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Quote from JaxinZ »

Just found my THIRD spider jockey in Kaizo (third that I've found in Kaizo). Guess where I found it? Citadel of Demons.

Quote from Divinux »

I said it once already and im only here to say it again:

I have now built about three minecraft maps myself, and i have been professionally trained to get used to new software(Rendering/Design/2D vector and pixel based/3D polygonal PbP modelling/CAD) as quickly as possible, so i dont think i seem over the top if i say i have a fair bit of knowledge in the pure creation part as well as level design.

This is what i notice most about Vechs' maps:

-Level Design:
The maps are well balanced for their purpose, and it is obvious that they are playtested many times before they finally are released. You can see how much thought and knowledge of game mechanics go into the maps. The mobs spawn in perfect places in perfect amounts. The first resources are hard to obtain, and easier only afterwards (That's what i call professional design! And my maps suffer from a lack of it)

-Area Design:
Maybe i am wrong, but i believe Vechs makes his maps partly with MCEdit, right? I say that because i use it as well, and after working a bit with it, i discovered the brush function and the new possibility to make hollow spheres. This enabled me to create my own caves that were indistinguishable from the generated ones. I decided to take it a step further and increased the size, giving me a large cavern that only had to be paved with dirt and i thought, wow, what a great idea, nobody thought of that! Then i looked in this thread and discovered that Vechs had already done this, and with a lot bigger cavern and even a huge sea! I am willing to bet a bag of candy that he had a pretty similar chain of thoughts.
Then i thought, okay, maybe i need to go up instead of down to make something new. What can you brush? I know, trees! I Started a huge tree, walked into this thread AND WHAT DO I SEE???
Pretty much the same thing, only better of course. I just deleted my world after that. (You thought of roots, right?)
What i try to say is, that you can see that Vechs takes his time getting used to the software and explore its potential to its fullest, in turn getting new ideas.

So after my analysis, i am fairly sure that vechs either already has a job in the industry or is some kind of hobby design superhero who after this series is completed, will have enough experience so he wont have any problems to get a job in gaming design if he ever wants to.

Edit: Oh right, you dont smoke cigarettes. Candy. Lets go with a bag of candy.

Quote from cooldude1128 »

Brilliant deduction. And your review is amazing. 10/10! As for Vechs maps..... 16/10. Because you got 6
extra for making me jump out of my seat, knocking my moniter over, and stepping on a power switch,
which corrupped my world. Really. REALLY.

Quote from NitroN7 »

For the longest time, I was sitting here thinking.

"What's got me so excited about Canopy Carnage*... That name almost sounds like it could be... From..."

Then I realized. I'll get to build my own Treetop town. I'll get to get into some REAL Jungle Hijinx. All Minecraft needs now is some barrels, a crate with a Rhino in it and I'm set. If Minecraft had thorns and vines you could make a Stickerbrush Symphony map.

Now the question remains- Which DKC song will YOU be blasting as you get your Kong on, so to speak?



*Aside from a new Super Hostile map, of course.

Quote from Divinux »

I said it once already and im only here to say it again:

I have now built about three minecraft maps myself, and i have been professionally trained to get used to new software(Rendering/Design/2D vector and pixel based/3D polygonal PbP modelling/CAD) as quickly as possible, so i dont think i seem over the top if i say i have a fair bit of knowledge in the pure creation part as well as level design.

This is what i notice most about Vechs' maps:

-Level Design:
The maps are well balanced for their purpose, and it is obvious that they are playtested many times before they finally are released. You can see how much thought and knowledge of game mechanics go into the maps. The mobs spawn in perfect places in perfect amounts. The first resources are hard to obtain, and easier only afterwards (That's what i call professional design! And my maps suffer from a lack of it)

-Area Design:
Maybe i am wrong, but i believe Vechs makes his maps partly with MCEdit, right? I say that because i use it as well, and after working a bit with it, i discovered the brush function and the new possibility to make hollow spheres. This enabled me to create my own caves that were indistinguishable from the generated ones. I decided to take it a step further and increased the size, giving me a large cavern that only had to be paved with dirt and i thought, wow, what a great idea, nobody thought of that! Then i looked in this thread and discovered that Vechs had already done this, and with a lot bigger cavern and even a huge sea! I am willing to bet a bag of candy that he had a pretty similar chain of thoughts.
Then i thought, okay, maybe i need to go up instead of down to make something new. What can you brush? I know, trees! I Started a huge tree, walked into this thread AND WHAT DO I SEE???
Pretty much the same thing, only better of course. I just deleted my world after that. (You thought of roots, right?)
What i try to say is, that you can see that Vechs takes his time getting used to the software and explore its potential to its fullest, in turn getting new ideas.

So after my analysis, i am fairly sure that vechs either already has a job in the industry or is some kind of hobby design superhero who after this series is completed, will have enough experience so he wont have any problems to get a job in gaming design if he ever wants to.

Edit: Oh right, you dont smoke cigarettes. Candy. Lets go with a bag of candy.

Quote from Light Squid »

Whereas I...

Was walking underground, being careful around some gravel near lava, hitting it while on cobblestone...nothing happened, so I wandered off and the glow of the lava grew faint in the distance; I saw a spider and put down a torch. Next thing I knew I was falling down a gravel trap into lava. As I descended, I saw that if I had only been two squares over when I put down that torch, I would have been on solid stone.

Quote from Vechs »

So yeah, I'm placing each tree in this jungle manually, by importing a schematic in MCedit. Well, I'm going to place all the large trees on the map, then go back and place all the medium trees in the gaps, then after that, go back a third time and place small trees where I can fit them in, so you get that real tight-packed jungle feeling.

And then there are the small plants on the jungle floor to place...

Not going to cite an exact release date, but it's going to be quite awhile - lots of work ahead of me.

Quote from cooldude1128 »

Quote from Vechs »

So yeah, I'm placing each tree in this jungle manually, by importing a schematic in MCedit. Well, I'm going to place all the large trees on the map, then go back and place all the medium trees in the gaps, then after that, go back a third time and place small trees where I can fit them in, so you get that real tight-packed jungle feeling.

And then there are the small plants on the jungle floor to place...

Not going to cite an exact release date, but it's going to be quite awhile - lots of work ahead of me.

Wow. Make it Quality, correct me if my spelling is wrong,
and get it out before 1.6; If you do that, You will be my favorite mapmaker. Favorite right now
is whoever makes those yogscast maps I want to play around on so much.

Quote from Vechs »

So yeah, I'm placing each tree in this jungle manually, by importing a schematic in MCedit. Well, I'm going to place all the large trees on the map, then go back and place all the medium trees in the gaps, then after that, go back a third time and place small trees where I can fit them in, so you get that real tight-packed jungle feeling.

And then there are the small plants on the jungle floor to place...

Not going to cite an exact release date, but it's going to be quite awhile - lots of work ahead of me.

Quote from flying sheep »

what’s going on with zisteau’s vids, btw?

Quote from flying sheep »

what’s going on with zisteau’s vids, btw?