Doom Rats [MBF21 Community Project] [Open slots]

[DoomGappy]

 

What is Doom Rats?

Doom Rats is a community project with the goal of creating levels with a "rats" structure. Do you remember those levels on counter strike 1.6, where you were small and walked around rooms and furniture? That's the idea.

 

The story 

The idea for this Community Project started when I was on vacation in Rio, in my father's house. Me and my brother were playing doom and I decided to make his house in doom, only I did it very big.  Then, I decided to make it hellish, as well as make a regular sized version of the map to create a sort of "storyline". I made the map as a 10 year birthday gift for him, and so, it is kind of easy in Hurt me Plenty, but very difficult in Ultra Violence. I might tweak the difficulty a bit for this project, but that will depend on feedback. He has a special version of the map where there is a slideshow of pictures of us in the last room, but for this project, I just used some different textures for the screens. Thus, I wanted to compile a megawad of Rats styled maps that are fun, cool looking, and interesting. Also, I found out about these guys when searching for pics for this topic, and I think it's our duty to honor Carmack And Romero.

 

Goals

Creating fun and interesting maps where the player feels small and overwhelmed. Creating fun gameplay that explores the map's layout and uses it to its advantage.

 

General rules

Compatibility level: MBF21

Testing: PrBoom+ and ZDoom, LZDoom or GZDoom

IWAD: Doom2

Texture pack: CC4-tex + Cheesetex V1.3.wad

Adittional textures: If you need a texture to be included, ask in the thread or DMs.

Jumping: Not allowed

Crouching: Allowed

Freelook: Allowed and encouraged

Pistol starting: Mandatory

 

Mapping guidelines

• Make environments big and the player small.
• Encourage verticality. If there are high places, try to think of ways the player can get there. Also use tall places for combat, with enemies above what the player can see. map with freelook enabled in mind.
• Encourage canyon battle. Use platforms across canyons for battles and teleporter traps and make them fun (rockets and plasma rifle oriented). Put pressure on the player with ground and flying enemies, as well as platforming. Think of the bridge in Plutonia's Well of Souls.
• Develop maps for pistol start and ramp up the progression slowly.
• Make optional areas to reward players.
• Do clever platforming, if possible.
• If you base your map on a public space or in someone's house like I did, it would be cool to know why you chose that particular place.
• You can choose a particular area of a previous wad and recreate it in rats orientation if you think that would be fun. These can be different things and maybe the secret maps. I was thinking about making a small version of caughtyard, but maybe there are better maps.
• Try to make most visible areas accessible and walkable. There is no fun in having a tall platform that you can see but can't reach somehow. Think like a rat in hell.
• Maps with a twist where the player can become big or small and use switches in one part to change something in the other map are encouraged, even if they don't have battles.  My map has one such area, in the kitchen, where a wall is raised in the first part, lowered in the second area, and then lowered in the "return", but mine has combat. This can also be skipped with the aid of a secret. These puzzle maps are limited to 4 slots, and two could be secrets. I would be very pleased to see something in the vein of cyber dreams.
• Try to add a piece of cheese somewhere in the map, using the most advanced texture pack, cheesetex. Preferrably in a secret corner. You can also use it as breadcrumbing to lead players to interesting places or make a cave entirely made of cheese. 
• Add a secret cave with one to three arachnotrons guarding a powerful weapon. This will connect to the "lore" of the WAD.

 

Community rules

• Try to play and give feedback on other players' maps.
• Interact civilly and kindly.
• Don't be harsh with criticism. Choose instead to contribute positively and allow other mappers to grow from it.
• Treat your fellow mappers kindly and give earnest feedback.
• Evaluate others' feedback calmly and decide whether you want to change things according to it or not. It's great to have insight from others perspectives into our work and see what we can improve, but ultimately, your map is your map. As long as it's nothing gamebreaking, it should be fine.
• If you find any bugs you can't solve alone, post it here so others can have a look at your maps. 

 

Deadline

This is my first time creating a project like this, and it may be entirely too soon, so I'm going to place a very extended deadline to all of this. We will accept submissions until 28/03/2024, initially. Below there is a form for map submissions made available by Jimmy in this thread.

 

Do I need mapping experience?

Of course it's good if you are familiar with mapping tools and have some already made, but I'm still only a novice mapper too. I expect novice mappers to join this effort to produce maps that use simple tricks to produce cool results. Join us and submit a map!

