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my first map on ddnet btw

im kog mapper

i made this map for kog but it has more ddnet mechanics, so it was declined on kog

you dont need your logo text to be 1920x1080, about 500x300 should be completely fine

why isnt grass_main embedded ?

i dont know why you made the spawnpoint like that when you can just enable solo server

and i dont know why you need cfrom when you can use regular from

you can even skip some checkpoint tiles

im guessing the grass tile is bugged cause theres a noticeable line of floating pixels

you dont need your star image to be 2048x2048, just cut out a tiny part and use that instead since your map is so tiny

youre right idk

most solo maps on kog work this way, didnt know ddnet doing it in another way

also kog thing

im gonna change

its a requirement on ddnet

ye sorry didnt know

as bugs n stuff can happen and you can unsolo

thats not required on ddnet, its just cleaner with normal teleports

also i forgot if you did but spawnpoint should be on the ground for solo maps

instead of 1 tile in the air as on normal maps

is this releasable?

idk my first map here

i dont have a mouse so i cant really play

but imo its kinda short and more kog oriented than ddrace oriented

if this does get declined try including parts with like weapons maybe

oh right didnt see this

i dont really play ddnet so idk how to do good part with this, only some kog things

ill see

theres plenty of weapon maps to take inspiration from

first ones that come to mind are weapon finals and combo

i think its a bit to koggy but im not a kog fan maybe testers like it idk

ill wait for gameplay opinions because idk if its worth fixing grass bugs if the map gets declined

i mean if you scroll solo releases youll find plenty of maps using guns

iirc deep blue also used some gravity tune mechanic

ye ik but personally im not fan of guns etc

then you can try to go for more unique parts like on moventer or hook it

you mean maps?

moventer map?

yeah

./map moventer

i will see

ill just wait for gameplay feedback rn

if the gameplay is releasable, i will focus on improving the design

yo

What do you think

About this

Damnn didnt see you long time btw

some places where I think unfreeze for fast-back is suitable

also here, somewhere upper or at this places without tunes

make cps unskippable

kinda feel awkward to do this part and it's only time u used lasers

also this freeze felt strange, u don't forbid the other way of doing part but punish players(loss in time if u touched freeze)

also this part felt awkward cuz it's long distance for hooking the wall comfortable

and also fix this

i liked the map, but ngl sometimes felt very kog-looking and don't really suitable for ddnet, so idk, not gonna evaluate anything, we are gonna look what other testers and players both think

even tho if u are not gonna fix anything and decide to wait opinions u should fix the errors and reupload or map is gonna be in waiting cuz of it

and also use sv_solo_server 1 instead of solo tiles

delete solo tiles entirely

ill fix it all this weekend

Ty for testing

i will also change some parts to make them more ddnet

Heyy, i play almost every day 😅, milaseq ddrace mapper new era 2026 o.o?

But not kog

Youre banned

😭

Yeah well unfair ban, it is what is it

Unlucky

Nice to see you

:3

I will test ur map later :)

I hope you will like it

okay so i got access to a keyboard and mouse

i find it annoying that you cant reach the ground if youre at the top of the gravity tune

the left freeze wall can be made thinner with unhooks on the walls so that the tune zone can be made a tile bigger and moved to the left more, found it uncomfortable to come down from the top

this could be made into teleport so that you wont have to wait to go back and retry

i find the drop from the tune to be extremely sudden and uncomfortable, could maybe make it less tight or shorten the tune zone

i also feel like this teleport design would look better

you mean unfreeze or teleport?

well both, whatever feels better for you

you can do this part like this you dont even need to hook up

also this

dont mind bugged video

idk why its bugged

its just not obvious that you can jump down and swing like that

this part works as a swing part. this tune helps you swing further. there is no point in going back

right gonna change this

again not obvious

you could extend that tune up to the roof and include teleport there

you have wall of freeze so you cant get through. why you want come back on tune zone after part

oooo okeyt

i didnt even know its possible btw

i thought tune zone is too weak

which is why you could do this to force people to swing

but this is actually nice idea

keep in mind that ddracer brain works different from kogger brain

can i just delete it?

you be the judge of that

and make second one bit bigger

playtest the part a couple of times and see what feels good to play

ye i see

i dont rly want to use unhook just for one part, look at the video i dont think its that bad

i fixed everything i liked by 👍 reaction

i changed grass design thats why its +90kb

there is so much you can do to optimize it

patigas map tool for one

as for these two parts i will change them tomorrow

https://twmap.patiga.eu/

ye i know about this

but i always use it later

because once i used this, it ruined some things on map

it should be around 550kb after using the patiga tool

look it does magic but it aint that magical

you still need to optimize your mapres

1. why is it not external ?
2. why cant you just fix the current tileset youre using ?

why should be external if he edited it...

he used grass_doodads_hd for the grass on the first version which was bugged

oh

then he switched to vanilla grass_doodads but theyre embedded in the map

ok

I dont understand

What do you mean

grass doodads is a vanilla texture, you can embed it

and you can use a paint program to easily fix grass on the tileset you use

what difference does it make if the patiga tool removes everything else except the grass

it doesnt do pure magic

you still need to put effort in to compress

But its embedded i

make it external*

sry

Okey ill do

Is 550 kb really that much?

