ff_splatter

ff_splatter is now complete and is available for download.

It's my second released map.

From here it doesn't look too bad. The design looks a little too simplistic, but I can see the beginnings of some quite interesting designs. Keep going in this direction, with multiple entries/exits, level-over-level design, and a focus on gameplay, but don't limit yourself to arena maps. Try to apply these ideas to bigger, more complex maps and you could be on the road to sweet success.

The good:

Layout - Spacious, seems like it would be a fun frag.

Archatechture - Nice and clean. very good military feel with subtle use of curves where convenient but not the blatant over use that sometimes crops up.

Items - maybe a tad heavy but I thought it was a good balence.

The not-so good:

Lighting - Monocromatic = bad. Even if you don't want to go into crazy colors which might be out of place you could use lights that are just tinted differently. This happens in real life. For example outdoor lighting is typicaly sodium vapor lamps (yellow-orange), indoor is typicaly mercury vapor (bluish white, otherwise known as flourescent lights). plus there is always room for the ol red warning lights. Your use of the lights you have was damn nice though.

Textures - This is where you really have a problem. That damn concrete wall textures is everywhere. It just makes averything look alike. Technicaly however everything looked great, no misalignments or anything.

Over all I'd say this is really good for your second release. God knows mine wasn't this good.

displays forethought and refrains from mentioning its cubular orientation inclination

Orpheus said:
displays forethought and refrains from mentioning its cubular orientation inclination

Oprh say tihs map look liek teh killbox lololo :wink:

fraggard said:

Orpheus said:
displays forethought and refrains from mentioning its cubular orientation inclination

Oprh say tihs map look liek teh killbox lololo :wink:

orph loves his indian brethren for being so forsooth and breaking to him gently

Reminds me of kandy one or however you say/spell it.

Not bad ...

Thanks for the critiques, guys; I can't get better without the honesty. My clan (God bless 'em) appreciates what I do for them but I'm afraid they don't think I can handle good constructive criticism.

Speaking of Indian brethren I'll be in DC over the next five days to attend the opening of the National Native American museum & festival they have going, so please keep it up - and I'll take what you say to heart upon my return.

Thanks again.

ahh shucks, he went and got all understanding on us guy's.. now we are obligated to assist him :biggrin:

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<!--StartFragment --> Because of r_speeds, I had to keep it a little blocky, but I did my best to at least make the layout as interesting as possible as well as add more interesting architecture away from the middle. In any event, I was going for function over form; it was designed with gameplay & r_speeds in mind and not as something aesthetically beautiful.

why? there is nothing wrong with getting both out of your maps, and blocky??? you can have that and beauty as well..

behold


don't underestimate the value of forethought..

Orpheus said:
ahh shucks, he went and got all understanding on us guy's.. now we are obligated to assist him :biggrin:

Yeah. Damn it. I was hoping for a proper flame-fest :wink:

Anyway, I'll see it in a bit. it's small enough to d/l quickly on Dialup.

The second screen seems to look like the part in the map named 2Fort on TFC not sure if thats were you got your idea but still nice.

Heh. Never played TFC, so no, it wasn't intentional.