The Quakecast

After having a couple of guests fall through for this weeks episode, ArrrCee and Dumptruck are taking matters into their own hands! Today they talk about what is going on in the Quake community. They also go into other games that they're playing, including Apex Legends and Resident Evil 4. However, at the end, they try to answer the age old question "Why is Quake so good?" Don't forget to tell us why you think Quake is good over on Discord or through email ([email protected]) and we will read these on a future show!

Find ArrrCee on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/watchggrc

Find dumptruck_ds on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/dumptruck_ds

Also, join us the Quake Mapping Discord: https://discordapp.com/invite/j5xh8QT

and the GGRC Discord: https://discord.gg/MvPYrEX

Our guest this week wears many hats. He’s a 3D artist, mapper, tools programmer and Quake C coder to name just a few. This week hear how Kreathor got into modding Quake and the details of his numerous projects including (the still in progress!?!) Episode Jam, Underwater Jam and the recently released Modding Jam. He also reveals surprising details about his “weird” childhood friends, his retro console collection and how he spawned a one of a kind creature for Quake.

Episode Jam - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-04Kir6jEs&list=PLB827907AD18E9966

Underwater Jam - https://www.quaddicted.com/reviews/uwjam.html

Modding Jam - http://celephais.net/board/view_thread.php?id=61689

Khreathor’s Maps - https://www.quaddicted.com/reviews/?filtered=Khreathor

Gallery of Quake emojis: http://khreathor.xyz/site/emoji/emoji_gallery.html

Random model pack (includes crapping ogre): http://www.khreathor.xyz/quake_maps/mdl/random_models_from_uncle_khreathor.zip

OBJ-2-MAP: https://bitbucket.org/khreathor/obj-2-map (maintainer)

Blender 2.8 MDL plugin: https://bitbucket.org/khreathor/mdl-for-blender (maintainer)

Prototype WAD: http://khreathor.xyz/site/prototype/

Find ArrrCee on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/watchggrc

Find dumptruck_ds on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/dumptruck_ds

Also, join us the Quake Mapping Discord: https://discordapp.com/invite/j5xh8QT

and the GGRC Discord: https://discord.gg/MvPYrEX

Quake 1.5 is one of the hottest mods on the scene right now. In this episode, ArrrCee and dumptruck welcome 1.5 creator Bloodshot. We’ll explore his maps, models and mods for Quake, the Unreal series, Half-Life and Hexen 2. And hear his surprising response to some of the critics of Quake 1.5. Bloodshot also reveals what’s up next for the mod and find out what happens to your mapping obsession if you wake up Dad!

Bloodshot's Quake Maps: https://www.quaddicted.com/reviews/?filtered=Bloodshot 

Bloodshot's Artstation: https://www.artstation.com/bloodshot12 

Quake 1.5: https://www.moddb.com/mods/quake-15/

Shadow of Chaos for Hexen II: https://www.moddb.com/mods/hexen-ii-shadows-of-chaos

HD Arsenal for Unreal Tournament: https://www.moddb.com/mods/ut2341-hd-arsenal

Cancelled DUKE Nukem Half-Life Mod: https://www.moddb.com/mods/duke-nukem-cataclysm-prototype 

Find ArrrCee on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/watchggrc

Find dumptruck_ds on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/dumptruck_ds

Also, join us the Quake Mapping Discord: https://discordapp.com/invite/j5xh8QT

and the GGRC Discord: https://discord.gg/MvPYrEX

Long time Quake community member Shambler schools us on all things Quake in this episode. His TEAMShambler and PlanetQuake Level of the Weeks reviews held Quake levels to high standard back in the early days of Quake and he’s been an active member of the community ever since. He’s reviewed levels for Quake, Quake 2, Unreal and Battlezone 2 over the years and shares his insights and approach to critiquing levels. And after playing countless hours of Quake and reviewing 100s of levels over the years he’s finally making his own levels. Hear why he changed his mind and finally took the plunge into mapping. All this plus Terrafusion, curry, death metal map titles, the logic of putting 15 Spawns in a map and much more.

Team Shambler: http://teamshambler.blogspot.com 

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Find ArrrCee on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/watchggrc

Find dumptruck_ds on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/dumptruck_ds

Also, join us the Quake Mapping Discord: https://discordapp.com/invite/j5xh8QT

and the GGRC Discord: https://discord.gg/MvPYrEX

Episode 11 brings Tumbler's “Quake Guy” himself, FifthElephant to the show. Fifth is currently working on the “Untitled Quake Engine Project” for 3DRealms after a prolific career that includes maps for Arcane Dimensions and the Unreal Tournament series. Indeed, FifthElephant’s first Quake map was a reinterpretation of an Unreal Tournament map! This episode covers how mapping for Quake kept him sane during a difficult period in his life and how now he’s enjoying his “mid-life” crisis in the fast lane. Also hear a lot more about the surprising history of Arcane Dimensions and much more.

Fifth's Quake maps: https://www.quaddicted.com/reviews/?filtered=FifthElephant

Quakeguy Tumblr: https://quakeguy.tumblr.com/

3d Realms: https://3drealms.com/

FifthElephant on Twitter: https://twitter.com/GavinEdgington

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Find ArrrCee on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/watchggrc

Find dumptruck_ds on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/dumptruck_ds

Also, join us the Quake Mapping Discord: https://discordapp.com/invite/j5xh8QT

and the GGRC Discord: https://discord.gg/MvPYrEX

ArrrCee and dumptruck are flying as a duo this week, so what could they have to talk about!? Well, these Quakedads, of course, talk about some things that have been going on in the Quake community lately. But before all of that, dumptruck and ArrrCee celebrate how we've somehow made it to episode 10 (who would've thought?)! Dumptruck also talks about his many jobs and ArrrCee talks about selling his large game collection.

