Sirlock here!

Hey there everyone my name is Sirlock,

I'm from East Coast USA.

I was recommended to this forum by a friend after I told him I was planning on getting into Map making for Competitive Counter-Strike: Global Offensive.

I have no prior experience with map making and hammer is my first sdk that I am trying to get into just as being someone who likes to learn new programs,

especially ones that apply to my personal interests and hobbies.

So yeah I suppose that is all I really have to say !

Quote from Vorontsov

What's up, welcome to the git gud or die trying forum

I recommend this thread, it has resources for pretty much everything if you know how to navigate it, including CS:GO (World of Level Design on that list has CS:GO mapping tutorials for example, here is another playlist of his with crucial info on competitive map layouts) and if you can't find much else there that suits your CS:GO mapping needs I would recommend checking out 3kliksphillp's CS:GO SDK + Source SDK tutorials (They're practically the same Hammer Editor), and I highly recommend Tophattwaffle, I learned the most from those three people and then practice, practice, practice.

Awesome! Thank you, I will definitely look into these resources and thank you for the warm welcome!

Quote from jackophant

Hey there, following on from Voronstov's post, I recently made a thread specifically geared toward mapcore newcomers and making maps for CSGO. There will definitely be some crossover, but it's worth a look right?

Don't be afraid to stick something up on the forum with plenty of screenshots to boot so people can critique your work. You can also mention the difficulties you're having as I'm sure someone else has been through them as well and can always point you in the right direction!

Thank you for the additional info! The way I look at it, every piece of info helps when learning something new!