Escher it is. Interesting!

Good idea on changing the title of the thread for people noticing. At first didn't catched it and thought it was discussion for a new jam pack.

I am having problems thinking of gameplay for that theme, but it is progressing. Probably bacause of not being able to map for the past two years. It is going to be good for mapping rehabilitation. 

My map.

http://digspt.ru/quake/sm177_digs.zip

There is a problem with Darkplaces. For:
"angles" "90 0 0"
there is a reversal of the object in the wrong direction. In other engines displayed normally.

Who else makes the map for this event? 

Cool map ! This map is very imaginative and innovative ! I felt very disturbed by the architectural orientations.

This theme is pretty "Quaky", in some way. There should be more often of these "twisted" and fucked up dimensions, in Quake.

My criticisms : Maybe the light is too strong all across the map. Use some fog, maybe ?

Try a version with a VERY STRONG fog. 

digs, does 89.9 or 90.1 fix it? you might be able to trick darkplaces while not affecting other engines. 

I forgot to check if the idea i have is possible in Quake first, so now i have to change lots of things on it.
I expect to have it in around 24 hours, so it will be released later. I don't know if as a speedmap or not, time invested on it will decide. 

the deadline is this weekend digs!
I'm just half way there! 

Take your time.

I suggest to push the deadline for a few days (a week ?).

Digs, your trees suck. (trees in Quake1 always suck anyway). I suggest that you change them for trees without any leaf. Or some weird evil twisted sculptures instead.

Please, add more details ! 

...since I've been stuck with a single map of Schlossher for months, but with the deadline being today, blech... 

I guess a mapping deadline is a lot like planned game release dates. 

Mapping deadlines tend to shift on amateur projects a lot worse than commercial IMO. 

I think we can take a few more days. MadFox how much time you need to complete?
Cocerello, we will wait for you.

Trees is difficult. I'm not sure what I can come up with something.

Necros: I'll try your idea

Barnak: I have tried to make the fog, but I did not like 

No, it does not work. I tried different combinations, "90.1 0 0", "270 0 180" and so on. But all in vain 

About trees, try some strange useless machine-like sculptures. Two boxes and a few pipes... 

but I'm still a day or two off a playable release. 

Trees are indeed difficult, and are one of the things I'm still not sure on the most efficient way to render.

But there are many types of trees, some easier than others. 

You guys should start a topic about making nice trees for Quake1. Design, rendering, style, etc. 

I will release my map for this SM event today evening. It remains to complete the placement of the monsters and finish some visual details. 

Don't change anything aesthetically. Your map looks amazing, and the trees suit it perfectly. 

Thank you, unknown human. :) 

don't worry about making it good and polished, its an speedmap, it should be short, hasty in construction, and rich in ideas, so rudimentary is good.
Usually when one gets to spend more than 6-8 hours on them they lose their speedmap flavour. For recent examples, go with sm171, sm172 and sm174 and avoid things like sm175 and sm176.

Also, making it short and hasty makes it easier to complete maps and lowers the possibilities of it ending up forgotten on your hard disk, unfinished.

* Digs. OK, expect it today, but can't say when exactly, i still haven't compiled it once, so i don't know if its going to be one of those that takes half a day in compiling. I'll keep you updated. 

Had me loling in a good way. Really cool. 

I can't make the map in time, not soon either, so release the pack with just your map and DOOMer's, well, and Shamblernaut's if he appears.

I apologize for making you wait in vain. 

No problems. We are waiting for the others 

My entity stuff is sorta time consuming. but it really needs to be completed wholly for the concept to work and be playable. 

My map is half way done. To turn it into a playable map it would need at least a week or more.

I'm not a speedmapper, in fact I hate it.