RAMP 2023 - Rabbit's All-Comers Mapping Project [RELEASED!]

[Meyland12]

Wait it's real!? Ramp 2023? 😱

 

Well i'm working on 2 commuity projects already but i will try make a map(s) for this project. 

Edited May 25, 2023 by Meyland12

[LukeJR]

How can I make the door move down if it has already been pulled down to the floor? I can't seem to edit it :/

[GnomeSatan]

I would absolutely love to contribute, count me in!

[Underqualified_Gunman]

got some sketches for level concepts i've wanted to try work on will have to revist them and see what strikes my fancy.

[Sneezy McGlassFace]

I won't be participating this year, as I'm super burned out on doom but I hope you all will have a great time making something cool! Looking fwd to the results

[The Royal We]

Groooooovy!

 

But... man, only one month to make the map? This way you make my OCD and attention deficit scream more than a Revenant in heat.

[IMQ2006]

Count me in. This will be my first time on a community project.

[DavidN]

Glad to see so many people enthusiastic already! :)

 

RAMP only lasts a month to encourage experimentation instead of perfection - there's no expectation that maps will be big or elaborate, instead that they can just be quick projects for people who are trying something new.

[DoctorNuriel]

A little preview of what I'm cooking up - this map, Hadean Gaol, or: "A Prison Riot Romance" sees Doomguy(s) escaping from a prison that was pulled into Hell - amidst a riot between inmates and guards :)

 

Edited May 25, 2023 by DoctorNuriel

[JonExMachina]

If I manage to buy a PC in the following weeks, I'll definitely try to make something nice to participate. Is it allowed for participants to plan layouts and organize ideas beforehand?

 

29 minutes ago, DoctorNuriel said:

A little preview of what I'm cooking up - this map, Hadean Gaol, or: "A Prison Riot Romance" sees Doomguy(s) escaping from a prison that was pulled into Hell - amidst a riot between inmates and guards :)

 

Looking really good!

[LukeJR]

I've decided that my submission to this will be pushing towards the theme.

[mikeo007]

Dusted off this old account to say this is awesome. Maybe I will finally be motivated enough to complete something.

[JaySmithen]

I'm cooking up something small this year :)

Screenshot:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1D4UyZGQVXm-r1nTvIlsXMP0ezAZ0sxj5/view?usp=drive_link

 

Edited June 4 by JaySmithen
Added google drive link

[SakuraFalls]

Hi, I'm thinking of trying to join this event. Is it possible?

[Meyland12]

3 hours ago, SakuraFalls said:

Hi, I'm thinking of trying to join this event. Is it possible?

Hello there.

You don't need even to join their discord. If you are mapper all you have to do is make map and submit map at curret ramp website.

You can even send map to "work-in-progress" and edit map at any time.

[DavidN]

What Meyland12 said :) Feel free to build and submit something, whether in the Discord or not!

[SakuraFalls]

9 hours ago, Meyland12 said:

Hello there.

You don't need even to join their discord. If you are mapper all you have to do is make map and submit map at curret ramp website.

You can even send map to "work-in-progress" and edit map at any time.

 

8 hours ago, DavidN said:

What Meyland12 said :) Feel free to build and submit something, whether in the Discord or not!

Thanks! I will try to build something but I'm not sure if it will be worthy of being in this longrunning event ;-;

[LordEntr0py]

4 hours ago, SakuraFalls said:

 

Thanks! I will try to build something but I'm not sure if it will be worthy of being in this longrunning event ;-;

Don't worry! The point of this is that everything is worthy.

 

Playing maps by new and inexperienced mappers is part of the charm when playing through RAMP.

 

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[NeilForshaw]

On 5/28/2023 at 9:39 AM, LordEntr0py said:

JjJJoOOiIiiIiIinNNnnN uUUuuUuusSSSssSs... 

 

Think LordEntr0py has encouraged me.

 

Might consider doing a super short map for this. Don't have oodles of time but...

 

Thinking of trying to make an atmospheric map. Maybe something with rain (either just aesthetic or some mechanic in the map). Not something I've seen in Doom mapping. Any existing wads/texture/other resources that include weather stuff anyone could recommend? I'll have a google as well.

 

[LukeJR]

BUMPING THIS! We need to keep this high!

[LordEntr0py]

18 hours ago, NeilJohnRips said:

 

Think LordEntr0py has encouraged me.

 

Might consider doing a super short map for this. Don't have oodles of time but...

 

Thinking of trying to make an atmospheric map. Maybe something with rain (either just aesthetic or some mechanic in the map). Not something I've seen in Doom mapping. Any existing wads/texture/other resources that include weather stuff anyone could recommend? I'll have a google as well.

 

Don't some of the snow levels in Eviternity (chapter 3) have snow effects when run in GZDoom? Or am I recalling wrong?

 

[LukeJR]

I'm working on my map! It's going well so far!

[Chesspionage]

On 5/25/2023 at 10:18 PM, DavidN said:

RAMP only lasts a month to encourage experimentation instead of perfection - there's no expectation that maps will be big or elaborate, instead that they can just be quick projects for people who are trying something new.

 

This is such an awesome idea.  I've played Doom for years but have never attempted to design and build a level for it.  I'm going to jump in at the deep end, build my first ever Doom map and submit it for public ridicule as part of the mapping project this year! 

[Chesspionage]

Okay, 2-3 days in I've got to admit that this is a daunting challenge.  Now that I've started to create a map I'm realising what a time consuming and monumental task it is (especially for someone learning to use the software at the same time as fitting this in around a fulltime job).  I take my hat off to every map builder who has gone before me.  I have no idea how anyone could turn out a fun, interesting and semi-polished map in two weeks (as DavidN recommends) let alone submitting up to three in the same timeframe.

 

I would have loved to produce something intricately designed with interesting puzzles (like, for example, Doom Zero) but have already had to rein in my ambition.  I'm going to concentrate on producing a workable map instead.

 

Note to self: next year start working on RAMP 2024 in April/May...

 

N.B.  What I have noticed is that I'm now looking at the world around me with a very different perspective.  It might sound silly, but everything I look at now I'm thinking to myself "how could I reproduce that in UDB?"

[SakuraFalls]

Hopefully there's still many days before the end.

[BeachThunder]

34 minutes ago, ColonelDuff said:

N.B.  What I have noticed is that I'm now looking at the world around me with a very different perspective.  It might sound silly, but everything I look at now I'm thinking to myself "how could I reproduce that in UDB?"

Yup, I was doing a lot of Doom mapping at the start of the year, and I remember driving under a bridge one day and thinking "oh, they must have used a 3D floor"...

[Sven "ATDynaX" Reinold]

I am new to Doom mapping and will try to get my first map in in time.

[NeilForshaw]

5 hours ago, Sven "ATDynaX" Reinold said:

I am new to Doom mapping and will try to get my first map in in time.

Looks really good already :)

[TJG1289]

I decided I'm gonna try and get something for this done. I haven't attempted to map in 2 years, so this will most likely be rough. I just want to make a basic beginner level, and I have a few ideas I can go with, so hopefully I can scrounge something up in a few days since I'll be busy in 2 weeks! 

[rita remton]

On 5/25/2023 at 9:18 PM, DavidN said:

Glad to see so many people enthusiastic already! :)

 

RAMP only lasts a month to encourage experimentation instead of perfection - there's no expectation that maps will be big or elaborate, instead that they can just be quick projects for people who are trying something new.

 

this is reassuring. thanks :)

Edited June 4, 2023 by rita remton