ELEMENTARY CHAOS INVASION





That's right, I've started on an all-new pack of levels for invasion. I plan to release a teaser in the near future containing the first three levels.

The basic idea behind this invasion pack is that each level will follow a specific theme - based heavily on the locale, or environment, or even the structure it's based around. So far, I have begun four levels - Arctic, Castle, Desert, and Space Invasion, and am currently working on a CREDMAP. Of course, many people will have already played Arctic Invasion...*checks download count on zshare*...31, in fact, but it has undergone some changes that will indefinitely improve the gameplay and looks of the level, hence why it'll be released in this level pack as "Arctic Invasion 2.0", or even "Tundra Invasion".

!!!!IMPORTANT!!!! Something else I forgot to mention is this: I will possibly convert this into a community project when I release it. I plan to have at most 24 maps - each will have a different theme or environment, and will each have a different first letter - like Arctic, Bay, Castle, Desert, etc. all the way to Zero-G. Of course, I'm stuck for ideas for the level names with the not-so-common letters, so I'll have to call on the community for ideas for those. I hope I'll get lots of contributors.

But enough...screenie time!

UPDATE (as of 12/06/07): Even more new shots, as well as some of Space Invasion, which has undergone some major detailing since the last shots! And, sorry about starting on the new maps. Arctic Invasion is currently being held up by a Skulltag bug reported in this thread, so it may be awhile until I either find a workaround or the bug is fixed. Desert Invasion is nearly done, so that will probably be the map I will finish first. Space Invasion is also about halfway done, so expect some more great screens soon. As for Castle, umm...I really just started that on a whim, and haven't done anything to it since. Oh well, it should prove to be a fairly interesting level to make.

MAP01 - Arctic Invasion [name is still WIP] (99% complete) (4 screenshots)
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MAP02 - Castle Invasion (5% complete) (0 screenshots!)

MAP03 - Desert Invasion (98% complete) (3 screenshots)
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MAP04 - Space Invasion (50% complete) (4 screenshots)
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Enjoy the shots, and please leave feedback. Feedback is cool.

Total WAD Completion: 50%

Wow! Very nice wad! Well laid out!

First two shots look nice...im not sure about the third

The third shot is FAR from finished.

I already have your Arctic Invasion map, really nicely done!

Yea, I enjoyed Arctic Invasion...I eagerly await to see if you took some of my advice about it!!

And the other two screenies are looking pretty solid...hopefully the last one will look better once you finish it up more.

Anyways, good luck...I'll be waiting on the release ^^

Looking great, jimmy! Just make sure to play it plenty and do everything you can to keep it interesting and fun to play. Don't want it to be too long, or too slow in the beginning, or get to hard.

I think I did a fairly good job with the difficulty in Arctic Invasion, at 11 waves, it takes about 10 minutes, and it's perfectly possible to beat...it just takes a lot of skill. That, and...there's an awful lot of runes and powerups around so it gets fairly easy to beat in the long run anyway... Well, maybe I should remove some of those in online play to present a challenge to the players.

Heh, don't worry Carn, I make sure I playtest each and every one of my maps until I find it absolutely flawless.

Wow, very nice. Good to see that all the maps have a distinctive theme to them. keep it up.

Update! (if, a very small one)

Desert Invasion is almost done!

Looks really good .

Might I suggest a Volcano Invasion map? That could be really cool.

Was thinking about something like that, yes, I am going to have a map related to fire in some way.

There is already a Lava Invasion in ALINV, and Hell Invasion sounds too generic even for me. In any case, I'll be updating the first post with extra screenies, complete with tons of dead bodies, shortly.

EDIT: The new shots are up!

Uber awesomeness, the Desert one looks to be my favourite of the lot. Keep it up, yo.

I'd like to test it out when you have a beta or soemthing ready. I'm always on the lookout for new invasion maps .

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UPDATE!

Hey, I'm still working on this! I've made some awesome progress on Space Invasion, so go check out the first post for the screenshots and some funtacular new idea and progress updates.

Unfortunately, it seems as though I can't help but start work on new maps on a whim, so I've added an extra map that is currently unworthy of screenshotature, Castle Invasion. I'm also working on a CREDMAP, inspired by the end credits role from Hexen, the music of which will also be included in this mod, along with some bitchin' Descent midis.

Speaking of credits, huge thanks go to Tormentor667 - for KDIZD MONSTERS WILL BE INCLUDED IN THESE LEVELS! He has kindly agreed to let me use them, so long as I credit his team of super sprite artists, which of course I will. My uber kudos go to you guys for your awesometacular efforts on the monster sprites and code.

Comments on the new shots on the first post are appreciated. Be sure to read the IMPORTANT update(s) as well - I may turn this into a community project.

Lol, was that sinking sand I spotted in one of the screenshots? You should make a thrust or pull object or whatever that pulls you under, then you run out of air.

I wouldn't make this a community project, if I were you. There are already a few invasion community projects around at the moment.

I can't wait to play this, I can imagine what the final wave at Desert Invasion's gonna look like .

The sky on the arctic level doesn't really fit IMO. That particular sky would fit more for a warmer enviroment, since there's no snow on the top of the mountains and small amounts of green, suggesting trees, or at least plants.

Same with the desert sky. I'm not really a fan of red skies, with the exception of a few ones. I think the orange sky found in EP4 would be an improvement.

The sky on the space level is fine, though you should consider adding "forcenoskystretch" in the mapinfo lump, since that sky tiles well, and it looks better when not stretched out so much.

For the arctic map sky...see if you can find some mountains with snow on them for that skybox. The actual sky itself would work very well I think (unless you wanted to go with a dreary dark grayish sky...that would be a good snowy sky).

Still looking pretty bitchin' there jimmy

@Spadger: I agree, skies/skyboxes are quite possibly my greatest achilles' heel when it comes to decoring maps. I have a white cloudy sky already in my WAD - maybe that would fit better...

@Cpt. Toenail: The quicksand will be harder to maneuvre in for the players but the monsters will have no trouble emerging out of it.