people used to grind out episodes in that kind of timeframe

We're old and lazy and have jobs. And SC2 in some cases. 

 

We're old and lazy and have jobs. And SC2 in some cases.

well yes. but my point was i just didn't really see the point in dressing up any map with a deadline as a 'turtle map', which is really a term for a speedmap refined over several sessions. surely it's just a 'map'...

(not that i'll lose any sleep over it) 

It'd be really swell if we could make this an actual episode ... but I'm afraid coordinating might be just a bit too problematic for most people, even if it just involves 'your map exits to this map, expect players to have these weapons' kind of thing. 

It'd be really swell if we could make this an actual episode ... but I'm afraid coordinating might be just a bit too problematic for most people, even if it just involves 'your map exits to this map, expect players to have these weapons' kind of thing. 

 

Remove weapons hack at the beginning of each map?

Altho I don't see that much difficulty in co-ordinating some kind of progression without it. Apart from anything else different people have different skills at Quake and so naturally make harder or easier maps. That seems to lend itself to progression (discussion about more widely seperating the skill levels and not just building for a hardcore constant horde player aside).

And I don't really care what you call it tbh, I just like the phrase 'metal turtle'. 

Do you want e3m7rq?

Inverting the crosses looks wrong unless you modify the texture so the shadows from the rivets are below.

For me, I'd add some red metal structures (with corpses attached) for the water area.

Mapping is fun. Don't make it an inverted cross to bear.

To answer Neros' question:

Brushwork, Macro: 6
Brushwork, detail: 2
Brushwork, Terrain: 4
Monster Gameplay: 7
Layout Gameplay: 4
Lighting: 1
Vis Effieciency: 5

That's just off released maps, nothing I'm working on. 

Knew there had to be something. 

Inverting the crosses looks wrong unless you modify the texture so the shadows from the rivets are below.

this.

also, i find inverting the long cross lights makes them look unbalanced. maybe if you added a second cross so that the texture was vertically symmetrical... 

make the whole map seem upside down. 

Cool. Keep at it guys. 

I promise.

http://a.imageshack.us/img180/5809/zmm08.jpg

http://a.imageshack.us/img690/3531/zmm09.jpg

http://a.imageshack.us/img409/2602/zmm10.jpg 

Maybe add some angles/slopes for detail. 

I started something and it might be finish in 25 December!

Will Zwiffle and negke try to release in that date or nothing will happened? 

How about breaking up that big, bland back-wall with a recessed arch or something? 

But I'm not really doing detail atm. Any and all detail at this point is place holder for how I see it turning out in my mind. 

I thought Negke was doing all of the detailing ;) 

More UDK stuff I'm working for the Polycount Beat-Em-Up challenge.
Screenshots :
http://born-robotic.net/stuff/balbeatemup_07.jpg
Video :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FkV9IC8_0Kc&fmt=22
Still lots of work to do on the actual assets and textures... 

has a super weird feeling due to noisy lighting and low contrast/saturation. 

it seems like a shame if all the undoubtedly lovely backgrounds that come from this don't get used in an actual beat-em-up. Have you got any plans with what you'll do with your stuff at the end?

I like it a lot so far. The hand-painted/no-high-frequency detail look always sets my heart a-flutter. You gonna make some sort of samurai badasses to fill this place up? 

Spirit, yeah I'm having lots of trouble getting it right, looks so different on the 2 monitors I work on (work/home).

starbuck, I'm hoping to make some minigame out of it eventually if I find the time, but I'd actually go for something alot less serious than samurai badasses.
The idea rather would be an overworked japanese business man who has to go make an offering to a temple for luck, before an important meeting. He'd fight ninjas and crazy schoolgirls who have decided to get in his way for some reason, and probably a big buddha statue as final boss. 

Used schoolgirl underwear?? 

Probably wouldn't make for a climatic boss fight sham. Mebe as powerups instead... 

I'm pretty sure this is the right board to post this, if it isn't I apologize and will punish myself accordingly.

Now I am no stranger to making Quake textures. I know how they work, I know the color palette, I know they go in .wads, etc. So I know the process of making a new texture and putting it in a map. The problem is actually MAKING the texture. As in, I have absolutely no art skills whatsoever.

I've tried to make what seems to be a simple texture, five times so far, each with a different approach on how I make it, and each time it comes back looking like garbage. I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong. It could be the way I'm going about making it, or I'm not using the right colors, I have no sense of depth, or I just plain suck at texture making.

So I come to you, the humble texture making artists, with a challenge. Do you think you could create a Quake texture, that closely resembles the floor tile in this H.R. giger artwork piece?

http://qrf.mine.nu/~orl/misc/Geiger027.jpg

I understand if it may take a day or two to make it, there is no rush. And in the mean time I will continue to practice making more textures for Quake but for now, whomever would be willing to create that texture, it would be greatly appreciated :)