sc_tetris (walkthrough)

[A1win]

December 25th 2005: I released version 1.1

Jump here for the new thread: http://www.svencoop.com/forums/showthread.php?p=354808

The following is for the old version, but I'm not going to delete it.

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It's nearly a year since I started making the maps. There's been lots of breaks in the making when I've got bored or had something better to do (i.e playing mmorpgs). Now I've been in the Finnish army for a month and have worked on my holidays to get the series ready to be released. I'm heading back to army after two hours so I don't have much time to read feedback. I hope there's something here when I come back after two weeks...

If you notice any bugs or problems, or get confused where to go or what to do, ask or report here.

Note: It's almost impossible (read: without cheating) to play these through alone, so you need at least two players on the server.

One map takes about half an hour to finish, and there are six maps in the series, so it takes approximately three hours from the beginning to the end.

Couple of screenshots from sc_tetris2, from yesterday's test:

sc_tetris20000.jpg
sc_tetris20001.jpg
sc_tetris20002.jpg

Some older screenshots:

sc_tetris10003.jpg
sc_tetris20000.jpg
sc_tetris50002.jpg

Feel free to post your own screenshots from the series, but avoid [img] tags so people won't get annoyed.

Thanks to:

- JJ45 for the custom models
- DiCola for the sky
- Tuesday's Avenger for the Bigmomma model
- [Swe]Sneaker for the skin of the Bigmomma

Also special thanks to JJ45 and DiCola for supporting me through the process and giving lots of excellent suggestions and ideas.

Beta testers:
Acid5, CaptainScarlet, Chorium, DiCola, eewo, Film11, JJ45, Lurid, Ohcanep, ProgramZeta, Puchi, Robootto, The_Oak, Yuicy

[Film11]

Brilliant set of maps - they really do take approx. 3 hours to complete, they are that detailed and immersive. You will wonder where the time has gone!

Some bits are really fun - while others are amazingly frustrating but also have a strange satisfaction to them, especially upon completion! Download it right away and try it out with a few of your mates. See how quickly you can get it done!

Perhaps the best map pack ever. Seriously.

[cscarlet]

THIS MAP GETS A BIG PHAT 10 OUT OF 10!

The most enjoyable and challenging map series since Toonrun

Mirrored: [Download URL Removed; map is included in Sven Co-op 4.0]
SCC is currently running two dedicated Tetris Servers (located in France)
62.193.231.69:27015
62.193.231.69:27017

[Darthvada]

Not really impotant, but the first dl link is really slow. Otherwise, this is awesome.

[cscarlet]

Damn it having problems, server crashes after defeating the shorktrooper boss, crashes wtih:
Error: could not load file models/player/Kain-9/Kain-9.mdl

[Film11]

Sure it wasn't just your server? Specifically with Kain on it? *not surprised*

[seb]

Some of the best maps i've played in a long long time

[Nih]

I only got to play from level 3 to the icky boss battle in level 6(where I left because it was too hard), but what I played until then was pretty good. The battles are well made with plenty of cover, the custom models are really good, and the music is good too. The maps look really cool despite only being made of blocks, but it gets a bit too repetitive to look at after you've played for a while.

5/5 and BOMS.

[cscarlet]

Sure it wasn't just your server? Specifically with Kain on it? *not surprised*

Nah the install literally has no modifications, Kain wasn't on at the time but I managed to recreate it on my other server on the same box and the same happened

[EvilPentaPenguin]

The maps were outstanding! I loved all the customizations (e.g. textures, models, sounds) throughout the 6 maps. The bosses were great as well. I must say the barnabus and barnacle puzzles were pretty good, as was the the final map's puzzle of the giant cube with generators. I thought the laser turrets that could be temporarily shut down were pretty original.

Rating: 9/10

^Although it was a lot of fun and originality, I must say it was a bit repetetive and could get boring at some points....but definately BoMS

[Aurora]

Nah the install literally has no modifications, Kain wasn't on at the time but I managed to recreate it on my other server on the same box and the same happened

Strange, I don't have that model and I didn't get that error :o

[A|{i|2A]

This map is great fun, eVil and i just played up to map 3. I'd also have to agree with csscarlet it's the most enjoyable map since toonrun! Kudos to you good sir .

[eViL]

To say it's the most enjoyable map series since toonrum would be an insult to this map. Maybe it's just that I don't like toonrun, but this series is far better. Excellent maps. The block assasins looked good, too.