 

Submission form
Name: (Name of map)

Map Format: MBF21

Ports Tested: (PrBoom+, GLBoom+, Eternity, GZDoom, etc.)

IWAD: Doom 2

Map(s): (MAP01, E1M1-M8, etc.)

Music: (Song Track - Composer)

Gameplay: (Single play/co-op, deathmatch, etc.)

Difficulty Settings: (Fully implemented/partially implemented/not implemented)

Multiplayer Placement: (Yes/No)

Build Time: (How long spent on initial mapping, optional)

Textures: (Credits for textures/resources)

Requirements: (Jumping/crouching/freelook required/permitted, etc.)

Screenshots: 1 picture of the map in doombuilder and 2 pictures of different areas in the map. 

 

Please name your map files according to the following naming convention. Please write them in Title Case.

MapXX - Map Name - Map Author - Status - Version (v1.0, v1.2, etc.)

 

For instance:

Map10 - Happy Birthday - DoomGappy - Completed - v1.2.wad

Map15 - Hell's Kitchen - DoomGappy - In Progress - v1.3.wad

 

Submission folder

I've created a google drive folder where mappers can post their maps. You can post them when you feel like it, but if you want to make named versions there to share progress, you are allowed to. Feel free to ask for feedback on your maps too. I haven't had the time yet, but I will do a playtest of your maps with a commentated video. 
 

Some map suggestions

I'd be really happy to see some maps made with these themes. Feel free to try if you feel like it's something you'd have fun doing. Bear in mind, these are only suggestions.

• Rats map in a house but all of the structure is only accessible through tunnels and stairs inside the house walls. There could be a gimmick where you only have low tier weapons (shotgun and chaingun) and low tier enemies inside the walls, but strong enemies on the outside, so the objective is to run from one mousehole to the next and progress the level by avoiding the strong enemies.
• A library themed map. I don't know, I think it's fun to climb atop books and traverse bookshelves. Mostly an inside walls kind of map with lots of aerial enemies.
• Map based on a human body. Like a tiny Doom guy organism fighting an infection, similar to the Osmosis Jones movie or the Mandrill Ass Project WAD. I just remembered this mapset has some cool rats maps. Use it for inspiration.
• Any other things your wildest dreams may desire.

 

Custom Textures (cheesetex)

 

Spoiler

 

 

 

 

Map List

 

Spoiler

 

Map 01: 

Map 02: 

Map 03: 

Map 04: DoomGappy - Storage Facility

Map 05: 

Map 06: Craneo - Cacoshower

Map 07: DoomGappy - Second Hand Bookshop

Map 08: The Royal We - Surprises at Grandma's House (Tentative title)

Map 09: DoomGappy - Hell's Kitchen

Map 10: DoomGappy - Happy Birthday

 

Unassigned slots:
Chariot Rider - Tabletop game map

LoatharMDPhD - No title announced

Sikreci - Hell's Half-Bath

 

The project is open to more slots if more mappers appear. Deadline is still distant, so no rush. 

 

Screenshots

 

Spoiler

 

 

 

 

First Level Gameplay
 

Spoiler

 

 

 

 

cheesetex V1.2.wad.7z

Edited December 13, 2023 by DoomGappy
Formatting, added information

[SpaceCat_2001]

Good Luck with the project!

[RED77]

this sounds like a really fun project. Sadly I have no time right now to make a map for this. But I'll be following. Good luck!

[DoomGappy]

6 hours ago, SpaceCat_2001 said:

Good Luck with the project!

 

4 hours ago, RED77 said:

this sounds like a really fun project. Sadly I have no time right now to make a map for this. But I'll be following. Good luck!

 

Thank you, guys! As mentioned before, the deadline is pretty long, so feel free to come back again if you have an idea. I'll probably make one or two more maps later. Maybe even more. 

Edited September 24, 2023 by jo2ukegappy

[The Royal We]

You can count on me!
I'd like to take one of the first maps, try to make a gameplay of easy to intermediate difficulty.
The (provisional) name of the map will be "Surprises at grandma's house".

[DoomGappy]

1 hour ago, The Royal We said:

You can count on me!
I'd like to take one of the first maps, try to make a gameplay of easy to intermediate difficulty.
The (provisional) name of the map will be "Surprises at grandma's house".

