level design thread

[bobsnowmexican]

New to doom modding i have the basics of doom builder but how can i improve my level design ideas or execution? 

first mod if your curious: http://www.mediafire.com/file/8siqe3ru26boysc/baby%27s_first_%28decent%29_doom_wad.wad/file

[PeceMan]

Well you managed to make a wad with a start and finish, and publish, so i guess that is something

 

I made a demo of it, btw babys first (decent) doom wad.rar

 

You already have the ingredients to make a great level. You just gotta improve your cooking.

[PeceMan]

Mainly what you need to work on, is your aesthetics, and encounter design.

[PeceMan]

For the aesthetics, I recommend opening with doom builder the original doom wad or doom 2 wad and just taking a stroll there and seeing how they make doors, how they make rooms, what they do with textures, and ceiling heights...

 

 

When you make a door or an elevator, you gotta remember clicking the line that opens the door and checking "REPEATABLE ACTION", and clicking the lines that surround the door and clicking "LOWER UNPEGGED", and "UPPER UNPEGGED".

 

I also recommend googling "John Romero's Level design rules". Maybe you can learn a thing or two from there.

[PeceMan]

If you want, for the encounter design, you can pass me your next wad before releasing it, and i could do some playtesting :)

[xvertigox]

Have a look at this map/thread by @Alter
 

 

[bobsnowmexican]

glad to see suggestions currently i havent been able to do much however i do have a concept mapped out somewhat so we'll see...thanks for the support