[RELEASED!!] Confinement 256 CP

[Reisal]

16 hours ago, Jaws In Space said:

Made a map in about an hour and a half.

 

https://www.dropbox.com/s/x4gkmkwi019zs78/Jaws 256.wad?dl=1

 

Edit: After reading the OP a bit more carefully I see that this isn't a community project! Oops.

 

Well you can always make a Jaws-256 of a few maps (or however big it would be) in a separate thread.

[leodoom85]

2 minutes ago, Xyzzy01 said:

ZDoom can support any format, right?

 

I really don't know...

Yes. Doom format, Hexen format and UDMF format :)

Edited May 9, 2017 by leodoom85

[Bauul]

12 minutes ago, Xyzzy01 said:

ZDoom can support any format, right?

 

I really don't know...

Well, if by "format" you mean maps that target Eternity or Risen for example, then no, but if you mean the three basic map formats (Doom, Hexen and UDMF) then yes.  You can be confident people will make compatible maps.

 

And yes we can mix and match different map formats into the same megawad, so it's not an issue if someone makes a UDMF map and the next person makes a vanilla map.  Myself and @Dragonfly (thanks for the offer!) will help you get the community side of things all set up.

 

Edit: Also you may want to edit the OP just to confirm the plan that there is a community spin-off project of this.  Perhaps set a deadline of June 7th for submissions so we have time to get everything ready for launch on your birthday.

 

Edited May 9, 2017 by Bauul

[leodoom85]

Then I'll make one. Only one map in my case though so that anyone can submit it too :)

[Xyzzу]

Ok, I will edit the OP. Just one question, is there a limit to the number of maps submitted? 

[leodoom85]

Well, the idea of this one is to maximize the fun of the maps with such limitation and creativity, so, I don't know for a limit.....maybe 40 maps?

[Xyzzу]

Alright, done! Hopefully I said everything that needs to be said in the OP...

[Bauul]

37 minutes ago, Xyzzy01 said:

Ok, I will edit the OP. Just one question, is there a limit to the number of maps submitted? 

OP looks good!

 

Regarding the limit, if we limit to one map per person (which is pretty usual) it's unlikely we'll end up with gazillions anyway due to the time limit, so I wouldn't worry about it at this point.  Plus, these maps likely won't take long to play, so we can have more than the usual 32 and it won't turn into a massive slog.

 

If we somehow get a 100 submissions, we can always just make it a three-episode wad!

[leodoom85]

You should put a list of all the submissions so far, I like to take map 05.

[Xyzzу]

You mean like list map numbers?

 

e.g.

MAP01: Strait Start by Xyzzy01

MAP02:...

[leodoom85]

1 minute ago, Xyzzy01 said:

You mean like list map numbers?

 

e.g.

MAP01: Strait Start by Xyzzy01

MAP02:...

Yes.

[Angry Saint]

Can we use any custom textures set or iwad only?

[Bauul]

@Xyzzy01 Yup, nice touch to list the people involved on the front page, it lets others see who's taking part.

 

At this point I wouldn't insist people choose a map slot though (although they can if they like), as we don't know how many maps we're ending up with.  Also, I guess most maps will be built from a presumed pistol start so the order won't really be important (I'd imagine allowing carried-over weapons would unbalance these maps much more dramatically than usual, so we'd just enforce pistol starts on all of them).

 

@Angry Saint I would personally suggest just IWAD.  A: I think it'd aid geometric creativity if people don't need to worry about new textures, and B: it's much easier to combine wads when you don't have to worry about conflicting textures!

[leodoom85]

Resetting the inventory is probably necessary in this case, unless someone goes nuts with the monster count :D

[ShoDemo]

I made another map, just because I was in the mood today. It needs a speedrunning technique to finish it, which I think will act as a puzzle. And you can use this map if you want the player to lose all his weapons before going to the next map.

Here it is:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/uaj532dqvzda640/DeadlyHell.wad?dl=0

 

Also, do you think I should edit the SPARTAN in the first one?

Edited May 9, 2017 by ShotgunDemolition

[Xyzzу]

10 minutes ago, Bauul said:

I would personally suggest just IWAD.  A: I think it'd aid geometric creativity if people don't need to worry about new textures, and B: it's much easier to combine wads when you don't have to worry about conflicting textures!

