Custom Map #1376: balance

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Author: mexxor

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[peter]

This is a fun map, I really enjoyed playing this one, there are many ways to play it and is one I will play several times to see if I can do better.

Well done.

[SmileyCoder]

Its a decent map, but I would have enjoyed a bit more of a challenge.

[koker93]

Maps like this are more fun when the anti creeper builds up over time.  So if the fields had been pushing it forward instead of in random directions...

[Mexxor]

This was my first map with actions in it instead of only fields, so i did just try out some things, nothing more or less

[koker93]

I liked it.  It was fun.  And it was certantly better than anything I could have designed...

[Helper]

This one took a long time to play, but stayed interesting the whole time.
Very nice to have a 'long' game that is still fun.

[Mexxor]

Well, it has to be fun, because if i get bored when i play my own map, i should not post it   ;D

[Helper]

Well, it has to be fun, because if i get bored when i play my own map, i should not post it   ;D

Great attitude!
(Not...unfortunately...shared with some mapmapkers who shall remain nameless.)

[Mexxor]

well, heres the thing as how i see it (please don't kill me for my not so really good english, for i'm dutch ;) ):
If you make a map, you have to have fun making it, playing it and letting it be played by others
If people like my maps, that just inspires me to make more maps like them
Also: I only like long maps, not too hard, not too easy, a bit medium maybe
Every room has to be tested so to see if the fields and or actions actually work as you want them to do.
If so, then i count it as a succesful one :)

[peter]

As I stated right at the start, I liked this map as it was fun.

For me a map is fun when I complete it and want to play it again just to see if there is another way to do it.  If there is only one way to play a map it does not have any fun involved, it becomes tedious and boring.  A long map does have advantages as there can be different things happening in it while a short map can be limited.  But, a long map that is limited in playable variances is still just a long boring map for me.

This is a long map, and as there are so many ways to play it, so many different strategies, that it becomes an adventure of many chapters.  I could play it 10 times and each time would be different.  THAT is what makes it a good fun map for me.

[Mexxor]

well , thank you, (hopes the next one will be as good as this one :) )

[Grauniad]

For me a map is fun when I complete it and want to play it again just to see if there is another way to do it.  If there is only one way to play a map it does not have any fun involved, it becomes tedious and boring.  A long map does have advantages as there can be different things happening in it while a short map can be limited.  But, a long map that is limited in playable variances is still just a long boring map for me.

I think this is very well said. The only exception to the "one way to play" is if it is a puzzle-type map and one has to figure out a particular puzzle.  Or this map, one of my ATF maps. Not sure it works still, I believe someone mentioned a later game change broke it.

[Mexxor]

I myself like to go against creeper with AC, which is why i always make that possible, but its true, there has to be a choice for a map to be really fun, at least in most maps..

[Meander]

One of the finest maps around.
Looking forward to your next one, a bit harder ;)