Suitepee's 37th birthday mapping request! (DEADLINE CLOSED)

[Suitepee]

Well my 37th birthday is coming up on the 3rd October, so I was wondering if anyone from this wonderful Doomworld community would be interested in making any maps for me......with an interesting twist.

 

The pictures in this thread have been drawn by one of the SEN kids I work for (I work as a teaching assistant for a SEN school if anyone is curious), who likes to create this particular pattern over and over again from time to time and hand it out to various people in the school. And one day the thought struck me that this pattern would be interesting to see in a Doom map, of course!

 

I have no particular preference for what type of map is created (vanilla, boom, UDMF, custom textures, slaughter or non-slaughter.....do whatever you want, as long as it's playable!), so long as the child's pattern is somehow incorporated into the map itself in some way.

 

EDIT 20/09/22: Today at work I asked the child who had done the drawings as to what the patterns were meant to be, and he told me that they were 'flowers'. Feel free to use this for any mapping inspiration, although the maps don't have to be flowery-themed.

 

I'm not expecting much, but I'm genuinely curious to see who gives this birthday challenge a go. Deadline would be the 3rd October. Have fun if you choose to take part, and I would of course livestream any and all results on my Twitch channel either on the day itself or shortly thereafter.

 

 

Edited October 5, 2022 by Suitepee

[Thelokk]

Intrigued, count me in.

 

Also respect, you're doing the good work.

Edited September 17, 2022 by Thelokk

[LadyMistDragon]

I...might actually do something here. Although I don't know how to recolor textures and I won't guarantee I'll look it up somewhere.

[StodgyAyatollah]

1 hour ago, LadyMistDragon said:

I don't know how to recolor textures

With slade just right click the texture then select graphics. Color remap, colorize and tint are your options. Color remap is the most useful imo since you can swap individual color ranges. Very easy to use. Just remember to add the edited textures to you're patch table if you're making copies and not just replacing the old ones.

[hakros]

2 hours ago, LadyMistDragon said:

I...might actually do something here. Although I don't know how to recolor textures and I won't guarantee I'll look it up somewhere.

 

You can change the color of the lights (that was what i thinked).... :-) !!

[Thelokk]

Very tricky pattern to play with, but even in the barest of its WIP form it can give rise to some very interesting light games. Also remember that vanilla textures have a wider range of colors than it might seem at first, if we think of them as colors instead of textures :)

 

 

 

 

 

[LadyMistDragon]

1 hour ago, StodgyAyatollah said:

With slade just right click the texture then select graphics. Color remap, colorize and tint are your options. Color remap is the most useful imo since you can swap individual color ranges. Very easy to use. Just remember to add the edited textures to you're patch table if you're making copies and not just replacing the old ones.

Thanks for that although it's hard to know again if I will. Drawing circles won't take long at all in GZDoom Builder but I do have some other things that could take up some time.

[Pirx]

*puts lots of revenants in his circles*

[Suitepee]

Just bumping the thread slightly (great responses to this so far by the way!) to point out that today at work I asked the child who had done the drawings as to what the patterns were meant to be, and he told me that they were 'flowers'.

 

Whether this helps in any way for any maps that are created for this birthday request, I cannot say. You don't have to make the maps flowery-themed or anything, but just thought I'd tack this extra information on in case it inspires anything.

[Thelokk]

2 minutes ago, Suitepee said:

Just bumping the thread slightly (great responses to this so far by the way!) to point out that today at work I asked the child who had done the drawings as to what the patterns were meant to be, and he told me that they were 'flowers'.

 

Whether this helps in any way for any maps that are created for this birthday request, I cannot say. You don't have to make the maps flowery-themed or anything, but just thought I'd tack this extra information on in case it inspires anything.

 

No flowers in mine I'm afraid though, if we want to carry on with the gardening metaphor, there will be plenty of mowing down to do.

 

I'm a terrible human being. Sorry. 

[HorseJockey]

Happy birthday and keep up the good work! I've been looking for inspiration to create a map, I will see what I can get done before the 3rd.

 

 

Edit:

Here is a peak at what I have so far, 3 ovals/circles left. If nothing else it is visually fun to look at, not sure how it will play, but look forward to finishing it up and posting it for you to enjoy.

 

Edited September 26, 2022 by HorseJockey
Adding a picture of the map I am working on.

[obake]

Got mine done! It is UDMF format, with resources included in the wad file.

