Hollow

First off, I'll need to clarify (if it isn't already obvious), I am posting this release thread on behalf of my buddy Sathor, the author of this visually stunning Mirror's Edge inspired CS:GO defusal map.
 
I believe he is not an active member here on Mapcore, residing mainly from the land of Interlopers, but I felt the quality and amount of work I know he's put into this is deserving of some greater exposure.
 
WORKSHOP:
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=171666668&searchtext=
 
Some screenies:
 

 

 

 

 
(More pictures on the workshop).
 
A few things to note. This is 100% entirely custom created content. All the models and textures - excluding the few assets contributed to him from the Lopers community - were created by just one guy. We've been carrying out playtests for the last year and it's been awesome to see how far the map has come. So please check it out, I feel it stands out quite dramatically, in terms of aesthetics, compared to 80% of maps available on the workshop.

First off, I'll need to clarify (if it isn't already obvious), I am posting this release thread on behalf of my buddy Sathor, the author of this visually stunning Mirror's Edge inspired CS:GO defusal map.
 
I believe he is not an active member here on Mapcore, residing mainly from the land of Interlopers, but I felt the quality and amount of work I know he's put into this is deserving of some greater exposure.
 
WORKSHOP:
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=171666668&searchtext=
 
Some screenies:
 

 

 

 

 
(More pictures on the workshop).
 
A few things to note. This is 100% entirely custom created content. All the models and textures - excluding the few assets contributed to him from the Lopers community - were created by just one guy. We've been carrying out playtests for the last year and it's been awesome to see how far the map has come. So please check it out, I feel it stands out quite dramatically, in terms of aesthetics, compared to 80% of maps available on the workshop.

Slowly but surely working on this map whenever I get the chance. Created a new lighting setup to get a more interesting mood going on (TLoU inspired ).
 

 

Slowly but surely working on this map whenever I get the chance. Created a new lighting setup to get a more interesting mood going on (TLoU inspired ).
 

 

Slowly but surely working on this map whenever I get the chance. Created a new lighting setup to get a more interesting mood going on (TLoU inspired ).
 

 

Hey thanks for the feedback guys! 
 
You bring up a very valid point JeanPaul, and one I'll be keeping note of closely whilst I continue to art pass the level. I'll be sure to highlight possible blind spots with contrasting materials - for instance I could put the blue tarp on those crates - or simply tone down the foliage for camping areas.
 
I may also release a 'clean' version to eradicate any issues with blind spots.
 
This is probably going to be my final swan song working in default 'vanilla' Source. The only reason I decided upon making this as a CSGO map is because I had the layout playtested over the course of the year - where it proved to be a solid map - but I had more important commitments before I finalized the art-style (main job, indie stuff). Coming back to it now, I sort of lost the original vision I had for the map, and so now it's merging into this thing
 
Hopefully I will be able to strike a balance between competitive MP design and visuals

Very sexy, Hollow! JP made a valid point though, hope you can find a good compromise between visuals and readability

Slowly but surely working on this map whenever I get the chance. Created a new lighting setup to get a more interesting mood going on (TLoU inspired ).
 

 

Slowly but surely working on this map whenever I get the chance. Created a new lighting setup to get a more interesting mood going on (TLoU inspired ).
 

 

Hey Everyone! I'm not the most frequent member here on Mapcore, (long serving interlopers.net/recent Forza Horizon dev), but I do value the Mapcore community and it's audience in wanting to share with you a recently completed project Taychin Dunnvatanchit (Kremator666) & the CANVAS/CITY 17:EP1 teams have been working on!

BLACK SNOW is a singleplayer horror adventure mod with an emphasis on atmosphere and strong inklings to The Thing movies.

You play John Matsuda, an IT Technician that is part of the Prometheus assessment team sent to investigate communication silence at a research station in Greenland. Naturally, nothing is what it seems.

*MODDB download is still awaiting authorization so I had to upload to mediafire for now.

MEDIAFIRE
MODDB PAGE
BLACK SNOW BLOG

Hey Everyone! I'm not the most frequent member here on Mapcore, (long serving interlopers.net/recent Forza Horizon dev), but I do value the Mapcore community and it's audience in wanting to share with you a recently completed project Taychin Dunnvatanchit (Kremator666) & the CANVAS/CITY 17:EP1 teams have been working on!

BLACK SNOW is a singleplayer horror adventure mod with an emphasis on atmosphere and strong inklings to The Thing movies.

You play John Matsuda, an IT Technician that is part of the Prometheus assessment team sent to investigate communication silence at a research station in Greenland. Naturally, nothing is what it seems.

*MODDB download is still awaiting authorization so I had to upload to mediafire for now.

MEDIAFIRE
MODDB PAGE
BLACK SNOW BLOG

We had some issues with Moddb taking a silly amount of time to authorise the zip file. v1.01 should be easily downloadable now, it's also on Desura already as the mod is doing quite well it seems! (no.1 on moddb all of today .)

Please do let me know of any bugs you encounter or feedback to smooth over the cracks in a next patch. it also goes a long way to helping us valuable gain data for our planned commercial project which has some links with this mod. This is sort of a dry run if you will to get an idea of if we are going in the right direction.

Hey Everyone! I'm not the most frequent member here on Mapcore, (long serving interlopers.net/recent Forza Horizon dev), but I do value the Mapcore community and it's audience in wanting to share with you a recently completed project Taychin Dunnvatanchit (Kremator666) & the CANVAS/CITY 17:EP1 teams have been working on!

BLACK SNOW is a singleplayer horror adventure mod with an emphasis on atmosphere and strong inklings to The Thing movies.

You play John Matsuda, an IT Technician that is part of the Prometheus assessment team sent to investigate communication silence at a research station in Greenland. Naturally, nothing is what it seems.

*MODDB download is still awaiting authorization so I had to upload to mediafire for now.

MEDIAFIRE
MODDB PAGE
BLACK SNOW BLOG

A lot of the textures are placeholder for now, and I'm likely to replace things like windows and trims with custom models.
That is actually just a small section I cordoned compiled, the full layout is complete and has been tested to death (but in dev textures form) and I'm going through polishing each area up
An example of bombsite A;




I actually tried to make the whole map coherent in terms of height and space, the whole map slopes down from T spawn to CT. Maybe that just isn't apparent in those two screenshots.
I'll keep in mind your thoughts about the architecture not being realistic (though I did base a lot on reference photos), as it's something I'll tweak progressively down the line!