[MetHy]

From what there is so far, it looks like there is potential for a good map. There are two things that bothered but which have already been stated before : make the map less dark (I had to put "ambient lights" to max in eduke's settings even though I usually keep it to 1.00), and make it so that the starting explosion hurts Duke but without killing him (putting him down to 15-ish HP should be the best solution if you keep the medipack on the car).

[Mia Max]

DeeperThought, on 29 February 2012 - 01:54 AM, said:

Maybe they all grew up.

I have never released a map (and probably never will), but I have made plenty of mods, and sometimes it seems right to release WIP versions along the way, even though it spoils stuff. Of course, spoiling a mod that is based on coding, and spoiling a map aren't quite the same thing. But I believe the motivation for releasing early WIP versions is the same. It's a way of getting early feedback, which can be motivating and helpful. The only time I would object to someone doing that is if they are starting multiple threads about the same map (one thread for development and another for release is OK though).

What I find annoying is when people post a huge number of screenshots. At least when someone is only posting the map file, you can avoid the spoiler by not downloading it.

True, I want to release my WIP map or post plenty of screenshots sooo much.
But if I do so, I would ruin the surprise, or people get annoyed.
This would ruin all the hard work I've already done.
So I just post screenshots for design stuff asking sometimes and give test maps to chosen people.

[Micky C]

Haha yeah, when I was working on the TROR CBP (parkade.map) I was dying to post some screenshots, but I resisted knowing that people would be more impressed seeing the new geometry for the first time in person, so to speak.

[Mia Max]

Yeah, we shouldn't do the same miskake like most big games companies make today:
Posting screenshots and videos of alpha and beta and in the end it will be beta for ever.