I was going to have a rune at the beginning and then when you went through either door you got dropped into a hellish room filled with spawns via a 2nd playerstart.

But I am drained with all the mapping. 

Oh wait... ffs.. I know what you mean 

Enjoy your demise as you fall to the void.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/qfk9q44wzkvuzpp/start.zip?dl=0 

Now, THAT's a start map !

Feels perfectly in harmony with both maps.

Now, that pack is complete. Thanks a lot !

(I'll also try to play the start map using the DMSP mod, to add one thousands monstrers in it... in nightmare mode!) 

just have a spawn point though? 

Not Dmsp compatible tbh 

Was just kidding with the DMSP on the start map.

Could be fun, however, to trigger some random monster waves on a start map, after hiting some secret button somewhere.

I still believe that start maps are underused. Start maps with lots traps and puzzles to solves, before selecting a skill and a map gate.

Like Indiana Jones in that Inca temple, walk on the wrong tile (while running to a gate) and get a smash on the face !

Or solve a puzzle of some sort to activate the hidden gates... 

You're looking for Tomb Raider. 

... 

There's a mod called doom raider. You should check it out 

 

Monster-free map jam. Come on! 

Someone needs to do a puzzle based mod with a set of logic entities (and/or, gating, etc) and a nicely controllable mover system. Using the stock set is ... challenging. 

In style, not necessarily theme. I'm thinking the traps, false traps, and ambushes. 

 

Both very nice maps and fun to play. Have some demos made, but i might want to improve them still (especialy the run on fifth is realy hard for me to do how i want it to) 

i seen a coupel posts with people getting 7 skacky secrets, did anyone find the last? (i had 6 to) 

However I could not find the proper way in, so I just RJed in (bloody area). 

I'm wondering if the start map published above is now part of the official distribution of the RetroJam3 archive.

If not, don't forget to include it, since it's an awesome start map. 

I paid good money for that shizzle! 

My map has been complete for a week and a half, still waiting for the others. 

This is so good it's scary.

Great job everyone. 

fifth's was definitely too hard and hated the teleporting enemies behind me, looks wise was ok.

skacky's looked nice and played ok, bit too much grind gameplay overall though. 

+1 vote.

My requests: puzzle jam and victorian jam.