Campaignjunkie you should really consider getting a job at Blizzard as
a level designer. Your style fits Blizzard's type of levels. In fact I
think they are looking for level designers.

Come to think of it, it sorta looks like 'Kingdom Hearts' style...Nice one!

CJ, i could make you some models, if you tell me what you would like.
You'd have to skin them though :razz: Contact me through PM/Msn/Email and
i'll see what i can do :biggrin: Click
here to see some
models i made. (NOTE: Ignore the garbage skin)

A night version. Not really liking how the torches came out, but oh well. Also threw together a three-dee skybocks for fun.

I think I'll distort the hell out of the indoor portion, but keep this
outdoor portion relatively normal so the player knows that it's
supposed to be some kind of palace.

EDIT: Oops, forgot the screenshot.

continuing the persia theme; never change a winning horse eh? :wink:

i agree with myrk though: what's unreal ? so i wonder what things you're gonna add to make it "a place that you would never encounter"

I am glad you're making progress on this map. It used to be on my watchlist for a while, until I took it off a week ago. It has been dormant for so long that I thought you've given up on it.

Looking good so far. I am sure you're still tweaking the lighting, so I won't make any comments at this point. The architecture looks magnificent though.

Oops. Progress bar is more like 40 or 50, I forgot to update it. Which
actually brings me to one of my goals for this year's entry: don't make
it so damn big. I'm actually kind of proud of the restraint I'm showing
:wink:

Myrk: Good point. I'm still trying to decide what exactly I want to do.
But I have a few ideas though that should be "surreal" enough,
hopefully.

Everyone else: Sorry, I can't model, it's just going to be hardcore VM.
And thanks for that lighting tutorial (although I disagree with the
writer; we can't all make happy, sunlight-filled DM maps! it's like
that overused orange sunset skybox, too much of it already in the
community)

I have lost count of how many times I have not done a critique for you CJ.. If you want one, you will have to request it from me this time..

/ comment.

Only thing I'd say is lighting. There's a really good tutorial
here. Other than
that - wow.

The sky will be replaced with a more cartoony one. Somehow

Make some sky textures and just make a sky brush...
Anyway looks good! Why doesn't it suit the compo?
Custom textures are a lot of work but to be honest it needs new models like a melting clock to be successful.

About your map:

It looks a bit blocky at the back but of course you are going to add to that :wink:
I really like the Persia feel to it so goodluck.