!

Wait.

 

[RedPk]

Who is to say we aren't? We love doing mapping contests with the community, but those have all been after the game has released.

yoshiro, TWI have to make tutos of how to make things to develop maps like

path nodes
ceiling respawn
etc.....
when i say tutos i mean videos

 

[poosh]

yoshiro, TWI have to make tutos of how to make things to develop maps like

path nodes
ceiling respawn
etc.....
when i say tutos i mean videos

Because people these days are too lazy to read...

 

[RuMan]

Because the mapping is ok. We need more maps though ...

 

[Lt.Hargrove]

I would finish my map if my computer didn't tread at the verge of blowing up due to temparature.

 

[Deathgrip22]

Who is to say we aren't? We love doing mapping contests with the community, but those have all been after the game has released.

You didn't prompt the Game Banana contest?

 

[headbox]

yoshiro, TWI have to make tutos of how to make things to develop maps like

path nodes
ceiling respawn
etc.....
when i say tutos i mean videos

My brain is really unhappy with me for coming back to this place.