Map01 from memory..

[Ed]

If you were to rebuild MAP01 or E1M1 from the ground up based on memory, how close do you think you would get to the original? Is it something someone has ever tried?

[Khorus]

yeah there was a thread on it a year or two back. Some people got pretty close from memory. It's something I'd be quite shit at though. :p

[phi108]

The original thread: http://www.doomworld.com/vb/wads-mods/46540-maps-from-memory/

And maps: http://www.doomworld.com/idgames/index.php?id=15757

I thought it was a good experiment, but a more useful idea might be to make the architecture from memory, and then change the player start/exit, and items and monsters, for more new gameplay.

[Philnemba]

I recreated E1M1 from memory and use it as a secret level for my The Shores of Phil miniepisode. Its mostly accurate except for wrong texture choices in some spots and thing placement is different.

[GreyGhost]

phi108 said:

The original thread: http://www.doomworld.com/vb/wads-mods/46540-maps-from-memory/

I remember it well, but don't know how I managed to remember the opening room as a Roman bathhouse.

[SonicIce]

I didn't know they made a compilation wad. I tried my hand at em1m from memory once
http://jord.nm.ru/doom/e1m1memory.wad