Dimpsy's World Maps (Good News!)

[Dimpsy]

Welp, Time to get working on Dataman's stage tileset. *opens paint and starts spriting*

It's only a possibility, I won't be getting outside of Gigapolis for a LOOOONG time. And even then I still wouldn't be done, so your stage is going to be my next "example" stage.

[Shadow Blade]

It looks nice, hopefully the music gets put in, because it only seems to play what ever music track was on the last map

[Oliver]

Gigapolis Zone? Never heard that zone before... I only know Spring Yard, Hydrocity, Marble Garden, etc...

[Chauer]

You should use a skybox. It's nicer that way.

Gigapolis Zone? Never heard that zone before... I only know Spring Yard, Hydrocity, Marble Garden, etc...

It's from the 8bit sonic games.

[Dimpsy]

You should use a skybox. It's nicer that way.

I'm trying to learn...

located in Cameras and Interpolation

Where is that? It doesn't seem to be in my Doom Builder.

[Chauer]

For skybox: make a "Skybox Viewpoint" thing in your skybox, use the F_SKY1 as your ceiling, mark outside linedefs as "Line Horizon"

BTW, really appreciate your use of Pythagorean triangles for slopes.

[Dimpsy]

For skybox: make a "Skybox Viewpoint" thing in your skybox, use the F_SKY1 as your ceiling, mark outside linedefs as "Line Horizon"

BTW, really appreciate your use of Pythagorean triangles for slopes.

...yea I think I'm just gonna look up a tutorial real quick...

[Dimpsy]

So I actually got off my butt to actually get to working on Gigapolis Zone, and progress is going fairly decent. I'll give you a bit of a tour at what's to come. Click the spoiler buttons to view the images.

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I finally got a Skybox to work. Now the stage looks a little LESS boring to look at.

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Platforming! We totally need some of that here, I'm not just gonna put a red carpet towards that Super Adapter y'know.

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Clever level design. I bet ya can't tell what this is supposed to look like.

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Now the level feels a little less empty, and more platforming to get up to that higher platform, two ways in fact!

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Less emptyness!

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I changed some of the weapons around the stage to weaker ones, I know these aren't the best fitting, but the only ones that would be able to fit in this stage are the strong ones, so this was a bit of a tough decision. I will keep at least one strong weapon out in the open though, which is the Hard Knuckle.

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Of course, there is a pit to fall in, so don't get too cocky with your playstyle or you'll end up falling down the sky... to never be seen again.

Please note that these screenshots are NOT final and I will eventually go back to these and more and try to fix them up to look just a bit neater.

Next map I do plan to take on will probably be World 1-1 from Super Mario Bros. 3, at least if I get sky platforms to work (platforms that are not coming from the ground or ceiling). But if I learn about decoration and teleporters, I actually have a Pokemon map in mind with given concept from someone.

[Dimpsy]

I have updated the map finally! Go to the first page for the download. If you feel it needs just a bit more time to be worked on, please leave critique here.

[Hinatediz]

Well it's a nice improvement here...

i hope to see a Labyrinth Zone (i got the tiles for it)

[Dimpsy]

Well it's a nice improvement here...

i hope to see a Labyrinth Zone (i got the tiles for it)

I'm not just gonna be making Sonic maps for this game, though a good idea I may wait until I've fully learned everything there is to mapping. Especially when it comes down to stuff like the water, and platforms. And I'm probably just gonna strict myself to existing Sonic 8-bit games as well, and there is an 8-bit Labyrinth that exists by Sega so I may end up using the official sprites.

[TailsMK4]

So I took a look at your map...although it is a nice map, I personally think it still needs quite a bit of refining.

1. This map has NINETEEN weapons for such a small map. There are also quite a lot of support items as well, including two places to get Eddie. For a map this size, I would cut down the weapons in half. Some of the weapons, like Quick Boomerang and Power Stone, are kind of out of the way and a bit tricky to find. Also, Super Adaptor can be a game-changing weapon, and it is much easier to reach than the Beat Support item (which I thought was nicely placed, btw).

2. Looking at the location where we have the Pharaoh Shot Weapon and the E Tank, I think it should be just reversed. Imo, items like E Tanks should be more difficult to get than others.

3. I found a couple of linedef errors. Take a look around the five blocks that form a V formation near the Mirror Buster. One of the blocks turns invisible if you're inside the V formation.

4. Because of how the map is designed, I think weapons that benefit from terrain that varies in height would be good here. Search Snake, Scorch Wheel, and Napalm Bombs were good choices for this stage, though I do not feel weapons like Slash Claw work well here. I think Water Wave could be a good weapon to replace one in your map.

5. Two Leaf Shield Pickup locations? Seems kind of weird.

Otherwise, I feel your stage is pretty good, though for my tastes it is pretty small. It has potential.

[Dimpsy]

So I took a look at your map...although it is a nice map, I personally think it still needs quite a bit of refining.

1. This map has NINETEEN weapons for such a small map. There are also quite a lot of support items as well, including two places to get Eddie. For a map this size, I would cut down the weapons in half. Some of the weapons, like Quick Boomerang and Power Stone, are kind of out of the way and a bit tricky to find. Also, Super Adaptor can be a game-changing weapon, and it is much easier to reach than the Beat Support item (which I thought was nicely placed, btw).

2. Looking at the location where we have the Pharaoh Shot Weapon and the E Tank, I think it should be just reversed. Imo, items like E Tanks should be more difficult to get than others.

3. I found a couple of linedef errors. Take a look around the five blocks that form a V formation near the Mirror Buster. One of the blocks turns invisible if you're inside the V formation.

4. Because of how the map is designed, I think weapons that benefit from terrain that varies in height would be good here. Search Snake, Scorch Wheel, and Napalm Bombs were good choices for this stage, though I do not feel weapons like Slash Claw work well here. I think Water Wave could be a good weapon to replace one in your map.

5. Two Leaf Shield Pickup locations? Seems kind of weird.

Otherwise, I feel your stage is pretty good, though for my tastes it is pretty small. It has potential.

Think of this map as my first TRUE test into starting. I will eventually update it so it looks just a bit neater and more refined, but I think I wanna move on for now and do something different.

[Oliver]

It would be nice, if there was a Sandopolis zone, then i wanted to download it.

[Dimpsy]

It would be nice, if there was a Sandopolis zone, then i wanted to download it.

I won't be doing just Sonic maps, in fact I don't really have much in mind unless it's from the Game Gear titles. And don't expect really any maps that much from me, the next two maps I have planned are NOT Sonic ones but in fact Mario and Pokemon ones. I'll even do some other maps from other games and or franchises. One which I may most likely do is probably one of the Mare Stages from Mega Pony, or something else.