Okand37 - Mapper Application

[Okand37]

And we're finished with the final version of the map!
You can view the google drive of it here!
Or you can view it as a .jpg down below

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[spookydonut]

Can you upload a higher res version of it?

[Okand37]

Can you upload a higher res version of it?

And we're finished with the final version of the map!
You can view the google drive of it here!

The google drive image above is of much higher quality than the .jpg listed under the spoiler. Alternatively, here's a direct link: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1K5AH-u ... zI8TB/view Hope that helps!

[spookydonut]

https://i.imgur.com/Q1pnax9.jpg

I dont get what the purpose of the orange circled areas is, are they maintenance areas? if so why are they empty and not being used for power/ventilation?

green boxes are high traffic zones intersecting with the area that people will be stationary, like in front of vending machines.

red squares are where you've made the mistake that I often make of a 'hidden' 1x1 chokepoint of movement, they tend to cause a lot of player anger due to blocking or bumping.

Overall it feels like you've made it too cramped, this is a ground map, you're allowed to use more space, especially in between rooms/buildings. I look forward to any further work you put into it.

Edit: I see disposal bins but no pipes linking them

[Okand37]

https://i.imgur.com/Q1pnax9.jpg

I dont get what the purpose of the orange circled areas is, are they maintenance areas? if so why are they empty and not being used for power/ventilation?

green boxes are high traffic zones intersecting with the area that people will be stationary, like in front of vending machines.

red squares are where you've made the mistake that I often make of a 'hidden' 1x1 chokepoint of movement, they tend to cause a lot of player anger due to blocking or bumping.

Overall it feels like you've made it too cramped, this is a ground map, you're allowed to use more space, especially in between rooms/buildings. I look forward to any further work you put into it.

Edit: I see disposal bins but no pipes linking them

To answer these orderly one by one:
1. The orange circled areas were meant to be maintenance tunnels, but I didn't really put anything in them as I didn't think that it was important for the showcase. Additionally, I don't really have the same assets that CM has, otherwise I think it could've been fun to use them and spruce up the maintenance/storage areas.

2. I'll keep the vendor space in mind in the future, thanks!

3. I wasn't too worried about making the tunnels overly large due to the size restrictions (100x100) and the fact it is more of a demonstration than an intended playable map. I'll definitely make sure to keep this in mind in the future, but I don't think I'll be making any edits to the test map above as of the moment unless BMC wants/needs me to!

4. I did indeed make it cramped, although this was partially intentional. I wanted to keep it in the 100x100 suggested size limit but still show a good variety of buildings with some creative layout/planning and features. While I could've expanded the base out more by getting rid of some of the caves/thick terrain, I wanted to showcase that I can also make terrain as well as structures so I put more of an emphasis on including terrain. I can definitely make more spacious areas (see: delta station compared to other stations like omega or planetstation) but intentionally made this one compact for the reasons above.

5. As for the disposal bins, I didn't include the disposals tubing as I was only instructed to have proper atmospheric piping and a power net for the test map. However, if I was to include one, I'd likely loop them around to a separate disposals room along the end of the engineering access hallway or in one of the two maintenance areas!

I hope that answers all of your questions in a helpful or at least satisfactory manner.

[spookydonut]

Yep sounds good.

[SecretStamos (Joshuu)]

Definitely looks interesting! Spook is right, we generally do want to avoid single tile width hallways because of the trouble that occurs.

With a small map like this, I've noticed sometimes simplicity isn't a bad thing, so I don't think there's a lot of pressure to make it cramped. Sometimes less is more, and clarity carries its own charm.

Overall, I like it though.

[Nicboone]

I mirror the opinion of the rest of the team, and leave the decision in their hands- also sick character art. Tell spessmanart he did great on making it

[Bmc777]

I should've gotten back to this sooner than I have, but we've been pretty busy. Everything is looking good, going to do some final discussion with the other Heads. Expect to hear from me within the next couple days with a final decision.