I agree with this, OP updated! :P

[Xyzzу]

12 minutes ago, ShotgunDemolition said:

I made another map, just because I was in the mood today. It needs a speedrunning technique to finish it, which I think will act as a puzzle. Also, you can use this map if you want the player to lose all his weapons before going to the next map.

 

Also, do you think I should edit the SPARTAN in the first one?

Nice one! And yeah the STARTAN seems just a but out of place. Shouldn't take too long. :^)

[Linguica]

I'd like to announce that I am starting my own community project in opposition, Constriction 257

[Fonze]

If this is the Price Is Right then who's Drew Carey?

[BigDickBzzrak]

http://uploads.doomshack.org/Congestion256-Bzzrak.zip

(15 kb, map01)

 

Healthy people shouldn't make maps like this. This is too awesome. Just like its author B-)

Also, this map is a bit more congested. The area that the player can see is 272x272 or so.

 

Tested in Choco Doom, has one Boom linedef which won't affect vanilla (ceiling light transfer). No guarantees that it will work in anything else.

Music is D_AMPIE from rockit.wad (on /idgames), I think.

Sector signature is present. (automatically a 10/10, I know)

Monster count is 1, no Cyberdemons.

Voodoo doll magic present.

Death exit present, you can remove it if you want. (change action 65 to 11 on one linedef)

 

Thanks a lot Xyzzy01, I had tons of fun making this. :]

 

15 minutes ago, Linguica said:

Constriction 257

Concentration 32 when?

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@Jaws In Space your map kicks ass.

Edited May 9, 2017 by bzzrak

[Dragonfly]

1 hour ago, Bauul said:

At this point I wouldn't insist people choose a map slot though

I would like to emphasize this - If someone 'claimed' MAP01 and made what seems to be the hardest map in the whole megawad, it would suck. The maps should be placed based on difficulty. And since this project is ZDoom we can use LOADACS to reset the player's health, ammo and weaponry to the defaults. If you want this I can provide the scripts (I'd simply rip them from my own project, Skulldash).

 

@bzzrak - I can't find the answer to the puzzle, but I CAN find missing textures. :P

 

[leodoom85]

HOMs.........hmmm

 

[ShoDemo]

1 hour ago, Xyzzy01 said:

Nice one! And yeah the STARTAN seems just a but out of place. Shouldn't take too long. :^)

Ok. I will replace the textures tomorrow morning.  :)

[Bauul]

22 minutes ago, Dragonfly said:

I would like to emphasize this - If someone 'claimed' MAP01 and made what seems to be the hardest map in the whole megawad, it would suck. The maps should be placed based on difficulty.

 

Yeah I agree with this.  I would personally disallow anyone from claiming any map-slot at this point, and would build a logical order only when we had all the submitted maps, but I didn't want to be too dictatorial with Xyzzy01's wad.

 

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And since this project is ZDoom we can use LOADACS to reset the player's health, ammo and weaponry to the defaults. If you want this I can provide the scripts (I'd simply rip them from my own project, Skulldash).

 

Or, couldn't we just pop ResetHealth and ResetInventory into each map's MAPINFO slot?  I've never personally used it, but I believe they're the native ZDoom pistol-start MAPINFO commands.

[BigDickBzzrak]

8 minutes ago, Dragonfly said:

missing textures. :P

OMG thanks!

I'll wait for some more time to see if anyone else can find any other hidden flaws of my h4x0ry illusions, then I'll update the WAD.

[Jaws In Space]

1 hour ago, bzzrak said:

 

@Jaws In Space your map kicks ass.

:D glad you liked it.

[leodoom85]

2 minutes ago, Bauul said:

Or, couldn't we just pop ResetHealth and ResetInventory into each map's MAPINFO slot?  I've never personally used it, but I believe they're the native ZDoom pistol-start MAPINFO commands.

Have you saw the 20 Monsters Challenge megawad? I was involved in that one. And due to the monster limitation, ResetHealth and ResetInventory was used as default to ensure a proper difficulty.

[Dragonfly]

I like it. I think with Skulldash I hacked together what I could rather than learn the 'correct' way - or you could argue there is no correct way, as long as the end result is the same. :)

[riderr3]

I realize that I cannot made good small maps. Most of my maps are giant and take more than 40 minutes to complete.

[Doomkid]

This is completely off topic, but I thought the thread title was "256 COMMUNITY PROJECTS" and it was going to be someone complaining about the abundance of them at the moment lol

 

Looking forward to this one!