Challenge event

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The logo for the Mega Man Maker Challenge Event

The Mega Man Maker challenge event (also known as MMMCE, Mega Man Maker Level Contest, or MMMLC) is a series of public level creation contests held in Mega Man Maker. These challenges usually have certain criteria for level design and are made to encourage creative usage of assets available within the game's editor. Several judges vote and give written reviews on the entries, with the winning stage being the one that received the most votes. The winning creators from a challenge are usually offered a prize at the end of the challenge; in recent contests, the reward for the winning level has often been its inclusion as an example level in the next major update.

The challenge events were started by then beta tester dolphin who had already done contests in his Discord server, "Let Me Level With You". WreckingPrograms gave him permission to start the event on the Mega Man Maker Official Server. The then fellow beta tester Aze was a co-host for the events. However, due to sexual harassment and abuse of power allegations, dolphin was fired and Aze was the sole coordinator until V1ral joined.

On July 21, 2019, WreckingPrograms alongside other developers and global moderators discontinued the challenge events for many reasons and encouraged the community to take part in fan challenges instead. As a result, the Challenge Coordinator roles on the forums and the Discord server were removed. Additionally, while the Discord server already had a channel for fan challenges (#fan_challenges), a new category was added to the forums for fan challenges.

The challenge event was brought back on June 12, 2021 with NotQuiteHere being reinstated as a challenge coordinator and previous challenge members V1ral and Very Clean Guy being appointed assistant challenge coordinators. NotQuiteHere closed his unofficial Challenge Event server in favor of leading the official events. Turbo Time Trials has been different from other challenges in that the prize is getting the winning level included in the Example Levels and the contest is solely hosted in the Discord server. NotQuiteHere resigned in August of 2022 and Very Clean Guy replaced him as the main coordinator. However, Very Clean Guy resigned as of 2023.

The challenge event was once again revived on December 20, 2024 with Sasha as the new challenge coordinator. The New Year's Tradition contest was the first official challenge contest after over three years.

Contests

Name	Submission start	Submission end	Winner	Challenge judges	Example stage(s)	Reward(s)	Judge application document	Challenge announcement document	Challenge results document
Intro to 1.3	March 24, 2018	April 10, 2018	Username: Darkness Level Name: Facility -4C Level ID: 208936 Final Score: 3 of 6 judge votes.	dolphin Aze Pachy V1ral VeryCleanGuy AwaggKing
Proto-Pocalypse	April 18, 2018	May 26, 2018	Username: Lunuleaf Name: In Need of Precision Level ID: 215842 Final Score: 3 of 7 judge votes.	dolphin Aze Pachy Byuchnah Gumjaw Bowen Aero PKWeegee
Cold King's Awakening	June 17, 2018	July 1, 2018	Username: BBLIR Level Name: Into the Ice Facility V1-1 Level ID: 230110 Final Score: 2 of 6 judge votes.	PKWeegee Takes Azelfie Byuchnah Gumjaw AntiDragon Aze Bowen Aero (stopped judging due to technical difficulties)
Wily's Construction Co.	September 6, 2018	October 1, 2018	Username: Lunuleaf Level Name: Striped Castle Level ID: 259077 Final Score: 2 of 7 judge votes, won via tie-breaker.	Joaje Terminus Est Shy Guy’s Stash BushBacon VeryCleanGuy Aze V1ral
Nature's Wrath	December 14, 2018	December 17, 2018	Username: Lunuleaf Level Name: Swift Through The Winds My Fateful Little Robot Level ID: 284166 Final Score: 2 of 7 judge votes, won via tie-breaker.	NapkinDictator LisWielki Sweggles BushBacon Aze VeryCleanGuy Shy Guy’s Stash Joaje (stopped judging due to personal reasons)
Retro Redux	February 19, 2019	February 22, 2019	Username: Lenny Level Name: Temple of the Sword Level ID: 298051 Final Score: 3 of 7 judge votes.	BushBacon (could not make a review) Aze LisPL NapkinDictator Sweggles V1ral Very Clean Guy	Winner gets one Robot Master weapon of their choice from the numbered NES games added to Mega Man Maker	Metal Mk II (ID: 294354) by V1ralgam3r MM1 Fire Man Remix (ID: 294546) by Aze	N/A	Retro Redux Challenge	Retro Redux Results
Turbo Time Trials	July 30, 2021	August 13, 2021	Username: Beanut Putter Level Name: Dr. Crossfit's Navigation Station Level ID: 518747 Final Score: 3 of 6 judge votes.	NotQuiteHere Very Clean Guy D-Man BigMaster Phun Random Met	Getaway Express (ID: 517237) by Very Clean Guy	Winner's level is added to Mega Man Maker as an example level	MMMCE Judge Application (closed)	Turbo Time Trials	Turbo Time Trials Results & Winner Announcement
New Year's Tradition	January 24, 2025	February 7, 2025	Username: ItsJustSeb Level Name: Fission Furnace Zone Level ID: 576522 Final Score: 3 of 7 judge votes.	Sasha Phun Fati98 Obderhode Things Toxin-GX Octodude	MMMLC - SOULFLARE SCOURGE (ID: 575398) by Chipsnsasha	Winner receives a $30 Steam gift card and their level added to Mega Man Maker as an example level. Runner-up receives a $20 Steam gift card.	Official Mega Man Maker Level Contest - Judge Application (closed)	MMMLC - New Year's Tradition Challenge (2025)	MMMLC - New Year's Tradition Results (2025)

Trivia

• • The challenges originated from the Let Me Level With You Discord server and went through nine challenges before being officially adopted by the Mega Man Maker Discord server. The nine challenges were:
  1. Mega Man 2 only
  2. Mega Man 4 and Mega Man 5 assets only (prior to the version 1.3.0 update)
  3. Mega Man Maker assets only
  4. 1.2.0 only
  5. Exploration
  6. Automatic traditional (a traditional level that can secretly be completed by holding left/right and nothing else)
  7. Break out (start with almost nothing and gather weapons as the level progresses)
  8. Shop
  9. "Hard Mode" level (an easy level with ways to make it harder)
• The Retro Redux event was the only event to include a prize which directly influenced the game's assets. The winner of the contest, Lenny, chose the weapon Rain Flush as the prize. The weapon was added in version 1.5.4.

Gallery

Promotional images

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  Promotional artwork by PKWeegee for the Proto-Pocalypse challenge event.
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  Promotional artwork by V1ral for the Turbo Time Trials challenge event.
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  Promotional artwork by Sasha for the New Year's Tradition challenge event.