Quake, E1M1, by Chris.

I’m a terrible artist but just had to have a crack at drawing the first level of the first world of Quake 1. Quake was my first real introduction to online FPS games. When I couldn’t play it online (either because I’d used far too much of my parent’s phone bill, or they wanted to use the phone), the single player was the next best thing, especially with mods.

I find it really calming to knock out a few levels now and then. It’s really interesting to see the parts of the level my brain exaggerates or ignores completely. I’m no artist but there’s some definite scaling issues going on. I couldn’t think of an elegant way to put the underwater bit in, so I drew it off to one side, along with the hidden column/hazmat suit. I’m forgetting a lot of ammo placement. I loved grabbing the double-barrelled shotgun, partially shooting an enemy, and then unloading both barrels so they gibbed…. I think I’m going to go and play it now.