Ok, bit too much enthusiasm there. I finish off Satans Penpal today then. 

my nick map is done =) gonna go party now! 

Got ta finish off the last section, a couple of hours or so. 

And emailed. 

I thought Aliens was a good idea!!!
Anyone got an .fgd for the original TC?

Song Title's

- What kind of theme was that?!?!?!

Trinca

Mapping at work, now theres a (risky) idea!! 

Read the docs for aliens - AFAIK it's pretty simple, something like place an Ogre and it becomes alien type X.

You can also modify a fgd very easily - just open it in a decent text editor (only use wordpad if you're very patient) and you'll figure it out with a bit of trial and error.

Song Title theme is not dead - I just scotched that particular session, although it still produced two maps. 

I think the theme was irrelevant. You guys just wanted to make a speedmap!!

fgds - I had to change one once cause it didnt have a default 'light' key for lights!!

As for aliens mapping - I'll have to try it (after I've made my current one) 

ijed and i agreed that it would be nicer to have song title as the theme for a turtlemap session. rules would be: you're given a song title by another participant and build a map that fits that (whole) song.
who'd be in? 

Could be interesting. I would give it a shot if it fits my schedule. By whole song, do you mean lyrics too? 

generic: yes. you'd do a map that tries to catch the atmosphere of the complete piece. i would leave it up to each mapper if including lyrics helps this purpose or not... 

Because someone else chooses the music. I can think of maybe five or six tracks I'd like to base a map around, and many of the best maps and packs have been made to a track or album.

I'm pretty sure czg made Insomnia to Enter Sandman, at least in part anyway - ?

And if someone else chooses the track then it means that they want to make a map whilst listening to it, so it calls for some mutability on the part of the end mapper to extract the same good idea, or thier own version at least. 

 

It was the sandman intro story that made me think that. 

OK, I got a penpal map by ijed and a nick map by efdat. Shall I release the pack, or what? I'm not going to wait until January, you will surely find a few hours earlier, unless you're going for that turtlemap thing or whatever.

Song suggestion in any case: Aimee Mann (remix) - It's not going to suck if you wise up ;) 

the two maps are the result of a speedmap session but don't have a common theme (except for: the misunderstanding) 

The song = map turtlemapping session lives. We're thinking over the Christmas holiday and make it a week time limit to build the map.

Each mapper is given a song by another, which they have to incorporate somehow into their map, this should be thematically and have as many references as possible - that's the challenge.

So far myself and efdat are in, and I'm hoping for around four or five mappers to put together a decent sized xmas pack.

This week or two to recruit mappers and a week for the challenge / competition / event to last - producing a map pack in time for Santa's arrival.

Any takers?

I was going to post this as news but that seemed a bit premature. 

I'm mildly tempted, but I can't say anything definite at the moment (a lot of stuff on my schedule for the xmas holidays). 

Release gets its own thread. And the idea is some relaxed turtle mapping with a Christmas present to play through at the end.

Like I say this is the recruitment week - if nobody has the time until after Christmas it can be shifted - we're not talking a mod or anything complex and requiring serious commitment. 

I meant starting a discussion thread in which the details on theme, time, participants etc could be discussed - since this is a mapping event of its own.

Important question: Can we please base it on Quoth2???? >:D 

Quoth III is where the real goods are. 

post #2196 is THE joke of the yera ! 

Are people going to be providing links to the songs themselves, in case you get given some obscure crap no-one's ever heard of? 

Well the person who chooses the track will most likely have it in at least some format or know how to get hold of it - even if they have to bang it out on a rusty banjo.

I don't see it being much of a problem; ten minutes and you've found just about any track you know the name and artist of - which would have to be the minimum requirement for choosing a song. 

How would you implement the song title into the level design at all? Are you all planning on:

a) Making the larger layout of the map spell the song title

b) Using the contents of the song theme to influence the 'order of events' that occur within the level? e.g. 'Knockin' on Heavens Door' - Have the player have to open a heavenly style door with only an axe (?)
for example?

c) A combination of the above

d) other (Please Specify) 

But there must be some reference. The ideal is that someone coming to the map without knowing what track it was made from should be reminded of that track (and not just because it's in the title).

I know what track I'll be nominating; luckily it mentions a place, which'll make it easier, but any track will do.

The real challenge is if someone chooses a song that has nothing to do with Quake's traditional theme.

Disco funk, ballroom, industrial techno, orchestral, hip-hop the list goes on.

Timesplitters 2 type disco, decrepit ballroom, decaying base . . .

The idea is not to fuck over the person you're choosing the song for, but to promote a new twist on Quake.

It's not really doable for a speedmapping session, which is why it's turtlemapping instead (a week).