Cartoon Laboritary

I think this is definately going somewhere is looks pretty cool atm.

Thanks, that pic is real crappy compared with the rest of the map so far. I'm still in the very early beta stage, so It'll be a while until its done.

I like the green lights in the stairs. Keep up the good work, matt, this is one to look forward to.

Heh, looks cool.

This should be fun, reminds me of de_simpsons.

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Ok peeps, I've hit a dead end with development on this. I need some new ideas and some feedback on what I've done so far. The link is:

http://www.snarkpit.com/pits/matt/cl/clb.zip

I don't have time to look now, but hopefully I will in the near future.

But I will say now that you get lots of Gollum-Points(TM) for experimenting with a novel theme :smile:

How bout cell-shading?

How about mis-proportioned shapes? and messed up angles, make it look like abstract art (like old C. Jones cartoons). Yeah, cell shading would make it look like a cartoon too, simply because a 3D animation is only considered cartoony when cel-shaded (HL Being 3D, put two and two together).

The map doesn't pop out like cartoons. It looks a little too bland. You could do something in some areas, like in the hall way, you could bring the walls in to a 75 degree incline instead of a 90, to give the illusion of perspective (granted that would give some messed up perspective it would fit the theme). I say, go watch some cartoons lol.
As for what you have so far, it pretty much looks like a middle stage (which is obviously it, because you're asking for suggestions) which is nowhere near completion. But it looks like it's going to be fun none the less. You should try making "black holes" which would obviously be teleporters, just with no sound, so you could pop around the level, and they shouldn't connect to each other, so if you went through one and came out the other end and then tried to go back, it would lead so somewhere else.

I dunno, maybe I'm giving too many suggestions lol.

Hope they help. :biggrin:

cell-shading would be good, but It would take me forever to do the bits I've done and I don't really know anything about it anyway. I know someone wrote a tutorial for it a while back, so I'll take a look at. Keep 'em coming!

That was CJ, he also said he has a much better technique now, If I'm not mistaken, which is bassically vertext manipulation and such.

looks superb, matt.

That top pic will have a truck at one end so the player can't see the end of the road. I'm thinking of having some humorous art work on the side of the truck, but havn't thought of what to plaster it with yet.

Looks very funky :smile:

Inside bits are mostly green/brown, needs more colour variation - reds, purples.

The road and buildings/walls with that grey tex is too drab, could do with some cartoon-like skyscrapers or other buildings, street signs etc.

I would make the road loop around onto itself into a circle so theres no dead ends, it would also allow some more exit points from below ground onto the road.

ttfn

I think it looks cool, I'll try to take a look at the bsp later sometime :smile:

Looks cool...

im just curious as to how you got your pic size thru the "resizing"...please please try and keep them a bit smaller sir....it reframes the whole damn thread....800x600 seems to work pretty well, and it keeps the file size to under 100kb as well....

btw, cool look to your map....i'd like to see it when its complete...

Doc Brass... :dodgy:

Yeah, unfortunately when I tried to downsize them the text kept being delted and moved around, so I had to leave thme as they are.

it looks good for a sort of paint map. although on the road when it goes from paint wall to origanall hl texture and then back to a paint texture doesnt look that fetching but overall it looks realy good :smile:

Pegs said:
it looks good for a sort of paint map. although on the road when it goes from paint wall to origanall hl texture and then back to a paint texture doesnt look that fetching but overall it looks realy good :smile:

I'll have you know all my textures were professionally crafted by yours trully.

Needs white light in the labs, not yellow, pure white and cell shading.

Thanks, I'll take your points into consideration.

at least update the % to 1 = P

It's actually spelled laboratory.

Thanks, that pic is real crappy compared with the rest of the map so far. I'm still in the very early beta stage, so It'll be a while until its done.

I like the green lights in the stairs. Keep up the good work, matt, this is one to look forward to.

Heh, looks cool.

This should be fun, reminds me of de_simpsons.

I think this is definately going somewhere is looks pretty cool atm.

Ta, spelling never been me strong point.

Nice style, I like it.

I'm getting their now :smile: , but compile times have reached 90 minutes plus :sad: So I have to put alot of new stuff to warrant each new compile. Have a lookie at some new screen shots and tell me what you think:



This one above shows the teleporter room (not finnished yet) and joins onto the 'spinning jennies' room.



This one is of the libary, which will connect the outer and inner rooms together. Theres a secret in here.



The van, unfinnished as of yet, will have weapons and other supplies in it. Opinions welcome, as before.

I love some of your textures and hate others, particularly the outside wall around the van - what are those random blocks? I think you could do with some more detailed architecture at the ceilings in particular, they all seem to be flat surfaces judging from the screenshots. I also agree with Myrk's earlier point to a degree - some of the interiors could benefit from less coloured lighting, as at the moment a lot of it feels too yellow.

But those aside, you have done a good job on your custom textures for the most part, and the theme is certainly working. Is this going to be your entry for the contest?

I hear what your saying, I always have troubl thinking how to make my architetecture more detailed tho. I don't want to rush and ruin my map, so it won't be an entry into the contest, even tho it is the last one.