I like it, but a bit too much variation in the walls. Try adding the sandstone in in other ways other than just pure variation
This is a continuous variation throughout the whole area, so i don't think i'm gonna change it i might make it a little less though, remove a little bit of it and make it less prominent.
The sun was low when we exited the Acheron's mouth into the expanse of the Cretan valley. We walked along a path of quartz, delicately placed there by the Gods before us, and as the stones exuded warmth into our feet, we felt at home. This new land was no danger to us, the Gods had left it new, and we were prospering. The Scribes I led enjoyed soft summer breezes, and the bright sun above, warming our pale skin.
I had seen a light in the distance; other beings, civilization? We wandered across the lake to the crumbling foundations of Crete, a lonely tunnel downwards preceded by fallen pillars of quartz. We thought to ourselves that we would rebuild, and make this a safe haven from the war between the Gods and the remnants of the Titans. We worked for years, travelling ever so farther north to the homelands of the Gods and to the Doors of the Dead. In mere years, Crete was a bustling world of Acolytes, Scribes and Conscriptors alike, working together to solve the mysteries of the Titans that balanced the world before the Gods and chronicling the God's actions.
Eventually, the Scribes left Crete, to explore and brave the world's mysteries. I stayed and taught the remaining Acolytes their skills and gave them their diaries. I sent dozens of scribes away across the bridge of Crete, until there was just one group left. I wrote and wrote, about the Gods, about the Titans, about everything, over the last months of training, until there was no more to write. So I called upon a Curator.
Immediately, I sensed something different when speaking to him. His eyes were what set me off initially. Something wasn't right in this being. Holding the knowledge of the entire world could never be easy. So I begged for freedom for the Scribes. We had explored the vast edges of the Spires in the sky, the depths of the Crystal Mines, and had erected massive structures in the honor of the Gods.
We needed to know more. I knelt to the ground, and begged the Curator to bestow the ability to pursue any knowledge we sought. He thought, and offered me a deal.
All he asked for was a single Acolyte. In exchange, he would grant those of us still on Crete, immunity to harm from the world. We could safely brave the fires in the depths of the Devorantem, we could live through the harsh weather of the Flickering Isle, and fly on the gusts of wind of the Spires with ease. I accepted his deal.
The Curator smiled, and told me he would return in a week to collect his payment, and to... as he said... "Archive" us. I left me unsettled, but I shrugged it off. Curators were to be trusted - they knew all. I spoke to the remaining Acolytes, and finally selected a bright Acolyte. He told me of his plans and his journeys, his hopes, his dreams, his goals. And when a week was up, the Curator returned as he said.
The Curator knelt before the Acolyte, and sighed softly. The boy looked down at the kneeling man, confused at his actions. Then his skin turned red, as blood slowly oozed from every pore on the boy's body. I gasped, and stepped forward to stop this madness, but I found myself unable to move. "This will not last," the Curator said, slowly. "You will not lose this one. I simply need the blood." The Curator raised a single hand, and the blood stopped - and vanished.
"I promised you the freedom to explore the unknown," the Curator said. "To do this, you will be sent to the Underworld. You cannot be harmed in the depths. The other Scribes will not be harmed. They may contact you at this site where Crete once stood. But you can never leave. Do you still accept my deal?"
I took a moment, and inhaled. The freedom to explore the Underworld. To settle the realm of the dead, as a living being. I looked at the Scribes under my tutelage around me. And I nodded. With a violent blink, the sky above changed, my muscles screamed, and the Curator was gone. We stood in the Underworld, and blinked. So much to explore...
And explore we did. From the mountains of Sisyphus, to the memories of the River Lethe, from the screeches of the Hive, to the edges of Tartarus, we saw all.
Seriously i am now very hyped, and i cannot wait for Tit Revolution to come out...seriously, i can't wait, i am actually just turning to goo in my chair because my body cannot take the stress of waiting...i'm writng ths with my meltimg a[endages halp mmmmmee
Seriously i am now very hyped, and i cannot wait for Tit Revolution to come out...seriously, i can't wait, i am actually just turning to goo in my chair because my body cannot take the stress of waiting...i'm writng ths with my meltimg a[endages halp mmmmmee
Wait until you see how the story plays out. I'm so hyped to just write it...
Seriously i am now very hyped, and i cannot wait for Tit Revolution to come out...seriously, i can't wait, i am actually just turning to goo in my chair because my body cannot take the stress of waiting...i'm writng ths with my meltimg a[endages halp mmmmmee
I'd be lying if I said it wasn't inspired by that a lil' bit...ok maybe a lotta bit
Ok, so i finished most of the touching up, though i still need to do something with the walls i think...and maybe break up the outter edge paths, add some holes in them. But regardless, its mostly kind finished...ish...
Behold! The Primary Storage of BuckleBlast Foundry! Home to all of BuckleBlast's archives, and some of the company's most precious possessions, including the Lime Power Vessel.
Hai guys, CTM Community here. We have dutifully spent the last several months complaining about the lack of originality in the Blackened Archives of Inferno Mines, the repetitive gameplay of it, and the overall badness of the area. TL;DR: Vechs sucks.
