Going Nowhere Fast [Community Project]

[Egg Boy]

Hey, is it alright if I claim Map07? Making a western themed map with stock /cc4 assets seems fun.

[joe-ilya]

2 hours ago, Lo_Mein said:

Hey, is it alright if I claim Map07? Making a western themed map with stock /cc4 assets seems fun.

No, it's taken by 40oz, would you like MAP10?

[Egg Boy]

6 hours ago, joe-ilya said:

No, it's taken by 40oz, would you like MAP10?

Oh, haha. I can't believe I didn't notice it was taken. I guess I looked at "untitled" and made that connection in my mind. Sorry. And yes, I would like map slot 10. Also, what should I do in terms of difficulty?

[joe-ilya]

TBH, I actually edited the OP after you told me you'd claim MAP07 because I forgot :P.

 

You can make your map moderately hard.

[Egg Boy]

Hey, all! I've been working on map10 slowly, mostly due to work and school, but surely. Anyhow, I call it "Bad Religion," it's in the second episode of this set, here are some early screenies (no monsters because I launched the map without them in GZDB).

 

Spoiler

 

 

[joe-ilya]

Looks too flat, but I like where it's going.

[Egg Boy]

4 hours ago, joe-ilya said:

Looks too flat, but I like where it's going.

Well, I don't have the entire layout set up, and considering it is kind of a city map, it does look kind of flat.

[Surreily]

Yo, is it too late for me to request MAP14?

[joe-ilya]

1 hour ago, Surreily said:

Yo, is it too late for me to request MAP14?

Not at all. You got it.

[Quantum Dranger]

Could I take MAP15? I have a cool crash landing idea.

[joe-ilya]

OK, here you go.

[Surreily]

3 hours ago, joe-ilya said:

Not at all. You got it.

Thanks Joey!

[BigDickBzzrak]

So it's pretty much done, I guess.

 

MAP08: SuXe

(I have no idea what that means, be creative. "Superbly Xenophobic" maybe? Demon killing is a form of xenophobia after all.)

 

http://doomshack.org/uploads/SuXe_010417.zip

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It has enough health and monsters, a super-awesome exit that took me 2 hours to finish (TRY IT), badass sliding doors, prisoners that give you the blue key in exchange for freedom -- basically it's a masterpiece, you are morally obliged to absolutely love it.

 

Coop starts are present, DM ones are not, yet. Throwing some DM-only weapons around is the next on the list.

 

(The one gargoyle switch out in the open is not to be pressed, it's for testing only. I'll remove it later...)

How do you like it?

 

Known bugs, even such masterpieces have them:

1. the exit sequence is a bit buggy, but it's cosmetic only and even that lasts for a second or so, IMO it's worth it.

2. if you don't get a specific secret before pressing a specific switch, it stops being a secret, preventing you from reaching 100% -- this is INTENDED.

 

edit: music is still RotT's "Havana Smooth".

Edited April 1, 2017 by bzzrak : music

[Obsidian]

This really is going nowhere fast.

[Quantum Dranger]

http://www.mediafire.com/file/75di5ice3975850/MAP15.wad

 

MAP15's first draft is done

 

[Egg Boy]

On 4/1/2017 at 5:18 PM, bzzrak said:

So it's pretty much done, I guess.

 

MAP08: SuXe

(I have no idea what that means, be creative. "Superbly Xenophobic" maybe? Demon killing is a form of xenophobia after all.)

 

http://doomshack.org/uploads/SuXe_010417.zip

80 KB

 

It has enough health and monsters, a super-awesome exit that took me 2 hours to finish (TRY IT), badass sliding doors, prisoners that give you the blue key in exchange for freedom -- basically it's a masterpiece, you are morally obliged to absolutely love it.

 

Coop starts are present, DM ones are not, yet. Throwing some DM-only weapons around is the next on the list.

 

(The one gargoyle switch out in the open is not to be pressed, it's for testing only. I'll remove it later...)

How do you like it?

 

Known bugs, even such masterpieces have them:

1. the exit sequence is a bit buggy, but it's cosmetic only and even that lasts for a second or so, IMO it's worth it.

2. if you don't get a specific secret before pressing a specific switch, it stops being a secret, preventing you from reaching 100% -- this is INTENDED.

 

edit: music is still RotT's "Havana Smooth".

Played it. Here are some thoughts. First of all there was a whole lot of "Where the fuck do I go?" going on. Like, were there arrows on the floor that I missed? The ending sequence was pretty cool, I have no clue how you made that house appear. Another thing that needs addressed is the difficulty. This level was very difficult for a map08 I couldn't even beat it without resorting to cheating like the piece of shit I am. This is coming from someone who beat TNT Evilution while only saving between levels. Also, the architecture is a bit simple. (That's more of a nitpick, you can disregard it). Overall, it was a map with some really sweet ideas, but you might have to dumb it down for some of us.... er.... simpler folk. I'd love you to try my map once I get a prototype version and tell me how much you hate it.

[BigDickBzzrak]

I'm glad you played it! :]

I was waiting for at least one review before I finish it.

 

2 hours ago, Lo_Mein said:

Another thing that needs addressed is the difficulty.

Ha, only 45 monsters! :]

I'll definitely make at least HMP/HNTR easier.

 

2 hours ago, Lo_Mein said:

arrows on the floor

That's exactly what I'll do. I tend to do such things sometimes. :]

 

2 hours ago, Lo_Mein said:

really sweet ideas

Ha, thanks!

