Shandy445

yeah, I wouldn't go into one of these with the sole desire to win, use it as motivation to get something done within a time frame. My map certainly won't win, but its going to be a good motivator to get it done.

My only concern is it's not a fair contest, time is a factor - it will discourage people from starting from scratch if people can enter almost finished work? 

Hey all!
 
 
DE_GAMBIT(greyblock) has been published to the workshop for feedback! - (removed for now - greyblock beta is over - will provide new workshop link in the future)
 
 
I'm very excited to have finally released the map for testing - a little history of the map here
 
I'm looking for some feedback!  I am aware there's still lots of 90, 180 degree angles and some tight spaces - this will be changed as I develop areas!
 
With this map I tried to create some interesting gameplay moments:
Ts can throw grenades, flashes, smokes through the large rolling door windows into CT chokes.  Ts can also flash under the rolling door into mid. (will need to highlight these gameplay features more) There are 2 fences on the map that dampen damage when shot through. Ts can snipe from the Van outside into CT mid. CTs can also snipe into mid from jumping on the Forklift near A choke. Double vent system which serves tactically for both teams. Double boost spots for both teams.  
 
Would love any and all feedback!
 
Thanks!
[screenshots removed - updated screens from latest release in the post below]

First time poster, I wish I discovered this community much earlier. Here's something I've been making for myself mostly, I'll probably end up releasing it as a TTT map. 

alright boys, lets fake short stair, flame alley, do a snake into upper tunnel before rotating to shed where we do a boost stack with deagles

• UPDATE April 02 - beta 02 : 
 
>> de_arizona_b2
 
• UPDATE March 13 - beta 01 : 
 
>> de_arizona_b1
 
• UPDATE February 24 - alpha 02 :
 
>> de_arizona_a02
 
• UPDATE February 13 - alpha 01 : 
 
>> de_arizona_a01
 
• UPDATE September 18 - Source files are available since I choose to stop the dev.

>> SOURCE FILES DOWNLOAD
 
 
 

Hey guys,
 
I think it's time to show you the new map we are working on...
We ? Yep me and Kikette.
 
Perhaps you already saw an early overview in the "wip in wip" forum ? 
Since this one, we worked, and we are always working hard to increase the gameplay and starting to think about the visual.
 
You'll see, the thematic is simple : a motel taken by terrorists in Arizona.
 
Currently we are still working on this version and when we'll think we are good, we'll give you the alpha and we'll ask you to have a playtest...and of course we are impatient
 
So now, a screenshot and overview :
 




 
And some references we have :
 

Just by looking at the screenshot the timings will all be weird.

L4D No Mercy Campaign... it felt great to run through in the first days of L4D. Eventually, everyone began to corner camp and abuse of things such as meleeing the door in the Gas station level, elevator bug smoker tongue, tank blocking elevator, and the narrow ladder chokepoints. The campaign is a blast to play on expert though. I love the atmosphere! It is far from perfect but I had so many epic moments that it is one of the most memorable set of maps for me.
 

You probably just burned out. At some point it happens in all creative fields, to pretty much all creative people I've met. The best thing you can do is take a break -- you could work on something else creative, or just be a bit passive for a while. Maybe look through your steam library and find a singleplayer game you never completed and make it your goal to get through it. Eventually a spark of mapping passion will reignite when you're ready to pick up the hammer again.

erm...yeah

Thank you Ugui! I have added a way to go from mid to A-bombsite by going inside one of the buildings and up 2 floors, but I will try to add more elevated gameplay areas later on.

Nexusdog, great point! I started by making a topdown layout:
 

 
As you can see it has changed a bit!
 
This topdown with reference pictures was all I made before I started to create the level.
 
I started with a quick blockout:
 

 
 
Followed by a more advanced blockout:


 
After that I did a quick texturing of the level, just so the player could orient themselves better:
 

 
And then I started to add props to the buildings:
 

 
 
One thing that I had problems with (and still have) is that I did alot of things to my BSP's that you never should do, like rotating them without snapping. Hammer forces the BSP to align when you compile and it gave my roofs very odd shapes:


 
I chose to stick with my decision on rotated BSP roofs(they are still in there but I replaced the worst ones) and I will have to fix all my roofs in an upcomming patch.
I continued to prop the buildings:
 

 

 

 
Iterated by adding more props:
 

 

 
 

 
This was the first iteration that went up on Steam:
 

 

 

 
And this is how it looks today after patch 1:
 

Pretty much this !
 

DE_SEASON by Ted and FMPONE
 





 
A bomb defusal map set outside Tokyo, Japan.
 
"Terrorists are trying to disrupt the research of the controversial Season Corporation."

Please support and download the map at:
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=322837144&searchtext=

Part of my first map that i have been working on 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
Edit : working on lighting and added windows 

Part of my first map that i have been working on 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
Edit : working on lighting and added windows 

Part of my first map that i have been working on 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
Edit : working on lighting and added windows