2015 Halloween contest

[Melan]

As suggested by nbohr1more, we've still got time for a very short, focused Halloween contest.

 

I hereby propose the following rules:

1. Make the mission public on Halloween (31 October, Saturday).
2. Prefabs and modules are okay, but don't just relabel a fully built mission you have worked on for five years and call it a submission.
3. There is no rule 3.

The deadline should make things neat, simple and focused. Don't build your dream mission (although feel free to build your worst nightmare!), because you won't finish in time. Build incrementally, and focus on getting something short and simple out the door.

 

[edit] I don't know how to turn the poll results public, so please let it be known you are participating. I am participating!

[Airship Ballet]

Hnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnngggggggggghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhokay

[Baal]

It will probably take me half of the time left to decide what to build but eh. Why not.

[Dragofer]

Great, I'm in for a speedy creepy mission, with a plan and all (now from scratch). Here goes.

Edited October 19, 2015 by Dragofer

[grayman]

I'm in!

[Bikerdude]

Well I have just had an idea for a creepy mission should be simple enough and will have NO ambient light, so I will see what I can do but no promises.

[nbohr1more]

I exceeded my like button quota. LOL

[grayman]

Well I have just had an idea for a creepy mission should be simple enough and will have NO ambient light, so I will see what I can do but no promises.

Heh! I also decided that I would try it without ambient light.

[Sotha]

This is a great idea!

 

I want to participate! But I'm pretty sure I don't have time. Don't count me in with any expectations, but I'll do my best to get something done if I can magically conjure time from somewhere.

 

If I make something, I'll make something ultra-simple.

[SteveL]

Yes great idea and thanks to everyone who's going to give it a go!

 

Do fit in some sleep over the next fortnight guys

[Sotha]

Uu! I just got a master inspiration. I hope I can make this...

 

Also, if other mappers want to try out the modular mapping, I invite all participants -if you would like- to use any modules from my previous maps: LQD, and all the Ulysses maps.

 

You can find the .ase models in the mission .pk4:s, or alternatively, you could copy them as worlspawn/func_statics from the mission geometry: the original pieces are usually somewhere in the map.

[Baal]

I wanted to play Metro 2033 Redux this week, but now I have to do this. Thanks a lot, guys.

[Airship Ballet]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Efzf7Ge6s1I&feature=youtu.be

 

I'm calling dibs on the Jacob's Ladder effect. Nobody else is allowed to do it now. It's basically law.

[Baal]

Cool. How does that effect work? I'm just asking out of curiosity, not because I'm going to steal it.

[Airship Ballet]

It's just idle head turning spawnargs set to extremes. It's a case of setting them to look somewhere every 0.1 seconds, and then restricting the angles they can turn to look, as well as constraining the head and spine joints so it looks more like twitching than all-out flailing.

[RPGista]

Disturbing! Reminded me instantly of Jacob's Ladder.

Edited October 20, 2015 by RPGista

[demagogue]

Well, I might have an idea, but let me ask. Can I spawn the player in a crouch from the start? If not, can I disable crouch?

[Sotha]

Interesting! How does that affect AI vision?

[SiyahParsomen]

I'll participate with a simple map.

 

Start time: Now!

End time: God knows, but hopefully before deadline.

[Airship Ballet]

Interesting! How does that affect AI vision?

He can see everywhere, including behind himself, within the space of a second .

[SteveL]

Well, I might have an idea, but let me ask. Can I spawn the player in a crouch from the start? If not, can I disable crouch?

You can probably make the player crouch by firing off a session command -- whichever one the "crouch" key is bound to -- from a target or a script. I don't know whether you can disable it though.

[demagogue]

I think that can do the job. Thanks! If I can get him down right at the start & keep him there a fraction of a second, maybe blind him so it feels like it's from spawntime, I probably don't need to disable it since he's not coming back up any time soon anyway. [/muffle start of sinister laugh]

[Sotha]

Progress Report:

Yeah, I had a fit of creativity yesterday. Spent 2h in DR and outlined 70% of the basic geometry using existing modules. Cut the doorways between rooms. The plot is laid out. Wrote 70-90% of the readables.

 

I hope I can keep up the level of performance tonight, too. I'll try log the total amount of DR time for the mission. It will be interesting to see how many hours of mapping goes into this. Mental planning is not counted, only active DR/computer use.

 

The title for the mission is "The Golden Skull."

[grayman]

Progress Report:

 

Finished one "outdoor" room yesterday, moving to interiors today.

 

My mission is tentatively titled "Mother Rose".

[Petike the Taffer]

It's just idle head turning spawnargs set to extremes. It's a case of setting them to look somewhere every 0.1 seconds, and then restricting the angles they can turn to look, as well as constraining the head and spine joints so it looks more like twitching than all-out flailing.

 

You're inventive.