 

2 hours ago, Lo_Mein said:

the architecture is a bit simple.

Will see what I can do. It indeed could use more DEETAIL.

 

2 hours ago, Lo_Mein said:

I have no clue how you made that house appear.

Neither do I, TBH. I enjoyed making it work, though.

 

2 hours ago, Lo_Mein said:

I'd love you to try my map

Me too, those screenshots look 100x more badass than anything I've ever made.

 

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@joe-ilya did you give up on this?

[Egg Boy]

Yo yo! Here's a (close to) finished version of my map. Be sure to run it with the cc4 textures. The only thing left now is to add in the death exit.

Download: http://www.mediafire.com/file/vmm742n1bcabmk4/badreligion.wad

Here are some screenies, homies (monsters are turned off for the screenshots).

Spoiler

 

Edit: Also forgot music. I'll include it in the next version.

Edited April 16, 2017 by Lo_Mein

[Egg Boy]

already fixing some texture misalignment but I'm probably not going to be able to catch everything on my own. Feel free to mention any texture errors or general gripes.

[Egg Boy]

anyone still in this project?

[BigDickBzzrak]

@Lo_Mein

Played your map on HMP, took me 15-ish minutes, 99% kills.

Badass map. All the structures were awesome. Some were quite bland though. Like, the one before the crates and with a metal skull door in it -- that room is literally empty. Or the crate area itself, it was quite bland to me.

The sky is a HOM (played in Doom Retro), that's not good.

The combat was fun. I didn't die, but I was very close to it in one fight, I think it was with Revenants. Health was sufficient, especially with that Soulsphere.

I liked that switch in the very beginning, very intuitive.

Also, what's that small green pyramid-like thing?

 

Overall, nice little map, 8/10.

 

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edit:

 

How should I balance my map for Co-op/DM? What I did is: I threw a bunch of weapons, ammo and health in the main courtyard, and added some monsters for Co-op. Is that OK?

I can't do any actual testing, unfortunately.

Edited April 16, 2017 by bzzrak

[Egg Boy]

8 minutes ago, bzzrak said:

@Lo_Mein

Played your map on HMP, took me 15-ish minutes, 99% kills.

Badass map. All the structures were awesome. Some were quite bland though. Like, the one before the crates and with a metal skull door in it -- that room is literally empty. Or the crate area itself, it was quite bland to me.

The sky is a HOM (played in Doom Retro), that's not good.

The combat was fun. I didn't die, but I was very close to it in one fight, I think it was with Revenants. Health was sufficient, especially with that Soulsphere.

I liked that switch in the very beginning, very intuitive.

Also, what's that small green pyramid-like thing?

 

Overall, nice little map, 8/10.

 

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edit:

 

How should I balance my map for Co-op/DM? What I did is: I threw a bunch of weapons, ammo and health in the main courtyard, and added some monsters for Co-op. Is that OK?

I can't do any actual testing, unfortunately.

There are no difficulty settings, actually, since this is the first playable version. I don't get the HOM effect when I play, is there any way I can remedy this? Try a different source port maybe? It is meant to be Boom compatible after all. Also, that "green pyramid" is supposed to be a tent. I was trying to be abstract. 

 

Would you say the map flowed well? I wanted it to be as intuitive as possible. There are a lot of different paths you can take, I was attempting to make the map approachable from several different directions.

[BigDickBzzrak]

 

6 hours ago, Lo_Mein said:

Would you say the map flowed well?

Indeed, yes!

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These linedefs don't have a midtexture, hence the HOMs.

[Egg Boy]

7 hours ago, bzzrak said:

 

Indeed, yes!

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These linedefs don't have a midtexture, hence the HOMs.

Thanks! Here's the new version.

http://www.mediafire.com/file/vmm742n1bcabmk4/badreligion.wad

Found a bug. Don't get on the bookshelf. There's no way out atm.

[Deadwing]

This is going a lot sloooower than I was expecting, but I've finally made some progress on my small level. The main layout is finished, now I'll start placing monsters and items.

 

[Egg Boy]

25 minutes ago, Deadwing said:

This is going a lot sloooower than I was expecting, but I've finally made some progress on my small level. The main layout is finished, now I'll start placing monsters and items.

 

That looks pretty badass, can't wait to play it.

[Egg Boy]

Anyone have progress?

[Fletcher`]

5 hours ago, Lo_Mein said:

Anyone have progress?

I'm pretty sure Joe Ilya's been banned here. You'll have to reach him via the Zdoom Forums now.

[Walter confetti]

6 minutes ago, rf` said:

I'm pretty sure Joe Ilya's been banned here. You'll have to reach him via the Zdoom Forums now.

What, again?

Poor Joe,  he must collect ban from doomworld like collecting old money until now... I remember to made a little joke about his situation even in my DMP 2015 map...

[BigDickBzzrak]

Indeed.

Quoting Joe himself:

"I'm banned from Doomworld, I've made a new thread here about the CP (I got two new mappers as well), if you could kindly forward this on the DW thread, please do and send the link to the Zdoom thread so that people would approach that thread next time to see a more updated OP."

I'll miss him, sniff.

 

New thread is here:

https://forum.zdoom.org/viewtopic.php?f=42&t=56016

Edited April 22, 2017 by bzzrak