The Joy of Mapping 4: Summer School - FINAL.

[Jimmy]

(Many thanks to Kinsie once again for the art!)

 

This session is over and the maps are complete! Thanks so much to everyone who participated.

 

Download Links:
Current Release: FINAL (30MB)

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Dropbox Mirror
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Requires GZDoom's OpenGL renderer.

- Some maps employ sloped 3D floors which won't render in software mode.

- ZScript is used to change the IDCLEV cheat's functionality.

 

(If you wish to use anything in this PK3, please refer to jom4credits.txt for the full list.)

 

Map list:

 

Spoiler

 

- EPISODE 1: LAST RESORT -

E1M1: Rocky Canyon - EcafR8708, RottKing & Jimmy
E1M2: Doomguy's Invaded Resort - CanSteam
E1M3: Chillin' at the Beach Base - Obake
E1M4: Forested Mountain - Dalvi Dandy
E1M5: Foghorn Shoehorn - an_mutt
E1M6: Villa - NuclearPotato
E1M7: Oceanbay - CardboxNeko & Jimmy
E1M8: Cavern Base - TheMightyHeracross
E1M9: Toom of Domb - Fonze
E1M10: Magnus - kyle2959
E1MFINAL: Snakebite Ravine - Alfonzo

- EPISODE 2: CITY OF DISSIDENTS -

E2M1: Hell's Effect - UAC-Janitor
E2M2: Amber Spectrum - Heavyasadeathinthefamily & Pinchy
E2M3: Bloodworks - DrPyspy
E2M4: Shinko - Nikku4211
E2M5: The Bleeding Bookcase - Dusk
E2M6: Date with a Demon - IdiotBitz
E2M7: Sacramentvm Diabolica - DooM_RO
E2M8: Carmine Delirium - Minimum Payne
E2M9: Ever Since the Barons Moved In... - Big Ol' Billy
E2M10: Plague Triumvirate - Temin_Dump
E2M11: Rondo of Blood - Breezeep
E2MFINAL: The Autarch's Keep - Baratus

- EPISODE 3: THE VERDANT REACHES -

E3M1: Infernal Outback - rf`
E3M2: Ill Church - Redead-ITA, kyle2959 & Pinchy
E3M3: Citadel of Pain - dankspawn
E3M4: The Gatehouse - Benjogami
E3M5: The Unbroken Pathway - boris
E3M6: Cathedral of Rot - Lord Shadow Z
E3M7: If They Move, Shoot 'Em! - amok
E3M8: The Bonevault - Benjogami
E3MFINAL: Vinelord - Wartorn

- EPISODE 4: FRONTIER OF CHAOS -

E4M1: Atmospheric Edgeway - Applefat.GOV
E4M2: Punchline Commando - AtroNx
E4M3: Chroma Quay - Gutawer
E4M4: Cage of Discord - SquawkyAtan
E4M5: Escape Velocity - Scotty
E4M6: Station 359 - Duke Wooze
E4M7: Crunk Time - 38_ViTa_38
E4M8: Dimmed Research - A2Rob
E4M9: Sand Wedges - Pinchy
E4MFINAL: Alienation - Scotty

 

 

Screenshots:

 

Spoiler

 

Episode 1:

 

Episode 2:

 

Episode 3:

 

Episode 4:

 

 

 

 

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Starting July 1st, The Joy of Mapping is returning again to help mappers young and old to get the spark of creativity that they need to make and finish a map all of their own.

This time round, you could be joining a crack team of mappers (new and adept alike) to create a whole episodic megawad of material together. And it'll only take us a week to map it all.

Here's how you can get involved!

Discord server - For general communication before, after, and during the session. I and the tutors/mods are happy to provide answers to any queries you may have!
SERVER RULES AND MAPPING GUIDELINES - Highly important! Please read these!!!

What is this?

• Have you heard of a thing called "Doom mapping" which is that thing a load of snobby retrophiles do for fame and glory?
• Have you opened up Doom Builder maybe once or twice but been utterly intimidated by the interface?
• Does mapping seem to you like something best left to "the professionals"?
• Then come along down! We'll all come together and make a mapset.

Now onto the fun part: Unlike previous sessions, this Joy of Mapping "Summer School" event will be running for a solid week (and a bit), starting July 1st, 2017 @ 12AM EST and running until July 10th, 2017 @ 12AM EST. During that time, we will be creating a fairly large-scale megawad of content from mappers of all backgrounds - everyone is welcome. There will as always be an emphasis on allowing new mappers to the community to take their time.

