This book is still quite useful believe it or not. While Mapster32 is capable of doing more stuff, the overall functionality is identical to the original BUILD. This book covers a lot more than just how to use the editor, too. It goes over what makes a level fun, how to balance enemies and items, etc. So I’d say pick it up if you haven’t already.

Very cool to reminiscence the past on the BUILD editor. My little brother and I spent countless hours in our childhood building levels. You know you can make "invisible" walls with the "purple" sector lines right? My brother and I used to call invisible walls "purple lines" in many games that we played after that, just because of the BUILD editor :D I became obsessed with smooth lighting after playing games like quake, so I spent most my time building cities with lamp posts, then surround it by many many many sectors around them to simulate a smooth light falloff... Those were good days :D

I have seen so many editors and I say that Ken Silvermans Build editor was the most fun and easiest to operate!

I had the "official level design handbook!" It did come with a disk. I was too young to understand or appreciate it back then but now I find it really interesting! Great video!

I marvel at the absolute size of you adolescent bedroom, looks to be several time zones across. Maybe its just my perspective having to make do with the box bedroom in our house :)

I guess i played around with the build editor for more than 5 years. It was just THAT good

Imagine how crazy it is from todays point of view, that people would publish phonebook size guides on how to create levels for your game, and they sold well too. I too modeled my house as one of my first maps, i think its just human nature to model what we're familiar with when we're first introduced to such tools.

Built it from the book now. Be that guy. -Dx

Well that was just lovely. I hope you find it, sir!

wow i used to do this all the time back in 96’ this was heaven for a 12 year old kid! I think every one had a crack at building their house 🏠. After this i moved to the build engine in “SHADOW WARRIOR”

I was lucky to have a friend whos dad had 3 pc's networked when I found BUILD, good times.

I have so many memories of me and my brother creating maps for Duke Nukem, he even made a 3 map short campaing, it was awesome! So many memories! 😁😁 Your video is great man! Thanks for that!

At 15 years old, this game was sooo me. lol

I remember me and my friend completely making their house. Spent weeks making the level. The hardest things I found to make were mirrors and the metro / railtrack.

When I was a kid my dad got me the pie 3d gcs for dos.. I had a much similar experience... And more time I spent with it the more impressed I was discovering how to pull off tricks that weren't advertised or ever really done with that engine. To this day I still use it it's a lot of fun and nostalgic hobby for me. Although it pales in comparison to what modern engines are capable of today, I am working on a project which I hope to release this year.

I too made my room and house in the build engine :) I remember being so proud of the lighting i made for a fireplace out of different sectors with varying brightness to simulate accurate shadows.

This was such a great video! Well done ✌️

Watching this video in September 2023 and wishing it had more views so someone could maybe know the book's author or something.

I remember rummaging through the game files and finding a picture of the Official level design handbook and being so sad that it wasn't included with the game, even as an e-book. To this day, I haven't found it. (granted, I stopped looking)

Cool video

"Other nerdy science fiction deep cuts" *stares at a giant sign that says "Earth Defense Force"* Wait... holy shit, Duke referenced Toho?! You mean that's an intentional toku reference?! Duke 3D has toku weeb shit in it?! Interrobang?! Holy shit this changes everything... *zooms in on 1138* ...oh n/m it was a George Lucas thing ~_~

I built some real amazing levels. It's a shame my dad threw out my computer that had the only copies. Back in the day.....

lol, how can you get your Doom clone habilities so weird? I can beat Doom, Duke3D, Quake in the hardest difficulty no problem, but I doubt I would survive long with Wolf3D on baby difficulty... Game is brutal! I also have good memories of Build. I had a pirated Duke3D version with no build engine, but I also had Whitchaven2 which did have it. I never liked the game, but I used to make levels at night and share them via floppy with my mates during recess. I also remember how different stiles we had! I also liked that it has so many medieval, dark textures.

great video

Memories from childhood activities and finding they are oddly charming but pathetic is sign of getting old.

the og minecraft

I assume you tried putting the link into the Wayback Machine?

The truth is that Duke Nukem 3d, along with Shadow Warrior and Blood, are a HELL of a lot better than most AAA games today and for a good number of years now. 🔥🔥🔥🦵😎👍🔥🔥🔥 Ps, the maps you made of the space ship with bar and your room are really cool! The space ship captain room with bar is so British lol It would actually be really cool if you finish the space ship! Like if you make a copy of the file and model the whole space ship on the outside as well as the inside of it with all the rooms. And like add a space texture skybox on the outside of the space ship and maybe even have Dr Who's Tardis somewhere nearby lol That would be an awesome map!