DOOM map from 7 year old me

[Milkman]

So a While ago, I found a map drawing from when I was 8 and DOOM obsessed (Thanks Dad!)

 

Many moons later, My teenage self fell back in love with DOOM, and realised with all this new fandangled technology, I could bring to life all these ideas I had simmering since my childhood

Has anyone else done this? found early maps from their childhood and modernised it (read: made it actually good?)? Could be an interesting concept for a community megaWAD...

And for anyone who cares, this level is about 70% complete, but a decent part of it has made it's way into my upcoming MegaWAD Birthday Bash, should be due sometime this month.

 

[Gaia74]

my mind has exploded with the drawing

 

with 8 years old you drawing better than me :"v

[Dark Pulse]

I don't have maps from my childhood, but I do have a few in a folder from my teenage and early 20s years kicking around, starting roughly when I got a PC... maybe someday I'll make something out of them, after vastly retooling them of course.

 

Also, hella good drawing skills for an eight year-old.

Edited December 4, 2018 by Dark Pulse

[SilverMiner]

The same. I was drawing maps for Doom (and playing various famous wads) absolutely not releasing WHAT I was playing.

[Taw Tu'lki]

Very interesting.

[crazyflyingdonut]

Can't wait. My passion for DOOM grows stronger upon reading this.

 

And maybe, one day, I'll have the passion to make my own maps and they won't be ending up deleted after seeing how crap a map from me looks.

[Milkman]

Thanks everyone! You would have made 8 year old me chuffed (just realised the heading says 7yo, but it was definitely 8 haha)

I might upload some more from the same book if people are interested (not all of them are this cool looking unfortunately). 

 

[Dark Pulse]

2 hours ago, Milkman said:

Thanks everyone! You would have made 8 year old me chuffed (just realised the heading says 7yo, but it was definitely 8 haha)

I might upload some more from the same book if people are interested (not all of them are this cool looking unfortunately). 

 

I'd say do it. Never know, might inspire someone else. 

[VanaheimRanger]

This looks quite awesome.  I'd love to see some screens of the level.

[Milkman]

 

On 12/7/2018 at 10:46 PM, guitardz said:

This looks quite awesome.  I'd love to see some screens of the level.

   

Happy to oblige!

 

 

Starting Room:

 

 

Some of the Toxic tunnels near the center of the sketch:

 

 

Rooms near the top of the map:

 

Edited December 8, 2018 by Milkman

[Milkman]

On 12/7/2018 at 2:07 PM, Dark Pulse said:

I'd say do it. Never know, might inspire someone else. 

sure thing, happy to share:


Just your classic Invasion Control Center (renamed Waste Control Center). This one also has made it into Birthday Bash as the Secret Level - It's pretty huge, could easily be a standalone map. I remember obsessing over the details of this one.




 

[Milkman]

Then we start getting to some of the 'less visually appealing' maps

 

Discovered Gel Pens and monster placement. That pink blob is a monster cave with teleporters that are activated with a sound tunnel, must have been around the time I figured out how they did that and stole it haha
 

Also, That big fork thingy is supossed to be a radar on the horizon for the skybox

[riderr3]

I've also had Doom drawings on paper but they are probably lost many years ago. There is a chance they just putted in storage, and if I find them, then will do some recreating.

Edited December 8, 2018 by riderr3

[Milkman]

And here we have your usual, run of the mill Construction zone, filled with demons and toxic pools, as the standard is.



All I can say looking at this design, is that it looks like I was trying to out-Petersen Petersen.
 

[Milkman]

But enough from me, surely others must have strange DOOM design relics from their past?

 

[Milkman]

1 minute ago, riderr3 said:

I've also had Doom drawings on paper but they are probably lost many years ago. There is a chance they just putted in storage, and if I find them, then do some recreating.

Oooh I hope you find them!

[Walter confetti]

I found something I drew like... 22 years ago (back in 1996!) and i've posted photo of them some year ago in the post your doom pictures thread, unluckily can't find them...

[obake]

Ah yes, designing game maps on paper. Such good memories from my childhood (I didn't design Doom maps then, unfortunately. I've made plenty of other games on paper, but they've been lost to time.)

 

Edit: Well, actually, I did create some Doom 3 map stuff, after having played it at my Uncle's house one winter.

Edited December 8, 2018 by obake

[taufan99]

Looks very well-detailed for a bunch of maps made by a 7-year-old! Would definitely play.

Edited December 12, 2018 by taufan99

[Havoc Crow]

Brings back memories, I'd too draw lots of rooms and fill them with black dots representing enemies. Never got around to actually implementing those though.