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Report, edit, etc...Posted by Fortune on 2004-11-16 at 20:52:55
Well, at least you admit it... Good quality.
For example, in my case I was able to log on for about an hour today while I waited on my gf to get to my house. In that hour, I didn't do a bit of work on my map... pathetic, yes.
Report, edit, etc...Posted by Loser_Musician on 2004-11-16 at 21:22:04
If I was being paid good money to make maps, I'll make them at least 5 times faster. at least.
Report, edit, etc...Posted by Staredit.Net Essence on 2004-11-16 at 22:07:21
lol.

I take about 6 months to make a good map. However, most of mine are crap and Ihaven't realeased them. ONly my recent maps are nay good.

I can do a bound in a week though, and Melee in a day to 3 days.

I don't do those anymore though. My maps are really complicated and I have to fix a lot of bugs and get the trigger orders right and all kind of crap.
Report, edit, etc...Posted by Stardog on 2004-11-17 at 00:31:48
QUOTE(Sessase @ Nov 15 2004, 08:01 PM)
6 Months because I'm a lazy ass....
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12 Months here.
Report, edit, etc...Posted by VoidArchon(MC) on 2004-11-17 at 00:35:10
RPG's take me long time, Defenses are ok on the time, like a week or 2, but all my bounds were made in like 1-3 days..
Report, edit, etc...Posted by Staredit.Net Essence on 2004-11-17 at 15:01:30
Basic bounds can be done very quickly if you already know the speeds you want.

I find RPGs, Diplomacy/War, and Campaigns take the most time for balancing issues and giving it s story without it sounding corny.
Report, edit, etc...Posted by Xeno on 2004-11-17 at 16:01:02
I think all my maps have taken me 6 - 12 months, mainly because I'm a procrastinating bastard. rolleyes.gif
Report, edit, etc...Posted by Staredit.Net Essence on 2004-11-17 at 16:44:50
lol, I'm just a perfectionist. Most of my maps are never completed because I realize halway through noone would play it, or the idea is too similar to ones already out there.
Report, edit, etc...Posted by Zero on 2004-11-17 at 16:52:27
  • 3 Days for a bound
  • 3 weeks for a rpg
  • 2 days for a defence map
Report, edit, etc...Posted by .Coko[CK] on 2004-11-17 at 16:57:39
These are all for maps without the need for Player to Player balance, of course they take hardly any time. And you fail to add in the testing phase, because people just let them out without really testing it.
Report, edit, etc...Posted by Zero on 2004-11-17 at 16:59:54
Coko, How long do you think it will take you to make a RPG?
Report, edit, etc...Posted by .Coko[CK] on 2004-11-17 at 17:06:47
RPG's the only one i made back a year ago for my Campaign, was about five months, from getting the storyline written, getting the background engine for the player, and then designing the triggers for non-linear gameplay, then adding the voices and such.
Report, edit, etc...Posted by Zero on 2004-11-17 at 17:07:42
Ermm...Just a quick question...what was the map about?
Report, edit, etc...Posted by .Coko[CK] on 2004-11-17 at 17:20:14
It was about the destruction of a small mining colony and how a small group of survivors looked to locate friends lost in the mines while trying to invade the capture by the Terran Dominion and other such creatures.
Report, edit, etc...Posted by Zero on 2004-11-17 at 17:56:46
Sounds cool...could you attach it? i wanna check it out...
Report, edit, etc...Posted by eXiLe on 2004-11-17 at 18:03:19
If you gave me the whole day to make a map(without sto) I would probably finish 1 bound and defense
Report, edit, etc...Posted by Zero on 2004-11-17 at 18:04:45
Wow you must be fast Lol...if it did take you all that time they probbaly sucked..no offense
Report, edit, etc...Posted by Staredit.Net Essence on 2004-11-17 at 19:02:08
They wouldn't neccessarily suck, but I doubt there'd be much of anythiung nwe in them.

I am notoriously at map making, because i waste my time with all the little details, I don't get the overall map done. I'll spend days on a briefing.
Report, edit, etc...Posted by Fortune on 2004-11-17 at 19:46:10
Well I suppose it depends on who the creator is... but if I only had 24 hours to make a bound and a defense I'm sure they'd be censored.gif ...
Report, edit, etc...Posted by Zero on 2004-11-17 at 19:47:04
They would just be like all of the old ones
Report, edit, etc...Posted by Fortune on 2004-11-17 at 19:52:20
the old ones weren't necessarily censored.gif ty... in fact in my opinion they were better than the censored.gif people come out with these days dude, all the new ideas were being pioneered then... now they're just overused. :-/
Report, edit, etc...Posted by Zero on 2004-11-17 at 22:05:11
Yes, They were better then the ones now...they were actually beatable.
Report, edit, etc...Posted by Loser_Musician on 2004-11-17 at 23:51:36
The 1st man to breathe is a pioneer. you can never out do him in that because he was the 1st.
Report, edit, etc...Posted by VoidArchon(MC) on 2004-11-18 at 01:20:07
QUOTE(eXiLe @ Nov 17 2004, 06:03 PM)
If you gave me the whole day to make a map(without sto) I would probably finish 1 bound and defense
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Then the map wouldnt be very good, cause you'd be rushing things, i used to make some teh best bounds in mere hours happy.gif
Report, edit, etc...Posted by Paella on 2004-11-18 at 06:06:44
Bounds blow, I hate bounds because they are just flashy maps with explosion obsticles.
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