[cscarlet]

Strange, I don't have that model and I didn't get that error :o

I havent got a clue why but it hasn't generated an error since last night and during today whilst I was at work :S

[Numbermind]

*clicks screenshots*
EYES EXPLODED

[cscarlet]

*clicks screenshots*
EYES EXPLODED

YOU BETTER GET LIFE INSURANCE BEFORE PLAYING!

[Aurora]

*clicks screenshots*
EYES EXPLODED

Perhaps he played too much Tetris in his childhood

[Hezus]

Awesome map series ! The looks are great, the enviroment almost is all custom made with the nice Tetris-textures and custom models (wich are very nice). The dramatic coloured lighting gives it a additional touch of spicyness. Even tho the textures are the same all over the 5 maps, the settings are really different each map you are playing in. Very good work there ! You can see outside works through the windows and the fitting skytexture behind it.

Gameplay is as awesome as the looks of the map. The difficulty is pretty high even with the large arsenal of weapons you have, this is mainly because of the perfect monster placement. Another medal how you pulled that off. The gameplay is well balanced getting harder with each level and the sequences around the bosses are really really well done. These puzzles need co-operative play to finish them wich is a very good thing too. Good work with shortcuts and spawnchanges wich keeps the gameplayspeed on the maps high.

The signs are making the map clear and there arn't many things I can remember that were not that good. (except for some corridors on tetris5 wich could use some extra detail) You took your damn time on making this map, but it's worth the double

One Word : Brillaint !

My rating :
9/10

* gets stamp

[cold_blood3d_killa]

i've only completed 3 of the maps since i havent had alot of time, but so far i have really enjoyed this map series. first of all, the map theme is original, the models and textures, etc work perfectly for it. also there's many interesting things for gameplay and teamwork. oh and i've never been good at the longjump but thanks to your map ive learned to be great at it when i finish playing the maps i might add more comments here

[Slidje]

i give the maps 15/10

[Hezus]

i give the maps 15/10

I thought you've been around here long enough to know the following. If you do not have anything constructive or somehow "normal" to say than please, simply, do not post, ok ?

Part II
Map Testing, how does this work ?
If you want to play new maps and help mappers fixing their maps and give feedback there are a few things to think of :

1. Give Real Feedback
After testing someones map, write down the bugs you've found and what you thought about it. Post this into the map's thread. Only post constructive feedback ! Posting something like "Your map sucks" is NOT allowed. You are allowed to think someones map is bad but please take a bit more time telling the mapper WHY you thought his map is bad. Give feedback about the gameplay and the architecture/detail level. A rating is nice too, but note that this rating will differ allot depending on who tested the map. A newbie will give 9/10 really quick, a veteran has to be stunned to give at least a 8/10.

[AJ53]

wow, absolutely amazing. First off, I want to commend you on the cutscenes, they are all very well done, and the ones that are supposed to be funny are- especially the ending. That was awesome. But, of course, the most important thing is how fun the map is to play, and it's great. I like the way the mapset was built, with the first being the most simplistic, showing the players the ropes, etc., then stepping it up in level 02 (gotta love the barnabus puzzle- classic 2D platformer action!) and so on and so forth. The visuals are great, and the sounds are awesome- I like the radio function you put in, 'twas grand. All of the boss battles were well done, but we couldn't kill the level 05 boss with two people- we just didn't have the firepower. Anyway... I give it a 9/10, simply because it is awesome and deserves such a rating. it doesn't get a 10 because of the fact that some of the enemies have too much health, and some of the jumps are quite annoying when one has a high ping.

EDIT: The skybox rocks. It's absolutely perfect, and I have no moore to say on it but- OH MY GOD IT'S SO AWESOME *falls on floor, has seisure*

[Mindsmog]

POSSIBLE BUG ** at the end after the credits the map just hangs, meaning it doesnt change to the next map in the cycle, i had to rcon changelevel , after waiting for ages only does it on this map, anyone else confirm this?? btw the map is fantastic very original

[NOLF]

Just DLed the map and going to test it out for Frenchys. The screenshots of the enemy grunts looked sweet.

EDIT : Wow, excellent map. As good as the leprachaun series, in length and quality.
No problems running with amxx on our test run.

(Use EDIT button next time plz -Hezus )

[ReBoot]

I love this map series, or would love it, if I could continiune it. On sc_tetris2, my server quits with "ED_Alloc: no free edicts". Same with my SC-buddy I was testing the maps with. Can anyone help?