 

Good to have you onboard, The Royal We. I hope you have fun mapping!

Edited September 25, 2023 by jo2ukegappy

[Craneo]

maybe I'll participate, wanted to see how doable a RATS level was for me and I think I'm doing a decent job rn.

[DoomGappy]

18 minutes ago, Craneo said:

maybe I'll participate, wanted to see how doable a RATS level was for me and I think I'm doing a decent job rn.

 

Looking like a mighty bathroom, might have to scale the ceiling up a bit. Keep it up!

Edited September 25, 2023 by jo2ukegappy

[DoomGappy]

I just asked my brother for some pictures of the house, I'll post them on the OP once I get them. It would be cool to have pictures of your inspirations if possible. I'm thinking about making my grandma's house from my childhood too, but it's kind of a big place. I'd have to draw a lot from memory. I'm also working on a cathedral map and a kitchen map.

Edited September 26, 2023 by jo2ukegappy

[DoomGappy]

Cheesetex added to OP. Get it here: cheesetex V1.2.wad.7z

 

 

 

Edited October 12, 2023 by jo2ukegappy

[Chariot Rider]

This seems like a neat idea!  I am still relatively new to mapping, but I figured I would give this a shot, and I started work on this map tonight.  It might be a bit before I can actually finish it since I have a few other creative projects in the air (including other Doom maps) but I wanted to reserve a spot, and also to show off my progress.  I figured a rat scale perspective on a board game could be interesting.  I actually considered a few different games, but I needed a game with enough 3D elements that I could build cover out of it, but also one that was relatively easy to convert into doom graphics.  I considered Imhotep for its verticality, Root for its breadth, but ultimately I settled on Catan, which also has the advantage of being very recognizable to a lot of people.  I created a basic game board, though I might actually play a game of Catan and take its end point as inspiration for the map, since I want a layout of roads and villages that is relatively consistent with the actual game.  Also, I threw this together with the textures available in Doom 2 and the provided texture pack.  Ultimately, I could probably get some much better textures to better reflect the various hexes, and for the actual game pieces it could be useful to find some new textures, but for testing purposes this should be fine, and I didn't want to request too many custom textures.  Regardless, here's a bit of progress I have made.

[DoomGappy]

6 hours ago, Chariot Rider said:

This seems like a neat idea!  I am still relatively new to mapping, but I figured I would give this a shot, and I started work on this map tonight.  It might be a bit before I can actually finish it since I have a few other creative projects in the air (including other Doom maps) but I wanted to reserve a spot, and also to show off my progress.  I figured a rat scale perspective on a board game could be interesting.  I actually considered a few different games, but I needed a game with enough 3D elements that I could build cover out of it, but also one that was relatively easy to convert into doom graphics.  I considered Imhotep for its verticality, Root for its breadth, but ultimately I settled on Catan, which also has the advantage of being very recognizable to a lot of people.  I created a basic game board, though I might actually play a game of Catan and take its end point as inspiration for the map, since I want a layout of roads and villages that is relatively consistent with the actual game.  Also, I threw this together with the textures available in Doom 2 and the provided texture pack.  Ultimately, I could probably get some much better textures to better reflect the various hexes, and for the actual game pieces it could be useful to find some new textures, but for testing purposes this should be fine, and I didn't want to request too many custom textures.  Regardless, here's a bit of progress I have made.

 

Good morning, Chariot Rider. I really, really like your idea for a map. I have played catan onl a few times, therefore I'm not super knowledgeable about it, but that's a wonderful I dea. I think that for progression, instead of habing things happen on the board, they could happen inside the houses that the players place, maybe? This way we can make some rooms with teleporter lines that are bigger on the inside than they appear on the outside, and the player would have many different versions of the same map depending on the progression. Or you can just make a "realistic version of the areas, with lots of cliffs, canyons, and elevation. I can help you with that, but of course this is just a suggestion. This map actually makes me remember of a part in Psychonauts where there is a big board game structure with hexagons that resembles catan a little. You should take a look at it for ideas.

 

There is no problem if you want to use custom textures, just try to name them something that will not clash with the other things names. Maybe DRXXXXXX where DR stands for Doom Rats. I can help you with those if needed. Also, I'm making some mousehole textures for usage with the maps if you want to. They wil be available shortly. 

