I was laid off at the end of October during the pre-gbx layoffs. there were more than 26 of us laid off, but it wasn't made public. Nice thing for me is that I have a months head start in job hunting, and I already have 4 good leads.
Gearbox was a great place to work before all these layoffs I hope they will bounce back. I'd definitely work there again 
So you may remember this level I was working on in July, well its finally ready! ElysiumGX, Jaysinsan & DGUnreal from the Epic community have been helping me out and I think I got most of the bot pathing flowing well. There's a large amount of ammo and weapon pickups and quad damage that requires some jumping skills.
crits & suggestions are always welcome
instructions:
Extract the zip file into your (My documents\MY Games\Unreal Tournament 3\UTGame\Published\CookedPC\CustomMaps) folder
PS3 Version also available
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Enjoy
November is going to be an expensive month for games 
looks awesome! I miss making my own custom meshes.
HP: Nope I missed the deadline and I wasn't happy submitting a half-ass level, plus i was heavy in crunch.
Map is approaching Beta status, YAY!
Things left to do before beta release:
- finish scripting battle outside
- finish placing items
- test bots with gravity volumes
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time to reinstall GoW again 
and try out this map
competition ended on Monday, but I'm still working on it. Hope to release it soon for public testing.
Some more progress shots.
Almost finished decorating the rear portion of the ship
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The rear engine room now contains a teleport vortex that I created in Kismet which randomly teleports any player to anywhere in the ship. A quick and easy escape if you are low on health. Should a player follow someone else into the vortex, they won't appear in the same location.
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Working on scripting the battle outside of the ship. I'll be handling this with matinee and kismet, no point fighting on a spaceship if there's no action going on around you.
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The walkways shown here allow the players get around the ship, but there no gravity so you can jump to other locations easily
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back to work
stunning map HP! Make some tutorials for us
That looks awesome Paul!
I have it on xblive, hit me up for some races in any country
gamertag: HarleyQ
Quote from Bl1tzI saw Lee3dee enter too -- hopefully he doesn't mind me blowing up his spot
nahh, Bl1tz your map will be great! I'm just entering to see if i can make a fun playable map in 30 days. If i don't win, its fine. I have a MSU map started but its taking longer than I expected.
Over at 3DBuzz they have a challenge to create a DM map in 30 days. Been working on this at home and at work, usually after all my bugs are resolved. Hope to be able to finish it in 17 days
http://www.3dbuzz.com/vbforum/sv_ut3_landing.php
The contest requires that you only use stock assets that ship with the game but you are allowed to make custom materials, particle effects, etc using those assets.
My contest entry is a space DM level, most of the bsp work is done, and I've been testing the gameplay using bots. Gravity gameplay will be outside of the ship.
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Currently I'm adding meshes to the level, this is the reactor room towards the front of the map.
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comes out tonight at midnight Picking up my copy in the morning.
Bioshock - unfortunately it go boring way to fast going backwards through the level. Overall i liked the graphics & everything it just didn't hold my interest for very long.
Battlefield 2 - way way too many air jockeys to make the game fun. If you could eliminate the aircraft it would of been a much more enjoyable game.
Quote from D3adsAlienAliens
Alien 3
Alien: Resurrection
Not rocket science, is it?
that was my interview question, name the best to worst Alien movies. which is good because I thought I'd have to list all the characters in Road to Hill 30.
Yay! Mapcore is Back!
map looks awesome! I do have 1 question though, how does it play? have you placed bots in the level and tested out paths. Or are you making more of a portfolio piece rather than a Deathmatch level.
glad you guys like the screens
its nice to see how other designers make their levels and where the basic design came from.
