What's your map making historial?

[-Azrael666-]

If a title like that can't inspire activity..

Actually, the topic of this thread is map design. How many maps, if any, have you ever made? How many projects are you working on now, and what are they? What's your map making history and skill level? What are some personal things you like to do in your maps?



I've made about 30 maps ever, of ones that actually turned out playable. There were a good 40 original ones that sucked, just me figuring stuff out. Then there were some more which I lost in a computer format. Now I have a decent chunk left, and the ones in the portal are my favorites.

I have about 7 projects that I started and never finished. The 2 I'm working on the most heavily now are Cube and an InuYasha RPG, since everything on bnet with "InuYasha" in the title is extremely gay right now.

My map making started a long time ago.. I can't even remember. I was so newb when I started it wasn't funny.. I remember asking some guy "how do you make these 'use map settings' map?" and he was like "Oh it's verrry complicated".. I also remember the map I had joined, which he had made, sucked, so I know that I'm better than that bitch now I would consider my skill pretty decent, my maps have no flaws in them and are original in concept and design.

I tend to always add secrets, twists, or generally unique gameplay in my maps. I'm not sure if I have any maps that conform to a normal game type and have no secrets or twists in them, I doubt it. I don't really want to think that hard I also use death counts a lot, and a lot of locations.. I've maxed out my locations on a few maps (hence why I cut the Pipe Dream project short and named it Part 1), and on the new InuYasha RPG, I've already used 180+ locations, and all I've put in are three special abilities.. and I'm not even done with all of them. No terrain or gameplay related triggers and I'm almost out they need to make that limit higher Also, I always protect all my maps.

 

[DarkGhost368]

Eh, I made maps before, but I sux at it, I know how to do everything, I just dont have what you call it, and imagination I Can't make my own ideas. I have almost every editor somewhere.. on my computer, I also sux at making terrain.. I love triggers though.

 

[Wing Zero]

a total of 16-29 abandoned projects
numebr 30 im working on but i doubt it will make it to 10% mark

 

[Bapes]

50+ (ithink) abondened. 3 completed

 

[Johnny]

Maps Started: About 4 (Bounds)
Maps Finished: 0, give or take nothing.

My most current bound has like 9 levels so far, looking for about 5 more; then i can work on finishing touches such as credits, banning system, breifings, stacking in forces, and music.

 

[Master.America]

I probably started about a dozen or so maps. One was a modification of something that someone else made, and only three of my maps were ever finished. My most promising project, based on Half-Life, was never finished because I started it on installation terrain and later required creep (which doesn't show on installation terrain, even when you place it there using an advanced editor). After spending months working on that map, I gave up.

The map of someone else's that I modified is still floating around (it's Cannon M-Defense and its creator is me--(BDC)Spellmage), and the rest of my maps are pretty much gone. Actually, a few of them--including an older version of the Half-Life map--are still on my old Dell.

 

[RoB_ZoMbIe]

i like to make maps the maps that i try to make are like one vs. three and like the one has like a big base or something like that i also am making maps that are like matrix maps where theres one isle and you have to create units to destroy the things oh and i like making maps where the civ has to go to a spot and when he goes to that spot something happens those are fun to make :shoot :yum

 

[Lwek]

Reading this thread reminds me of the thread/day that Bolt Head tested me to see if I had the knowledge to make a bound consisting of only one location. I did it with two locations.
I got to admit. My knowledge since then has improved quite a bit, not by reading other people's theory's, not by trial and error, not by looking at people's map, but by just thinking.
I still lack imagination though. Have yet to improve my imagination.

 

[Trojan]

yea same for me i can come up with an idea and finish it but as soon as i do ill see someone already thought of it and i get flamed for it -.-

 

[Master.America]

Oh yeah, I almost forgot... I had a Risk map that I leaked in early beta. I never finished it, but someone else took it and made their own Risk using my concept. I always thought that was kinda cool.

 

[Renzokuken]

I've only completed one map. And it's the Altered SC map that all the BFers play today