1. Theme

Parti Drawings

As a thought exercise, I doodled a number of parti drawings in order to find which sort of shapes would fit a multiplayer level.

todo: upload partis

Bubble Diagrams and Top-Down Layouts

After some idea refinement with bubble diagrams and more detailed (but still very rough) top-down layout sketches, I worked to sort out basic callouts for my favorite parti map ideas. I ultimately settled on two octagon shapes inspired by my friend's maze-like dual-towered dorm building.

todo: upload bubble diagrams and top-downs

Settling on a Theme

I wanted to settle on a theme next to help inform the overall layout, and it was right there in front of me: the worst designed dorm hallways imaginable.

Direct Inspiration

This map is directly inspired by Watterson Towers, an Illinois State University dorm building with a layout rumored to have been created by a prison designer (this is provably not the case, but it's more fun to be inspired by the rumors).

todo: watterson towers images todo: find and share wad links