Survive the editor 2: Month of Madness
Survive The Editor 2 is a multi-stage Distance competition leading up to the launch of Distance v1.0 on September 18th! STE2 fuses two level editor competitions with two tournaments over 5 weeks. We'll be taking the top submissions from each level editor competition and utilizing them in each tournament!

  • Round 1: Submit by August 24th, 11:59pm PST
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  • Round 3: Submit by Sept. 7th, 11:59pm PST
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  • Round 4: Tournament on Sept. 15th, 12pm PST
    • Mode: Reverse Tag

Step #1: Create a Level

Every two weeks we'll announce a new track type and theme. It’s up to you to create a track of that type, in-theme, and submit it before Saturday. Levels will be judged by gameplay, visuals and how well they match the theme.

If you're looking for help on getting started with the editor, check out our tutorial video below!

Step #2: Upload to Steam Workshop

Once you're done, click Save & Publish to Steam Workshop from the Editor tab. Feel free to update you level as much as you like up until the 11:59pm deadline. Also make sure that your level is properly tagged by placing "[STE2]" at the start of your level's name!

Step #3: Join us on Twitch!

Every Saturday from 12pm - 2pm PT we'll be running a special live stream on Twitch!

  • August 18th: Devs play Distance
  • August 25th: Level submission judging (Round 1)
  • September 1st: Tournament (Round 2)
  • September 8th: Level submission judging (Round 3)
  • September 15th: Tournament (Round 4)

    • For Rounds 1 & 3 the devs will playing your submissions live and scoring them behind the scenes. At the end we'll announce the winners! One week later we'll be utilizing the top 10 submissions in the tournament. More specifics on the tournaments will be released on August 25th after the first level judging is complete.

    If you don't feel like submitting a level or joining the tournaments, you still join in by watching others' live streams or joining the community Discord server. Read below for more info. You can win a prize simply for showing up!
    The prizes!

    The Trophy: The creator with the highest total judge score will win an incredible, one-of-kind trophy! It will be 3D printed and assembled personally by Refract.

    The Shirt: Navy blue t-shirt available in S, M, L, or XL.

    The Poster: 18x24" poster teasing Adventure mode.

    The Pin: Glow-in-the-dark pin bearing a mysterious emblem.
    How do I win cool stuff?
    We're giving a crazy number of prizes. Here's an overview of each potential prize category.
    Grand Prize

    For each level editor competition, whichever judge-voted track has the most votes will be the final winner. Similarly for each tournament there will be one final winner. In both cases that person will win our incredible, one-of-kind, 3D printed trophy!

    Winner gets: The ultimate 3D printed trophy (4 winners)

    The Top 3

    In each level editor competition and tournament the top three scored participants from each separate event will receive a shirt!

    Winners get: T-shirt (12 winners)

    The top 5

    Just like the Top 3, in each level editor competition and tournament the top five scoring participants from each separate event will receive a 18x24" poster and glow-in-the-dark pin!

    Winners get: 18x24" poster, glow-in-the-dark pin (20 winners)

    Participation Raffle

    Show up and vote during Speedy Saturday, get a chance to win a prize of your own! Every week that you show up and participate gives you another raffle ticket.

    Winners get: 18x24" poster, glow-in-the-dark pin (4 winners)

    Competition Rules

    1. All levels must be created and uploaded after the contest starts. You can’t resubmit a level previously made if you decide that it fits the theme. Only new content!

    2. You may only submit one level during each Round of the level editor competition.

    3. Your submission must be uploaded to the workshop using the [STE2] tag in the name for it to be considered for the contest. The proper format would be: “[STE2] Level name”

    4. Levels must be created on the Stable branch of Distance on steam (no DRM-Free levels) so that they can be uploaded to the workshop.

    5. Reworked or modified versions of existing levels will not be accepted.

    6. The winner will be contacted either directly via steam or through a comment on the levels page, so there’s no need for you to get in touch with us to let us know you’ve submitted, provided you followed rule 3!

    7. Levels must be submitted BEFORE 11:59PM IN THE US PACIFIC TIMEZONE ON THE FRIDAY BEFORE JUDGE DAY.

    8. Any level which have purposely or otherwise broken these rules will be disqualified by the Judges!

    9. Each participant can only win one of each physical prize (i.e. trophy, shirt, poster, and pin).
    Getting started with the editor
    Looking for inspiration?

    We recommend checking out our previous STE submissions as well as Refract's Workshop Picks for some great community levels. In addition, here are bonus examples:

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