[Maisth]

Hey everyone, im happy to announce that Escape is finally releasing after a long time.

I also want to say that Escape won't be the only map ill make for Duke3D, im working on a Sequel already to clarify what happens next, but for now this is all so i hope you enjoy the map!

Playable on Polymer, Polymost is possible but im pretty sure it has some graphical glitches.

Story: Alien's have invaded Earth again and just when Duke's having a relaxing vacation in another country, General Graves immediately calls Duke to tell him, that the Earth needs him once again, what a surprise says Duke, General Graves tell him that there's a plane waiting for him at the nearest airport, "Go now Duke, we need you more than ever now".

Download Link: http://www.mediafire...pigb/ESCAPE.zip

After playing the map you could leave feedback on what to get better at.

Screenshots:

[BestViking]

Congratulations! This was very impressive for a first map.

In the text file, you state that you want feedback, so I'll tell you what I liked about the map and what could be better. The most important things first.

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When you establish that the glass is unbreakable, it is pure chance for the player to guess one of several windows must be broken to progress. It would be better if you chose the other glass texture for the unbreakable ones. Also for hidden doors, especially those needed to progress, make some kind of hint, like a slightly darker texture or something to make it stand out.

I really liked the way you used destruction in your map, with falling ceilings, exploding ceilings with liztroops jumping in from above etcetra. In some cases, the dimensions seemed a bit off. One example is swinging doors going all the way up to the ceiling. This would be better if you made a doorway sector and lowered the ceiling there. Especially in the toilets those swinging doors felt really huge. These could be made better by raising them up from the floor and leaving a gap to the ceiling, like in most toilets.

I liked how you took the player from the city to some kind of base. It was really interesting to see how you introduced new locations. The balance between enemies and weapons is pretty good. In the later stages of the city part, I ran out of ammo, but quickly found more. You set up the bigger battles very well too.

Can't think of much more right now. In summary I congratulate you on a very good first release. I really enjoyed playing it!

[darkcaleb]

Congratulations on you first map! Like how Bestviking said it, the explosions and falling ceiling where good places. There where some explosive gastanks that didn't all go off. And if you can try ad details to certain locations. I enjoyed!

Notherless good luck with the next one

[Polunka]

Dammit, you know what man? It's not like I simply played through your map - I played the hell outta it! Seriously, I've not experienced such an intense stream of adrenaline blasting through a Duke3D map for a while. The music track only added even more to the atmosphere build-up.

The design/spritework/lighting/shading aspects are outdone for a first release if you ask me (well, maybe I'm just unfamiliar with today's Duke3D mapping standards, not being a mapper myself, so consider this statement unsupported and unreliable if you will). The only thing I'd complain about is mild emptiness of some locations.

Technical sequences used here could also be qualified as really unorthodox for a first release. So many demolition sequences, the car crash sequence near the beginning...

The gameplay pretty much develops the atmosphere prematurely established by the soundtrack. I especially liked the bridge battle and the ending fight.

All in all, a level that (and I'm gonna repeat myself) doesn't feel like someone's first map at all (in a good way, as I've already claimed). Congrats on this one. Holy shit, I'd even say I can't wait for another outcome of yours! Keep up the good work!

P.S.: I played this one in software mode (since it's my favourite, which could be altered to PolymerNG in the future if they ever release it and it manages to impress me) and other than some sprite/sector overlaps I didn't really notice any graphical glitches.

[Maisth]

Thanks for liking and playing my map everyone, and also thanks for the feedback ill be sure to take these in mind when creating my next map

Also don't worry im already working on a sequel to explain what happens next.

[Maisth]

Also if you want to play the map on World Tour here's the link so you can download it!

http://steamcommunit.../?id=1212781537

[CruX]

yeah to echo other sentiments this is pretty solid for a first release, though I'd be lying if I said there weren't some distinct "first map" characteristics (large nondescript areas, inconsistent proportioning, texturing goofs, etc). Was fun overall, though. The track was strangely appropriate because even though it was kinda jarring at first, it ended up complimenting the map's pacing better and better the more I played.

Spoiler

I actually really dug the sprite-work you did in the apartment at the beginning, was kind of a shame i didn't see more of it on that scale after that point, but i know it's a pain in the ass and difficult to force, creatively speaking. The balancing was okay for the most part. I played on CSG, I'd say probably my favorite fight was the bridge leading to the airport, least favorite was getting swarmed by drones after i'd dropped into the sewer area (just wasn't enough time to get away from them).

