I honestly thought to myself "you know, if this is going to be exactly like id did then maybe I should screw up the alignment".

I can't bring myself to do it. I have OCD. 

but if it's as id did it, you need to unalign 50% of your textures ;) 

The base maps have terrible alignment issues, the other maps are nowhere near as bad. No idea why that is. 

It must be that Romero was going to go back and put in secret doors for every misaligned texture, but he ran out of time. Yup.

Also... QUAAAAAAID: http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ESYPfqNZfpo/UCppEbTJQfI/AAAAAAAAiZE/beUp2hkMWwc/s640/TOTAL-RECALL-KUATO.jpg 

in DTWID was that in general the weapons, items, secrets and enemy types and counts were pretty much the same in the relative sense of the original id maps that they are supposed to replace. Done entirely differently of course but there were a lot of similar ideas used in different ways. The same goes for D2TWID. I got the feeling that they were going for the same basic game balance but with entirely different layouts.

Just something to keep in mind as you progress. Good luck. 

There will be a progressional feel through maps in the same way here. Most SP maps now are singular experiences with every enemy and weapon appearing. Mine will try and retain that classic feel. 

Minor nitpick regarding the title, rather than calling it "Quake As Id Did", might be neat to be consistent with the Doom releases and call it "Quake The Way Id Did". Makes these projects feel more like a set with a common goal then.

Nice start so far though, have any plans to tackle other themes? 

This are WIP shots, most of the areas will change, there's no coloured light, skybox, fog or fullbrights. For now at least.

http://i.imgur.com/kEFouQy.png
http://i.imgur.com/wGayfxq.png
http://i.imgur.com/N1fELgJ.png
http://i.imgur.com/qNXiS8N.png
http://i.imgur.com/cLdZdyk.png
http://i.imgur.com/MfndbOj.png
http://i.imgur.com/tX6r5nH.png
http://i.imgur.com/GsaFkNO.png 

 

Rick's Pentagram is kicking ass. Especially the shadow on the floor. Nice touch.

Tronyn, those editor shots look sweet! 

http://hrimfaxi.dk/prew/cir2.jpg
http://hrimfaxi.dk/prew/fitz0001.jpg
http://hrimfaxi.dk/prew/fitz0002.jpg
http://hrimfaxi.dk/prew/rmq0000.jpg 

Really nice shots indeed :) 

Verily! I'm making them chronologically though. This is essentially map 1. I have a few experiments with other themes but my most complete maps so far have been base maps, I need to break the cycle! 

hmmm, i must admit, i'm not a huge fan of rubicon textures. I think it's the lack of colour contrast (everything is that same colour) and those giant blurry bolts around everything like xmas decoration. so it is good to see some other textures mixed in.

ijed your screenies remind me of zerstorer. 

 

...aren't you color blind Kona? 

Looks like the Rubicon Empire is trying to take over the quake universe.
Also, are those barrel textures in screenshot 3 from half life 2? 

both looking good. 

If you like old school stuff, you'll like this:

https://www.quaddicted.com/reviews/descent.html 

Most of my family are, but not me. Even my sister is, which is rare.

I like rubicon because of its contrast - the red and green. Which are classically the easiest colours to confuse when colour blind.

Rivets like Christmas lights. Argh.

Ok, need to include more red bits and less rivets. 

I kind of agree that the staple textures of the set are all kind of green/rusty/reddish without a huge amount of contrast. (though the red and green do complement each other so be sure to use both.) I think the way to make the set look best is to use enough of the accent colors like the beige concretes and rock walls, the hot red/blue/white light fixtures, blue computer screens, and the liquids/skies. You also need to use enough architectural details, and varied lighting and shadows, to keep things interesting. 

Always found Rubicon textures to be very noisy in terms of detail/luminance. Most of the Id base textures are very flat and simple in comparison (incidentally emphasize lighting more). I think toning down the contrast on the single textures but increasing the color contrast over the range of the entire set would make the scenes appear more appealing. So, reduce variance in micro and increase in macro...

On the other hand it does have it's charm. I like the clunkyness and rawness of it, which is somehow unique to Quake. 

Also, maybe there should be a steam-age Rubicon set to use with the non-base monsters? Could be a fun design challenge. 

Shots look great... but I think you might want to try some alternatives for the brown brick walls. They seem to give everything a busy look and steal attention from the other geometry. 

I've just started adding a bit more variance in the texture set so now is a good time to add distinct areas, ones that don't rely on the bricks as much.

The map needs this; it makes my previous levels look small in comparison.