Post your Level Designs

[creiij]

First attempt at something, a NE lavamap, still missing some detail.

[wizard]

Good job guys =]

I finally found some time to extend my room out, been crazy busy with school

Full Image : http://sadpanda.us/images/67259-CZ9V9UJ.jpg



I'm reaching for a "Sunk Crypt" kinda look.

[syltman]

my second wip ^^

[Vendetta]

Is anyone planning on adding trigger effects on chests, traps, and the like as seen in the tutorial vids?

[Zergling2005]

Vendetta, if you look at my screenshots on the first page you can see that some of those are already in effect!

I am planning on uploading a demonstration video of my map to youtube sometime tonight. Stay posted and you can see em' in action!
-Zerg

[Vendetta]

I will watch it

[syltman]

Is anyone planning on adding trigger effects on chests, traps, and the like as seen in the tutorial vids?

I added one, Gonna add more

[ReinierK]

my second wip ^^

You do realize that the entire building is outside the play area, right?
You should keep it inside the yellow box, unless it's an entrance/exit area or a seperate room (for e.g. random bosses).

Otherwise you end up with building colliding/overlapping when a level is generated.

[Vendetta]

couldn't you just expand the yellow area?

[ReinierK]

couldn't you just expand the yellow area?

Nope... All chunks have a fixed size to make sure your levels will be build up correctly. Take a look at some of the examples from the game. There are exceptions, but mainly in entrances and exits/boss rooms.

[creiij]

I realized you'd have to stay mostly inside the yellow lines due to maps being combined by several chucks of NE,SN,WE and so on. Maps get smaller but the ability to create smaller pieces that randomizes are way cooler then creating one large map.

[Ojji]

viewtopic.php?f=20&t=6706 mines a bit dull but hey I'm working on it.

[syltman]

couldn't you just expand the yellow area?

Nope... All chunks have a fixed size to make sure your levels will be build up correctly. Take a look at some of the examples from the game. There are exceptions, but mainly in entrances and exits/boss rooms.

So that's what it was for, Oh well I can easily move everything.

[Neuzl]

A video of my level, still work in progress.
And its not in editor, anyone know how to reset a dungeon so all monsters,bosses and traps works again?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5MSdkug7JDQ

[Vendetta]

good job neuzl.
nice to see we have progress coming.

[ReinierK]

So I've been working on chunks to get a hang on them and I think I finally got it down for the biggest part.
Here's one of my entrance chunks (It's an S entrance). When the player enters the triggerbox, bats will start flying under the bridge and 8 skeletons will be spawned on the other side of the bridge. They'll rush the player as a nice suprise.

Here's the chunk in TorchED and two in-game shots (Editor simulation).

[Gastricpenguin]

It's taking quite a bit of time, but I'm re-creating the Hellforge from d2 (Not exact level design, just the concept)
Here's the entrance (Click to enlarge):

[BigRichard]

these all look good

[Shardz]

I'm an experienced level designer from back in the day, but this is definitely quite a new system to get used to. This chunk was created completely by scratch; no greebles, templates, or other parts were used whatsoever. This chunk is fully functional, checks out 100%, has a couple traps and some scripting, lays out perfectly with the exit/entrance, has Quest/Item markers, and looks great all around. It also features two very different variations which change the map dramatically for maximum playability. Creation time was about 3 full nights.

My problem is I cannot figure out how to get this chunk in the game so I can see how it plays hooked up to the stock chunks. I have spent 2 days trying to fuse this chunk in with the game and I'm getting frustrated. I am reading the other tutorials, but they are all using portals/scrolls to get to the map...I just want mine to run in place with the game. I tried messing with the rules.dat files and I just have no clue. Any help would be great.

[Mouneri]

Here's my first chunk Not fully detailed and polished. I did continue this after I took the Screenie but forgot to update the picture =P there's staircase leading up to west which is connected to a bridge. I figured, that probably easiest way to correctly connect chunks together is via standard pieces, in my case bridges. Of course it'll get generic quite fast but I'm a total noob in level design so... Next I'll start on the entrance.