To piggyback on what viking said, the use of that breakable glass texture was a bit of a blemish on the entire map. I generally don't like when that particular texture's flagged unbreakable, but I didn't consider that fair criticism on its own so I wasn't going to mention it at first, but then it ended up being breakable at particular points of progression and there was really no way tell which was and which wasn't. It wasn't the sort of thing that really stumped me, but it made things kinda confusing when they didn't need to be. Apart from that the only other feedback that I think is worth mentioning is some texturing goofs. The elevator that you take from the apartment at the beginning of the map has a top orientation on its walls, but the sector it transports to has a bottom orientation so when the elevator was actually in motion it looked like it wasn't moving at all, then the door just kind of popped up. Giving both sectors the same orientation probably would've helped it look more like it was intended.

There were also some texturing oversights in some areas, namely doorways



having my hightile replacements made these things a bit more glaring, but it's important to keep an eye out for stuff like this.

All in all though, I liked it. Made for a fun 15-20 minutes, hope to see more from you.

[Maisth]

CruX, on 26 November 2017 - 12:36 PM, said:

yeah to echo other sentiments this is pretty solid for a first release, though I'd be lying if I said there weren't some distinct "first map" characteristics (large nondescript areas, inconsistent proportioning, texturing goofs, etc). Was fun overall, though. The track was strangely appropriate because even though it was kinda jarring at first, it ended up complimenting the map's pacing better and better the more I played.

Spoiler

I actually really dug the sprite-work you did in the apartment at the beginning, was kind of a shame i didn't see more of it on that scale after that point, but i know it's a pain in the ass and difficult to force, creatively speaking. The balancing was okay for the most part. I played on CSG, I'd say probably my favorite fight was the bridge leading to the airport, least favorite was getting swarmed by drones after i'd dropped into the sewer area (just wasn't enough time to get away from them).

To piggyback on what viking said, the use of that breakable glass texture was a bit of a blemish on the entire map. I generally don't like when that particular texture's flagged unbreakable, but I didn't consider that fair criticism on its own so I wasn't going to mention it at first, but then it ended up being breakable at particular points of progression and there was really no way tell which was and which wasn't. It wasn't the sort of thing that really stumped me, but it made things kinda confusing when they didn't need to be. Apart from that the only other feedback that I think is worth mentioning is some texturing goofs. The elevator that you take from the apartment at the beginning of the map has a top orientation on its walls, but the sector it transports to has a bottom orientation so when the elevator was actually in motion it looked like it wasn't moving at all, then the door just kind of popped up. Giving both sectors the same orientation probably would've helped it look more like it was intended.

There were also some texturing oversights in some areas, namely doorways



having my hightile replacements made these things a bit more glaring, but it's important to keep an eye out for stuff like this.

All in all though, I liked it. Made for a fun 15-20 minutes, hope to see more from you.

Thats weird, that bug didn't happen to me in both the game and editor, also thanks for the feedback and for playing the map and enjoying it!

I agree too on the window thingy, i didn't give the windows that do break a different kind of window and vice versa, which is something i thought sometime when developing the map but never implemented into it

[Maisth]

My second map is under development now, if you wanna see how it looks here's two link!

https://forums.duke4...map-detain-wip/

https://gamebanana.com/wips/47866

[Perro Seco]

Like you said, this map is the bomb. I'm still laughing of that dog, you know which one.

I enjoy maps with that kind of details in the background, like the car crashing at the beggining, or the dead liztroop on that toilet full of shit. I also like that button in the airport that hides the television screen and opens a window behind it. I found the final battle with all those elevated platforms very well done, and the airplane at the end is also cool, but is so dark that I almost couldn't appreciate it.

And if you want feedback; some of the outdoor areas are a bit empty, and like I said in the Lighthouse Island's thread, spritework shows some errors in classic renderer, maybe you want to avoid that in your upcoming map.

[Maisth]

Perro Seco, on 29 November 2017 - 11:42 AM, said:

Like you said, this map is the bomb. I'm still laughing of that dog, you know which one.

I enjoy maps with that kind of details in the background, like the car crashing at the beggining, or the dead liztroop on that toilet full of shit. I also like that button in the airport that hides the television screen and opens a window behind it. I found the final battle with all those elevated platforms very well done, and the airplane at the end is also cool, but is so dark that I almost couldn't appreciate it.

And if you want feedback; some of the outdoor areas are a bit empty, and like I said in the Lighthouse Island's thread, spritework shows some errors in classic renderer, maybe you want to avoid that in your upcoming map.

Thanks dude, also about the sprite thingy, the sequel will still have spirtework but hopefully not all glitchy as Escape, apparently Polymer and Polymost doesn't like Sprites on the walls, Ill try to make some outdoor areas in the sequel feel alive somehow.

[Merlijn]

Well done map!

I have to agree with the others: for a first map this is really good. It's still a bit rough around the edges and some of the invisible walls were a bit weird.
But it's already doing a lot of things right: good looking shadows, dynamic environment, interesting fire fights (the one on the bridge was my favorite).

In short: keep up the good work.