Hello,
St. Monika is a fictional district set in an ambiguous metropolis. Its game space is built much more vertically with hills and rooftops compared to other flat world levels in Garry's Mod. It also has a much higher density of detail thanks to using newer Source assets.
I was commissioned for a roleplay map last year in November, but I quit about 2 weeks before release due to an uncommunicative, and exploitative management. Regardless, I instead released the map for free on the Steam Workshop forgoing my unpaid labor.
St. Monika was my largest endeavor yet, and I chose to create social media posts and a trailer video for it.
Exotic areas such as the Nightclub and Casino are themes that are fringe-empty in Source. I overcame this art limitation through creative use of existing exotic textures, sounds, and entities. In the end, I believe it came out better due to these limitations rather than creating new assets.
You can check out the level and its presentation on the Steam Workshop: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/fi…/?id=2125348692
This is the map trailer:
