Dimensions | Quadropolis

a turtle | 2007-09-19 03:33

Dimensions

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Blurb Run on walls, the ceiling, and the floor, in three parallel dimensions of a 2 story home

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Use portals to travel into parallel dimensions of a two-story home, where gravity can be on a wall or on the ceiling.
DO NOT FEEL OVERWHELMED. At first glance the map seems burdensome to find your way around, but this is not so. Try to get to the right-side-up dimension and take a tour around the home to see the general layout. The portals on the wall will shift gravity to that wall. Portals on the ceiling will shift it to the ceiling.
Take your time. Once you feel comfortable in the map, you will like it.
This is the first map I fully completed. Although it took me a long time to finish, I enjoyed designing it, and I hope you will enjoy playing it. It is meant to show the creative things you can do with simple commands in Sauerbraten. If you like it, and think it is worth seeing, please say so here, and show it to a friend.

Update: New screenshot!

Once again, please take some time to look around the map (without flying around using "e"), and do not give a bad rating just because it may seem confusing at first. I hope you enjoy it.

Map file dimensions.zip (651.41 KB)

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Halleck | 2007-09-19 11:57

I gotta admit. Thats a pretty cool idea to have teleports leading to parts of the upsidedown house.
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a turtle | 2007-09-20 01:55

The map uses all the default setting of Sauerbraten editing (default textures, etc) because they seemed to fit the map best. Do you think I should copy the texture commands from the default_map_settings file to my .cfg file? For now I will leave it simple as it is.

Quin | 2007-09-20 03:25

Interesting concept map, nice to see people experimenting still :)

Leave your config as it is, unless you need any custom stuff this will just confuse things. The way you've got it set up, you can easily /sendmap in coop to other people, which is always a plus.

DarkStar | 2007-09-20 17:31

When I saw the screenshot I was a little apprehensive, and to be honest the texturing is a little basic, but treated as a concept map, it's fantastic!
The idea itself is executed pretty well, and it made my eyes cross and my brain ache.
All good things. ^_^
I'd be happy to see a more refined map using this concept in the future.
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apflstrudl | 2007-09-20 20:20

First time when i saw the screenshot i though NOOB! (sry but it was so ;))

Then i've read the comments and tought ?!?!?

A few days(today) later i was bored and thought, if they say it's a good map, why not download it. Did so.

Now i can say: Freak! You've had a crazy idea! Ic like the idea, and you can play it very good. It's basic texturing etc. but the concept is really good, i give you 5/5 because i was so impressed about the concept.

Now you just have to work on your texturing, lighting (a bit) and play a bit with the geometry to make the roundings a better.

Keep up your crazy ideas! ;)

a turtle | 2007-09-21 01:13

Thanks to everyone who tried out the map, its nice to know that someone actually looks at what you make.
I probably will not be changing textures anytime soon since I'm a bit busy. Also, aside from the fact that they are so common, I really though the textures worked well with the map and somewhat made it easier to tell which way was up. Thoughts on the subject?

But most importantly, I want to change the screenshot to something that will not push people away as you have described. I would REALLY APPRECIATE any help or advice in this matter, so that I can have a screenshot that will encourage more people to try out the map. If you make one of your own that you think is good, please e-mail it to me and state your username so that I can say thank you in the description of my map.

Thanks again for looking at the map; I took care to make sure that it was navigatable in all dimensions, especially the sideways one, and I'm curious to know whether people are actually able to get around in that dimension without crossing over into other ones.

Quin | 2007-09-22 14:56

Yeah, the 'Concept' taxonomy tag (instead of the the 'Review' one) could also help there, as I doubt this is very serious the tag is appropriate. I love seeing people experiment like this, it gives me so many ideas and inspiration. Thank you.

a turtle | 2007-09-22 17:33

I understand what you mean. Yes, the map is very-much a showcase of what can be done, but I am hesitant to call it a concept map for fear of taking away from its validity as a map that can actually be played. Dimensions is somewhat of an exhibit, but it is also compatible with being used as a battleground (I hope)

Drakas | 2007-09-22 09:33

I just don't get this.

halo | 2007-09-25 22:55

you dont get this. it says that its a house with diffrent dimensions that you can travel in. what is there not too get?

N1NJ4 | 2007-09-22 22:39

Great map, should be added to Sauer in moremaps2 - it's better than some of those.

halo | 2007-09-25 22:52

NICE idea is great

halo | 2007-09-24 21:12

i hope the creator of sauer will put this in next version

wotwot | 2007-10-01 13:17

Wow, I felt so disoriented at first. I hope someone would try making a "real map" with your idea. ;)

bigm0nkey | 2007-12-13 21:55

lolz this map is a bit confusing and has common textures but the concept is great

5/5 of course

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