the theme evokes some good ideas, but I just don't have time for it :( 

I'm working on one, but yeah, it's cutting into my other projects. I should have it done by Friday, just have to add monsters and gameplay. 

We have 2 then, cause I'm going to do mine thursday.

I'd love to get some more speedmap celebrities...

AKA Negke

... would make for a nice little break from whatever apparently huge project you're working on. 

But you never know... 

medieval themed spaceship - negke 

I'm hurt.

but I'm mapping.

is anyone else doing something, making progress, in need of more time? 

I'm going out of town tonight until Sunday, so Sunday is when I'll be able to send my map to whoever needs my map. 

 

will not be getting up any time soon.

neither will sm153, as far as I can tell.

I am sorry that it has come this has happened.

I love you all. 

I might be inclined to make another ugly map, only less ugly, but only if 2-3 people join

I might be up for a 100 brush event, too. But not alone.

Perhaps even a doom-like 1024 event - the player must not leave an area of 1024x1024 units, and no room over room.

Theme suggestion: Blood sacrifice.

??1? 

Nevermind my last post! I have solved my issues, and I am awaiting any maps that people want to send in!

Zwiffle, you still gonna make it?
Negke, did you fulfill my fantasies?
Gb, should I wait a day or two for your contribution? 

Sent. 

I'd be in for quick 100 brushes in 1024. (And generally that 1024 idea, I'd simply restrict myself further then). 

Drew: Nope.

gb: We did that with SM127. Turned out 1024 was too much space - 512 is better and also removes the need for a 'no room over room' rule (which would be silly for a Quake map). 

Yeah, 1024 is actually a pretty large chunk of Quake real estate. 

You guys are losing it man.

Think of the base panel textures, 128x128.

So your allowed 4x4 of those!??!?! = 512x512

Or 8x8 of those? 1024x1024

A room 8 panels by 8 panels isnt very big. 

OK, I just built a test map and assuming that you were allowed to build vertically, 1024 should be enough room to do stuff.

Now, 512 would be trick... 

Take a look at Spirit's map to see how large a 1024� cube is, and efdat's map for a nice execution that still leaves room for more. Don't think in 128x128 rather than 64*64. Of course, 1024 (and below) isn't much considering the dimensions of regular maps, and might well serve as a contest theme (which is probably what gb was getting at), but in relation is not as challenging for Quake as it is for Doom. Also speedmap-wise.. 

Oooh, I'd LOVE 512x512. 

less talk and more mapping ladies!!! 

would be good for forcing innovative gameplay. I'm imagining 'crimson room'-style clue-finding, moving walls, lots of small traps to avoid, that kind of thing.

Alternatively you could compromise and restrain the player inside a 512x512 room, but allow other things to move in - monsters teleporting, whole bits of scenery, etc.

For a more silly application, I once made a speedmap that was kinda space invaders/asteroids themed. It trapped you in a box and scrolled spaceships and asteroids by you, and you got a score based on how many of them you hit. I'd be interested in seeing someone do cool things with that idea.

http://www.quaddicted.com/filebase/sm66_pack.zip
if you're interested.

Also, I should speedmap again. 

Most awesome. 

Take a look at Spirit's map to see how large a 1024� cube is

That's why I suggested no room over room. I don't think that's so silly. No real bridges, no ledges with room under them, no deep water, no multiple storeys.

But if you guys like a 512x512 tower better... the problem is, with these "tower allowed" maps, you can go high instead of wide. That's what I wanted to prevent.

I don't really want to build a tower map, neither 512x512 nor 768x768. I want a horizontal restriction, and no multiple levels over each other allowed.

There was a tower contest already.

Drew: No, release that one - I'm in for the next one then. 

Also, I found the tower maps so cramped that they weren't fun to play anymore. 1024 is good. Like Ricky says. It allows you to make corridors wider than 48 units :-P

1024 is also better for the ... size inclined among us. 

Oh, I didn't mean 512*512*unlimited. It would have to be ^3, of course. Such a theme is meant to offer a technical challenge (like 100b) and while building a good map inside 1024^3 isn't as easy, the size still allows for getting away with less intricate brushwork.
Your 'no room over room' description takes away every benefit the engine has. I'd rather play a cramped map than a 2D one. 512 is an extreme example, but should be feasible for a speedmap, whereas 1024 would be better suited for a turtlemap event.

I wouldn't mind doind another (albeit private) 1024 Doom compo, though.