Swamp Cinema is a casual, social gamemode where players hang out in a virtual movie theater and watch videos. On ours, there's lots of fun stuff to do outside of the theaters. Start a game of chess, checkers, golf, or dodgeball. Or save up your pointshop points, pick up some weapons, and start a war!

Swamp Cinema's popularity comes from both it's lightweight initial downloads, and it's addictive, constantly growing playerbase who keep coming back for more chaotic fun.

Background

Swamp Cinema is a social gamemode that started back in January 2017 which, since then kept growing in popularity to it's current state.

Rules

Although the server allows plenty of activities that may be considered chaotic on other servers, Swamp Cinema still possesses specific rules to ensure the server keeps it's integrity. Please look through these at swampservers. net/rules/

Map

The current Swamp Cinema map is a highly customized cinema game mode map named cinema_swamp_v3 which consists of : -13 private theaters -9 public theaters For a total of 22 theaters spread across the map. The map also has free spaces in which players can set up their very own private theaters if they wish to. There are a total of 14 golf holes on the map. The entire map can be subject to Random Death Match instances Except for 1 protected space; the Movie Theater. There are no VIP spaces nor any donator-specific places on the map. Every single player is absolutely free to go wherever they want.

Special Locations

The Underworld

Hang out with your pony friends in this human-free zone (Warning: you cannot accept teleport requests in this place unless you have your own separate theater there).

Trump Tower

Relax in the Trump Tower lobby thanks to the talented piano players. Try out your chess and checkers skills against other players! There is an elevator that will take you up the 4 other floors in which you can setup your very own theaters or gamble your points at the arcade!

The Movie Theater

The Movie Theater is the main space for movie nights. This is a safe zone where everyone can sit down and relax without having to worry about getting killed. It is also the place where a lot of players choose to AFK, therefore, you will rarely be able to vote-skip videos due to the sheer amount of players in this theater.

The Knife Pit

Try out your melee skills in this pvp-specific arena located right outside of the main lobby. Warning, this is not for the faint of heart, as there are quite a lot of talented players around the server that know many ways of killing, even with just a knife.

The Moon

The rocket in the center of the pit will take you up to the moon, which is a special place where players can relax in a confined and sealed theater

The Mines

The mines are filled with diamond ore thirsty players swinging their pickaxes. Here, you can mine for points, or gather some blocks and build whatever you desire. You will find the portal to the underworld somewhere within the depths of the mines.

Initial Steps

You need to make sure that you are on the x86-64 - Chromium + 64-bit binaries beta for Garry's Mod and that the Garry's Mod: CEF Codec Fix is applied to your game. The steps to do this are listed by pressing F2 while on the server.

Queuing Videos

Once those 2 steps correctly done, the server will offer you so many possibilities that you will probably not find elsewhere, in terms of watching videos on a gmod server.

These options involve YouTube's entire spectrum of functionalities including it's HTML5 videos and YouTube livestreams. (Thanks to the codecs patch made by WinterPhoenix96 , who is known to be the Lead Developer behind the Yuki Cinema Server)

If these are not enough, there are also possibilities of queuing videos from different hosting services such as: -Twitch, -Dropbox, -RTMP servers.

RTMP Servers can bring you alot of flexibility , but at a certain cost. You will first need to rent an Ubuntu 18 machine hosted by a service like: -digitalocean -arubacloud Which will both enable you to Livestream and Play large .mp4 files as illustrated in the following graphs :



Make sure to follow the server's rules when queuing content from both rtmp and Dropbox since they do not have a regulation like the Twitch and YouTube. If you have any doubts, please ask a staff member for clarification on the subject before queuing the content. swampservers .net/staff/ swampservers .net/rules/ if you need help setting up the RTMP server just go in the request page ingame, click the HLS livestream section which redirects to the guide i made.

What makes Swamp Cinema so popular and addicting is not just its advanced media system; it's also the side-activities every player can take part in once they no longer feel like watching videos. Listed below are various way to earn, spend, and gamble points.