 

I would have added more of the winding design of the drawing if I had time. That said, the map still does have some of the almost-lollipop shapes of the drawing, as well as some flowers.

 

I can't wait to see you play it! I want to see you play it live, if possible. I'll do my best to be on stream quickly.

 

Sbday wad

 

Happy birthday, John!

 

 

[Suitepee]

Thanks for the first submission @obake.

 

Just a quick bump to remind that the deadline for any map entries will be coming up on Monday (3rd October), and that at some point in the next few days afterwards I will stream all the maps on my Twitch channel.

[obake]

On 9/20/2022 at 9:49 AM, HorseJockey said:

Happy birthday and keep up the good work! I've been looking for inspiration to create a map, I will see what I can get done before the 3rd.

 

 

Edit:

Here is a peak at what I have so far, 3 ovals/circles left. If nothing else it is visually fun to look at, not sure how it will play, but look forward to finishing it up and posting it for you to enjoy.

 

 

Looking forward to seeing your map especially, @HorseJockey. I like the layout.

 

Can't wait for the stream!

[Suitepee]

Midnight tonight (GMT) is the final deadline for any map submissions.

Edited October 3, 2022 by Suitepee

[ShakarAtar]

Happy birthday!!!

 

JohnSuitepeee Birthday.rar

Authors: Proverbial & Shakar-a'tar
Music: Never Over by Velvetic
Custom skytexture by Ukiro (OTEX.wad).

 

Map format: GZDoom DOOM 2 (UDMF)

 

Map rules (Not required for map finish): 
Freelook allowed
Jumping allowed
Crouch allowed
 

[HorseJockey]

Happy Birthday! Life gets busy so I am cutting it close but here it is. I hope you have fun with it.

Didn't really have time to balance it so sorry if it is a bit jank with the combat, visually I think it looks fun but has some rough edges. 

 

Suitepee Bday Level

Music: Stickerbrush Symphony custom midi from vgmusic

Engine: GZDoom

Format: UDMF Doom II

 

Jumping, crouching and freelook all supported (not required)

 

Edit: Touched up a few things, and whipped up a quick sky texture to make things look a little better. Sorry I didn't have time to playtest. @Suitepee if you haven't downloaded yet the link is to the new version. 

 

Edited October 4, 2022 by HorseJockey
Update map format

[Suitepee]

Well thank you to the four mappers (two in one map) that submitted an entry for this birthday request so far!

 

I will be streaming the maps on Wednesday night via my Twitch channel (https://www.twitch.tv/johnsuitepee) at around 6pm GMT.

 

(EDIT: Changed stream time to Wednesday night from Tuesday to allow any last-minute entries)

Edited October 4, 2022 by Suitepee

[noob_killer012345678]

Is it too late to do anything? 3rd of october has already passed

[Suitepee]

2 hours ago, noob_killer012345678 said:

Is it too late to do anything? 3rd of october has already passed

 

If you're keen on making a map for this, I suppose I could extend the streaming deadline by an extra day to Wednesday night instead. Might give one or two others an extra bit of time also.

[noob_killer012345678]

It isn't a must, but thank you

I will get on it right away

 

[HorseJockey]

@ShakarAtar and @obake, no spoilers for Suitepee just wanted to say that I love the aesthetics and flow of your levels. Can't wait to see them on stream.

[noob_killer012345678]

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1jatRLmbtf0vhIcHsfR9s_Zv_gZ95uAQO/view?usp=sharing I AM DONE!

It is kinda rushed, because i was stressed, and it is really short, but i hope you like it anyway

[obake]

1 hour ago, HorseJockey said:

@ShakarAtar and @obake, no spoilers for Suitepee just wanted to say that I love the aesthetics and flow of your levels. Can't wait to see them on stream.

Thanks so much! I can't wait to see your map as well.

[Suitepee]

And that will be that!

 

Four map submissions in total, which are going to be streamed right now at: https://www.twitch.tv/johnsuitepee

[Suitepee]

https://youtu.be/YTcOTWvKkTQ

 

Thanks to @HorseJockey, @noob_killer012345678, @obake, @ShakarAtar and @ProverbialGamer for their map submissions! The FOUR maps were fun to play in different ways, and I was particularly impressed by Horse Jockey's map submission.

[HorseJockey]

@Suitepee Thanks, I'm really glad you liked it. Sorry I joined late and missed my map, but I watched the VOD afterwards. I didn't have time to playtest the combat, and it showed lol. This was my first map that I have ever released publicly and I appreciate all the kind words from everyone.