[First Level] Echo Chamber

[ElectricDragon]

A Doom 2 Map.

Credit goes to Bobby Prince for the Wolfenstein 3D music used in this map (Get Them Before They Get You)

Feedback will be appreciated.

Map itself was built in GZDoom Builder. Rest of the editing was done with SLADE.

[Enjay]

Seems well enough put together and all seems to work as it should do. The choice of Wolfenstein music is apt because the level of detailing in the map isn't much more than would be found in a Wolf map (although there is quite some variation in room height). The plainness of architecture and fairly formulaic placement of enemies did make it feel a little as it it could have been created by an auto map generating programme but, like I said, it's functional and there was enough health and ammo to do the job so it's alright.

[ElectricDragon]

Thanks.

Do you have any advice?

[Enjay]

Start looking into things that will make your maps more visually appealing: windows, outside areas, stairs, greater height and light variation, functional things like computers or wall features etc. It actually started out as if you were going to do that; the little shotgun platform near the start was quite nice but then it quickly became a brown brick maze with one path through.

Put things that make the place feel more logical/believable. e.g. it's not pitch black in your map so where did all the light come from? I don't see any ceiling tiles that look like lights, or any lamp or torch objects. And what is the building for? At the moment its sole purpose seems to be a brown brick corridor/maze. Also, there's only one path through the map. Providing a couple of alternative paths or requiring the player to go somewhere, find a key or switch and then return to an earlier area (where things may have changed) feels more interesting than just walking a single path from beginning to end.

[ramon.dexter]

While the gameplay is pretty good, the design is pretty much non existent. The pinky ambuseh after the teleport is quite nice, but I this too overwhelming for only a shotgun equipped player. But sorry for sayinh that, texture selection is pretty much boring. Also, the level design looks like something from wolfenstein 3d.

I can advice you to take a look at these great articles listed under "mapping" on realm667. Really good guides that can teach you how to make a pretty nice and beautiful maps.
http://www.realm667.com/index.php/en/tu ... 38#catid90

And one advice: Don|t be confident with yourself. When you are finished with the map, take a second look at it and think "how could I improve this map? How could I make it look better?". Because this map looks like that you finished the gameplay (as I said, it's OK. some ambushes, some surprises, this is OK), but you forgot to add some detail to the map. Do you find this map visually appealing?