Place to publish unfinished, test and/or junk maps

[ARMCoder]

As the title says, is there any space in Doomworld to publish such junk maps, as others can reuse the material for study or even new maps? I've started a map that has some interesting stuff but it's not really playable and I'm not feeling like I will finish it. In such a case, I'd gladly publish the unfinished map under Creative Commons.

 

I think most agree that the WADs and MODs subforum is not the proper place to publish nonworking maps.

 

Thanks!

[Stabbey]

If there's interesting stuff in a map, why not take that and use it in a different map? If you never release the unfinished map, it's not like anyone will know that you ripped off yourself.

 

I never released my first map, which was pretty junky, but I did take the idea I had for a trap and re-used that in a different map.

[Somniac]

There used to be a website called Wads in Progress, which existed for this purpose IIRC - at least in terms of "not yet finished" maps. Or was it just for screenshots? I forget. Sadly it doesn't exist anymore. 

 

That said, posting unfinished maps for reuse by others in Wads and Mods has been done before. If you really think you've hit a dead end with this one (it can and does happen), why not go ahead and drop it in there? Or like the poster above said, re-use bits of it that do work for something else.

[IcarusOfDaggers]

Sometimes it's beneficial to wait for a few months before deciding if you return to the project or release it for editing. 

 

I usually gather unfinished layouts into the "layouts" folder in my drive. I think I've had about 3 layouts I never used...all of them were rectangular.

 

Once you gather a bunch, you can post it on the forums. Don't know which one, but people will find if they use search function. Or keep it on hardrive, join Clippy's (most active) discord and wait for someone to ask for layouts. Profit either way.

 

And who knows, maybe you'll return to bits or pieces of that layout.

[HeatedChocolate]

Condense them all into one file and slap it onto your other wads as a bonus feature

[ARMCoder]

17 hours ago, IcarusOfDaggers said:

Sometimes it's beneficial to wait for a few months before deciding if you return to the project or release it for editing. 

 

I usually gather unfinished layouts into the "layouts" folder in my drive. I think I've had about 3 layouts I never used...all of them were rectangular.

 

Once you gather a bunch, you can post it on the forums. Don't know which one, but people will find if they use search function. Or keep it on hardrive, join Clippy's (most active) discord and wait for someone to ask for layouts. Profit either way.

 

And who knows, maybe you'll return to bits or pieces of that layout.

 

I will keep the unfinished map sitting for now, maybe I will get my stamina back and finish it. After all, the already done map bits are just fun stuff, not the next Shakespeare's ou Mozart 's masterpiece hehe.

 

Thanks!