Goldleaf by Pat Howard

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UPDATE: finally finished! can't believe it's over. here's the download - enjoy.

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/3305662/baseq3/pk3s/goldleaf.pk3

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hey everyone. i am definitely gonna be submitting something, even if i have to fail out of school to do it! i am currently working out some small problems with my layout. i'm trying to make something a little on the larger side to meet the 4-8 player requirement.

i'm revisiting an old theme from a couple years ago that never got past the layout stage. that map was called echoes, so i'm taking the name, but everything else, i.e. the layout and brushwork, will be new.

i'll keep ya posted

layout finished - wooot!

this one was a pain in the ass to get working. i had to go through four versions before i got something i was happy with. there are still some things i would like to tweak but i'm going to move on to making things look pretty now.

nothing to see yet. still working out the theme. as usual, i wasted a couple weeks trying to go for something photorealistic and then realized i didn't have anywhere near the assets to pull it off in competition time.

changing directions and going simpler now, e.g. q3dm6-style. i want something that people will see and think of classic quake. in the end, gameplay is king, so i think i will be relying more on the strength of my layout than on complicated graphics.

attached is a shot of what i am thinking about scrapping.

yeah, i think i am gonna salvage it. i found some other textures i can use... it should be interesting

thanks for the support!

you guys are the best

here's a quick screenie - kind of. i'm keeping things mysterious for now with a filter shot. stay tuned for the big reveal once lighting gets done.

lol. patience! real screens coming.

screenshot!

not totally done detailing this area yet but thought it was worth showing.

edit: a few more words on this... the visual goal of my map is to create a tech theme without all the usual tech assets, e.g. crates, pipes, and vents, but instead to create somewhat more classical roman/byzantine-inspired architecture and then find a way to texture it tech. that said, it won't all be vaults, domes, and arches - i am not holding myself back from adding some futuristic geometry into the mix. the area that you are looking at, however, was heavily inspired by st. bart's church in manhattan, which i happily discovered on a recent walk through midtown.

as per usual in my development process, the theme has taken a major turn from what i initially set out to do, and the title will probably change as it no longer fits the map.

thanks. about the staircase - yes and yes. basically i just started with a spiral ramp made of patches to get a feel for how large each step should be in the brush spiral staircase, and then just eyeballed it.