@khreathor - thanks!

@Shamblernaut - I appreciate that. Those shots are a good example of what I'm trying to avoid. Funny, it's the same engine, same code, same tech. It really isn't about the tools, but how you use them.

@Pritchard - I agree, I'd like to see more stuff like this.

@topher - The doors of Durin were certainly an inspiration. That and Wayne Barlowe's work is what I drew from when designing those. I was slightly annoyed when a Doom4 gameplay trailer released and revealed the keyed hell doors that look very similar. Oh, well. Regarding the light rays: it can be done. I did some stained glass tests a year or two ago and it looked pretty good. Rays are easier if they're right angles. In half-life ep.2 they did angled rays like the ones you linked and they looked pretty darn good.

@starbuck - I think you hit the nail on the head. I liken the pixelated look to reading a book: a book gives you key information and a general outline but allows your imagination to do the rest. This makes the world so much more rich and interesting and gives the reader (or player) a certain authorship of the world they're in. It seems that the closer we get to the uncanny valley the less immersive and engaging the world becomes. What you described is a core concept of this project. 

http://imgur.com/a/pd87t 

That looks rather unique with the mash of textures. 

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/C2uRhBuWEAIQAP4.jpg
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/C2uRi_6WIAEJHWB.jpg
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/C2uRnyAXcAAuHBH.jpg 

that first shot is stunning! 

Holy shit. 

looks great! 

mfx! 

sock made it, i just posted them here 

 

Screenshots of unplayable "maps" should go into Inspiration & Reference. 

little otp 

 

It's like what Quake 3 should have looked like if Quake 3 had art direction. 

http://i.imgur.com/edzGUyy.png 

"every brick is at least one brush" is the new "every brick is a brush"

No but seriously otp, what makes you think it's unplayable? Looks fine to me. 

The fact that sock said "it's not a playable map" on Twitter. 

 

I suggested that he make a story driven map. AD certainly has the tools for that style of map. 

with that cruel stories about metal caches and corpses that were moleshed with rasping flesh cutters and fired daggers and examples of foto's of cathedrals after making them first in quake scaring the hell out of me. 

Would be cool... 

you are the bigger fuckface, can we agree?
Didn't want to twiddle your knobs that bad, your screenie looks rather nice. I once played around with those textures myself, maybe i send you my extended textures of stone1_7 one day ;)

No beef here dude. I love you and you know it. 

Socks map looks cool! :) 

Hey guys. I've been messing with my retrojam5 map lately, trying to make it into something more playable.

I still need to make the lighting better (removing leaks too) and tweak the encounters and ammunition. I also need to do some detail geometry in the "outside" area to cover the ugly rooms below.

I need some opinions of the gameplay thusfar. I also need some suggestions with what to do with the "blue room" in terms of encounters and the starting area in terms of aesthetics.

dropbox link to zip file:
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/108695968/rj5_shamblernaut.zip

Thanks in advance :)

-Snaut 

Hello everyone, newbie here.

I've almost finished my first map (www.quaketastic.com/files/libraryA_almostcomplete.zip) and wanted to share it.

It uses knave textures and needs Quoth 2.2. It also has the custom sky (is it called like that?) from ericw "etacarinae".
It's compiled with vis fast and light extra, tested on Fitzquake 0.85 and I believe all of the bugs are fixed.

Suggestions, critics and opinions welcome.