What is this?

• "The Shadow Princess' Castle" is a Quake deathmatch map for 2-4 players.

Theme

• My first step in this process to create this map was deciding on a theme. This map takes place inside a dark, medieval-styled castle with a sense of age to it. There were several sources and inspirations that went into deciding on the theme of this level. Some of these would include the Temple of Resurrection from Lego Ninjago, Dark Heaven Castle from Dark Cloud for the PS2, and the Gallery of Time, a dungeon in Dark Cloud (see below).

• The inside of Dark Heaven Castle, also known as "The Gallery of Time".

Wads

• Here are a few wads that I wanted to use for this project.

1. 2kell
2. bigblue
3. doom3_tex

Goals

• The goal of this level is to give the players, especially the newbies, a fair shot at learning about deathmatch while also providing an open and versatile area to fight. Since this level is inside a castle, there are a lot of rooms with multiple hallways and stairways to connect you through different areas. The main area, the one with the most space, will have more pick-ups than usual at the expense of limited cover to defend yourself from enemy fire. Since camping is discouraged in any of the rooms, you're pushed into not only learning where to go next, but also staying vigilant on the situation and exploring the rest of the castle.