Embryo: where each map is smaller than the last

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Hey, all. Had a good idea for a community project. This is unrelated to my MBF21 projects. I got the idea from a song by Pink Floyd called Embryo. "Warm glow, moon bloom; Always need a little more room."

So obviously I thought, what if we made a wad where each level has a smaller space restriction than the last. As the player progresses through, the world shrinks and shrinks until expert movement is required to beat the last few maps.

Rules:

• Mappers of all skill welcome.
  • However, please do your best to engage with feedback. I want new mappers to come away from this project having learned something new.
• Each map has a restricted playable space and should make full use of it. Playable area sizes listed below.
  • The player can't leave the space, but enemies & level geometry can be outside of the space.
  • Hilariously, this means that MAP01 will be the largest.
• Boom-compatible (run DSDA Doom with -complevel 9 parameter set).
  • No jumping or crouching allowed.
• Testing should be done in an accurate Boom compatible port like DSDA-Doom.
  • GZDoom changes a lot about the game physics. Freelook, finite height things, and modified scrolling floor physics can potentially break your map, so make sure that they don’t! A lot of people will play using GZDoom on default compatibility!
• Stock Doom II textures only.
  • Exception: Boom sky transfers are allowed. Feel free to use any sky texture. All I ask for is a proper credit for the sky texture and that you post it as a PNG along with your map submission.
• Mappers have priority in choosing their midi.
  • I'll chose tracks for submissions without midis (unless you want the stock DOOM II song from your map slot).
• Special line actions like MAP07's 666/667 tags can be used freely when available.
  • Port specific line actions like ZDoom's line 337 (line horizon) effect can be used as long as there are no conflicts with other port specific line actions.
• Name your map whatever you'd like. Just don’t be unreasonable.
• Maps 01-05 should be on the easier side. Other than that, no restriction on difficulty, but if it's too hard for me to beat, I'll request a recorded successful run or some changes.
• Keep in mind that I will ask for revisions for maps that need a little more polish. Same goes for maps that don’t fit the rules. I am lenient with newer mappers, but if you are unable to edit your map to fit the rules & quality of the project your slot will be freed up for someone else.
  • Things that fall outside the quality boundaries: troll maps, maps that break the rules, etc.
  • Things I will ask for revisions on: very straightforward maps. I want this project to be a good learning opportunity and to produce some creative results. I'll ask to workshop a map with you if I think more can be done with it.
• To maintain difficulty between maps, each level should end with a death exit. If it doesn’t have one already, it will be added when we compile the wad.
  • Here's an example of a silent death exit in Boom (courtesy of @macro).
• One slot per contributor. Once a slot is claimed it's yours until you drop it.

No weapon or enemy mods will be used. Your resource wad is DOOM2.wad. No deadline for now.

I will offer the secret maps to folks who come to me with an interesting concept.

Click here to download the latest beta. I've compiled all the levels we have so far into the wad along with CWILVs, UMAPINFO & Dehacked info, music, and skies for each level. I also designed new TITLEPIC, INTERPIC, and M_DOOM lumps. Each level flows to the next completed level via UMAPINFO, so no need to use IDCLEV.

MAP SUBMISSION FORMAT

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"HERE'S MY MAP, MOUSTACHIO" + more comments

 

[thumbnail image if you have it; keep it 800px wide at most]

 

MAPXX: NAME OF MAP

Music: MIDI NAME + SONGWRITER

Sky: WHERE DID YOU GET YOUR SKY TEXTURE

Tested with: DSDA-DOOM AT COMPLEVEL 9 BECAUSE I READ THE RULES

 

[more screenshots can go in a spoiler here]

If any musicians want to have a crack at it, I'm still open to accepting new title/text/intermission screen music. I would like it to be legally distinct, yet inspired in some way by the Pink Floyd song that inspired the project, Embryo. I have a sequenced version of the song in question in the resource pack.

MAP LIST

MAP01: 4096 x 4096 — @Moustachio — "Moment of Conception" (V6) — Par time: 1:10 by @Moustachio
MAP02: 3968 x 3968 — @TJG1289 — “Getting Smaller”

MAP03: 3712 x 3712 — @Arno — “The Fallen Citadel” (V4)
MAP04: 3456 x 3456 — @solidago — “Cesspit” (V2)
MAP05: 3200 x 3200 — @DynamiteKaitorn — "Silvershine Station" (V2)
MAP06: 3072 x 3072 — @DerBlanca — "Grounded"
MAP07: 2944 x 2944 — @Makedounia — "Derelict Compound"
MAP08: 2560 x 2560 — @Windy — "A World of Ichor" (V2)
MAP09: 2432 x 2432 — @signaturereverie — "Because All That You Are is That What You Are Not" (V2)
MAP10: 2304 x 2304 — @EagerBeaver — "AIN'T BIG ENOUGH"
MAP11: 2048 x 2048 — @Tangra — "The Wailing Fields" (V9) — Par time: 8:20 by @Tangra
MAP12: 1920 x 1920 — @whybmonotacrab — “Deluge”
MAP13: 1664 x 1664 — @Mario2560 — "Hell Can't Wait"
MAP14: 1536 x 1536 — @Lina — “Gutmachine”
MAP15: 1280 x 1280 — @Jakub Majewski — "Cramped Conveyor City Conundrum"
MAP16: 1024 x 1024 — @ViolentBeetle — "Cruel Sea" (V5)
MAP17:   768 x  768 — @SCF — “Empty Machine”
MAP18:   512 x  512 — @Raith138 — “Realm of Sargentia” — Par time: 0:45 by @Raith138
MAP19:   384 x  384 — @BeachThunder — "Deliverance" — Par time: 4:30 by @BeachThunder
MAP20:   256 x  256 — @Hydrus and @BeachThunder — "A Room With A View" (V1)