Edited October 1, 2023 by jo2ukegappy

[Chariot Rider]

12 hours ago, jo2ukegappy said:

 

Good morning, Chariot Rider. I really, really like your idea for a map. I have played catan onl a few times, therefore I'm not super knowledgeable about it, but that's a wonderful I dea. I think that for progression, instead of habing things happen on the board, they could happen inside the houses that the players place, maybe? This way we can make some rooms with teleporter lines that are bigger on the inside than they appear on the outside, and the player would have many different versions of the same map depending on the progression. Or you can just make a "realistic version of the areas, with lots of cliffs, canyons, and elevation. I can help you with that, but of course this is just a suggestion. This map actually makes me remember of a part in Psychonauts where there is a big board game structure with hexagons that resembles catan a little. You should take a look at it for ideas.

 

There is no problem if you want to use custom textures, just try to name them something that will not clash with the other things names. Maybe DRXXXXXX where DR stands for Doom Rats. I can help you with those if needed. Also, I'm making some mousehole textures for usage with the maps if you want to. They wil be available shortly. 

 

Thanks for the feedback!  I'm glad to hear that this is an idea that sounds like it has promise.  

 

I have been thinking a lot about how to design the progression of the map, and I like the idea of entering the houses to go to different combat arenas.  Perhaps a house on a sheep tile takes the player to a grassy field, the mountain tile to a mountain, etc.  I also had considered using the game board as a bit of a setpiece moment, where the player has to do some other things around the map outside of the game board and then they trigger the final encounter which takes place on the Catan board.  I am considering an archvile encounter, where the player has to hide behind the houses and other game pieces if they want to survive, or perhaps an encounter with waves of enemies spawning in on designated spots on the board, potentially leading to a very mobile encounter.  The question of how to add progression to this map is a bit tricky, and I had a few ideas.  Potentially I could create several game boards, and tie various upgrades to different boards.  Perhaps a super shotgun and key can be found on a monopoly board, a rocket at Catan, etc.  That would greatly increase the workload of the map, and potentially draw attention away from the Catan board.  I also have considered adding more to the table.  Perhaps players can run around the whole table to find ammo, weapons, and enemies among the snack bowls and other strewn about objects.  Ultimately, there are a lot of directions I could take, and as I develop this more I will explore which option will be best for the map.  

 

As for the textures, I'll try playing around with some textures.  I've made some textures for other projects, but I also won't claim to be an expert texture artist.  I'll let you know if I need some help on that front.

[DoomGappy]

On 10/1/2023 at 8:42 PM, Chariot Rider said:

 

Thanks for the feedback!  I'm glad to hear that this is an idea that sounds like it has promise.  

 

I have been thinking a lot about how to design the progression of the map, and I like the idea of entering the houses to go to different combat arenas.  Perhaps a house on a sheep tile takes the player to a grassy field, the mountain tile to a mountain, etc.  I also had considered using the game board as a bit of a setpiece moment, where the player has to do some other things around the map outside of the game board and then they trigger the final encounter which takes place on the Catan board.  I am considering an archvile encounter, where the player has to hide behind the houses and other game pieces if they want to survive, or perhaps an encounter with waves of enemies spawning in on designated spots on the board, potentially leading to a very mobile encounter.  The question of how to add progression to this map is a bit tricky, and I had a few ideas.  Potentially I could create several game boards, and tie various upgrades to different boards.  Perhaps a super shotgun and key can be found on a monopoly board, a rocket at Catan, etc.  That would greatly increase the workload of the map, and potentially draw attention away from the Catan board.  I also have considered adding more to the table.  Perhaps players can run around the whole table to find ammo, weapons, and enemies among the snack bowls and other strewn about objects.  Ultimately, there are a lot of directions I could take, and as I develop this more I will explore which option will be best for the map.  

 

As for the textures, I'll try playing around with some textures.  I've made some textures for other projects, but I also won't claim to be an expert texture artist.  I'll let you know if I need some help on that front.

 

I forgot to reply and just remembered today. I've been doing a lot of things for doom and for other things. I will post this here and reply again when I get home.

 

Edit:

 

That concept of the specific tiles transporting players to different arenas, this can be really fun because it allows for cool places. I think you could also make a more puzzle map if you feel so inclined, making the player change sizes between the Catan board and a room with a table where the board is laying? Just something that I just thought. Ultimately, I think that the idea of board games for this project has a lot of potential if other mappers want to try a similar concept. 

