So today i played a dawn of the dead game. I then realized that just about every single dawn of the dead game game is incredibly pitiful, unbalanced, not creative, thoughtless, plain in all terms, not only that but it seems as if your playing a hopeless game that goes on for the most boring and longest time ever, just to not end.

I want to create a DotD game and i have a bunch of ideas for it, but i need help with getting ideas for the terrain.

I know i want it to be like how pylon defense was, how you can go onto hills. I will also put in ridges, a bottle neck, and what ever you guys throw at me. So if you guys have any ideas, pictures, or diagrams i would be appreciative of them.

Shouldn't this be in Map Ideas?

Read again viet

Anyway, any terrain pretty much blows mineral houses outta the friggen water. Complexty goes a long way around here, but to impress bnet, you just need a fun map.

Yeah i hear you on the fun part, but i want to make it look very decent as well, and run smoothly. I didn't know if i should put this in map ideas or terrain, but since i just need terrain i put it here.

DotD is in a mall right?
Well, I would try making a few mall shops, a big open hall, some small claustrophobic spaces, etc.
IF I knew how to run scmd2 on linux.

Dawn of the Dead tends to be just another phrase for survive a zombie attack. so thats what i am doing, i was thinking about doing it in the snow since that is my favorite terrain but i am still open to what ever. i hate badlands and installation lol.

Post has been edited 2 time(s), last time on Apr 8 2009, 11:58 pm by Fallen.

Use Snow or Badlands or Installation, or maybe Space. You hate two of them, so...
Or make a cityscape like in Falkoner's Terrain Compliation, Random Badlands #2, and make bigger buildings. Also, if the Undead are all non-ranged units, you can use doorways, and put a Missile Turret or something behind to cause units to attack it, but moved into the building, where they will attack survivors, or return using the same way.

Also, Dawn of the Dead may be interesting in fields and plains, where you can attempt to outrun the zombies. And there are those where you must run away to a different location for victory, so close spaces are unneeded.

I really like your running idea, the game would be extremely fast if it was just that, but with what i am thinking, that could be a great ending. Where an evac, or something along those lines, comes and you have to ditch your base and run like crazy, maybe micro a bit. Still thinking, i have been busy with try to get a job, school, and sports so i only have some concepts. I want to go snow, but i finally just dled falkners terrain for jungle and its beautiful.