[spoilers] Old School Glory

[Gekko]

Bought the game from the Steam sale today. Baby steps, but I feel 20 years younger already.

http://imgur.com/UE1bn

Screw teleporters.

[LiamKerrington]

Hi.

Yeah, it caught me as well - the old-school-fever. But I am not sure, if there is glory to it. 'cause I had some trouble drawing the maps. Here are some examples ...

Lvl 1 was not so much of a trouble; it ended like this:

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But then lvl 2 struck. Since my choice of the starting point was poor, I had to deal with "borderline-syndrom"; and when I finished that level, I decided to take scissors and tape in order to rearrange the map. This is, what it looks like:

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I was not so happy about that, which is why I did not repeat this on the subsequent maps. This would be lvl 4, which is almost the climax of insanity:

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Luckily lvl 6 was not so much of a problem - which applies for most maps; so this example is a good example for how most of my maps look like:

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Thanks a lot @AH for pulling/ pushing me back into the past.

Also ...

I like mapping interactive fiction games when I am in the mood.

Mapping is fun.
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But With time, space and a bit of patience mapping with paper and pencil is worth the time. A lot of great drawings and detailed levels can be very rewarding.

AND

I think drawing maps fufills another need that some of us have..The artist/architect in us...and adds a great deal to the game.

I agree. There is a lot more to drawing maps then just feeling the urge to give yourself some means of orienteering or to close a UI-gap between you, the game-content and the game-engine. And you, Gudadantza and dbgager, have nailed these additional "purposes" ... Thank you for highlighting this ...

All the best!
Liam

[leewroy]

Nice maps. The hard thing for me is to know where to start the first square

[Darklord]

Good stuff! Moved to Gameplay Hints.

Daniel.