Dinner for one

Requires AD 1.81

I started this map in June-July 2023 a few days after losing one of the best jobs I had in IT. I was pretty much devastated, disenchanted with all corporate jobs and also a bit scared, as I had just started a mortgage a few months prior to that. So I started pushing very hard to jumpstart my career as a level designer in less than 3 months. Summer in Seville (Spain) is like living in hell so I was most likely delirious if I truly believed I could pull this off (not the map itself but the whole level design thing).

Back then I tried to resort to things and people I loved to keep me sane, and this is where this map took shape. It was meant to be part of a minipack, and this level in particular was going to be the second map in it, heavily inspired by the Spencer Mansion in Resident Evil 1. It is a bit unorthodox and a bit rough around the edges but I think it's ok as it is. It's been sitting in my hard drive forever, partly because I was also waiting for Adib to give it a texture pass (which might still happen in the future), but things in life are never the way we want or expect... I was never good at texturing so I simply refuse to do it.

I'd probably do it completely differently today, but I don't want to start over. May this map be a snapshot of my skills back in 2023.
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mrtaufner
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999
Release Date
Apr 6, 2026
First uploaded
Last update

Ratings

4.17 star(s) 6 ratings

Latest updates

  1. Courtyard gate fix

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Latest reviews

Nice map.
Just not enough dynamic.
Thank you for your time and labor.
Skill
Nightmare
mrtaufner
mrtaufner
I agree. Overall the map is not designed in a way that makes sense for Quake enemies and gameplay... and it is ultimately its weakest point.That's something I have only come to terms with time. I don't really know if AD was a good choice either haha
As a big Resident Evil fan, I was naturally a bit biased and had a lot of fun exploring that mansion. But even if you're not into Resident Evil, it's a beautiful Arcane Dimension map. It would have been nice to have some textures, though. Thanks for the map.
Skill
Hard
Very nice! I would have liked to see it with some 'normal' textures, but that's just me... Good quality map.
Sevilla in summer? 45-46 degrees centigrade? Oh man, i'd freaked out...
Hope you managed to stick to your house! Were was it - old or new city, or out in the 'burbs?
Thanks for Your work, and thanks for sharing!
mrtaufner
mrtaufner
Definitely in the suburbs.

And the map... I should have released this a long time ago. I started focusing on jams and other stuff... and then simply forgot about this 😅