Now we present...from our finest mapmakers...Blackened Archives/Library II: The Electric Boogaloo Primary Storage of Buckleblast Foundry. This inspiring and original CTM area has bookcases hanging over a dangerous drop, with iron bars chaining them to the ceiling. This is not at all like certain areas made by a certain too popular mapper.
<3 Apollo. Just poking fun at the community, you just happened to give me a great opportunity. The area does look nice, in all seriousness, and I do enjoy the idea of the floating platforms. It was a fun area in Spellbound, and I'm sure it will be a good area in your map as well.
Hai guys, CTM Community here. We have dutifully spent the last several months complaining about the lack of originality in the Blackened Archives of Inferno Mines, the repetitive gameplay of it, and the overall badness of the area. TL;DR: Vechs sucks.
Now we present...from our finest mapmakers...Blackened Archives/Library II: The Electric Boogaloo Primary Storage of Buckleblast Foundry. This inspiring and original CTM area has bookcases hanging over a dangerous drop, with iron bars chaining them to the ceiling. This is not at all like certain areas made by a certain too popular mapper.
<3 Apollo. Just poking fun at the community, you just happened to give me a great opportunity. The area does look nice, in all seriousness, and I do enjoy the idea of the floating platforms. It was a fun area in Spellbound, and I'm sure it will be a good area in your map as well.
before i read the spoilers i was really mad, but then i actually read your entire post and I'm happy again.
Also i fully admit i'm yanking this from Blackened Library
Our next lore post will be over here in the ProjectCTM thread, in about a week or so. We've redone the first post and it looks miles better than it used to.
ok i'm sorry if this is off topic but it needs to be shared
So me and Drago were just chatting five seconds ago about our respective Black Wool areas, and how we want them to be very epic aesthetically, and Drago said this:
"Yeah I'm gonna give my player a script to say when they enter the black wool area
"Okay, you're going to walk around this corner, and as you do, repeat after me:"
"Oh"
"My"
"Gawd""
and in response I...well...this
I don't always get a page get, but when I do, I make sure its with what is most likely the best post i will ever make
ok i'm sorry if this is off topic but it needs to be shared
So me and Drago were just chatting five seconds ago about our respective Black Wool areas, and how we want them to be very epic aesthetically, and Drago said this:
"Yeah I'm gonna give my player a script to say when they enter the black wool area
"Okay, you're going to walk around this corner, and as you do, repeat after me:"
"Oh"
"My"
"Gawd""
and in response I...well...this
I don't always get a page get, but when I do, I make sure its with what is most likely the best post i will ever make
Im gonna cry, I just want I on the team lol also Titan of blood sounds awesome
Dang I just want to be part of Titans Revolt, Fang let me in! pretty pweas with a golden apple on top!
Don't worry. You know that story that Fangride's getting so hyped up about to even write? It leaves plenty of room for Part 3. If it doesn't happen, I will be sad, and not only because it'll be leaving the story unfinished. ProjectCTM is sorta supposed to be "showcasing people's CTM talent", not necessarily rehashing the same old themes. It's a great way to give new mappers exposure, too. (Credit where credit is due: Fang said that almost verbatim in our PM just now.) Worry not. Even if a ton of great mapmakers join the community, you - and everyone else here - will still deserve to be given a spot. None of you are thaaaat bad. this was a joke you're actually all really good from what I've seen
(also Titan of Blood < Fallen God )
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I just finished making this area for my map. I want to see some of your guy's feedback on the area.
Area Name = Castle Latia - Jungle Core Sector
Intersection 4 - Green Wool
Difficulty = 8/10
Under the water is void, but there are no skeleton spawners, so you are fairly safe except for natural spawns.
This is a continuous variation throughout the whole area, so i don't think i'm gonna change it
This is suppose to be like a jail/torture chamber..
I had seen a light in the distance; other beings, civilization? We wandered across the lake to the crumbling foundations of Crete, a lonely tunnel downwards preceded by fallen pillars of quartz. We thought to ourselves that we would rebuild, and make this a safe haven from the war between the Gods and the remnants of the Titans. We worked for years, travelling ever so farther north to the homelands of the Gods and to the Doors of the Dead. In mere years, Crete was a bustling world of Acolytes, Scribes and Conscriptors alike, working together to solve the mysteries of the Titans that balanced the world before the Gods and chronicling the God's actions.
Eventually, the Scribes left Crete, to explore and brave the world's mysteries. I stayed and taught the remaining Acolytes their skills and gave them their diaries. I sent dozens of scribes away across the bridge of Crete, until there was just one group left. I wrote and wrote, about the Gods, about the Titans, about everything, over the last months of training, until there was no more to write. So I called upon a Curator.
Immediately, I sensed something different when speaking to him. His eyes were what set me off initially. Something wasn't right in this being. Holding the knowledge of the entire world could never be easy. So I begged for freedom for the Scribes. We had explored the vast edges of the Spires in the sky, the depths of the Crystal Mines, and had erected massive structures in the honor of the Gods.
