He brings them here, down into the shadowy parts. He brings them here to be forgotten.

Like the entrails of some magnificent beast, the tunnels twisted their way through the ancient foundations of the great city.

The Skyship tore through the clouds, sun burning across its gleaming hull and the fire in its belly spewing heat and steam, propelling it ferociously toward the battle.

The air was thick, heavy with heat. The tunnels of the boiler room stretched out before him. A faint breeze brushed his cheek, his eyes caught a glimmer in the distance of the darkness... — astheoceansblue

“Muuurrr..” mumbled the demon, through jagged teeth.
There is nothing we minions wish more for than a mere drop of water. Our land was once happy; our Lord loved us. We worked in harmony. It isn't like that anymore. Things have changed. Our Lord has spoken. We don’t ignore our Lord.
“Muuurrrr....”

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This map has a great atmosphere, as well as wonderful game play. The gold is beautifully placed, and I just had to share it with everyone.
— DaggaFork

There's an elusive quality to Palatium. One could call it a complete solidity, where not one object is a pixel out of place; alternatively, it's thick and inky, like a new bottle of warm maple syrup or the sumptuous blacks of a film-noir. It's not great, but not only is it a fine map to play; merely looking at it is so engaging that it deserves mention. — Tommy_Wiseau

I'm always happy to see new concepts (or at least concepts I haven't seen before) grace the hotmaps page, and this map was no exception.

At first I didn't really understand what was going on and now I just feel a bit stupid. Of course, challenge two is completing this map with your eyes closed.

Enjoy. — ChrisE

She loves me, she loves me not...

How were dinosaurs supposed to pick daisy petals anyway? Diplodocus would stamp them good, Velociraptor would shred them to bits, and poor old T-Rex couldn't even see his hands...

Still, they needed to get some just like the rest of us. I wonder how they went about it, do you think they enjoyed long strolls by the lava pools before they found a nice shady...

Wait a minute, I read that wrong, I.... GROSS!



— astheoceansblue

I get up, and nothin' gets me down
You got it tough, I've seen the toughest around
And I know, ninja, just how you feel
You got to roll with the bounce blocks and get to what's real

Ah, can't you see me standin' here
I got my back against the floor guard machine
I ain't the worst that you've seen
Ah, can't you see what I mean?

Ah
But I can’t jump
(Jump)
But I can’t jump
Too bad I can’t jump
(Jump)
Too bad I can’t jump

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I love race maps. — turtles

盆栽

Bonsai, oh bonsai, my sweet bonsai tree
Nothing is better than you here with me
I take you to study when I go to class
I take you to meadows; we lay on the grass
We travel to Egypt, we travel to France
And you are my sweet love; the plant with my glance
I saw you were jealous; I kicked the girl out
Plus I like you better cuz you never shout
Bonsai, oh bonsai, my sweet bonsai tree
With you I am happy; with you I am free.

tktktk please come back.
— turtles

Ben_Schultz_11 is a great mapper and a great player and a great human being. ska is not. This is pretty simple, but I think there’s enough going on that people can and should try to high score it. I really like it when there are maps people compete to high score on, and I wish there were more players out there who could put up solid demos for good maps. Since I have extra words, I’d also like to point out that Ben_Schultz_11 is a great and timeless author, who everyone should check out. ska isn’t. — turtles

Not to go on a tangent, but I think this map is a sine of how good N-art can be. Although it’s not a particularly odd concept to make art playable, it’s also not as easy as pi, and I respect the identity of anyone making art like this. It’s only rational someone would make a map like this, but I think it’s radical anyway. I’m sure sum of you won’t like this map, and others will plot against the review, but at least log this one on your list of played maps! — turtles

Artist, musician, pianist, lover, passionate, for two reasons this genius is well known in this community. By his supreme skill using the fbf, and by the devilish difficulty of the vast majority of his maps, his adventures. Okay, I could say a third, his nReality maps. But in this case it does not bring any of the above. He gives us a delicious concept, a succulent map for the masses, something more mainstream, but without lost a trace of his essence, his genius, his style, his signature. This orbital map is fabulous, you should try it. — zoasBE