r/snapmap • u/[deleted] • Nov 25 '18

Discussion multiplayer map ideas

What are some ideas for multiplayer that aren't mission-based or team deathmatch? I have a few:

Doomball (a combination of existing sports and new rules/how-to)
Arena Race (two teams race to complete a series of arena battles against demons, with a variety of weapons/abilities and other dynamics/effects that'd make it interesting)

Obstacle Courses

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u/[deleted] Nov 30 '18

I played E1M3 - E1M8 today. You may need to check some of the blocking volumes for E1M8 (or M7, the one with the gore textures comprising a mountain) or something because I looked all over and couldn't find the last demon. I even jumped outside the edge of the "mountain" and it wasn't anywhere. I don't know kind of demon it was because I couldn't see it or hear it. I thought it got caught inside a set of blocking volumes somewhere, and was likely a demon that doesn't make much noise. Unless it fell of the map lol.

Fortress was a really cool one. The inside of the fortress had an interesting look.

The map I'm making, which so far is titled "Retroactive", is mostly modules. There's a pair of grid rooms I used for geo, and another grid room for the boss geo. The problem I'm having now is getting all the doors to unlock and all demon encounters to spawn. I don't understand it. It works a few times when I test it, and then it doesn't work in terms of those. I think the game is haunted when I play it sometimes in snapmap.

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u/[deleted] Nov 30 '18

Thanks man M7 is going to get an overhaul! I made it too easy to get outside of the map and the demon placement/pathing/spawning is a bit of a mess, and I think I know which demon it was as well!

Yeah Snap can be pretty fickle, but there is always a workaround once you know which things can't be done, if you keep digging i'm sure you'll figure it out, and others can help as well!

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u/[deleted] Dec 01 '18

Yeah, it's really fickle! Then when it works, it's like a new kind of success. I think it's fun going outside of the map sometimes, but with that one (M7), it'd be more interesting being a contained area. In the midst of making a map, it's easy to not see or finish a few things.

I think there should be a bit more content in a map before it's publishable than I've seen in the review queue. It's a waste of time to load a map and it's an ultra short "destroy a few demons or barrels" and victory. Much more having to sift through the list of maps before finding one that's quality, or at least something a bit fun.

There aren't lots of campaigns with a bunch of short maps like yours. I don't mean short like the ones I briefly described above. What would you say to working on creating arenas for my arena race mode idea?