Contact us: [email protected]

Subscribe to the Quakecast on iTunes! https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-quakecast/id1442466662?mt=2 

Find ArrrCee on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/watchggrc

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Also, join us the Quake Mapping Discord: https://discordapp.com/invite/j5xh8QT

and the GGRC Discord: https://discord.gg/MvPYrEX

ArrrCee and dumptruck are joined this week by Daz, a professional level designer at Splash Damage and a longtime contributor to the Quake community. Before working on Gears: Tactics, Daz’s popular Custom Gamer YouTube channel showcased level design highlights from Quake, Half-Life 2 and a multitude of other titles. Hear how he got into reviewing maps, his views on the game industry and the truth about his elusive mapping partner Drannerz. Also this week, dumptruck shares his recent experience at the Retro City Festival classic gaming show!

The Daz Dranz Level Cave: https://www.quakewiki.net/archives/dazdranz/index.shtml

Daz reviewed DM maps for MPQ back in the day: https://mpqarchive.pauked.com/index.php?view=viewcomments&review_link=17378 

Daz’s AvP2 map review site "The Derelict": https://gamespy-archives.quaddicted.com/sites/www.planetavp.com/derelict/index.shtml.html 

Daz’s solo mapping website: https://www.quaddicted.com/webarchive/daz.quaddicted.com/ 

Daz’s current website: http://daz.fov120.com/index.html 

Custom Gamer youtube channel (rip): https://www.youtube.com/user/darrenweekes 

Daz on Twitter: https://twitter.com/tdDaz 

dumptrucks’s Retro Cities photos: https://photos.app.goo.gl/YvEkr7AGWimwGRms5Boss Fight Books: https://bossfightbooks.com/Gameboy Junky: https://gameboyjunky.wixsite.com/websiteRetro City Festival: http://retrocityfestival.com/

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Find ArrrCee on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/watchggrc

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Also, join us the Quake Mapping Discord: https://discordapp.com/invite/j5xh8QT

and the GGRC Discord: https://discord.gg/MvPYrEX

Our guest this time is one of the Quake community’s MVPs: ericw. Eric has been involved in Quake mapping for years but in the past few he’s transitioned to an engine and tools programmer. Starting with improvements to Quakespasm and significant contributions to TrenchBroom, ericw has also upgraded map compiling to new heights with “ericw-tools.” We’ll hear some of his future programming plans and some of his history with the acclaimed Arcane Dimensions mod. And as always much more in this New Year’s edition of the Quakecast.

Quakespasm: http://quakespasm.sourceforge.net/download.htm

ericw-tools: https://ericwa.github.io/ericw-tools/

TrenchBroom: http://kristianduske.com/trenchbroom/

Arcane Dimensions: http://www.simonoc.com/pages/design/sp/ad.htm

Find ericw’s maps on Quaddicted: https://www.quaddicted.com/reviews/?filtered=ericw

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Find ArrrCee on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/watchggrc

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Also, join us the Quake Mapping Discord: https://discordapp.com/invite/j5xh8QT

and the GGRC Discord: https://discord.gg/MvPYrEX

This episode brings prolific Theif, Half-Life and Quake mapper skacky to the show. Skacky was recently recruited by 3DRealms for their currently unannounced shooter using the Quake engine. Hear how skacky got into mapping as a kid and was making professional game levels at the tender age of 19. Topics include skacky's prolific mapping career across multiple games and his involvement in the recent Thief: The Dark Project 20th Anniversary Mapping Contest. You'll learn his approach to creating epic game levels and much more.

Follow skacky on Twitter: @skacky

Skacky's most recent Thief project: https://www.ttlg.com/forums/showthread.php?t=148475&t=148475 

PC Gamer Thief article: https://www.pcgamer.com/play-24-new-fan-made-thief-missions-to-celebrate-its-20th-anniversary/ 

Play Skacky's Quake Maps: https://www.quaddicted.com/reviews/?filtered=skacky 

The GGRC Giveaway: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3cRV-QjwiFQ 

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Find ArrrCee on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/watchggrc

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Also, join us the Quake Mapping Discord: https://discordapp.com/invite/j5xh8QT

and the GGRC Discord: https://discord.gg/MvPYrEX

Our guest SleepwalkR has been active in the Doom, Quake and Quake 2 communities for many years as a mapper and developer. His most recent project is TrenchBroom, the popular cross platform level editor for various idtech games. In this episode, we’ll hear the story of how TrenchBroom came to be, his approach to programming and about Sleep’s surprising contributions to the Quake community. You’ll also learn about his life in Berlin and love of hard sci-fi literature. And as always, much more!

Also, don't forget to check out and play the 2018 XMas Jam for Quake!

Trenchbroom: http://kristianduske.com/trenchbroom/ 

Quaketastic: http://www.quaketastic.com/ 

Func Messageboard: http://www.celephais.net/board/news.php 

XMas Jam 2018: http://www.celephais.net/board/view_thread.php?id=61659 

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Find ArrrCee on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/watchggrc

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Also, join us the Quake Mapping Discord: https://discordapp.com/invite/j5xh8QT

and the GGRC Discord: https://discord.gg/MvPYrEX