On March 3rd, 2014, Torn Banner Studios announced the Fortification Map Contest— a competition awarding over $25,000 in prize money and a chance to have your map added to Chivalry: Medieval Warfare as official game content. The enthusiastic response from the modding community was inspiring. Over 45 maps were submitted over the course of the contest's three months, with many submissions exceeding expectations of creativity and polish. As a result, Torn Banner Studios has decided to award five winners a cash prize and an official spot in the game rather than the originally planned three. These are the five winning submissions:

The contest may be over, but the Chivalry modding community is alive and active. We’ve compiled a few resources and links to help you jump into the action. Click the button below to discover more about the Chivalry SDK, view the wiki, and read our FAQs.

THE RULES:

ELIGIBILITY

Participants can enter as a single level designer or as a team. It is the responsibility of the team to decide for themselves how/if to split up the winnings amongst themselves. All ages are eligible, however minors must have a parent or legal guardian’s signed approval before winnings can be given (subject to local laws and regulations). Employees, including their family members and those who reside with them, of Torn Banner Studios, Valve Software, any of the Sponsors of the Contest, or their related or subsidiary companies, are not eligible. Individuals who are under any employment or other contract which restricts their rights to their own works are also not eligible. Any individuals that are currently members of the Chivalry Team, previous members of the team or that leave the Chivalry team after the announcement of the contest are not eligible. If the Map is a collaborative work of several individuals, the ineligibility of any member of the team for any reason makes the Map ineligible.

THE MAPS

All maps must be comprised of only original content created by the Entrant(s), or content already contained in Chivalry: Medieval Warfare and the Chivalry: Medieval Warfare SDK. That means that no part of the map, including but not limited to, models, entities, audio files, textures or any other content can be taken, derived or ported from any other game or third party map. Any use of previous Chivalry community/mod maps must be by the original owner, or with the express written permission of the owner. Maps must be playable on the retail version of Chivalry: Medieval Warfare and be easy to install and load. Maps must be available on the Steam Workshop for download on or before the date of their submission to the contest and remain available for download throughout the contest period. Map entries may not contain nor be based upon any identifiable third party products and/or trade-marks, brands, logos or intellectual property.

THE SUBMISSION PROCESS:

JUDGING

The judging of the submitted Maps will be done by Torn Banner Studios. Judges will choose from the entries of each Phase and will select the top Maps to receive the awards and prizes. Torn Banner Studios and the Judges reserve the absolute right to disqualify any Map that they believe may be in violation of these rules, applicable laws, or if the Entrant is unable or unwilling to execute whatever additional agreements are deemed necessary by Torn Banner Studios or any other contest Sponsors. All decisions of the Judges, Torn Banner Studios and/or the Sponsors is final and not subject to review, appeal or challenge in any form.

AWARDS AND PRIZES

The awards and prizes set forth on the Contest web site are based on present information and subject to change or modification at any time up to the time of their being awarded. Torn Banner Studios and the Judges reserve the absolute right to substitute and modify the prizes and awards at their sole discretion. Winners will be notified through email and winning Maps will be highlighted on the official contest web site.

GENERAL PROVISIONS

THIS CONTEST IS VOID WHERE PROHIBITED OR WHERE THE TERMS OF THESE RULES CONFLICTS WITH ANY APPLICABLE LOCAL LAWS, TREATIES OR REGULATIONS.

The Entrant(s) agrees to release and hold harmless Torn Banner Studios, any of the Sponsors of the Contest and their respective parent companies, affiliates, subsidiaries, service agencies, independent contractors, and the officers, directors, employees, investors, agents, and representatives of any of the above organizations from any injury, loss, or damage to person, including death, or property damage, including any claim of infringement, due in-whole or in-part, directly or indirectly, to the acceptance from or use/misuse of a prize or participation in any promotion-related activity.

Sponsors are not responsible for any inadvertent error in the printing of this offer, in the administration of the Contest, or in the awarding of Prizes. If any of the Sponsors is prevented from continuing with the Contest, or the integrity and/or feasibility of the Contest is severely undermined by any event beyond Sponsors’ control, (typically referred to as a “Force Majeure”) including but not limited to fire; flood; epidemic; earthquake; explosion; labor dispute; strike; act of God; public enemy act; satellite or equipment failure; riot or civil disturbance; war (declared or undeclared); terrorist threat or activity; any federal, state, or local governmental law, order, or regulation; order of any court or jurisdiction; or other cause not reasonably within Sponsors’ control (each a “Force Majeure” event), Sponsors will have the right, in their sole discretion, to abbreviate, modify, suspend, cancel, or terminate the Contest without further obligation.

If Torn Banner Studios or the Sponsors, in their sole discretion, elect to abbreviate the Contest as a result of a Force Majeure event, Torn Banner Studios and the Sponsors reserve the right, but not the obligation, to award the prize from among all eligible entries received up to the date of such Force Majeure event.

The submission of the Entry constitutes the Entrant’s agreement to Torn Banner Studios, and in their sole discretion, any other Contest Sponsors, use of Entrant’s name, photograph, likeness and other material provided in the entry for any business purpose, including for promotional purposes in any media.

The Submission of the Entry form also gives Torn Banner Studios the right to include the submitted Maps immediately in the current release of Chivalry: Medieval Warfare or in any other additional commercial releases of Chivalry: Medieval Warfare and to host the Map on their web site(s) and on the Contest web site as well as provide copies of the entered Maps on magazine cover discs, Chivalry: Medieval Warfare fan sites, download sites, and other web sites of their choosing.

In addition, Sponsors have the following rights with respect to Contest entries:

The right to place links to the Map’s download URL on their web sites and on the contest web site.

The right to host the Map on their web site(s) as well as provide copies of the entered Maps on magazine cover

discs, Chivalry: Medieval Warfare fan sites, download sites, and other web sites of their choosing.

If any submitted Map is deemed ineligible, Torn Banner Studios may award its prizes to alternate entries as it deems suitable. The winners will be solely responsible for any taxes, import or export duty or fees, customs fees or any other costs whatsoever incurred by any party in conjunction with their award and prize. Winners agree to execute whatever additional documents that may be necessary to facilitate the use of their Map by Torn Banner Studios and the delivery of their awards and prizes. The failure, inability or refusal of any participant to execute whatever additional agreements are deemed necessary by Torn Banner Studios or any Sponsor in conjunction with any intended use of the submitted Map by Torn Banner Studios or any Sponsor may result in the disqualification of that Map. Torn Banner Studios will not knowingly provide any personally identifying information, which is not already publicly available, of minors to any third party without the written consent of minor Entrant’s parent/legal guardian. This Contest is governed as to all matters, including validity, construction and performance of these Rules, by and under the Laws of the country of Canada and shall be construed under the internal laws of the Province of Ontario, without regard to its choice of law provisions. By submitting your Map to the Contest you agree that the Provincial and/or federal courts located in Toronto, Ontario, Canada shall have exclusive jurisdiction over any dispute arising hereunder. The Entrant waives any objection to Ontario as the sole venue for resolving all questions related to the rights of the Participants and winners in this Contest.

Good luck and have fun!