The Pointshop

The pointshop can be opened by typing !shop or by pressing F3. Points are earned just by playing on the server. One of the more popular methods of earning points is to stay connected to the server, even while not actively playing. You can see how many points you earn every minute in the bottom left corner of the pointshop. This is where you will be able to buy various items such as: Toys, Weapons, Construction-based items, Playermodels, or Swag items.

Golfing

Golfing is a very simple way to initially make points when you start on the server. Golf has easy mode and hard mode. Hard mode will reward you with more points, but it be more of a challenge. If you can complete the holes in 2 strokes or less, you will have plenty of points to start with.

Minecraft (basically)

One of the most unique activities of the server, in this area, you can mine for valuable ores and build cool things! You can also earn points too. You can look for various ores including Iron, Gold and Diamond, and upon mining them, you will receive points! To be specific, 200 Points for mining Iron, 1000 points for mining Gold, and 5000 points for mining Diamond. Did I also mention you could build? Mine blocks and place them in a varying assortment of colours!

Gambling

Rolling

Gambling is also a part of the server in a multitude of ways. The most simple form of gambling available to the players on the server is the rolling system. To win a roll, you must get dubs. This means having the last two digits of the randomized number be exactly the same. If you win, your reward is your bet multiplied by 10. Otherwise, your points are lost. It is also possible to get trips, quads, quints or even sexts, by matching more than just the last 2 digits. These won't give you an extra reward, but it does look cool.

Lottery

Another form of gambling present on the server is the lottery system. Every player places a certain amount of points in one big pot, which determines their overall luck in winning the lottery.

The Slots Machines

Another form of gambling available on the server are the slots machines.

The machines are ordered from left to right by the betting amount required to spin them. Starting at a mere 1,000 points, all the way to 1,000,000 points of betting per spin!

Coin Flip

The last form of gambling available on the server is a coin flip. To challenge another player to a coin flip, type /coin (player name) (amount)

Bounties

One way to earn points that challenges your skill can be collecting bounties By killing someone with a bounty, you earn those points. To view the list of bounties on people and their locations.. type !bounties. If you want to see the bounty of a specific person, type !showbounty <player> You can also set a bounty for someone, or everyone! Do !bounty <player> <amount of points> or !bountyall <amount of points per person> if you wanna give everyone a bounty.

'KEK' Temple

The KEK Temple is an underground place you will discover while exploring the labyrinth, if you don't know where the labyrinth is.. you can find the entrance in the Sewer Tunnels, Minecraft, the Trumppenbunker, and Kleiner's Teleportation Portal. An Idol will spawn once every hour, and upon collecting it, you'll have 100 seconds to traverse through the labyrinth back onto the surface. The maze doesn't change so the easy way to do this is to pre-emptively map out the maze to find the fastest route. You will receive 100,000 points upon successful completion, however if time runs out, the idol will crumble to dust!

Extra: Killing someone with Admin Abuse

The Admin Abuse is a item that players can use to grab other people, and upon killing them, you get 10k Next time you see someone with admin abuse, shank them!

Extra: Mystery Button

Mysterious buttons appear around the map. Pressing them may reward you with points or other items. However, be aware that pressing these buttons may result in consequences!

Swamp Cinema's community is unlike any other. that gathers people from around the world, with their own different timezones. The server is known to possess a majority of American players, however, You will also encounter a considerable amount of European, and Australian players. Bronies, Furries, Gays, Straights, Trans, Weebs, Boomers, Trolls, you name it. The variety of people you can encounter on Swamp Cinema is astonishing.

Our staff members are here to maintain the server's integrity in place, If you have any question, you can ask them privately on steam or on discord Swamp Cinema also possesses developer-friendly spaces such as the github repository Where any talented developer can pick up any idea from the community to realize it. If you wish to become a developer, please contact Swamp either through steam or discord. This can involve gameplay implementations, playermodels, weapons, map changes, various fixes Which can be discussed on both the github page, or on the discord server.

