Looking for feedback on xxiii DM1

[xxiii]

Hi all,

Been lurking here for awhile now. I just released my first DM map for Serious Sam. Please feel free to post any problems, suggestions, ideas you may have about the map in this post. I am always looking for new ways to improve my mapping techniques.

Link to Download on Seriously! (http://dl.fileplanet.com/dl/dl.asp?3dactionplanet/serioussam/xxiiidm_ss1.zip)

xxiii


(Edited by xxiii at 6:52 pm on May 15, 2001)

[Ive]

And the map would be found at .. ?

[Ive]

Woops, ignore that :) Found it already..

[Ive]

I haven't playtested it (yet), but the map seems to have nicely space to move and the powerup distribution seems fine. I'd say that could be a good map, but I can't say that for sure without some playtesting.

One thing caught my eye; the corridor with some columns on its sides and powerups between them; I find the columns a bit too close to each other. Player taking them has to spend far too much time on going into indentation and that causes some unnecessary gameplay slowdown. (My opinion). I don't know what other ppl think about it..

[xxiii]

Thanks for the feedback Ive. I definately see what you are saying with that one area being a bit to close together. And it is definately something I will watch for in future designs, or if I decide to eventually do a remake of this level.

I think the biggest challenge for me trying to get used to this new engine and editor, has been getting a feel for the scale of things. No matter how much I think I made something that feels the right size, if I look at it in 3rd person, sam always seems so small next to my architecture.

But eventually I am sure with enough practice and experimentation it will all become second nature. This has certainly been the shortest learning curve I have ever had for an editor. At first it was so foriegn, but it is amazing how quickly everything falls into place and makes sense once you get into it.

xxiii