If you were like me as a kid, you wasted a lot of time sketching out new levels for NES games and recreating them with Legos. They called you a fool then, but now its your chance to prove them all wrong and shine! Capcom and the Bionic Commando Rearmed team (the BCR team) are inviting you to design your own challenge level for Bionic Commando Rearmedâ„¢. The challenge rooms are basically timed obstacle courses for you to flex your swinging skills. Hit the jump for details about the building blocks you can use to put your level together and full contest rules! Here are the details about the building blocks you can use to put your level together:

1. Wall segment, used for walls, “unconnectableâ€. Encasing the entire challenge in solid walls is mandatory, although holes in the ground work as an obstacle the Player may be required to overcome.
2. Roof and floor segment, used as floor and roof, “unconnectableâ€
3. Basic platform, the Player can hook onto this one and scale it
4. Retracting platform, folds into the wall after a set period of time so the player gets disconnected if he has hooked onto the platform, or makes the player fall down if he stands on top of it for too long. Parameters to set is if it will be automated or start as the player connects to it, how fast it will move in and out. They can be timed to create sophisticated puzzles.
5. Start/finish line, cross the finish line and you trigger when the challenge starts. Cross the finish line and the challenge is completed. Having a start and a finish line is mandatory.
6. Air vent, makes the player leap 2m into the air and 3m forward as he walks over the airgust.
7. Retracting platform, same as #4, but twice as wide.
8. Block, used to hook onto and “pull yourself towardsâ€, or to hinder the Player from advancing
9. Spike block; if the Player touches this one he instantly dies
10. Moving platform, a platform that moves back and forth between to points in wanted direction; either horizontal, diagonal or vertical. Speed is adjustable.

For reference, there are Challenge Rooms screenshots here , and of course the example video .

Level editor skills? Feh! Have writing utensil, will travel. Be as impressionistic or as specific as you like. Sketch it, MS Paint, or scrawl it on the wall of a cave–we don’t care–just send in an image of your idea to contest@capcom.com The BCR team will choose a winning entry and bring it to life, using your idea as the inspiration for a finished level. You get your name in the credits, the level goes in the game, and you become internet famous (it’s like regular famous, only with less groupies). Contest begins at 12:01 AM Eastern Standard Time (“ESTâ€), Wednesday, February 27, 2008 and ends 11:59 PM Pacific Standard Time (PST), Wednesday, March 12, 2008.

Full rules start here: CONTEST RULES If you were like me you wasted a lot of time as a kid sketching out new levels for NES games and recreating them with Legos. They called you a fool then, but now its your chance to prove them all wrong and shine! Capcom and the Bionic Commando Rearmed team (the BCR team) are inviting you to design your own challenge level for Bionic Commando Rearmedâ„¢. Level editor skills? Feh! Have writing utensil, will travel. Be as impressionistic or as specific as you like. Sketch it, MS Paint, or scrawl it on the wall of a cave-we don’t care-just send in your idea (good luck with that cave wall). The BCR team will choose a winning entry and bring it to life, using your ideas as the inspiration for a finished level . Contest begins at 12:01 AM Eastern Standard Time (“ESTâ€), Wednesday, February 27, 2008 and ends 11:59 PM Pacific Standard Time (PST), Wednesday, March 12, 2008. 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