[DONE/BETA] RAMP 2024 - Newcomer-friendly community project

[CyberosLeopard]

Sorry to be a pain again, but I've just got around to testing my map Sygaeon Outpost and I've noticed two (small) problems:

• The music 'Complex 13' (lump name 'COMPEX13') doesn't play and instead D Runnin' is.. well.. running. It's probably due to me setting the music to run via ACS, but it doesn't have to.
• The switch for getting the yellow keys disappears when used. I will confess to having not looked into making a SWITCHES lump and instead also just changed a texture via ACS. The texture should change to 'CLMETSW1' that uses a modified OTEX switch patch (CLSWCH00 is my patch, but the default OHQ_1C_3 is fine if there's any problems).

Thanks again.

[NeilForshaw]

8 hours ago, CyberosLeopard said:

 

• The music 'Complex 13' (lump name 'COMPEX13') doesn't play and instead D Runnin' is.. well.. running. It's probably due to me setting the music to run via ACS, but it doesn't have to. 

 

 

If you only have one tune then it's easier just to name the song D_RUNNIN. I'm not too sure of the process of correcting stuff now that RAMP has closed but there is room for fixes.

 

Beyond when I've uploaded my finished map I've not had chance to give it a test yet and I'm expecting to find bugs myself.

[Jamatri]

18 hours ago, NeilForshaw said:

 

If you only have one tune then it's easier just to name the song D_RUNNIN.

 

That's what I tried to do, but for some reason that I'm not clever enough to understand it just wouldn't work on its own, even outside of the project. I had to use a MAPINFO lump to get the track to play in the end

[Clippy]

Hey guys, thought I would check out a map and make my first video of Ramp this year - now that it's complete

 

Unfortunately due to there being 311 maps, I can't take requests. I may pick a few here or there

 

I was curious to see what @Doom Wads was up to and it did not disappoint, very well constructed engaging little map here, not ball busting or easy, just a nice interesting time - well crafted kind of base / overgrown vine thingy setup

 

I suck at reviews just watch it if u want

 

 

[A Handsome Fridge]

I too have started my RAMP quest for 2024! Talky edition this time, so get used to that lol

In this first session:

MAP 010 - Ex Mortem by @SpaceGrass

MAP 066 - Wat of Wickedness by @RobertF
 

Two excellent maps by seasoned RAMPers as a warm up to whenever I'll start the metagame thing. Had fun playing both of them. Will fix sound balance in next session, takes some fiddling around first time with using the mic and taming OBS and everything.
 

 

[Ash4ash]

@A Handsome Fridge can you play my maps next? (41 and 45)

[erkyp3rky]

On 7/8/2024 at 3:59 PM, Ash4ash said:

@A Handsome Fridge can you play my maps next? (41 and 45)

i played your map about entering the vault and im sorry to say but theres not enough ammo at all and the "momo" enemies are far too overpowered. id also consider lowering the volume of the momo dying SFX, its very loud.

[Clippy]

@crab hermet

 

why is nobody on the forums lol

 

I loved your map - SO much - when @DavidN played my 110, I skipped past this so not to get spoilers and loved the concept SO much

 

well done

 

thats all I have time to play for now

 

 

[A Handsome Fridge]

On 7/8/2024 at 7:59 AM, Ash4ash said:

@A Handsome Fridge can you play my maps next? (41 and 45)

I'll pick one of them to put on the list and will tag you when it's up! And will do so again if I stumble upon them when I've started the metagame.

[A Handsome Fridge]

Played another few RAMP2024 maps today that were on my List. No talking and playing at the same time due to Hangover Monday but I did practice my talky skills between maps. Gotta keep practicing!

Anyway, three fun maps in this session:
204 - Macho Monday by @Deadly_Ore
207 - Testing Chambers by Disco Cat
132 - Dream Den by Kaffy Kathy
 

 

[dfuse]

I wanted to join the RAMP discord, but I can't get past the Verification app in Discord. I click the link, I verify and it says 'all clean', but nothing changes in my Discord. Everytime I go to the channel, I need to verify. Anyone else had this issue?

[NeilForshaw]

4 hours ago, dfuse said:

I wanted to join the RAMP discord, but I can't get past the Verification app in Discord. I click the link, I verify and it says 'all clean', but nothing changes in my Discord. Everytime I go to the channel, I need to verify. Anyone else had this issue?

 

As far as I'm aware the verification is only for if you want to post pics/videos into chat. Maybe they've added more verification now?

 

I remember for the media verification there was an extra step after you press the link I didn't initially realise until I tried posting media. Maybe have a second look?

[dfuse]

Thanks for the suggestion, but there is nothing to see or try:

 

 

[DavidN]

@dfuse That verification bot’s nothing but trouble sometimes - let me know your Discord name and I can add you myself

[dfuse]

Thanks! My Discord name is mr_dfuse. Just finished watching your RAMP Doom Builder tutorial btw, awesome material!

[DavidN]

It's been a large time investment but finally, the game is playable from start to finish - that's enough to call it a beta! Thanks so much for everyone's contributions this year, and it's great to see the community being so helpful to each other, bringing new people on board and working through people's questions together. Once again, you've made the biggest RAMP ever - a painfully ludicrous 311 maps by 239 authors, by my count. Have fun exploring the RAMP underground :)

[SpaceGrass]

32 minutes ago, DavidN said:

It's been a large time investment but finally, the game is playable from start to finish - that's enough to call it a beta! Thanks so much for everyone's contributions this year, and it's great to see the community being so helpful to each other, bringing new people on board and working through people's questions together. Once again, you've made the biggest RAMP ever - a painfully ludicrous 311 maps by 239 authors, by my count. Have fun exploring the RAMP underground :)

Thanks for the experience man. We appreciate the effort you put into making things run smoothly and taking the time out of your day to showcase our work on your YouTube channel. Still don’t know how you do it all.

