
Title:			Space Beacon
Initial Release Date:	30 May 99
Final Release Date:	9 June 99 (bug fixes and minor improvements)
Filename:		dmspacebeacon.zip
Author:			Bert de Jong (a.k.a. bertroid)
E-mail Address:		bert.dejong@sympatico.ca

Description:

Welcome to my first death match level.  Space Beacon is large, designed primarily for sniping.  I tried to make a level that appeals to those who like to spend a bit of time hunting before making the kill.  This is not a 10 kills/minute kind of level.   I felt that this kind of level is rare and that more are needed.  Although the majority of players seem to prefer closed-in tunnel shooting, I believe there is still a significant market for this type of game, where a kill means something and which doesn't score like a basketball game.

I provided enough complexity to allow the more ambitious strategists the chance to come up with creative attack and defense plans.  There are many sniping locations, as well as counter-sniping locations.  I haven't yet found a spot that is perfectly defensible.  A creative player may.

I have made camping near player start points impractical, placing 80 of them in unmarked locations.  The level is intentionally dark, because it is foremost a sneaking and sniping level.  Playing this level in brightly-lit room will be a detriment.  However, there are some brighter areas in the map where fast, close-quarters fighting is possible.

I spent considerable time tuning the bot performance and inventory balance.  The bots play this level fairly well.  I have been playing  (i.e., beta testing) this level with 15 bots.  The level is ideally suited to 10-16 players.  When the network code allows, these numbers of players should work well.  It is not well suited to low numbers of players, primarily due to its large size.  Skaarj-sized skins are compatible with this map.

Special thanks to Smed for providing feedback during the beta testing.

As for the name...let your imagination go wild.  Have fun!

Bert de Jong  (a.k.a., bertroid)


Copyright / Permissions
-----------------------
This level is copyrighted by Bert de Jong (1999).

Authors may NOT use this level as a base to build additional levels.

You are NOT allowed to commercially exploit this level, i.e. put it on a CD
or any other electronic media that is sold for money without my explicit
permission!

You MAY distribute this level through any electronic network (internet,
FIDO, local BBS etc.), provided you include this file and leave the archive
intact.


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