1 Hour Mapping Challenge - Submission Thread

[a Chunk]

I feel your pain apolloghost . I encountered the same problem. I'd like to do another one also, if I can find the time. I like that you put some thought into it ahead of time, even if your weren't able to get it to the point you wanted to within the hour. That's something I'll most definitely do better if I do another one.

May 12, 2019 19:54:45 GMT icyhotspartin said:

You may be rusty, but the simplicity of the level stands out to me - knowing how easy it is to create cheeseable power positions, have you considered making the “floating platform” more of a ring path, so that players who get up there are still vulnerable to players from below? Also, plans on arting it? 😎

I haven't given it any thought really. I didn't have a layout in my head before starting. I wanted to let ideas flow spontaneously, rather than building something that was fully formed in my mind. It resulted in something that's poorly designed (and I recognized that as I was building), but it was still a valuable experience.

It's reassuring to see that I can do decent problem solving relatively quickly, and I don't necessarily have to wait until everything is perfect in my mind before beginning. No plans to art it, since it's not even a complete map. I would definitely re-scale it and add another tower. This really wasn't about creating a finished product for me though, and I'm not planning to do anything else with it at this point. I tend to flesh ideas out in my head over very long periods of time though, so maybe at some point in the future I'll revisit it.

[Soldat Du Christ]

[a Chunk]

Here's my second 1 Hour Level:


This one was a lot more in my comfort zone than my first attempt.  The goal here was to build a platform based level that requires players to traverse over death pits.  I took inspiration from my own map (Tron), which pulled off this style pretty successfully.  I designed with 1v1 in mind, but made it playable for 2v2 also.

The things that I kept from Tron are:
- Teleporter from the lowest platform to the highest
- Floating block which holds one of the primary pickups, and can be used to travel between the main platforms
- 3 Main spaces, which are laid out in a triangular fashion

I changed up the elevations a fair amount, and used pillars as one of the primary line of sight influences.  The familiar concept allowed me to flesh out the layout much more than I was able to in my first 1 Hour Map.





Here's a walkthrough video that will offer a fuller perspective:


Download Link: www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/games/halo-5-guardians/xbox-one/map-variants?lastModifiedFilter=Everything&sortOrder=BookmarkCount&page=1&gamertag=a%20Chunk#ugc_halo-5-guardians_xbox-one_mapvariant_a%20Chunk_3bf65f8f-932b-4a78-bce4-6c89f27994db

[xzamplez]

cameron I’d lean more towards addressing that issue with structural geomtery. Having an extremely long line of sight obstructed by partial cover tends not to fully address the issue. You can still have the bridge with the cover pieces, but I’d still recommend staggering the paths at the halfway point, so the corner-to-corner line of sight doesn’t exist.

@a chunk I told myself I wouldn’t work on anything else until I release my three WIPs, so I don’t know.

[gdfuentes]

I'm a bit late to the challenge but here's my 1 hour level: 


















I basically got inspired by Dishonored 2. I wanted to do a level that had a "castle" feeling with close encounters so that the player can try to sneak in, or he can just kill everyone, it's up to the player. The objective of the level would be to kill a high priority target that's hiding in one of the rooms, so the player needs to explore and find him. I also added multiple door entrances so the player can choose where to enter or exit.

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[a Chunk]

This Challenge has come to an end. Thank you xzamplez ,lucasl ,icyhotspartin ,cameron ,yoder ,a Chunk ,apolloghost ,gdfuentes ,Soldat Du Christ for participating!!!

Recap Article: nextleveldesign.proboards.com/thread/440/level-design-mapping-challenge-recap


Though we've reached the end of the official Challenge period, this thread will remain open. Anyone and everyone should feel free to continue posting 1 Hour Maps.