Most beautiful map layouts

[elend]

When getting into mapping I noticed, that certain map layouts look very beautiful. Almost like art. Case in point and without further ado:

 

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"The Given" by Dobu Gabu Maru

 

 

 

 

 

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"The Womb" by Ribbiks

 

 

 

 

 

Automaps borrowed from Wad Archive.

Edited August 31, 2018 by elend

[Roofi]

"Degrassi" by TimeOfDeath. It's the most twisted layout I have ever seen. It looks like a crazy version of a Mechadon's map.

 

 

[Catpho]

7 minutes ago, elend said:

"The Womb" by (whom actually?)

 

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Automaps borrowed from Wad Archive.

It's by @Ribbiks, from "Sunlust". He makes a lot of those.

[DMPhobos]

Dobu Gabu Maru Is well known for making really beautiful map layouts
 

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Saturnine Chapel

Here's one i personally like due to it's curvy design, its map 16 from Interception by FranckFRAG
 

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[Scotty]

Weird angular stuff is cool.

 

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Edited August 31, 2018 by Scotty

[Touchdown]

Some of my favourites:

 

Sun/Moon/Stars  |  Stardate 20x7  |  Ribbiks

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Crouching Demon, Hidden Archvile  |  Deus Vult II: First Edition  |  Huy Pham

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Soul Chambers  |  Deus Vult II: Second Edition (unreleased)  |  Huy Pham

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[jointritual]

And to think back in  the day, the hand shaped map was impressive from ultimate doom lol.

[Scotty]

4 hours ago, Touchdown said:

Soul Chambers  |  Deus Vult II: Second Edition (unreleased)  |  Huy Pham

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Wow - was this map ever released in any unofficial form? Interested to see what that looks like in game.

[Pirx]

That's some striking beauty here. 

[Touchdown]

23 minutes ago, Scotty said:

 

Wow - was this map ever released in any unofficial form? Interested to see what that looks like in game.

 

Nope, but about 5 years ago (yeah...) Huy posted a short video from it:

 

 

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I dunno, I never use the automap.

[elarmadillo3]

4 hours ago, Scotty said:

Weird angular stuff is cool.

 

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[elend]

Man, that stuff is all beautiful! Can we start a "automap poster shop"?

[Dragonfly]

2 hours ago, elend said:

Can we start a "automap poster shop"?

My time to shine! :D

[Aquila Chrysaetos]

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[elend]

@Dragonfly Incredible! I can‘t really imagine how much work this must have been to make this mapart playable! Really gorgeous.

[Dragonfly]

26 minutes ago, Aquila Chrysaetos said:

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The automap art I'm... less proud of. :P

[Misty]

All these nice and beautiful mapping angles makes me want to quit mapping :"""") 

[DMPhobos]

56 minutes ago, Dragonfly said:

The automap art I'm... less proud of. :P

Yeah, here comes the rooster!

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[Pegleg]

2 hours ago, elend said:

@Dragonfly Incredible! I can‘t really imagine how much work this must have been to make this mapart playable! Really gorgeous.

That rooster on the automap was actually made during a speedmapping session. It's one of two maps he made in that 2ish hour session.

 

I agree that the line art on the rooster was quite nice (and said so in my comments on ASS 37).

[Solmyr]

Some of these layouts are works of art on their own but others like the Soul Chambers are so overdetailed they look more like a fractal made by a computer than something made by a human being.

[Pirx]

4 hours ago, Solmyr said:

Some of these layouts are works of art on their own but others like the Soul Chambers are so overdetailed they look more like a fractal made by a computer than something made by a human being.

 

 Yeah that's especially true of dobu's the given. That galaxy shaped thing. And Ribbiks' and huy pham's work remind of marine creatures... too bad the latter left. I'd like to see the faces of the guys at id if someone showed them these maps in 1993.

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[elend]

Let‘s also not forget Map 08 called „54-Pit“ in the Japanese Community Project, which features a comic. 

 

Unfortunately it doesn‘t shine through very well in this automap colorscheme. :/

[Dragonfly]

13 hours ago, elend said:

@Dragonfly Incredible! I can‘t really imagine how much work this must have been to make this mapart playable! Really gorgeous.

 

I somehow missed this comment, thanks for the compliments!

 

I made the full map in three days, as this was the duration permitted for for the 5th Joy of Mapping session. :P

 

https://www.dfdoom.com/project/joy-of-mapping-5/

 

https://www.doomworld.com/forum/topic/98041-the-joy-of-mapping-5-winter-weekend-beta-2-released/

[Joshy]

Thread needs more Xaser.

[Phoby]

Nothing amazing, but I couldn't have been the only one who freaked when they realized Slough of Despair was a hand.

[Pegleg]

41 minutes ago, Phoby said:

Nothing amazing, but I couldn't have been the only one who freaked when they realized Slough of Despair was a hand.

I vaguely remember bringing up the automap near the end of E2M2 and saying to myself, "Hey, that's a hand!"

 

I didn't know about the booger on the finger until many years later.

[Tristan]

16 hours ago, Joshy said:

Thread needs more Xaser.

Hi

 

Left-Right Top-Bottom: 32in24-14 MAP27, 32in24-7 MAP11, PRCP MAP15, PRCP MAP25, 32in24-12 MAP31, 32in24-12 MAP30, BTSX E2M26, 50 Shades of Graytall MAP15, dead.air, dead.wire, HYMN E1M7, DMP2013L MAP01

[Doomkid]

There are some 1994 maps out there that look somewhat ugly in-game, but gorgeous or at least extremely interesting on the automap. Here's NIGHTFALL, I remember quite a few other ancient maps where the automap was marvelous, I'll share them as I come across them.

 

[Misty]

For me it looks quite modern from automap view, despite it was made in 1998
https://www.doomworld.com/idgames/levels/doom2/Ports/d-f/demonizd