 

Additionally, I've come up with many other map ideas for maps that I'll try to execute. I'll also try to do a weekly update on the thread to report some of the progress of the project. 

Edited October 4, 2023 by jo2ukegappy

[Sikreci]

This looks fun! I'm in if you'll have me. I've released two maps so far (one standalone and one as part of RAMP 2023) but I'm really into maps with big open areas and verticality so I think this is a good fit. MAP05 - Unclogged (working title).

[DoomGappy]

32 minutes ago, Sikreci said:

This looks fun! I'm in if you'll have me. I've released two maps so far (one standalone and one as part of RAMP 2023) but I'm really into maps with big open areas and verticality so I think this is a good fit. MAP05 - Unclogged (working title).

 

Hey, Sikreci! Good to have you on board. You are more than welcome, and I hope you can have fun mapping. Would you mind telling me what was your RAMP map?, and where others can play your standalone one? 

[Sikreci]

2 minutes ago, jo2ukegappy said:

 

Hey, Sikreci! Good to have you on board. You are more than welcome, and I hope you can have fun mapping. Would you mind telling me what was your RAMP map?, and where others can play your standalone one? 

 

For RAMP 2023 I did MAP246 - Hit Da Bricks

 

Caesium Rift, my first released map can be found here:

 

[DoomGappy]

29 minutes ago, Sikreci said:

 

For RAMP 2023 I did MAP246 - Hit Da Bricks

 

Caesium Rift, my first released map can be found here:

 

 

Oh, you're definitely fit for this, ahahha. I loved the verticality in your map, but I got my ass beat. Will come back to it, maybe stream it this weekend. 

[Xaser]

Hey, just a heads-up, the 32-map Boom megawad format is outdated -- MBF21 is a newer version of Boom that's supported in all the main ports these days, and its neighbor feature UMAPINFO lets you accept any number of maps.

 

For community projects in particular, shooting for exactly-32-maps leads to problems -- some details from an older post of mine:

 

On 8/24/2023 at 10:29 AM, Xaser said:

 

• There's no guarantee that every person who signs up will actually make or finish a map, i.e. some slots will be empty later on
• If all slots are claimed, you'll turn away mappers who might have otherwise finished something. This combined with the above point inevitably means you will find yourself with empty slots toward the end of the project.
• Since mappers are working in isolation, the difficulty curve is going to be all over the place unless you reorder the maps post-submission anyway.

 

While it's not necessarily a bad thing to have some sort of soft limit (e.g. "20ish maps") to avoid getting swamped with submissions if it gets popular, this situation is rare in practice. You're much more likely to end up with less maps than expected, and many community and team projects have stalled out because of the whole "oh no we're less than X maps, we need more to hit the target" idea. It's an unnecessary burden-- free yourself from it.

 

[DoomGappy]

24 minutes ago, Xaser said:

Hey, just a heads-up, the 32-map Boom megawad format is outdated -- MBF21 is a newer version of Boom that's supported in all the main ports these days, and its neighbor feature UMAPINFO lets you accept any number of maps.

 

For community projects in particular, shooting for exactly-32-maps leads to problems -- some details from an older post of mine:

 

 

 

Hey, Xaser. Good to see you here. This is my first project, so I appreciate the tip, will update it to accomodate the new standards. How easy is it to convert Boom to MBF21, in the case of the people who have already started working on the maps? Also, any good sources on how to work with UMAPINFO? Thanks in advance. 

[Xaser]

For maps, there's no "conversion" involved at all -- the map format is the same, it's all new line specials and flags and such. Folks who have already started a map with the Boom configuration can press F2 in UDB and change the configuration to MBF21 to get the new stuff, and its backwards compatible so any maps made using the Boom config will still work just fine.

 

UMAPINFO docs are here:

https://github.com/kraflab/umapinfo/blob/master/docs/spec.md

There's an example close to the bottom, if you want to toss it In a lump named UMAPINFO in the wad and tinker with it from there.

 

Hope this helps!

 

[DoomGappy]

I haven't updated anything about the project yet, but will do later. I want to thank the many people who have joined the project already. Hope many more come soon. Will finally finish my map with a twist version for this and also add some more textures for others to use. I'll also start making some mousehole textures using base doom textures, if you want a specific texture to have a mousehole, you can ask for it here. Meanwhile, have a Doom Rat.