To go into detail of what we will be ending up with:

• We will be creating 4 episodes of content - see Ultimate Doom for the general gist. Maps should all be for Doom 2, but they can be any map format GZDoom will load.
• Mappers will need to specify to me which episode they'd like to map for. I will assign you one of four teams to work in that will be tackling each episode. You'll get access to your own voice/text channels to discuss mapping with your teammates and collaborate if need be, plus you'll get the texture WAD that your team of mappers will be working with for your episode.
• Once the teams are together, the person creating the episode starter and the person creating the episode finisher will need to be decided upon. (If this can't be sorted out, then the roles will be doled out at random, but I think we'll figure it out without too much hassle.) The starting map will need to be short and sweet. The finishing map will probably need to be short as well, and feature some sort of climactic fight with one of the boss monsters.
• Collaboration is permitted - i.e. you may start a layout and then give it to another mapper (or offer it to the channel to see who takes it up) so they may add to or finish it. This is in fact encouraged! Builds community, after all.
• Please refer to the MAPPING GUIDELINES (which are also linked above - yes this document is important!) for general rules on how you should be making your map to ensure it's viable for inclusion in the compilation.
• Just so it makes things easy for me, here's an info template for when you come to submit your map:

 

```
Map Name: (name of map)
By: (name you want to be credited under)
Music Track: (name of music track)
Music Composer: (name of composer, if known)
Build Time: (hours/mins taken, if known)
Additional Credits: (credits for any extra resources used)
```

Interested? Just show up to the Discord server and express your interest. (You don't need Discord installed, as the web app will do just fine.) Discord, for those not in the know, is a powerful communication program with text chat, voice chat, file sharing, streaming support, and all sorts of other goodies.

You won't need to have voice enabled during the session, but it might help to be aware of what's going on, so joining a voice channel is encouraged, for community-building. There will possibly be streams going on which will also allow you to stay up-to-date with things as they develop. I may be making important announcements over voice, Discord chat, and maybe Twitch chat (if I do end up streaming).

As always, fun is mandatory. See you there, students!

 

Edited December 3, 2018 by Jimmy

[DooM_RO]

ME ME ME!!!

[Big Ol Billy]

Oh yeah, I'm in. Need to figure out Discord first though :/

[Tristan]

"I'll try"

[Phade102]

Oh darn. this project sounds awesome. Its gonna make my project seem rather empty! XD

[40oz]

Good to see you continuing this Jimmy :)

[Fonze]

Nice Jimmy; glad to see a new session :)

[boris]

Sounds interesting. Some questions:

• is this for Doom or Doom 2?
• are the themes for the episodes decided yet?
• do participants have to be present when the event starts? It's like 6 in the morning CEST, which isn't too friendly for us europeans

[LordShadowZ]

I'm very much looking forward to this. I might even try to participate this time

[NuclearPotato]

Awesome, been waiting for this for a while now.  The week long build time means I can jump onboard for another go.

[A2Rob]

Fantastic! Will definitely participate if I can.

[Jimmy]

1 hour ago, boris said:

Sounds interesting. Some questions:

• is this for Doom or Doom 2?
• are the themes for the episodes decided yet?
• do participants have to be present when the event starts? It's like 6 in the morning CEST, which isn't too friendly for us europeans

 

Doom 2, themes are decided on but need further fleshing out, and no, being there when the session starts isn't super important. I want to keep this event casual and non-stressful, which while I've aimed for that for the previous sessions, keeping things running smoothly in time and not rushing the participants has proven a little difficult.

Edited June 22, 2017 by Jimmy

[The_MártonJános]

... Maybe I should also give it a go.

[TMD]

L'Chaim!
July-hem!

[Crunchynut44]

Sounds fun to me!

[elderdragonbrasil]

I am in! The only help I need is to know exactly the theme from the episode, because sometimes I just don't understand what you want, lol

[Jimmy]

Themes will be released once the session starts, at that point the teams will be sorted out. :)

[DooM_RO]

Wouldn't this be a great opportunity to use that Doom 3 texture pack?

