Give My Hive A Name
Ollj
our themepark-stalking nightmare Fade Join Date: 2002-12-12 Member: 10696Members
our themepark-stalking nightmare Fade Join Date: 2002-12-12 Member: 10696Members
This is the western hive of my map.
Its a really early stage. I want it to look more like part of a deep cave.
edit:
At first I had no idea about the design of that hive.
So I seriously wanted it to call <b>noname hive</b> or <b>cave hive</b>.
Then I decides to make an alien breeding hive (looks like a hive could look from inside, just with a hive in it OR like an own alien design).
This added the idea if <b>breeding hive</b> or <b>hive hive</b> to it.
Then I transformed the transparent "gestation view" sprites into a repeating texture plus a texture melting infestation in it (it has parts of the skulk skin in it).
Now for some reason this <b>red hive</b> / <b>gestation hive</b> makes you damn hungry for <a href='http://www.pickarestaurant.com/_borders/Strawberry.jpg' target='_blank'>Strawberries</a>,
anything against the name <b>strawberry hive</b> ?
Here a fullbright pic from "outside" (having one entrance behind, one right behind and a vent left behind).
Its a really early stage. I want it to look more like part of a deep cave.
edit:
At first I had no idea about the design of that hive.
So I seriously wanted it to call <b>noname hive</b> or <b>cave hive</b>.
Then I decides to make an alien breeding hive (looks like a hive could look from inside, just with a hive in it OR like an own alien design).
This added the idea if <b>breeding hive</b> or <b>hive hive</b> to it.
Then I transformed the transparent "gestation view" sprites into a repeating texture plus a texture melting infestation in it (it has parts of the skulk skin in it).
Now for some reason this <b>red hive</b> / <b>gestation hive</b> makes you damn hungry for <a href='http://www.pickarestaurant.com/_borders/Strawberry.jpg' target='_blank'>Strawberries</a>,
anything against the name <b>strawberry hive</b> ?
Here a fullbright pic from "outside" (having one entrance behind, one right behind and a vent left behind).
Comments
On the right side soon comes some water.
The red part will be a bit "deeper".
Ya know what would be cool, if you could add some kind of bounce effect when walking on the pink. Like xen bounce pads only toned down...
Seriously, i have <b>NO</b> idea what to call it.
*OMG get to gest hive now!*
You also might want to consider closing it up a bit more so it isnt so jetpacker friendly.
Unknown Location
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Don't really know, but it looks very cool <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo-->
or
Infested Whale
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LOL...call it Johna Hive <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'><!--endemo--> (johna gets swallowed by a wale)
The "Disco lights" hive?
I know!
Make the light blue and call it The "Smurf" hive!
such as Mother Hive
or Womb Hive
or Infestation Origin Hive
Also, I think that the hive currently sticks out a bit. It might need some comlementary 'subhive' models stuck in the area. They could look like under-developed hives or even giant gestation pods. I'd also like to see a bit more of the roof jutting out, making barriers that protect it from long range fire and JPers. After all, if there is that high level of infestation, you would think the bacterium would make something to protect it's central node.
great idea though! I can't wait to see what the finished product will be like.
fear my paint skills for showing the plan, lets see how much more detail my map allows me:
red = rocks, (hanging from top too)
green = transparent investation. on bottom its illusionary (can hide in it) on top it is solid (fly against it).
bright green - xen-like plants.
blue = fluid
i want to make it hard to circle-fly around it.
Interred
I remember reading somewhere in a mapping guidlines document (I'm not sure where to find it now) that the hive should not be visible from any kind of distance, that the marines should have to go through a muckload of infested stuff, turn a corner, and GASP! There it is! The revelation of the hive should be a sudden, and drastic thing. I've always found that the hives which do this are the cooler hives. Think about the ventilation hive in caged. I mean, it doesn't have to be tht drastic, but isn't Vent Hive a cool looking hive?
It just looks like this here hive is visible from a long way away. Maybe you could add a column of infestation directly in front of the hive? I see how you're planning on adding infestation stalagmites and stalactites.... so a big *** column would fit right in, right?
Also, you mentioned that you'd make infestation on the floor enterable... (illusiary on the bottom) ...could you make it so that the spawn points are located under those things? That would be neat looking...
Edit: Masterswordsman, what are you on about? I don't quite... huh?
The reason why the hive looks far away is because of the lack of inner arcitecture detail.
Imagine Refinery hive without inner architecture.
I will hide all my hives more or less.
any yes, its painted in photoshop, cause its simple and fast painting.
How about Recessed hive, or Cavernous hive, or Echo hive?
Swarm Gathering Hive
Conception Hive
Brood Nursery Hive
depending on the layout of the map, it could be in a desolate corner far away from everyrthing else... so
Forgotten Hive
Add some fire sprites and/or pits of lava and you get
Inferno Hive
THAT HIVE IS PLASTER I TELL YOU PLASTER!!! Skulk pops out "Oh ****"
The first pics look nice but as had been said was too jp friendly.
The kindergarten coloring book looks like it has TOO much stuff it it. maybe put some tentilles in it. use func_hurt so when jp'rs touch them they get hurt. it would discourage flying somewhat. but just put them to one side of the hive.
For the name:
Birth Hive
Home Hive
Mother Hive (Yes again.)
Aliome Hive
Gestage Hive
Schlüpeurk outpost.
The Main Core
That's all I can think of.
In the actual version (just started giving locations Names) this hive is named "Mother Hive" and when you go deeper in the red part you`ll read "Jonas Strawberry" .
"404 Error - Location not found" right now is the name of another location in my map.
Suggestions matching well:
Jona Hive (johna gets swallowed by a wale)
meat hive
gestation hive
Cavernous hive
Echo hive
Swarm Gathering Hive
Brood Nursery Hive
Declined:
Infested Whale
Exhumation
Interred
Recessed hive
Epicenter Hive
Forgotten Hive
Conception Hive
And the Hive could be called: T3h Crystal Cave
Edit:
And I would definately like to see under-ground rivers(with cold dmg) and lava lakes and that kind of neat stuff.