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2019: The Year Of The Q1SP Episode??

Posted by oh, that person on 2018/12/31 23:51:32

So last year we've had a thread about the things we want to see in Quake in 2018, and it proved wildly successful. Personally one of my wishes were to see more SP episodes, rather than packs with no order to them, since it's an art form that's been really neglected over the last decade or so. As you may have noticed, it didn't really pan out as such.

However, could we be looking at a possible resurgence of the Quake Episode in this coming year? There's at least 4 episodes set for a probable/possible/potential release in 2019:

- Newhouse's blue episode that's been long time coming, also allegedly a part of an even bigger plan, now;

- skacky's compilation of metal runic maps from jams/speedmaps/etc. with a new layer of polish on top;

- Danzadan's rumored terracotta episode;

- another mapper's episode I tested back in March;

There's probably more episodes in plans or in development that I haven't listed here, who knows. Question is, are more maps in the episode format actually preferable to the "hubisode"?

What do you expect from a Quake episode?

What's the ideal length of an episode? Ideal format? Ideal progs?

Should we see solo episodes, or more joint efforts?

Discuss!

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All I Want

#1 posted by Shambler on 2019/01/01 00:01:01

Is muk-otp-skacky-scampie-sock collab episode. Using madfox mods.

Not Sure Of Ideals

#2 posted by dumptruck_ds on 2019/01/01 00:36:45

I'd love to have the chops to be a part of a larger project but I have a ways to go. As a solo mapper, I've been planning a 3 level mini-episode for a while and the first map is about 20% complete. I'll be using progs_dump. The maps should be pretty short, the whole thing will be playable in one sitting as that's one of my preferences due to lack of time.

I would love to see more large scale projects and less jams in 2019. But I don't have a preference on format.

#3 posted by lpowell on 2019/01/01 04:39:27

I haven't really done any mapping in a while but I have a few unfinished map files laying around. Ideally I'd like to crank out the rest of those maps and release them along with an updated version of Threat Assessment, since they're all in a similar theme.

#4 posted by oh, that person on 2019/01/01 12:32:11

#1: Funny funny man.

#2: That's good! I think that in principle, episodes should be composed of maps of slightly smaller size than what passes as normal nowadays, if only to ensure maximum replayability.

#3: That would be really cool, since I enjoyed the theme of Threat Assessment a lot.

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