[Community Project] Mosaic, Post your map here asap

[Szymanski]

Mosaic is a mapping project with the restriction of predetermined geometry. The playable area consists of 1536 triangle sectors shaped into a hexagon. Each sector has side length of 64 which is a good compromise between blocky appearance and editing speed.

You can change any property of the sectors, just don't modify the grid (see rules for clarification). 

The attached zip includes the Mosaic base wad, an example wad and a texture wad with tiling skies created by Aquila Chrysaetos
Feel free to post suggestions and questions in the comments, I'm happy to change things but would like to keep the project as simple as possible. 

 

Rules for playable area

The format is Doom2 limit removing (eg needs to run in Crispy Doom) !!Do not use linedef or sectors specials that don't occur in vanilla Doom2!!*
Single player with all difficulties implemented (place multiplayer and DM starts as a courtesy)
You can delete sectors (the map doesn't need to be hexagon shaped)
You can merge sectors (useful for moving sectors eg doors)
You can add vertices to aid texturing
You can flip lines to makes switches work etc
Otherwise do not modify the triangular sectors, vertices that changes the structure of the grid 
A texture wad with animated lava and water is provided, custom skies included. 

 

Rules for areas outside the hexagon space

The player must be prevented from reaching these areas
You can add scenery to the map but it must use the mosaic pattern (see example wad)
Control sectors and monster closets can be regular geometry, unless visible (see example wad)

*Clarification* Monsters can be placed outside the playable area (yes, you can have a caco-swarm fly into the map)

 

Timeline

Submissions must be received by 1st March 2023. 

*Change* I'll create a new thread for submissions nearer the time. You can post the map or link in this thread

*Change*  I think a max of 2 submissions per person is sensible. Go hog wild

 

Is there a prize?
I can gift a game of the winners choice through Steam or Gog. I'd want a few people to judge the maps so will need some assistance (assuming there are maps to judge).

 

!!!IMPORTANT INFO!!!
Have fun

!!Do not use linedef or sectors specials that don't occur in vanilla Doom2!!* (eg BOOM, MBF GZDOOM, ETERNITY ETC ARE NOT ALLOWED)

Read the rules again

 

Mosaic_R2.zip

 

* ok, linedef 271 is being used for sky transfers and I'll allow it because it works in crispy 

Edited February 4, 2023 by Szymanski
Rules Rules Rules

[Szymanski]

06/01/2023 The two map limit is now gone, I hope to add vertically tiling skies to the texture wad this weekend

07/01/2023 Added tiling skies to texture wad, credit to Aquila Chrysaetos

14/01/2023 Wip1 now has all difficulty settings

14/01/2023 Wip2 now has all difficulty settings

Edited January 15, 2023 by Szymanski
news update

[Lorcav]

Yeah, I'll do one, looks like an interesting challenge

[Obsidian]

wheej

 

Spoiler

 

Still needs difficulty settings and it could stand to be neatened up a little, but not bad work for half a day! With any luck I can post a link tomorrow.

[RED77]

This looks like a really interesting premise to start 2023. Count me in

 

[Walter confetti]

Interesting community project, idk if I'll do something. Good luck to who wants to try it!

[MFG38]

I'm interested.

[BedrockCastle]

Very unique concept! I think I'll have a go at this.

[Obsidian]

Map name: Geisterviertel

Music: "Adrian's Asleep" from Doom 2 (I can pick something a bit more inspired if need be, heh)

Difficulty settings: Implemented (belatedly)

Build time: 1 day

Tested in: ZDoom, Crispy Doom

 

I felt like making something reminiscent of Mordeth E1 and then inspiration reared its beautiful head and I made this. If you're still ruminating on what skies to use, I reckon a night sky or green sky would work pretty well for this particular map.

 

Spoiler

 

 

 

 

[Drywtler]

Ooo, I did try making an hexagon-only map before, not with this kind of limitations of course. Let's give it a shot!

[Zion]

The grid is quite small witch makes this a bit challenging, but i might give this a try

[Cacodemon187]

The premise sounds really interesting, I might do a map for this!

[OceanMadman]

I'll make a map for this.

Edited January 1, 2023 by OceanMadman

[King Know-Nothing]

This concept really intrigues me. I am down for it.

[CblBOPOTKA]

Sign me in!