 

Edited October 9, 2023 by jo2ukegappy

[Chariot Rider]

I have been making some slow but steady progress on my map in my free time, but I haven't posted many updates about it.  Last night I put together a set of textures for my the dice that are going to be on my map.  I made versions of the textures in 32 and 64 pixel sizes because I don't know exactly how big I want my dice to be yet.  I haven't implemented them into my map yet because I am taking this opportunity to learn Slade to make my own texture wads, but I'm still figuring out how that program works and lumps and all that stuff.  I have made red dice, yellow dice, and I made standard white dice.  Here is a look at the textures as they currently exist, and I'll post the texture wad as soon as I can in case they would be useful for others.  

Edited October 10, 2023 by Chariot Rider

[DoomGappy]

47 minutes ago, Chariot Rider said:

I have been making some slow but steady progress on my map in my free time, but I haven't posted many updates about it.  Last night I put together a set of textures for my the dice that are going to be on my map.  I made versions of the textures in 32 and 64 pixel sizes because I don't know exactly how big I want my dice to be yet.  I haven't implemented them into my map yet because I am taking this opportunity to learn Slade to make my own texture wads, but I'm still figuring out how that program works and lumps and all that stuff.  I have made red dice, yellow dice, and I made standard white dice.  Here is a look at the textures as they currently exist, and I'll post the texture wad as soon as I can in case they would be useful for others.  

 

 

These look amazing, Chariot rider! Might I request some color variants? I'd like to see a dark blue and dark green die. Also, my I incorporate this on the texture pack for this project? I hadn't thought about making custom textures for big things like these. I will make some box textures for a depot map I'll create but for now that's it. 

If you need help with textures, we can talk in the DMs. I've cracked my head a bit and am a bit more familiar with the program and how Doom textures work now, though no expert.

Edited October 10, 2023 by jo2ukegappy

[Chariot Rider]

23 minutes ago, jo2ukegappy said:

 

These look amazing, Chariot rider! Might I request some color variants? I'd like to see a dark blue and dark green die. Also, my I incorporate this on the texture pack for this project? I hadn't thought about making custom textures for big things like these. I will make some box textures for a depot map I'll create but for now that's it. 

If you need help with textures, we can talk in the DMs. I've cracked my head a bit and am a bit more familiar with the program and how Doom textures work now, though no expert.

 

Absolutely feel free to incorporate it into the texture pack for this project!  I'll make some green and blue dice as well.  I've had a lot of writing work to finish, but that is behind me now so I have a bit more time to properly sit down and experiment with Slade.  I will try to get the texture wad created this evening, though if it takes longer I might reach out for help.

[Ludi]

On 10/6/2023 at 3:23 PM, Xaser said:

Hey, just a heads-up, the 32-map Boom megawad format is outdated -- MBF21 is a newer version of Boom that's supported in all the main ports these days, and its neighbor feature UMAPINFO lets you accept any number of maps.

 

Where there's a CP, there's a Xaser letting the manager know that they can make more than 32 maps :^)

[Chariot Rider]

Good news!  I have gotten the dice textures working in the wad format.  I still need to add the requested dice colors, and I might throw in some others as well for good measure.  For now, here's how they look in the editor.  The full dice wad should be posted soon.  

 

 

[Xaser]

2 hours ago, Ludi said:

 

Where there's a CP, there's a Xaser letting the manager know that they can make more than 32 maps :^)

 

Just doing my civic duty. :P

[DoomGappy]

2 hours ago, Chariot Rider said:

Good news!  I have gotten the dice textures working in the wad format.  I still need to add the requested dice colors, and I might throw in some others as well for good measure.  For now, here's how they look in the editor.  The full dice wad should be posted soon.  

 

 

 

They look so good!

[Chariot Rider]

Here is the full Dice lineup.  Dice come in white, red, yellow, blue, green, and pink varieties.  Unfortunately, there are a few limitations with the current implementation of the flats that stem from the nature of the Boom format.   Offset cannot be applied to flats in the boom format, meaning that if the dice aren't placed in a specific way the top texture can become misaligned.  This also means that rotating dice can cause the top to become misaligned, though this could be worked around with some clever placement, especially if the 1 side is on top because that side isn't as impacted by rotation as the others.  Regardless, I'd love to see how other people can work these textures into their maps.

 

DiceTextures.zip