Soul Factory - update 23-05

Drekow | 2010-03-27 11:41

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Blurb A small circular map for duel with weapons like gameplay

Screenshot Soul Factory - update 23-05

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I have done this map searching to archive a weapons like gameplay. I also would like to play in a small maps whit only some well-know position. There are all the powerups for ffa, and i think their position is ok.

UPDATE23-05
Clipped an some minor fix

UPDATE28-03

I'm not sure if the weapons are enough.
So i have dobled them.

I don't like the teleport mapmodel here but is helpful to "avoid" teleports when you are shooting target. So i will take it until I found something better to place. (Pacing nothing as my first idea is confusing).
I have revised the teleport. Now you can circle the map with them.

Now you can go on the very upper side, and i hve moved the quad there.

Added some shader effect to cfg. I hope you like them.

Bot, can't understand this map... so you can massacre higher lever here.

Thanks for all people who help me on this map, here and not here.

Map file SoulFactory_V3.zip (1.95 MB)

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Comments

Mysterious | 2010-03-27 13:02

hmmm its hard to say , what i should think about your map :

+gameplay is okay

-texturing is quite unlogical (egyptian + steal ?? looks crazy )
-your design is something special and i know that you invested a lot of work ( i think ) but.... it looks so empty and boring :( (just like one cube)
-where does the steam come ?
-your sourroundings especially the water dont fit best
-quad is too easy to get

All in all its a lil bit chaotic, i dont really know what you want to show us with this map, you used this egyptan stone, but you also used some steel textures.
on the one side is something what looks like a castle, but on the other side there are some columns where steam comes out (looks like a factory, like the name says =)).
Its okay to make crazy maps (what would quadropolis be without them ? ) but they should make sense.
And i am sorry but i cant see a main theme at soulfactory.

I am a little bit disappointed because i liked your hostility map pack ( it has is own style ) but i am not able to become a friend of this one.

So hope your next work will be better 4/10

Chasester_aka_you | 2010-03-27 14:36

Mysterious is right the texturing is not that good on this map, work with a more industrial theme. This map from the screen shot reminds me of rivals (blood frontier). I think that your style is good, but it lacks a detailing, work on making things more destroyed or more complexity to the main parts of the map, you are sticking with the basic shapes to much (cubes, slainted cubes).

On this map a few changes:

Allow ppl to get to the top ramps.
Get rid of the teles: they have no help in the gameplay, they just get in the way.
Maybe put a few islands in the lava so that ppl can cross it ezr, u could put the hb (health boost) in the lava on an island.
Put the quad on top of the map, up on one of the supports, so you have to grande or rocket jump to it.

I realy like the style and flow of the map, but please improve the texturing and the expansiveness of the map.

Your Lovable Jerk
chasester

Drekow | 2010-03-27 18:49

Allow ppl to get to the top ramps.

I think four level are too much i would like a small map for duel only.

Get rid of the teles

Initially i have put teleporter only from the bottom to the top. I have changed to the tartech style, to give more option to move, because of lacks of areas.
Only the one near the cube. Is really wrong it should have a small radius. For this reason i have put the models.
I can move it on the top ramp and allow players to go there. But... but... this will change too much the original map.

few islands in the lava so that ppl can cross it
This can broke the circle gameplay, the only way to cross is to jump in the YA platform. (And you will do it often).

quad on top of the map
...is possilbe but i like how are placed the powerups now. And i would like to clip all the top.

Suicizer | 2010-03-29 08:54

a quad could unbalance the gameplay of this map. beware when adding such thing.

Drekow | 2010-03-29 18:20

yes in this map control the quad, YA and Rifle and you can win easy.

If there is a double damage I will put it instead of the quad.

I can add a Green Armour, in the down where are the 3 heal, or near the shotgun in the blue shadow...

Suicizer | 2010-03-29 18:48

maybe its smarter to use healthboost then quad... this will get the effect that the gameplay will be a bit more defensive and more balanced.

Drekow | 2010-03-29 20:32

The map i have played without the quad are less nice than the one with the quad.
Curvy castle, is a bit boring because it have not the powerups.

Mysterious | 2010-03-29 08:09

the jumppads to the upper stage improve the gameplay a lot , but your teleports ( i counted 4 of them) are a lil bit crazy.

Well i think you need some clip , because now the ppl are able to get off the map (idk if you wanted this ?)

(this is a comment to the major update)

Drekow | 2010-03-29 18:16

Teleport are 5 and are in circle 1->2 2->3 3->4 4->5 5->1

I have to clip the map, I hope i found time, ideas to do it.
The counterpart is that a player who would like to fall of from this map have a disputable behaviour.

Drekow | 2010-05-22 22:07

I have updated a bit the map, now is clipped, and there are some minor fixes.

I think this is "Almost Final Relase".

Suicizer | 2010-05-22 23:40

sorry, not offensive ment but the name definetly isnt fitting the map. it makes it more "final fail" then "final release". theres nothing thats a bit logical to the name (especially to the part of "factory") in the map...

Drekow | 2010-05-23 12:14

I was thinking about some mystical environment were "Souls" are make in a not well time placed "factory".

But i think the name or concept is not really important, it is simply an useless decoration to the map.

Basically i have done this map to try a weapons based layout in cube2, stop :D

Spread of color, glasses, textures from different themes are today my style, and each of my map have a style, is not all my fault if you can't see it or simply you don't like it; and most important of all i like to do maps this ways, if I suppose a map have not value for the community i does not publish it, as lot of people here i have a full library of maps/layout/temes/cfg on my HD; i have published this final fail to present something new in the gamaplay of cube2 that is not here on quadropolis.

I will rename it dsf1 if quadropolis would like to free this name beacause somebody is working on a "Soul Factory" theme. And Yes, the map will not change, this way.

You can also see that noboy have make a comment about the heart of the questions :( but simply aesthetic issue are revealed in a game were you texreduce maps...

Quin | 2010-05-23 15:48

"What's in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet."

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