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Hypercube 13 by sst13 - 22 Jun 2008

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Game type:	Experimental, Tourney, 2-4 players
Weapons:
Items:	x2
Bots:
Theme:	Cel-shaded
Textures:	Authors own

Rate release: Currently 7.09 / 10 (39 votes)

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Again, a very extraordinary map from sst13. The gameplay takes place is a cellshaded cube of connected plates, floating through some sort of canal with other cubes. There are no items in this map, but you spawn with the Rocketlauncher, Quad and the Battlesuit. The Quad and Battlesuit do not have timeouts either. This means rocketjumping without damage over large distances while you try to land a direct hit on anyone else inside the cube. Only direct RL hits will do damage with the battlesuit on.

Mentionable is that the darker plates the cube consists of light up and show some circuits when you hit them. Also a very interesting fact from the technical view is that the other cubes and the clouds are casting shadows on the canal. An aas file for botplay is included.

For lovers of very extraordinary and technical ambitious maps like me a must. For others, it can make a change from the more gameplay rich levels available.

Reviewed by Wakey

1986

Posted comments:

#13 Kyall

10 Mar 2012, 14:12 EST

Looks pretty good at first glance. I'm not sure if i was playing it wrongly, or in the wrong mode maybe, but it just looked like a cube. On the other hand though, awesome textures and the skybox is fascinating. I thought it was pretty fun to use noclip and just fly about and have a look around, even though that is not how you play it. Awesome map, 8.5/10.

#12 FragTastic

06 Feb 2012, 04:36 EST

Lol the rocket launcher effects are mad!. It's just an amazing experience. 10/10

Edited: 06 Feb 2012 AEST

#11 GuitarMan

29 Nov 2010, 05:40 EST

As said in comment #3, just start the map in CTF mode and you'll see the Disco mode. BTW, nice effects on that mode. :P

#10 SW12
Not registered
29 Nov 2010, 03:54 EST

This is like the Death Star Trench (someone should make a map based on that) But only triangular and with lotsa hypercubes. I noclipped and went into another, but there is nothing inside. and u go thru them. Anyway, what's disco mode???

#9 PaN61

05 Feb 2010, 00:20 EST

I love the hidden disco mode.

PaN61

#8 PaN61

26 Jan 2010, 15:03 EST

Very fun map, great for rocket launcher training. Team Deathmatch is really fun.

PaN61

#7 compaqtomania
Not registered
03 Oct 2008, 04:57 EST

i played this level and i think this is very cool plea

#6 Dumbman
Not registered
03 Aug 2008, 17:03 EST

small map, but really fun!!!

#5 Nightmare
Not registered
16 Jul 2008, 03:04 EST

W00t!

#4 Anonymous
Not registered
24 Jun 2008, 08:29 EST

it's perfect for rocketlauncher skillz training!

#3 sst13
Not registered
24 Jun 2008, 04:38 EST

At first I want to say: thanks for the review Wakey!

Some background information:
The gameplay of this map was heavily inspired by Rocketarena and the Quake1 map "Endif".
Design was inspired by the Farbrausch demo "FR-038: Theta" and the alien-shuttle from the movie AI.

There are many "hacks" inside this map.
q3map2 related stuff:
- Portal-sky, to create a huge canyon.
- BSP upscaling 1:8 (I built this map as a miniature).
- AAS reattaching from different BSP, because it was impossible to create an AAS from the oversized BSP.
Some other tricks:
- Remap shader functions, to change some original shaders.
- Noiseless func_button's, for the flashing plates.
Normal stuff:
- The other cubes including their shadows are simple func_train's.
- The canyon movement is just made by two scrolling textures, including scrolling cloud shadows.

There is also hidden a disco-mode. Just start the map in CTF.

#2 Acro
Not registered
23 Jun 2008, 08:29 EST

So, basically, this is a one direct hit kill with RL's inside a cube thats moving through a narrow path of more cubes. I like the idea. It would have been cooler if you could jump into different cubes.
But, I like this map. Worth the download.

#1 Rota

22 Jun 2008, 23:52 EST

wow.. again very original.. sst13 isnt mapper, but hacker..