MC Escher

(Klaranth) #1

Call me crazy, but I am seriously considering building a map for W:ET based on one of MC Escher’s drawings.

What I wonder about is, if something like this has been attempted before, or if there already is a W:ET map based on Escher’s work.

(Flippy) #2

Heh, would be cool if you could pull it off, but i think it’s very unlikely that its possible…
(im guessing that you mean for example the picture with the stairways with all those people walking on different sides of the stairways…)

how would you do that?! (or is it only the structures you care about?)

Oh your question, i dont know, i never saw one

(nUllSkillZ) #3

Last time I’ve visited the Prey forums at 3dRealm someone showed concepts for an Escher map (the one with the stairways).

(]UBC[ McNite) #4

nice idea, but you really should spend some time on thinking about the actual objectives, and then about how to build the map in a way that it has playable framerates too.

(fraSer) #5

Not exactly what you are looking for,
But I remembered reading and having a quick play of this Escher inspired DM map earlier this year.
But unfortunatly, its for UT2k4, sorry.
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http://utforums.epicgames.com/showthread.php?t=499488&highlight=escher

(kamikazee) #6

It would work allmost perfectly in Prey. There are few problem zones in those “steps everywhere” paintings.

(MrLego) #7

A few years back there was a Quake 3 custom map that was very close in style to an Escher painting - the stairs, furniture, trees, etc… were all coming out of the map side walls and ceiling. You needed jump pads and launch pads to manuver around the map, once you were up, there was plenty of cover & weapons for some decent fragging.

Dont forget the a tank that climbs the walls - watch the engies try and fix it. :slight_smile:

(Higgins) #8

Does any one remember this from labyrinth?

Funny enough, I wanted to do the same thing, but with the labyrinth as part of the map too.

(Etnies) #9

You remind of the babe… What babe? the babe of the power… what power? the power voodoo, who do? you do, do what? remind me of the babe!

I think that would be really cool idea for a fun map… like that tower and slides map.

(nUllSkillZ) #10

I think you can’t use big parts of the map.
It would only be a visual effect because you can’t walk on the wall and ceiling stairways.

(kamikazee) #11

Using Prey, you can. :smiley: