Thanks for your unput.
I'm not really too concerned about the looks right now. That will come later. It's not ugly as it is right now - just unpolished. I'm a game-artist turned mapper so the challenge for me is layout/flow. I agree it indeed is rather boxy but trust me - a few props here and there to break up the shiluette of the roofs especially and it will all look fine.
If you have the time to play it a few rounds and tell me how you think it works I'll be ever so grateful because that is my main concern. I've spend quite some time thinking about the design and I do believe it is good and tight but since it's my baby I might be a bit blind to the maps short-commings.
Edit: haha - we were writing at the same time here. I am looking very much forward to your comments on gameplay.
Again, thanks for your time
- The LoveMeister
Posted by Addicted to Morphine on Tue May 17th 2005 at 10:42pm
Everything looks very boxy. Are there areas that use curves? Also -- why is that archway not symmetrical? It's strange that it seems closer to the wall on the left. Also, you could probably make it look smoother without it ruining performance.
Edit: I just reread that and it seems a little too negative, so I wanted to add that I think you've got a strong base here... it's looking fairly good. But nothing particularly stands out right now. With a few changes or additions in the area of visual flair you could create a memorable map. I haven't played it yet so can't comment on the layout but once I fire it up I'll give you some detailed comments.
Posted by Orpheus on Tue May 17th 2005 at 10:10pm
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oh, yeah the pics look nice too. 
I've added some screenshots in higher quality as people were complaining about the current ones were too lousy quality. Here's the new ones - now with action : ).
http://img286.echo.cx/img286/503/dehaywirenew013xq.jpg
http://img286.echo.cx/img286/2262/dehaywirenew022re.jpg
http://img286.echo.cx/img286/9133/dehaywirenew032up.jpg
http://img286.echo.cx/img286/7209/dehaywirenew044fp.jpg
http://img286.echo.cx/img286/4671/dehaywirenew054tc.jpg
Cheers
- The LoveMeister
