skill2 demos
Great maps everyone! I highly enjoyed them, and the jam as a whole went amazing. Been a long time since there was a fun community event like this and lots of people talking and excited for it. Thank you sock for putting it together, and for everyone for making it a fun time to map.
Ionous/mfx's map is seriously one of the best Quake environments I've seen, and it's a fun map to boot. Along with Skacky's and Sock's, if these maps were just regular releases, they'd be a 5/5 in my book. The only real shame with jam1_ionous is that the exit trigger is a bit sudden. Skacky's a great long map, with some fun uses of monster jumps and some really clever secrets. Sock's is one of his amazingly connected layouts with a bunch of fun combat and great detailing.
Fifth's map was fun and decent looking, but maybe a bit straight forward. I like the Oblivion gate at the Gold Key! Digs... this isn't in the demo because my first play was testing the pack for sock and I ran out of ammo before realizing where the zombie was! But after that the map was fun... except I died right before leaving... the silver key door is the greatest silver key door in the history of Quake though! :D
After that, I have to say that ericw's map has a great environment and I wish it had been longer, because I was really digging it... though the ammo balance could've been better! On the other hand, Ricky's felt a bit too long, the 'kill 10 shamblers' quest was neat, but I felt dragged on a bit due to the size and length of the area. Doomer had some nice look here and there, but overall the rooms seemed huge and empty, and the buttons didn't communicate well what they did. Mechtech's map I think the grenade launcher was misplaced? Sad that you get it after you get the gold key and right before the map ends. Really short map anyway. Arrrcee's map is a bit ugly construction wise, but the idea for the theme is neat. I like all the waterfalls!
As for my map... well,
I wrote some stuff about speedmapping and of the construction of my map on my site if you want to read about it. I wrote the post few days ago and was waiting for the jam to post it.
Again, great maps every body! Excited for next jam, but I think I might only do a 1 or 2 day map next time.