[Makros_the_Black]

3 hours ago, DavidN said:

It's been a large time investment but finally, the game is playable from start to finish - that's enough to call it a beta! Thanks so much for everyone's contributions this year, and it's great to see the community being so helpful to each other, bringing new people on board and working through people's questions together. Once again, you've made the biggest RAMP ever - a painfully ludicrous 311 maps by 239 authors, by my count. Have fun exploring the RAMP underground :)

Thanks so much for heading RAMP once again!  It has been an awesome experience and was a lot of fun to take part in for the first time.  Great job captaining such an insanely sized project and keeping everything going like a well oiled machine!  Can't wait to see what you've cooked up for the game!

[CBM]

11 hours ago, DavidN said:

It's been a large time investment but finally, the game is playable from start to finish - that's enough to call it a beta! Thanks so much for everyone's contributions this year, and it's great to see the community being so helpful to each other, bringing new people on board and working through people's questions together. Once again, you've made the biggest RAMP ever - a painfully ludicrous 311 maps by 239 authors, by my count. Have fun exploring the RAMP underground :)

Thanks for yet another ramp. Really cool. Fingers crossed for many more to come.

[A Handsome Fridge]

All hail the Bunnnyman! So.. 311 maps huh. Pfew.

[NuMetalManiak]

I'm gonna spend a lot of time writing some secret descriptions for the inevitable map pages that will show up on Doomwiki when the articles get created.

 

Questions about MAP06, I could not get secret sector 732 at all here, and is the map beatable? I noticed that the script for ending the level was somehow commented out (got to the part where you had to shoot down fire gargoyles, nothing happened after killing all of them)

[DoomGappy]

12 minutes ago, NuMetalManiak said:

I'm gonna spend a lot of time writing some secret descriptions for the inevitable map pages that will show up on Doomwiki when the articles get created.

Leaving a tidbit about map 253 below, then.

 

Spoiler

The secret from the teleporter is an island that @Grizzly Old B made for his 2023 RAMP map Four Rooms (map185). It's a little homage to a big friend. I slightly modified it and made it a bit different to suit my map, but the island itself is almost entirely unaltered. 

 

[Sven "ATDynaX" Reinold]

8 hours ago, DoomGappy said:

Leaving a tidbit about map 253 below, then.

 

  Hide contents

The secret from the teleporter is an island that @Grizzly Old B made for his 2023 RAMP map Four Rooms (map185). It's a little homage to a big friend. I slightly modified it and made it a bit different to suit my map, but the island itself is almost entirely unaltered. 

 

Oh boy i am seeing the Caco iSland with the rockets again.

[NeilForshaw]

On 8/2/2024 at 12:56 AM, DavidN said:

It's been a large time investment but finally, the game is playable from start to finish - that's enough to call it a beta! Thanks so much for everyone's contributions this year, and it's great to see the community being so helpful to each other, bringing new people on board and working through people's questions together. Once again, you've made the biggest RAMP ever - a painfully ludicrous 311 maps by 239 authors, by my count. Have fun exploring the RAMP underground :)

 

Congrats on the release (hopefully my map didn't break too many things XD

[BeachThunder]

Just stumbled upon MAP308 by @JediMB. It's a little finicky (and chances are you don't already have an alt-fire or reload button mapped), but it's a fun little thing to play around with. I'd be interested to see if this somehow could be turned into a more fleshed-out puzzle wad at some point.

 

Spoiler

 

[UserPlayer89]

I wanted to participate but unfortunately June was very busy for me 

[drjayphd]

So I guess I'm a Doom Content Creator ^tm now? I'd gotten back into Doom several years ago watching decino's videos and eventually discovered @DavidN doing playthroughs, watched his mapping videos too and when he announced RAMP 2024 I decided I wanted in. So here's a playthrough of an older, nearly-final version of my contribution Thumper, it's MAP240. Making this map was not only the first time I'd completed a map but the first time I'd opened UDB and didn't close it after five minutes of utter confusion. 😅 I say "nearly-final" because I did make a couple of tweaks and fixed errors before the project went final so now everything works as intended. And I've got a lot more ideas now that I'm comfortable making maps.

 

Oh, and I say I'm a Doom Content Creator (c) because soon after posting this video, I've started streaming playthroughs myself, primarily a Zelda and Zelda 2 Randomizer speedrunner but added Doom to the lineup. Haven't posted those videos yet because I need to edit the stream videos first.

 

Spoiler

 

 

[Sven "ATDynaX" Reinold]

Heyho. It's been a while since the beta launched. Have you visited my Map 251 yet? Can you find David in it?

[JJBoren]

My map, MAP001, also has a RAMP2024 themed Easter egg.

 

Spoiler

 

[Goldar]

On 6/29/2024 at 3:12 PM, Sven "ATDynaX" Reinold said:

You are sent here because of a demon infestation. Can you find them all? Can you find them? The house awaits. Map 251 has more to it than it seems.

 

So i'm a dunce and finished without registering the low kill count. Then I saw the beginning of David's revisit of the map and squawked like a whole chicken. I closed the video so I wouldn't spoil anything for myself but i'm reloading RAMP soon to properly explore your map and leave no stone unturned!