Cogito Ergo Sum

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You, your world, your vassals, and your domain are all the dream of gods from beyond the heavens. In the midst of these interlopers' visits you have woken up, and been cursed with the knowledge of the true nature of your reality.

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Author's Notes

This is my first Quake map, and my first map of any game that got far enough to release to the public. I learned a lot making it, so hopefully it's the first of many.

Known Issues

Does not load in Kex Quake.
Potential to get stuck if you linger in a certain secret area for too long... fix incoming

Refer to the included README for additional credits and details.
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Mar 21, 2024
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Scampie
fun map, a nice adventure though a castle and then weird shit goes down
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Trashbang
Rough around the edges, but deeply endearing. It brings to mind my own early level design attempts—loose ideas dreamed up in class, excitedly transcribed directly into brushwork, focusing on the fictional role or the mood of the space over its gameplay, without so much as a blockout phase. I don't know if that was the author's process, but that's the vibe I get. The occasionally fiddly geometry and weirdly specific detail flourishes speak volumes.

Their imagination and passion shines through, though—there are lots of memorable spaces and fights that make the experience a joy, even if the encounter design clearly needs work. The long foreboding corridor to the Shambler's shadowy home, or the fight on the narrow catwalks high above the warehouse floor, or the battle with a horde of Grunts/Enforcers under the dome of some kind of moon base. They all have problems with their implementation, but they all contribute something fresh and different to the experience. I've played many more competent maps that stuck in my head less than this one did.

Very cool. Excited to see more from this author.
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techtrogs
Odd choice of sound effect for a castle do...

Ah. I see.

Go in blind.

I was going to complain about the monster count on hard but for what you're going for here... nah it's the right call. Visuals and detail won me over, exceptional.
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Tonhao
Excellent job for a first release.
Here's my first run if you're interested:

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Cpt.Gonzo
Congratulations on your first release. It is always nice to play maps by new mappers and I think this is a solid one. I liked the large, wide open areas a lot but they made everything very easy. Played through the first half of the map without taking a hit, which is unusual for me. I think some Fiends would hae spiced things up a lot here and there. The progression was a bit unintuitive, but that was okay for me. Looking forward to your next map. Thank you.
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Immortal2563
A map with only soldiers/enforcers is always stupid and unplayable. Alkaline is a master in this field.
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J
A solid first map, nice work!
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spootnik
Nice environmental storytelling, and it felt nice to walk around a map with dark shadows while it not making it impossible to see. Super easy combat, which is fine. My only real complaints are that the open areas are really wide open, and the progression was a bit confusing - there was no indication of where to go, so the player just has to kind of hunt around. Nonetheless, it was nice to see a first map come together relatively well. Keep it up!
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