i was interested to see where some of you people gather inspiration for your maps from, mine come to me just before i go to sleep.
Mine just hit me when I watch Halo vids. I see an imba strategy and I think "Hey, I should take the best from this map and link it up with this, that and that. And BOOM inspiration.
So, basically your maps are not original ideas? Interesting... The building I work in gives me inspiration for a map that I have yet to start on (no time!). Hopefully I will someday get around to it. --dc
the ideas ether randomly pop into my head or i think back to the days when i played Mario Party 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 lol
So I assume that you prefer making mini-game maps. Interesting game for inspiration... I thought of using some Mario Kart 64 arenas for a VIP rocket race game, but Foundry was too small. *sad* --dc
Well I just got done with a couple of my zombie maps and i get my ideas from just doing some random interlocking or think of a place i been and base it of that.
Free-forging is tough for me. Its time consuming to just sit there and mess around until an idea pops in my head. Fortunately, I have at least two maps that I plan on working on, one of which is super-top-secret, but I'll give you a hint. Its designed for 2v2, 3v3, and maybe 4v4 games. FFA may work too, but I won't have that in mind while creating it. If I could "buy" free time, I would be broke... --dc
I have maps where I just Interlock Objects Into Certain shapes. That way if I'm bored and can't think of anything I just go there and see what I've made in the past. I sit there and say well hey, this would be good for a section of a indoor battle or this could easily become a section of a Racetrack. (I have only made one Race Track. Sorry, but I find them Boreing after the first time you ride them.)
i just start doin random things then all of a sudden i get and idea and start forging. i also like to remix and remake other peoples maps
i get the whole random stuff flying everywhere until you get something, but i don't think remaking peoples maps is fair, but whatever works for you.
i dont use there maps. I look at them and say to myself, what can i do to make this better. Then i load my CANVAS and do it over with my changes and stuff like that
My inspiration is usually based around one central idea then the rest of the map flows out of that central idea.
Been doing the same job or 3 years. Need something to think about while I'm building houses. Why not thinking about building maps.
yea, but that was different, cause i played on it! j/k different things work for different people, i can't make a map from throwing crap around, im just not that abstract (i used to be, but my hard-assed art teacher scared it out of me) now i just make one thing then something else that works well with that thing, and so on until i run out of space, objects or enthusiasm (rarely)