Big Drop 2

Having read the review of the original Big Drop I decided to modify
this rudimentary gimmick map to avoid its predecessor's mistakes. It
now features game_player_equips that arm the players upon spawn.

It already featured teleporters at the bottom that sent players back to the top for another round of free-fall combat.

The question is -- should I release this map to the public or just keep it to myself?

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I'm allergic to tequila, it makes me break out in felonies.

Uhm.... where's the gameplay in falling? I don't get it. But hey, knowing the taste of the general public, it will probably be the most played map out there, right below Killbox. Maybe there's a way to work this idea into a fully playable map... a section where you can freefall, with some way to get out of it?

hmm.. I see your point. At the moment my full attention is devoted to
Toxicity, but eventually I MAY dust this thing off and work on it some
more.. as for now, into the archives with it.

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I'm allergic to tequila, it makes me break out in felonies.

It doesn't seem to me that it fills any particular niche. I
definitely remember playing Nipper's version of this map in
Counter-Strike and wasn't much impressed by the gameplay. Kills
seemed random at best.

If I were you I'd focus on Toxicity and forget about this map. :smile:

Well this map is more for laughs than anything -- there's nothing quite
like trying to shoot someone while falling at the fastest speed the
engine can handle.. I had a friend recreate it in Doom and it turned
out awesome.

But yeah I'm going to keep this as a strict WTFDM* map.

*WTFDM is a "mod" (I use that term in the loosest possible sense; it's
really just models, sounds and settings for OZDM) consisting of models
and sounds stolen from all over the place to create the most random DM
experience I could think of. the crowbar is your finger, the gibs are
concrete chunks, the snarks are Walter heads that make Curly noises,
the shotgun unloads all 100 shells in about 2 seconds and the rocket
launcher flings singing soldiers

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I'm allergic to tequila, it makes me break out in felonies.

Cool idea. Inset the lights into the wall so that players dont get stuck on them.

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http://maze5.net

They're actually illusionaries :O

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I'm allergic to tequila, it makes me break out in felonies.

You need to look at my map Meatpit. Free-falls are more fun when they end with meat-grinder :wink:

Reminds me of those Serious Sam parts where you were jumping around in a trampoline-room of some kind. The up-and-down going screams of beheaded bombers and those Kleer bones jumping around... crazy...

I think a free-fall only isn't enough to make the map interesting on top of it's uniqueness. Lots of jump-pads, tubes, multiple platforms (that dampen falls and guide the player to other falling tubes or jump platforms)... floating platforms and stuff... perhaps such additions will make it play well too, but a fall only doesn't do it for me.

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Create-ivity - a game development blog

its a... hole!

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f**k Fun maps!

yeah this is far from being one of my best maps... I just found it fun, and wondered if the community wanted me to share it.

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I'm allergic to tequila, it makes me break out in felonies.

Haha someone finally made this map...I had thought of this idea as a fun map i'd never release but just never had the time to make it.

I think i'll make one for HL2 now...Thanks.

The idea is neat - fighting in mid air. I agree with captain P though that only a long fall wont be so nice.

Why not try, instead of the teleport, placing a fan at the bottom and place almost near the end of the pit a trigger_push that will push you up to the top. Well...what do you think? Then you wont only go down but also up!

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Elon Yariv