PB_HelipadEscape

[sixbyseven]

(okay, so I made up the "PB" prefix, but it feels necessary in this forum ...)

 

Hi folks! I'd like to share my first finished map in a loooong time. Amazingly had the willpower to stick with it and go all the way! That doesn't happen often. Probably only because I absolutely had to finish this for a multiplayer demo map (UFPS and Photon Networking). Also, the simple, old-school geo was a lot of fun to build. Stickin' to that grid, only 90 and 45 degree angles, really satisfies my OCD needs, ha.

 

The entire map took about...5 total days, 8-12 hours a day, I think. Over about a month of on/off work. Looking forward to thoughts, critique, feedback, etc. Still time to edit some things if need be, before this is officially "done".

 

In a hurry right now, but I'll try to post more info later, including a gigantic step-by-step document time lapse of the level construction!

 

Thanks for looking!

 

Webplayer- http://bit.ly/1uDwK3F

Windows .exe build (much better!)- http://bit.ly/1u6A2Ll

 

Special thanks to UFPS (www.visionpunk.com) and Game Textures (www.gametextures.com)

 

Screenshots:

 

 

 

 

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It's a cool little demo and the layout is neat, but I feel like visually it suffers a little bit if you're looking at it from a functional standpoint. Particularly I'm talking about the crates, they don't make me feel like I'm near a helipad (or a rooftop, for that matter). Ventilation equipment, rails for a window washing platform...surely there are better things which belong on a roof than crates! Perhaps this isn't the sort of feedback you're looking for though (particularly if there aren't so many assets to work with )

The layout works, though. Only two small notes from me: 

I kept falling through this small set of stairs and out of the map (but only when I ran up the stairs...not down...)



Also, you may want to add a kill/teleport volume below the map so the player doesn't just keep falling if they jump off the roof.

Edited November 7, 2014 by spence

[sixbyseven]

It's a cool little demo and the layout is neat

 

Thanks!

 

but I feel like visually it suffers a little bit if you're looking at it from a functional standpoint. Particularly I'm talking about the crates, they don't make me feel like I'm near a helipad (or a rooftop, for that matter). Ventilation equipment, rails for a window washing platform...surely there are better things which belong on a roof than crates!

 

Unfortunately (as you guessed), those crates are all I had to work with for detail meshes in this map, ha. Various reasons, mainly being it'll be distributed to many in full source (not Source, just source) format, and so I can't include anything special...

 

Perhaps this isn't the sort of feedback you're looking for though (particularly if there aren't so many assets to work with  )

 

Nope, that's good feedback! I'm going to work up a "private" version of the map with full detail meshes, effects, better shaders, etc, to really pop. Knowing that someone agrees the lack of proper machinery/etc is a big deal, is helpful.

The layout works, though.

 

Good! That'll be really put to the test later on, when it goes full multiplayer. I'll post a link to that, if I remember, when it happens

I kept falling through this small set of stairs and out of the map (but only when I ran up the stairs...not down...)

 

That's very strange- I'll have to check it out, thanks!

[sixbyseven]

Okay, just updated with:

 

-Fixed collision

-Splat-plane to kill player if jumping off building (tsk tsk)

-Less obnoxious credits/branding (required for the demo)

 

Webplayer: http://bit.ly/10rJVb9