Favorite Secret Area in the Game

[Atariangamer]

O_o...HE's a flippin GAME ARTIST. ITS WHAT HE DOES. HE MADE THE CQ ART, SO I"D THINK HE'D BE GOOD.

however, if you meant in general, how he got good at art...i'd like to konw.

[75]

O_o...HE's a flippin GAME ARTIST. ITS WHAT HE DOES. HE MADE THE CQ ART, SO I"D THINK HE'D BE GOOD.

however, if you meant in general, how he got good at art...i'd like to konw.

heh?

Actually.... Digital cafe never made a game before CQ. He's a game artist NOW, but I don't think he gets paid to make games (even though he should, seeing the trash that still seems to get out onto the market.)

[Atariangamer]

Digital cafe made multimedia things...websites, demonstrations, the like. they needed SOME kind of artist, and you can go to chucktropolis and look at some of his earlier stuff. you take classes on art, and then make your own style.

[Manny Cav]

Y'know, I gotta jump on that E1M2 bandwagon. It took me YEARS to find those two secrets, but when I did, I was SO thrilled. The way I found 'em was by literally going through the level and trying to open EVERY SINGLE WALL. Yeah, wish I had a screenie of the level time to show y'all.

It probably SUCKED, didn't it?

Y'know, I gotta jump on that E1M2 bandwagon. It took me YEARS to find those two secrets, but when I did, I was SO thrilled. The way I found 'em was by literally going through the level and trying to open EVERY SINGLE WALL. Yeah, wish I had a screenie of the level time to show y'all.

heh that's my wolf3d strategy!

I thought the E2M2 Arcade Machine was the best secret area in the game. But yeah, I the LAZ Device Secret Area in E2M3 is pretty cool.

Another favorite is the Computer Map Secret Area through the vent in E2M4.

what are you talking about? I don't see any arcade machines

Are you sure you have the latest version of Chex Quest 3, Version 1.2? If not, then you need to go to Chucktropolis and download it.

Ah, I see. VERY nice texturing. Wonder how he got so good at that.

Dude, Chukker probably took a college course in computer art or something. He does this sort of thing for a living (though now, it'd be 3D models and meshes mostly).

EDIT: Here's his resume. Looks like he went to Minneapolis College of Art and Design.

O_o...HE's a flippin GAME ARTIST. ITS WHAT HE DOES. HE MADE THE CQ ART, SO I"D THINK HE'D BE GOOD.

however, if you meant in general, how he got good at art...i'd like to konw.

heh?

Actually.... Digital cafe never made a game before CQ. He's a game artist NOW, but I don't think he gets paid to make games (even though he should, seeing the trash that still seems to get out onto the market.)

Oh, he gets paid, alright, just like any other game developer. Would people be in that business if they weren't paid? Look here to see a bit of what I mean. Also read the previously posted resume. He currently works for EALA [Electronic Arts Los Angeles]. He gets a salary, for sure. I'm sure he got paid for Chex Quest, as well, though I think Chex Quest 3 is sort of like a add-on or fan project, except it's more official. There isn't really anyone to pay him for that. He did that just because he's a nice guy and appreciates our patronage.

[matthias720]

He did that just because he's a nice guy and appreciates our patronage.

And if I may add, because it was simply there.
That, and the fact that the stolen CQ3 needed to be wiped from the minds of the general public.

[ChexCommander]

75....Chukker was one of the lead artists from the original Chex Quest. THAT'S how he got so good.

[75]

75....Chukker was one of the lead artists from the original Chex Quest. THAT'S how he got so good.

O_o...HE's a flippin GAME ARTIST. ITS WHAT HE DOES. HE MADE THE CQ ART, SO I"D THINK HE'D BE GOOD.

however, if you meant in general, how he got good at art...i'd like to konw.

Wow I sure set quite a few people's hair on fire with what I said, I just thought the arcade machine looked really cool <shruggs>

[ChexCommander]

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...Well, at least you know something now you didn't know before....

[75]

Again.... I was just commenting on his talent. I can't texture like that. When I see that I say "how did he get so good at that?".

I don't really see how that's an insult to his skills...

[Datra]

I'd like to learn how to texture like that. would help me out a lot with some of my other projects.

I'd also like to add the red-key vent in E2M1 as one of my favorite secrets.

[Manny Cav]

Again.... I was just commenting on his talent. I can't texture like that. When I see that I say "how did he get so good at that?".

I don't really see how that's an insult to his skills...

Don't worry, mate. I'd take it as a compliment if I were in his place. I don't see anyone who said it was an insult.

Uh... where were we on? Oh, secret areas. E2M5 seems to be full of concealed doors with no Doom-style markings of them being concealed. A lot of them don't even lead to secret areas, though some do. They're just nifty shortcuts, lead to special rooms with an item, or act as trap doors filled with Bipedici. The trap doors don't really need to be marked, though, since they should flip open automatically anyway, and they wouldn't be trap doors if the player could conclude that they were doors in the first place.

[matthias720]

Anyone like the new ones in CQ3 v1.3?

[ChexCommander]

O_o...HE's a flippin GAME ARTIST. ITS WHAT HE DOES. HE MADE THE CQ ART, SO I"D THINK HE'D BE GOOD.

however, if you meant in general, how he got good at art...i'd like to konw.

heh?

Actually.... Digital cafe never made a game before CQ. He's a game artist NOW, but I don't think he gets paid to make games (even though he should, seeing the trash that still seems to get out onto the market.)

I think maybe that quote may have sparked a couple posts...it's just that he's been a game artist, and works for EA, and gets paid for it. But don't worry, I don't think any of us thought it was an insult. 

Hm, I must try out v1.3; I just downloaded it.

[Batmanifestdestiny]

There's an arcade machine in CQ2??

[ChexCommander]

In CQ3 versions 1.2 and 1.3, yes. They're to your right when entering the cinema.

I was playing v1.3, and another top 10 secret of mine is behind the poster at the last part of E2M1 that reveals a motherlode of stuff. When I first saw it, it was amazing.