Developer id Software is serious about the new SnapMap modding utility they’re building for the upcoming Doom reboot. When Bethesda first unveiled the modding tool-set during their pre-E3 media briefing, it looked like they would have significant depth to them, including exclusive features like co-op support — something we won’t see in the game’s story mode.
As if co-op didn’t make you want to give SnapMap a try, I have a few words from Doom executive producer Marty Stratton that might do the trick.
“You basically make single maps, but you can string them together in a playlist that effectively creates a campaign,” revealed Stratton. “You can use the conventions of SnapMap and the playlist tools to do something similar as a campaign. You can do the same thing for co-op. You can string a number of co-op levels together to create a co-op campaign.”
Stratton wasn’t willing to divulge any details regarding how customizable the narratives of these campaigns will be aside from teasing the possibility of custom audio and/or text. For the rest of Stratton’s interview, head on over to Game Informer.
There’s clearly a lot more we have yet to learn about SnapMap, but that will likely come to us piecemeal in the months leading up to its release on PC, PS4 and Xbox One in early 2016.
