I'm making my first single player map and it won't be a masterpiece or anything.

But at the same time, I find it so weird that just because I have read a lot of threads here for so many years that I actually know far more about what I am doing that I expected.

Not just the mapping, but also the game play.

I never thought I'd make a single player map, but I got stranded in the heavy snow last week for 2 days and that was what I did to entertain myself.

I hope to finish it soon, but there might be a delay.

My angle on this isn't "making a map", I'm currently in the process of tearing the map apart and reconstructing it.

I want to see if I can shred it into prefabs and reassemble it quickly. And measure the time.

I may do this a few times to optimize the speed, and who knows ... maybe I'll rinse and repeat for a month and instead of releasing a "map", release an update a heavily upgraded Worldcraft 3.3. Quake Adapter plus an entire single player episode.

Or maybe I won't ...

Still, I'm rather shocked at how non-newbie my mapping is just because I've absorbed so much from reading this board ... 

I wouldn't be shocked if I was in your position. There's a lot of good mappers and smart people on here ;)

Good stuff tho... 

We want shots... and I want to beta test ;) 

 

The map lacks "detail" at the moment so I don't want to post shots, but I assure you it is a very JPL / ijed type of map, haha.

Probably more JPL-like than ijed-like. ;) 

I consider this as a compliment so ;) 

 

 

So this means we're only going to face 200 hellknights instead of 500! 

Time for the cauterizer. Or the equalizer. 

But I guess vis will take all year? 

I love rogue type games, but they always take forever to play (I like to delve deep into a dungeon). Well I have found the answer to my dilemma ... lunchtime quickies! ;)

So wheel out your laptop and give it a whirl, old school gfx included. :)
http://forums.tidemedia.co.za/nag/showthread.php?t=13014 

personally i like this one
http://doom.chaosforge.org/
pretty fast ASCII action there :) 

Aren't all roguelikes playable in 10 minute bursts? Of course death in roguelikes is final, but you can still save your progress.

In Nethack I'm pretty sure you can do a 10 or 15 minute run to Gnometown - if your character survives that, you have a good base for further exploration. Getting one guy there unharmed and finding an aligned temple will take 10 tries or so, enough for a week of lunchtimes.

Next, you can try taking that successful guy to Sokoban. If you survive that as well, you can save him as an ascension candidate - and play that during your next holiday.

I don't see the need for a roguelike that's winnable in 10 minutes myself, simply because you can set yourself equivalent goals in existing roguelikes. 

The #terrafuncites in this picture:

http://www.citylife.co.uk/img/12755/19536_youknowsit_glc.jpg

I can spot cardo, vondur, and pope. 

i think the beardo in the back is scampie. 

for those that dont know Carol, there it goes!

http://www.carolmulder.nl/yarrrhappy.jpg

http://carolmulder.web-log.nl/photos/uncategorized/2009/05/03/backstabbed.jpg

http://carolmulder.web-log.nl/photos/uncategorized/2009/10/17/quakemas0910.jpg

http://www.carolmulder.nl/gallery/UnshapedPLTS.jpg

http://www.carolmulder.nl/gallery/quadpussy.jpg

http://carolmulder.web-log.nl/photos/uncategorized/bombfield1_1.jpg

http://www.carolmulder.nl/gallery/fishyquakeworld.jpg 

don't know why but I'm getting a strong CZG vibe from the little bald dude with the headband. 

I want the last one in my bathroom :S 

disclaimer: no, I've not tried this in the real world 

Your email address is dead ("User unknown"). Please mail me! 

Ah yes, forgot to update it on my account here!
Now updated.

new address is jonmiles1 AT gmail

Sorry about that. 

Who has heard from ijed? 

I had a dream that EPICs main offices were in Finland and that I was beer drinking buddies with CliffyB and Tim Sweeney. And I was like, I want to gtfo from my job and work with you guys and they were like, OK dude.

And then I woke up. 

youre participation has led your dreams to the
ground zero of ID's restrickted license area.