my entire map with 3 songs is a total of 600kb so yes

Ill try my best to compress everything then

lmk if you need help

cause /visualize-size shows that 96% of your map is images

If i need help ill write here

Thanks

nah bro wtf

what is this shiet quality

1280×720 is already tragic quality

huh

Resolution is too big

this logo is 239x132

wdym 1280x720 is bad quality

its 1280x720

this one has a resolution of 757x173

52kb -> 17kb

dont mind font, this is 500x300

can you send the image here

yeah thats the problem

theres so much empty space around thats adding onto the filesize

use this image

smth like this would be better?

yeah

and im sure it would look better ingame too

I ran through this map quickly in practice, and it seems to me that when gravity changes, it's too weak, and there's no sense of dynamics

removing all the empty space gives the image a resolution of 376x62

imo it looks bad

still

looks completely fine wdym

literally nobody except yourself is gonna notice the pixelation

looks completely fine wdym

okey i made it smaller

not that bad

thank you

and im gonna guess that you removed about 80kb from your map

propably

you can also downscale other parts of your map like the sun or stars

since youre already using a light texture you can just use that as the stars

i just made this part as a swing part

and here i added more freeze on the left side so that it cant be skipped

i dont have ideas for parts

i didnt compress stars, becuase i dont have idea how to do tihs

or maybe i have

nah idk

is 300 kb good ?

above average, most would be happy with it

870 -> 290 is crazy

okay im sure its just my personal skill issue but the map feels slow and annoying to play

ye thats right

and this specific part is a difficulty spike especially with missing teleports

what now

i think it would be easier to show you on test servers

can i join to you right now?

yeah

test server password is

i changed things that make gameplay faster/small bugs (thanks to cammodudue and lilija_)

wtf happend

why is it 321 kb xd

also changed this part (idk if its better thank previus one)

you can just completely skip and go above the hookables just so you know

map feels nice to play now

although this part sucks

if you really want to include draggers you should do it like this instead

I tried, it would kill you

Cool i will see

it didnt kill me

didnt kill me

little flow breaker here, and add more space(2nd screeenshot)

Also a few blocks of space here

add more space, so u can swing

and also flow breaker here

this part is really off compare other parts, maybe u can redo it into something more simmilar, and also 1st grabber easily skippable and even felt easier than going through it

less freeze here maybe, or move cpto 5 a bit down

unfreeze here maybe

didn't even used this while doing part, maybe not even necessary stoppers, tunezone is definitely not needed

also unfreeze here maybe

a little bit flow breaker here

delete tunes that into the hookable

ill do it this weekend

fixed/changed everything you said

but i dont have idea for this part

idk

i just cant

0 ideas

how to come up with a part: step 1. random bullshit step 2. make it look like a part

Ill try rework tmrw

it doesnt matter if you rework tommorow or next month

testers sleep for 6 months before waking up for a single day to test everything about every map and going back to sleep for another 6 months to regain their energy

every map is a over statement

this comment by gazebr applies to every quality map

(its been 5 months for my map)

1 morem onth to go till test

its been tested

just not released

get it to below 500kb then rlease

wait you did

im stoopid

(ignore this)

ah i forgot about this map

xdd

I think when u map easy solos, u should rly think about flow and how speedrunners navigate the map (or how a very good player would want to mvoe throughout the map) while still making the gameplay suitable for worse players

for example, doing a swing here would feel the best to go fast, which acutally works and probably saves time. but at the top, i still have to wait for a second after reaching the edge of the gravity tune, which is annoying

this whole part breaks flow, isnt super fun IMO, and u can fail in yellow spots

the start of a move can really change how 'annoying' vs 'satisfying' it is to reset the part, and here i think the start could be improved.

extend the tune downwards so u immediately get upwards momentum, and put a ceiling at the top so u dont have to wait awkwardly to fall back down, for example

in general, having fluff move at the start like this is kinda annoying. I just want to go straight into the swing

bad to have only certain part of a fail be failable IMO

make it all or none tele

part is cool. But you already force the player to have speed on the first falldown, so not really a need for the second 'falldown' unless u just want to aura farm

unlike the acutal jump in this part, falling down doesnt require any extra inputs - (you just hold a) - so i dont think its necessary from a gameplay perspective to keep it in

enjoyed this part, but why not force the moves? will make the map a lot more 'ddracey'

RN it just seems like u put gravity tune in some gores parts, which doesn't really fit ddnet map style

for example, this forces the move with more intention

ofc untested and needs more spacing / flow fixes, but it'd make this map feel more ddrace oriented

cp4 is again just gores with grav tune

ur pullers are pulling thru blocks which doesnt seem intended

(its not too fun to play either imo)

this also seems like an extraneous start to a move (like cp2)

it's not a fun input (you just walk in the pit) and it just takes time before u can play the actual part

Mention:

gonna decline because i think the map requires a lot of fixes before a readyable state

however there's definitely a lot of potential in parts like this. i think its just too gores-centric right now

for example: 'fast' strat of first part could be fun cp2 could be fun if you remove the fluff start move, and don't require holding [a] for so long (maybe add in an extra jump or hook at the end) cp3 could be a great part if u force the hooks end of cp4 is a cool move

basically i'd recommend removing the gores aspect of this map and instead focus on forcing hooks and moves with the gravity tune. Deep Blue is a good example of a map u could take inspiration from

okay, thank you so much for the feedback. I really appreciate it. Maybe ill try to do something better in the future