Swamp Cinema was created by Swamp on January 1, 2017, as the new home for players of Cereal Box Cinema, a server dating back to 2013 which was shutting down. Cereal Box Cinema had a tradition of "war" events which was continued by Swamp Cinema. In total, there have been 7 wars to date.

The First war was known as the Pony War. The war started on April 3rd on cerealbox_neweeb16 And ended on April 11th 2016 with the Ponies victory Rewarded with the pony playermodel.

The Second war was known as the Cereal Box Olympics. The war started on august 13th on cinema_cereal01 And ended on August 17th 2016 with the Germans victory, Rewarded with the Führerbunker

The Third war was known as the Alien Invasion. The war started on March 4th, on cinema_swamp_v1 And ended on March 6th 2017 with the Earthlings victory, Rewarded with the Moonman playermodel.

The Fourth war was known as the Kleiners vs Fascists war. The war started on June 16th, on cinema_swamp_v1 And ended on June 19th 2017 with the Fascists' victory, Rewarded with the Kleiner Kamp.

The Fifth war was known as the Atheists vs Crusaders war. The war started on October 7th, on cinema_swamp_v2 And ended on October 9th 2017 with the Atheists's victory. Rewarded with the Bodypillow.

The Sixth war was the Police vs Hobos war. The war started on June 28th, on cinema_swamp_v2, And ended on July 2nd 2018 with the Police's victory. Rewarded with the Inflaters and offsetters.

The Seventh war was the Chads vs Manlets war. The war started on July 24th, on cinema_swamp_v2, As the manlets were getting crushed by the chads, The manlets became gamers, in an attempt to strike back at the chads on July 27th, The war ended on July 28th 2019 with the Gamers victory. Rewarded with the N-word pass and the permanent Joker playermodel.

The Eighth war was the Mad Scientists vs the US Army war . The war started on July 25th, on cinema_swamp_v2, The war ended on July 26th 2020 with the US Army victory. However the mad scientists came back for revenge yet again on August 2nd . In the end the US army was victorious for the second time. The Mad Scientists came back on August 7th for the final assault which culminated on August 9th when Gordon Freeman came to nuke the map. In the end the Mad Scientists won. Rewarded with cinema_swamp_v3.

Once you are on the server, you are presented with quite alot of possibilities in terms of commands. Here is a FAQ which contains a list of all the commands available on the server. We will discuss a few functionnalities below.

Chatting with friends

Swamp's chat system is quite an elaborate one. It allows players to use emotes, colored text, as well as custom images. Either through global chat (team chat , pressing U) or local chats (pressing Y).

Colors

You can colorize your messages for special messages :)

Static Colors : [red] [orange] [blue] [green] [yellow] [purple] [fbc]
Dynamic Colors : [edgy] [usa] [gold] [rainbow] [rainbow2]

Emotes

Submitted emotes are more likely to be accepted if they can be used often and are less than 200x200. png and gif formats are often preferred, because they both allow transparency.

:smug:-------------------example of an emote
:m,smug:----------------horizontally flipped emote
:f,smug:------------------vertically flipped emote
:s(2 3),smug:-----------resized emote (the 2 is the horizontal axis, the 3 is the vertical axis)
:o(2 3),smug:-----------moved emote (same as above)
:r(90),smug:-------------rotated emote

Sound Emotes

Typing certain words or phrases into chat will play a sound. A list can be found by clicking the emoji at he bottom right of your chat frame and clicking on "Sounds"

Images

If the emotes are not enough, you can post your own images in the chat like so : say [url:<link>]

I would recommend using imgur's simple and intuitive system to store your images. Wether the extension is gif png jpg or jpeg

Sprays

The server uses Spraymesh spraymesh_help in console for more details on the subject. spraymesh_url <link> is a simple way of changing your spray, spraymesh_manager avoids using the above command everytime you want to change your spray.

I also recommend using imgur for your spray links, although you will need to use giphy to have a sprayeable gif.

Micspamming

virtual cable (allows you to use either foobar or audiorerouter to micspam) foobar 2000 audio router (on github)