myolden

Great map set, I had a blast playtesting.

Hey, stoked to see a new Ribbiks set coming out! Looking forward to playing this after work.

We came, we saw, we squonkered.

I'll be poking my head in for sure, particularly looking forward to doing some co-op!

We actually have some pretty fun themes and gimmicks in mind for the secret maps that are being worked on. No Wolfenstein stuff this time, we're coloring outside the lines a bit!

Your point about the The Marvels just doesn't pan out in your favor. The Marvels didn't bomb at the box office because "women don't like nerd stuff", it's because Marvel fatigue has hit hard after Endgame and an as of yet directionless phase 4 has made people less interested in MCU stuff. If box office numbers of female-led Marvel movies were reflective of how interested in nerd culture women in general are, I would counter with the box office returns of Captain Marvel in 2019 which made over a billion dollars. But even then your foundation falls apart because men can and do watch movies starring women all of the time. Just because the main character is a woman doesn't mean only women would be interested. So your whole point is kind of nonsensical. The very end of your post is kind of telling, too. You seem to be under the impression that "woke" things in media are being "forced" on people, and that people are "offended" when their "demands" aren't met. But that really isn't the case, dude. Most people aren't knee deep in the culture wars and straight up don't give a shit if there are women/gay people/minorities/trans people in their movies, and there isn't some kind of "woke" lobby that throws a tantrum any time something doesn't cater to them. If anything I would say the reverse is true: any time something you deem "woke" comes out people like you throw a massive fit about it because it doesn't cater to your delicate sensibilities.

No.

Very strange. I imagine this has to be port related, as that's just a standard repeatable lift.

There's been no shortage of problems caused by the death exits so I'm not surprised to see another one pop up lol. Moving forward I've decided to not use death exits at all to avoid this kind of thing, they're more trouble than they're worth. Glad you enjoyed the set!

These are great questions that I wish I had satisfying answers to. My layouts are usually not planned in advance and I just kind of doodle in the editor until I stumble on something that I think works.

I didn't really track development time so I have to go off of my notoriously bad memory. Some of the maps (especially the early ones) probably only took 2-3 hours each but the longer ones maybe shot up to 6-8 hours per map, mostly because I spent a lot of time waffling with ideas and doomcute stuff.

Since a handful of map slots opened up recently due to the first wave of deadlines passing, I figured I'd bump the thread with some screenshots of maps that have been submitted to attract new claimants to the project:

By "open" I mean freedom for the player to take many different paths from point A to point B. To me non-linear mostly refers to progression through the critical path, but openness refers to how the player physically navigates those spaces.

Looks cool so far! We have two E2 maps that have been submitted so far, if you're looking for some inspiration you can pop into the discord linked in the OP and check them out.

Yeah that's fine, it's all yours.

Map Name: Hot Head Author: myolden Music: Heated Battle from Maximum Carnage Build Time: 3 Hours Co-op Starts: N Difficulty Settings: N Comments: Will add difficulties and co-op stuff in v2 Hot Head.zip

@NeilForshaw If you're still interested a void episode map is open.

This is fine I guess, but you have to understand that the "golden middle" is going to be different for everyone. Do what you want but don't expect every source port or community member to conform to your ideals.

Another quick bump to announce that another slot has opened up.

Awesome to see stuff I was involved in make the list. Thank you! Pina Colada was a really fun project. I want to thank the team for coming together and creating something that resonated with people. It wouldn't have been possible without the talented mappers and artists who believed in the project. @muumi put together the awesome animated skies, @Danlex did an amazing logo and HUD (and un-mutilated the pink torch I made), and @Peccatum Mihzamiz created a fantastic Endoom screen. @BluePineapple72 was, of course, responsible for sparking the idea that led to the project in the first place, but he also created the Pina Colada object that can be seen in game. Both he and @Death Bear helped set the tone for the project, contributing to the rules and scope. And of course @Weird Sandwich, @Shawny, @ViolentBeetle, @LordEntr0py, @Steve88, @Pegleg and all of the folks listed above created awesome maps. Contributing to Tetanus was a real honor and joining the Squonker Team has been an amazing experience, not only for mapping but also making a group of new friends. @Egg Boy is a fantastic project leader, @AD_79 and @ZeMystic created beautiful MIDIs for this, they and of course the rest of the crew @Bobby "J @Skronkidonk, @T.Will, @uber, and @Yugiboy85 made amazing maps and overall have been fun to pal around with. What Lies Beneath was also a great project to be a part of. @ViolentBeetle proves yet again his capabilities as a project leader and a mapper, bringing together an awesome crew to make something great. @muumi, @LordEntr0py, @Pegleg, @DFF, @Weird Sandwich, @dac, and @Shawny all made killer maps and I'm very proud to contribute to something with them. Seeing Nostalgia 2 get a mention was also really cool. I'm glad so many people enjoy my solo stuff, it really means a lot to see all of the kind comments from people. Credits to @BluePineapple72 for the logo, and also for creating the sprite and voice of the alien enemy contained in the secret maps. While Obzen didn't win anything, it was cool to see it get a mention inside of a mention. I would be remiss if I did not shout out @Ludi for creating the HUD for that project, alongside @BluePineapple72 for creating the logo, @Death Bear for making the titlepic and interpic, and @Peccatum Mihzamiz for doing the Endoom. Wow, that was a long post. Happy Birthday to Doom! Time to crawl back into my cave and work on the other projects I have cooking.

I think @Peccatum Mihzamiz sent me the track for the text screens but I'm not 100% sure.

Hello everyone, just bumping the thread really quick to announce that a slot has opened.

I didn't expect the slots to fill up this fast, but if anyone drops out or a slot frees up I'll be sure to announce it in this thread.

And just like that, all of the slots have been claimed. That was a lot faster than I was expecting! We'll see what everyone cooks up over the next 3 weeks and if any slots open up I'll be sure to bump the thread to let everyone know.

I figured you'd be happy to see the umapinfo stuff in there. You got me with the format pitch, though. The OP has been updated to reflect the change to MBF21. You're doing God's work, Xaser.