Sonny666 Posted July 16, 2020 (edited) Hey everyone, I'm sonny666. I've just hit the end of my first year of mapping and I've been putting this off, and I felt like it was time to show some of what I have been working on recently. These are pictures from various projects, Boom compatible, UDMF, all sorts of stuff. I've been lurking in a few of the well-known DOOM discords and getting feedback and trying to figure all of this out so let me know what you think. (Most are unfinished and pictures are a bit out of order, sorry) The UDMF shots are from the upcoming community project, Hell Unleashed, and you may or may not recognize map01 and map02 in there. I may make unique threads for a couple of these projects once I start taking them more seriously where these shots will probably be seen again along with more. Ask me about any of the images, i would love to tell/show you more. Edited July 16, 2020 by Sonny666 : edited for more clarification 23 Share this post Link to post
Biodegradable Posted July 16, 2020 You got any playable WADs you could share with us, mate? 1 Share this post Link to post
Good-Old Posted July 16, 2020 On 7/16/2020 at 8:57 PM, Biodegradable said: You got any playable WADs you could share with us, mate? He says that it's a work in progress. 1 Share this post Link to post
Biodegradable Posted July 16, 2020 Yes, but he also said these are screenshots from VARIOUS projects, fam. I was wondering if there was anything in his pipeline that has reached a Beta stage that folks can playtest for him. 6 Share this post Link to post
MikeyScoots Posted July 16, 2020 Those Hell Unleashed shots suck ass. Trash 0/10. 1 Share this post Link to post
Good-Old Posted July 16, 2020 Oh, I get it. Not exactly sure if it is okay to post a topic before it's reached beta. 1 Share this post Link to post
MikeyScoots Posted July 16, 2020 Just now, Good-Old said: Oh, I get it. Not exactly sure if it is okay to post a topic before it's reached beta. Ofc it is. This is how most people got projects going on here before the discord days. 3 Share this post Link to post
Sonny666 Posted July 16, 2020 17 minutes ago, Biodegradable said: You got any playable WADs you could share with us, mate? Just one, my only map with an exit and it's a completely vanilla Ultimate DOOM map. It's not much older than that collosseum shot, so it's not the worst, but I wasn't too happy with the gameplay. Want to try it? Lol. These photos probably aren't enough, they're screencapped from CrispyDoom without freelook. I even made the MIDI! There's stuff to look at though, I couldn't fit in as much detail as I wanted due to visplane overflows, but I'm probably unaware of different ways this can be optimized to squeeze out more details. Feedback for this map was only decent, and I agree with most criticisms I received, primarily the oddly steep ramp up in difficulty within the map itself. lol. E1M1, works with Chocolate, Crispy, and probably more... Sonny666-Headed to the Pump V0_1.rar 9 Share this post Link to post
Walter confetti Posted July 16, 2020 Welcome! That OTEX level sure is pretty impressive for a first time mapper! 2 Share this post Link to post
Redneckerz Posted July 16, 2020 OTEX texture usage = bliss. And that level looks surprisingly good for a first timer map. I am impressed. Potential gained, OP! Welcome to Doomworld! 3 Share this post Link to post
Gaia74 Posted July 16, 2020 It is good to see you here sonny!, I have already seen many times your work in discord, and my opinion does not change, great work! :p 2 Share this post Link to post
Doom fan Posted July 16, 2020 Because it is compatible, it does not open the track. 0 Share this post Link to post
Sonny666 Posted July 16, 2020 37 minutes ago, Doom fan said: Because it is compatible, it does not open the track. What do you mean? The MIDI isn't playing on your end? 0 Share this post Link to post
haruko haruhara Posted July 17, 2020 Great work man I haven't talked to you since last time with Chris Moyer an such great seeing your work keep it up! 2 Share this post Link to post
Doom fan Posted July 17, 2020 The course does not start, doom enters 2 levels. 0 Share this post Link to post
Sonny666 Posted July 17, 2020 2 hours ago, Doom fan said: The course does not start, doom enters 2 levels. It's E1M1 Ultimate DOOM, Doom1. It will work with anything from Chocolate Doom to GZDOOM I've tested it on almost every single source port. 0 Share this post Link to post
UndeadRyker Posted July 17, 2020 Wow, these levels look fantastic!! Certainly puts my current released levels and first levels to shame! How did you learn so fast? Did you have any previous experience with making levels, be it for other games before? 1 Share this post Link to post
Sonny666 Posted July 17, 2020 (edited) 15 minutes ago, UndeadRyker said: Wow, these levels look fantastic!! Certainly puts my current released levels and first levels to shame! How did you learn so fast? Did you have any previous experience with making levels, be it for other games before? Wow man, thanks a lot! I didn't have any previous experience. I became interested in mapping after Sigil was released, and I hadn't played many fan-made wads before. I loved the abstract designs and I started trying to make my own similar types of maps. I thought I was doing things no one else had done until I started browsing Doomworld and saw some of these new amazing projects. I really got put in my place and buckled down. Started studying different authors, started learning the workflow of GZDB, and trying to get better at the game in general. I finally started joining some Discord channels and trying to get feedback and taking it all very seriously, making some good connections with a couple of very experienced authors who pretty much pointed me in the right direction the last few months, where learning has accelerated since I've at least learned most of the advanced techniques. I honestly just take a lot of visual inspiration from what I see and try to imitate what I see for my own maps. (And some luck is involved.) 1 Share this post Link to post
Sonny666 Posted July 17, 2020 4 minutes ago, Doom fan said: Then I don't know what's wrong. Send me a personal message. 0 Share this post Link to post
mrthejoshmon Posted July 17, 2020 Looks incredible my dude, good stuff. 1 Share this post Link to post
bLUEbYTE Posted July 18, 2020 Some of these screenies look sick as, and ooze with aesthetic talent. Please, keep on mapping and welcome to the community! 1 Share this post Link to post