Playable Dungeon Terrain

[LittleBigApple]

Hi! I'm trying to make a dungeon based on defeating Lich King in Icecrown Citadel. Here is some pictures over the areas I have made so far:










I am myself a bit worried over the amount of fog used, and should I place more doodads instead? What do you think?

 

[PurgeandFire]

Looks really cool in my opinion. I'd love to go through a dungeon like that.

For the second pic, I might recommend adding a bit more room (assuming the faceless one is a boss). It appears that there is little room to run around.

 

[LittleBigApple]

Thanks! No, it's more like a gatekeeper and he has no special AoE

 

[Kino]

Since this is a playable terrain, you have to show us all the screens from an ingame angle to judge.

From what I can tell so far the fog seems to be fine, its only worth worrying about if its obscuring major gameplay details.

Then again I have no idea what the ingame angle looks like relative to these screens.

 

[SA Dashie]

Looking pretty awesome so far.
Although I would highly suggest not using blizzard cliffs at all with this kind of terrain.

 

[LittleBigApple]

Thanks for the feedback guys! Yeah, I didn't thought about the camara angle when I took the picture. Thanks for the adwice

 

[Battlehound]

Looking pretty awesome so far.
Although I would highly suggest not using blizzard cliffs at all with this kind of terrain.

As far as I can see, he has only used Blizzard Cliffs for man-made walls and stuff, which they are alot more fitting for. The raise/lower Cliffs Work great for natural terrain, but Blizzard Cliffs are (in my eyes) more fitting for Castle/citadel environments. Unless of course you somehow want to use doodads for walls.

 

[Celaquil]

Surprisingly, I kind of agree with Battlehound here, the blizzard cliffs look just at home.
- And that coming from one of the biggest blizzard cliff haters means something

My initial thought when looking this terrain over was "this is quite nice" though sadly, my opinion haven't changed,
sad for me to not have much to pick at. If anything, I'd like to see more details and smaller doodad clusters instead
of so spread, but I reckon that might skewer the gameplay, I don't know much about playable terrains.
- Keep us posted!

 

[LittleBigApple]

I have taken some new screenshots of what I have made so far - with ingame camara view!



The destroyed gate area is mostly for a cinematic, therefore it is so clumsy!

 

[LittleBigApple]

I have made a new part of the dungeon. It takes place in Azjol-Nerub (Note: haven't placed any units yet). I hope you like it, and feedback is very appreciated!

 

[Celaquil]

I have taken some new screenshots of what I have made so far - with ingame camara view!
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The destroyed gate area is mostly for a cinematic, therefore it is so clumsy!
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Love the way the ice looks in the first pic, I don't know if you actually did something special about it, but it looks fucking amazing. The second picture is kind of meh, could use a little more creativity and the Wrathgate should be entirely ditched and remade, I mean, come on, you can be more creative than simply ripping the WoW wrathgate and using that? MAKE YOUR OWN.
- The fourth... Well, if it's for a cinematic

I have made a new part of the dungeon. It takes place in Azjol-Nerub (Note: haven't placed any units yet). I hope you like it, and feedback is very appreciated!
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[Kino]

The second picture is kind of meh, could use a little more creativity and the Wrathgate should be entirely ditched and remade, I mean, come on, you can be more creative than simply ripping the WoW wrathgate and using that? MAKE YOUR OWN.

I agree, a huge doodad construction would fit better and showcase your personal ability much more.

 

[LittleBigApple]

Thanks for the feedback, guys! Yeah, about the ice: I placed a fog-model on top of a blue glow model to give it that chill-effect.

I have now placed more doodads in the purple area now:

What do you think?

btw, this is how the whole Wrathgate-area looks:

I just think it looks more awesome with a high-textured model there..

 

[Kino]

I think what we meant was that you should compose the entire wrathgate scene out of your own creativity. Now it looks like some strange mish mash of wow and wc3 models. You either go full hi res or not at all.