ReX
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esselfortium said:
Oh wow... I remember him mentioning at one point on instant message that he was wanting to do a companion map to The Shrine featuring some extensive natural landscaping, after vertex slopes were implemented into ZDoom. This is the first I've heard of it actually existing in some form, though. I'd love to see it.
I didn't mean to get your hopes up. What I meant to say was that the incomplete map in the archive is one of his earliest efforts, not a sequel to The Shrine. He abandoned it and began what eventually became Map27.
He did mention on the forums that he had started work on Map28 (the sequel to The Shrine), but he did not upload anything to the ftp site. Here's what he said on Jan 18, 2008: "Actually I'm thinking of possibly making a map after map27 (if map 28 is taken by someone else then it needs to be moved to 26 I suppose), that would start you from the bottom of the exit pit. I have the start ready, and I copied over the doors that you couldn't open in map27. You can't open them from this side either, but it's a funny little detail if I can "connect" them between the maps. I doubt anyone would realize this though." It's clear he was considering a hub of sorts.
And this is what he said on March 10, 2008: "I do have a plan for map26: it would be a big open outdoors map leading to map 27. It would be in the same style, but with mostly natural landscape.
Map28 would be purely indoors, and would seem like the lower levels of map27. I was thinking of having some tech parts down there too, and as I said somewhere else on the forums, I could "connect" the currently blocked doors in map27 to map28.
I don't know when I can get to do this all though, since my right arm is messed up bad at the moment. Currently I have to use it as little as possible, so mapping is pretty much out of the question. Although I'm starting to get the hang of using the mouse with my left hand.. =p"
And here's what he said on March 28, 2009: "...there's the two RFO maps I planned. I actually started on the one that would continue from the exit of 27, but I just couldn't get anything out of it really. It probably won't be anywhere near as big as 27 if I can actually get it done. Haven't started on the big outdoors map idea at all yet." This was just about a month before he learned that his disease had taken a turn for the worse.
Based on Espi's overall plan, some of the other team members had discussed continuing his work. Unfortunately, with the splintering of the team, that vision did not materialize.
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