We needed to know more. I knelt to the ground, and begged the Curator to bestow the ability to pursue any knowledge we sought. He thought, and offered me a deal.
All he asked for was a single Acolyte. In exchange, he would grant those of us still on Crete, immunity to harm from the world. We could safely brave the fires in the depths of the Devorantem, we could live through the harsh weather of the Flickering Isle, and fly on the gusts of wind of the Spires with ease. I accepted his deal.
The Curator smiled, and told me he would return in a week to collect his payment, and to... as he said... "Archive" us. I left me unsettled, but I shrugged it off. Curators were to be trusted - they knew all. I spoke to the remaining Acolytes, and finally selected a bright Acolyte. He told me of his plans and his journeys, his hopes, his dreams, his goals. And when a week was up, the Curator returned as he said.
The Curator knelt before the Acolyte, and sighed softly. The boy looked down at the kneeling man, confused at his actions. Then his skin turned red, as blood slowly oozed from every pore on the boy's body. I gasped, and stepped forward to stop this madness, but I found myself unable to move. "This will not last," the Curator said, slowly. "You will not lose this one. I simply need the blood." The Curator raised a single hand, and the blood stopped - and vanished.
"I promised you the freedom to explore the unknown," the Curator said. "To do this, you will be sent to the Underworld. You cannot be harmed in the depths. The other Scribes will not be harmed. They may contact you at this site where Crete once stood. But you can never leave. Do you still accept my deal?"
I took a moment, and inhaled. The freedom to explore the Underworld. To settle the realm of the dead, as a living being. I looked at the Scribes under my tutelage around me. And I nodded. With a violent blink, the sky above changed, my muscles screamed, and the Curator was gone. We stood in the Underworld, and blinked. So much to explore...
And explore we did. From the mountains of Sisyphus, to the memories of the River Lethe, from the screeches of the Hive, to the edges of Tartarus, we saw all.
But we never did hear from the other Scribes...
Welcome Krose and Dylan to the team, by the way!
Dylan: The Conscriptor
Krose: Titan of Blood
...oh dear god is that sign still backwards? ._.
edit I feel like I should make the whole Titan's Revolt sign bigger, too... it seems a little bit too small.
yes lol
It's not that bad, it's an okay size and you only see it when you get to the top of the thing, right? I think it'll be fine.
Seriously i am now very hyped, and i cannot wait for Tit Revolution to come out...seriously, i can't wait, i am actually just turning to goo in my chair because my body cannot take the stress of waiting...i'm writng ths with my meltimg a[endages halp mmmmmee
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Retired StaffWait until you see how the story plays out. I'm so hyped to just write it...
the best part of the map is the lore
ooooooh i know dat feels. #WriterSympathy
Hai guys, CTM Community here. We have dutifully spent the last several months complaining about the lack of originality in the Blackened Archives of Inferno Mines, the repetitive gameplay of it, and the overall badness of the area. TL;DR: Vechs sucks.
Now we present...from our finest mapmakers...
Blackened Archives/Library II: The Electric BoogalooPrimary Storage of Buckleblast Foundry. This inspiring and original CTM area has bookcases hanging over a dangerous drop, with iron bars chaining them to the ceiling. This is not at all like certain areas made by a certain too popular mapper.<3 Apollo. Just poking fun at the community, you just happened to give me a great opportunity. The area does look nice, in all seriousness, and I do enjoy the idea of the floating platforms. It was a fun area in Spellbound, and I'm sure it will be a good area in your map as well.
dammit
Looking forward to the public release of this map. It's looking miles better than Pantheon!
before i read the spoilers i was really mad, but then i actually read your entire post and I'm happy again.
Also i fully admit i'm yanking this from Blackened Library
I summed it up for you. <3
Dang I just want to be part of Titans Revolt, Fang let me in! pretty pweas with a golden apple on top!
So me and Drago were just chatting five seconds ago about our respective Black Wool areas, and how we want them to be very epic aesthetically, and Drago said this:
"Yeah I'm gonna give my player a script to say when they enter the black wool area
"Okay, you're going to walk around this corner, and as you do, repeat after me:"
"Oh"
"My"
"Gawd""
and in response I...well...this
I don't always get a page get, but when I do, I make sure its with what is most likely the best post i will ever make
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... No.
"Oh. My. Gawd" doesn't even begin to cover that.
Don't worry. You know that story that Fangride's getting so hyped up about to even write? It leaves plenty of room for Part 3. If it doesn't happen, I will be sad, and not only because it'll be leaving the story unfinished. ProjectCTM is sorta supposed to be "showcasing people's CTM talent", not necessarily rehashing the same old themes. It's a great way to give new mappers exposure, too. (Credit where credit is due: Fang said that almost verbatim in our PM just now.) Worry not. Even if a ton of great mapmakers join the community, you - and everyone else here - will still deserve to be given a spot. None of you are thaaaat bad.
(also Titan of Blood < Fallen God
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Curse PremiumArea Name = Castle Latia - Jungle Core Sector
Intersection 4 - Green Wool
Difficulty = 8/10
Under the water is void, but there are no skeleton spawners, so you are fairly safe except for natural spawns.