[SArais]

I'll obviously pitch my cards in here. Let's tag some cool dudes

[boris]

3 hours ago, Jimmy said:

Themes will be released once the session starts, at that point the teams will be sorted out. :)

How should we decide what episode to map for when we don't know the themes?

[Jimmy]

Everyone will get to decide on what episode/theme to map for at the same time - that's when the teams will be divided up and the text/voice channels will be opened for each team. I'm not expecting everyone to require the whole 7 days/168 hours of time to finish their map - you can start and finish entirely as you please, with the hard and fast deadline for submissions being July 8th. One of the reasons this session is a week long instead of a few hours is so that people who were previously finding themselves unavailable now have a much larger window of opportunity to attend.

 

In the meantime, feel free to decide early on if you really want to determine what your place in the project's map roster should be.

[Guest Unregistered account]

Ooohhhhhh man, I really wanna try and catch this, but timezones are gonna be dicey •^•

[Baratus]

I'm up for this. I haven't mapped in months but this is a good enough chance to pick it up again.

[boris]

3 hours ago, Jimmy said:

Everyone will get to decide on what episode/theme to map for at the same time - that's when the teams will be divided up and the text/voice channels will be opened for each team. I'm not expecting everyone to require the whole 7 days/168 hours of time to finish their map - you can start and finish entirely as you please, with the hard and fast deadline for submissions being July 8th. One of the reasons this session is a week long instead of a few hours is so that people who were previously finding themselves unavailable now have a much larger window of opportunity to attend.

 

In the meantime, feel free to decide early on if you really want to determine what your place in the project's map roster should be.

What about people who can't make it to the start of the event? Will they be assigned to a episode randomly?

[Crimson Dusk]

I think I'll show up. Maybe it's time to actually finish a map for once.

[Jimmy]

5 hours ago, boris said:

What about people who can't make it to the start of the event? Will they be assigned to a episode randomly?

No, if folks arrive late, they can just express their interest to join in the session channel. No one will miss the themes' announcement. I'll be posting them on the project's threads (this one and the ZD one), too.

 

The great things about Discord (which make me prefer it marginally over IRC) are its backlog feature and its ability to "pin" certain important posts to a menu, so users can get necessary info with one click.

[boris]

Makes sense. I'm in!

[Jimmy]

edit: post is in response to a since-pruned post

 

I'm considering having the episodes be selectable through a hub map (which I'd make after the submissions are all together) instead of through the typical episode selection screen.

 

Apart from that, no. I don't know how many maps we're going to end up with per episode, but combining them all together into one map would be a nightmare - consider the eventual size of the layout, how to tie each map together cohesively, potential tag conflicts to address (every map will have used tag 1 differently, for instance), height differences and clashes, etc., not to mention the potential visual inconsistencies. Way too much work.

Edited June 24, 2017 by Jimmy

[SArais]

6 minutes ago, Jimmy said:

I'm considering having the episodes be selectable through a hub map (which I'd make after the submissions are all together) instead of through the typical episode selection screen.

 

Apart from that, no. I don't know how many maps we're going to end up with per episode, but combining them all together into one map would be a nightmare - consider the eventual size of the layout, how to tie each map together cohesively, potential tag conflicts to address (every map will have used tag 1 differently, for instance), height differences and clashes, etc., not to mention the potential visual inconsistencies. Way too much work.

Wouldn't this be irrelevant, considering it's:

Hub Map > Normal Map (ala typical megawads) > Hub Map?

You're not physically having every map on the same map; just teleports to them with fancy structures/indications. Like the Doom 1 intermission screens, but as an actual playable space.

 

You shouldn't need to worry about tags on other maps unless they somehow conflict with a map transfer; but then again I've never really gone and done such a thing yet myself.

Edited June 24, 2017 by SArais

[Jimmy]

7 minutes ago, SArais said:

Wouldn't this be irrelevant, considering it's:

Hub Map > Normal Map (ala typical megawads) > Hub Map?

 

No, the episodes would be accessible from this hub. You'd leave the hub through a portal, to E1M1 for instance, then get to the end of the episode, then get booted back to the hub.

 

@CaptainManiac I'm not doing a fifth episode unless we have like, a serious overflow of maps that won't feasibly fit into 4 episodes. I'm also not taking ideas on how the project should be structured, or how much more work I should give myself. The project is going to be centered on the work the students are able to produce, not me.

Edited June 24, 2017 by Jimmy