Custom Map #2714: Round 1

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This topic is for discussion of map #2714: Round 1


Author: Mavelost

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Round 1.

[Bongo]

24 minutes to get to the final room then 52 minutes of pure mind numbing slog.

Some helpful hints for your next map:

1. You can't use more than 60 unites of energy (per second) unless you have at least one Crystal stored*. Having 130 Energy but only being able to use 60 is lame. A Crystal would have been nice.

2. Field viewer would have been nice. I had to open the map in the Editor to understand how the final room was set up. Without knowing where the fields are it would probably take a lot longer than 52 minutes for the final room.

3. Any map you have to open in the Editor to play is always a fail.

4. The final room has +200 Million Creeper (per second) until you dig out the Anti-Creeper Emitters. However long it takes to get to the final room it takes at least three to four times that time to finish the map. I can only imagine an inexperienced person taking 30 to 40 minutes to get to the final room THEN having to spend 2 or 3 hours to finish the map. Every one of those down votes is someone who gave up in the final room from boredom. It would have been much better if the final room remained static (balanced), or started out hard then (slowly) became easier. Emitters can be set up to not only stop producing at a certain level, but to even destroy their own type of Anti/Creeper if the surrounding Anti/Creeper is more dense than the Emitter's maximum density. Note that Fields which 'whisk away' Anti/Creeper from the Emitter quickly can make the maximum density value useless.

5. A general rule of thumb for 'room maps' is that each room should never take more than 5 minutes to clear and no more than 10 to 15 minutes for a 'final' or 'boss' room.

Good luck on your next map!

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(* Coder's motto, "It's not a bug, It's a feature!")

[froggy168]

I hit the last room sub 20 minutes, Then after twenty more minutes... i rage quitted opened the editor gave myself a crystal and opened Cheat engine pwnd the map and shook my head.

The opening rooms middle hallways and last few rooms were awesome fun times. the last room... its like fighting vader the emperor darth maul and count dooku and all you have is a blaster.

Also I went bac kand looked your maps went from more up votes than downs but recently your newer ones are more down than up... public opinions make for more fun maps.

[PMouser]

huh, i am stuck on last room i cant get nelifer close enough to win

[Avienda]

How do I open the editor?  Obviously have never done it before, and this 60 output is bonkers!