[knifeworld]

I finished my DMP22 map earlier this morning and will be done with another project soon, and the deadline here is generous so pencil me in!

[Noiser]

Very interesting! Count me in

[Sesamia]

Download Link:  https://drive.google.com/file/d/11JbsX8WeCS8ZCnnuABrWWUuqSv4wvFSX/view?usp=share_link

 

A short map that I made to experiment with the project idea.  I might come back to make a 2nd map after some more practice, but I can't promise anything.

 

Screenshots:

Spoiler

 

Play Information:

Title:  The Spire
Filename: the-spire-v1.wad
Map Format:  Doom (limit removing)
IWAD:  DOOM2.WAD
Build Time:  About 4 hours
-complevel 2
Made for single player
Multiplayer & DM starts exist, but no additional effort was made to support multiplayer
Difficulty settings have been implemented
Jumping & Crouching are not recommended and may break parts of the map

 

Tested with:
 -GZDoom (version 4.9.0)
 -DSDA Doom (version 0.24.3)

 

Additional Credits:

KevinHEZ for his music track "The Revenant" | Made for the Revolution! MIDI Pack

Edited January 1, 2023 by Sesamia

[Zion]

I had some trouble trying to adapt to she small grid, but I think this map turned out ok, it is bit hard especially in UV but if you find some of it's many secrets it gets pretty manageable.

Download Link: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/18gYhJs1pVeqnGgXZSN3HAtFTUM3MasJz?usp=share_link

Map name: Athenaeum
Tested in: LZDoom & PrBoom+
IWAD: DOOM2.WAD

MIDI: Aorta, an absolute knee slapper by Tristan Clark
Jumping & Crouching are not allowed

Spoiler

Edited January 2, 2023 by Zion
fixed hidden contents

[Sesamia]

@Zion Those Doom II hanging corpse decorations make maneuvering a bit clunky since they're infinitely tall.  I suppose that's an issue of source port choice and compatibility settings, but you may want to consider using the Doom I hanging things instead.

[Zion]

@Sesamia You are absolutely  right, I messed up, I updated the map to rearange the corpses in a way they don't block the player, after further inspection I also noticed that some switches that weren't Doom2 limit removing compatible witch was fixed aswell, my bad guys

[phoo]

A really interesting and unique idea for a project! I'll set aside some time for this; I'm in.

Edited January 2, 2023 by phoo

[fai1025]

I'm in

[gudermannian function]

I am in. Also a correction in OP there are 1536 not 1356 triangles in this Hexagon

Edited January 2, 2023 by gudermannian function

[Quill]

I'm currently making a map for this. Sign me in for the time being.

[Szymanski]

An overview of my proof of concept Hell themed map

 

 

Edited January 3, 2023 by Szymanski
now a sensible size

[Quill]

Title: The Australian Lake of Blood
Idea: Surreal-ish map. The sky is the floor and the floor is the sky.

Music: "Fear Factory" from Donkey Kong Country, sequenced by King Meteor

What's supported: All skill levels, Co-op, Deathmatch not supported

Build time: Like 3 hours? 

Tested in: Crispy Doom, FDWL
 

Quill-MSC-TheAustralianLakeofBlood.wad

[PRO-RC]

I was interested in this Project, so interested in fact I accidentally made a map for it.

 

Map Name: Hexagonal Sabbatical

Tested in Crispy doom

Midi: "Beach" from Plok!, Sequenced by Teck [Nell O'Breslin]

Deathmatch is included... wouldn't recommend playing it though 

Multiplayer is included

Jumping and crouching does not affect the map 

 

Donut HexSab.zip

 

Spoiler

(Load MOS_TEX for waterfalls)

[oo.va]

I am also interested in this project. Neat premise. Not sure if I'll make a map yet, but if I do I'll be sure to post it here. :)

[Quill]

9 hours ago, Quill said:

Title: The Australian Lake of Blood
Idea: Surreal-ish map. The sky is the floor and the floor is the sky.

Music: "Fear Factory" from Donkey Kong Country, sequenced by King Meteor

What's supported: All skill levels, Co-op, Deathmatch not supported

Build time: Like 3 hours? 

Tested in: Crispy Doom, FDWL
 

Quill-MSC-TheAustralianLakeofBlood.wad

Updated my map to fix some issues.