bah... I couldnt have picked a worse screen shot. The inside is pretty-ish, the outside is, well, not.

Thanks for including the skybox. Some people might freak out when they get the black and white no-texture thing. pretty nice map, btw.

I'd disagree. The screenshot gives me it an implied theme of reissen/nmp8 sorta thing. When you actually look at it, it's different to say the least.

The textures are really limited. I know you're going for a new theme and this means straying from the lunaran texture set (maybe philipk too?) but imo the textures you used aren't strong enough on their own, especially since you have 2-3 that are the character ones throughout the map.

The lighting is obviously poor as you said. Everything could stand to be much brighter.

If you're trying to combine something like a nature rooftop and machine-skeleton building (for lack of better words) you might want to expand the nature theme because right now I only see the tunnels below and a random tree on top. I'm not saying ditch the nature theme, but you might as well if you don't commit to it.

I'm sorta making a map like this, where large pillar-shaped things are everywhere so I was interested in this map especially.

Anyways, 2/5. I'd make the textures more diverse, work on lighting, and expand the nature theme. It should be interesting once done.

-Also, maybe in the future work on less-detailed maps :P This gives me 15 fps at best. I'm not saying make the map boring, but work with large gridsizes initially and work your way down, and don't bother with details in obscure spots.

this map, got nice geometry, i think the gameplay isnt bad at all to :D!
i agree that ligtning could be more bright, and u should use more textures (maybe some steeltextures like reissen used?, as example on the floor. u should clip or noclip the floor to, to give a better flow to the map. furhter, this map is nice! :D

for now, i give 3/5, plz improve those things, then u get much higher rating!

i think thats the goal of most editors on here ;D!

A map to get lost in!
Your design approach looks very promising and interesting. I just took a quick run through it for now, so a more detailed comment might follow later (in case I am not too lazy to write one :P)

I especially like the idea of using one-way-cubes for ladders. Great idea!

Keep it up! :)
Hero

I agree with Megagun - the shadows (though I love nice-n-deep shadows as such) are curiously placed .. upping the ambient a tiny bit shouldn't hurt .. or place at least some more lights so we don't have to run into darkness in all those places.
But the architecture is surely spectacular - love those outside spires and the general look-n-feel you've created. Marvelous!
The skybox is another point where I'm sure you could pick a better one .. what's most annoying about it is that line on the horizon - it's (again) something that makes you wonder where it's supposed to come from .. till you remember this is just a simulated enviroment and not reality you're looking at.
Keep 'em coming!

I love your iron motif. Awesome. Its hard to see the floor details you worked so hard on in a few places because they are very dark, but that could be for sneaky hiding purposes. Way Cool Man!

I feel like play is limited. Maybe make one of the towers interactive? 4/5 asterisks.

Thanks.

Bump. Side note too: map updates in SVN version, though that should not affect any functionality, as it was only geometry and light.

The Note: I forgot to use a lower case I on the name, it will be updated shortly. It had been capitalized for organization purposes.