WIP in WIP, post your level screenshots!

[blackdog]

On 08/09/2017 at 3:19 PM, Sjonsson said:

You're correct about that for sure. I looked through the library and couldn't really find the Italian feel anywhere. So I have been looking more at other canal-filled places like Amsterdam. I mean City 17 is in Prague so I don't think it's possible to make it look authentic to Venezia.

Wait, that's Veniz right? All these langauges and changing names, in Swedish it's 'Venedig'. WHY would you rename someone else's city? 

I was a bit worried at first about using water as obstacles. But the combine force field/fences helps out a lot when it comes to closing off the canals without obstructing the vision forcefully with boats, physical barricades etc. But yeah I agree, water levels are cool! I especially love canals.

I think cities change name cos they normally contain sounds and letters not present in other languages. Stockholm is Stoccolma in Italian. You guys mixed Italian and English there

Anyway is very hard to make a convincing environment with the wrong textures. Not sure it was ever disclosed where City 17 is… first time I hear Prague actually. There are several plaster textures in the HL2 set, maybe you can do something convincing anyway. Or maybe you can use CSGO/CSS textures?

I also love the Kanals environment Valve created, I was supposed to create one for Riot Act (part two) before it went off a bit another way.

Interested to see where it goes. What's the "assignment"/brief?

[sethen]

@Radu , Yeah we released on steam actually which was a blessing in of itself.  Mainly gameplay wise, just expanded on they original concept and added various gamemodes to the mix.  Though it does has a arcade type feel to it.

Edited September 17, 2017 by nick nugent

[braindeer]

On 9/15/2017 at 6:05 PM, nick nugent said:

@Radu We've actually released the standalone mod back in August of last year.  Took sometime but we finally got it released.

That's really cool to hear, I remember being awed by Brainbread back in the day and loved the whole vibe.

Some more updates to my de_prodigy reboot. B site has had a makeover including opening up windows on the upper level. Now players can smoke/flash from outside the site and the increased brightness makes the whole site feel less confined. I also added non traversable window on the t entrance to upper site, now cts can be more effective against a rush.

 

 

[blackdog]

Intersting stuff @braindeer, not sure if I said it already but I was looking myself to come up with a layout for Prodigy that would refresh it but keep it faithful to the original/make it recognisable. From what I see you are managing in doing so, congrats!

[Radu]

@blackdog come on, man! when are we going to see a map from you? I'll draw you a layout just to get you going

[blackdog]

18 hours ago, Radu said:

@blackdog come on, man! when are we going to see a map from you? I'll draw you a layout just to get you going

I brought the computer with me this week to Italy, thinking I would still have time to dabble on something for the CSGO contest, just for the sake of it, but between arriving at midnight monday, staying at my grandma one night, showing canada pics to my parents... I haven't used it at all until tonight :/

I realized recently that having little time for a hobby like this, I put loads of pressure on myself, when I actually sit down with the editor I want quick results, and that's a course in itself because everything looks like shit and just gets discarded. I should probably give up on the idea but I don't want to.

Edited September 22, 2017 by blackdog

[Stract]

hey guys look at my new csgo map- oh wait never mind it's still portal 2

Edited September 24, 2017 by Stract

[gav]

Hey Stract that looks pretty nice. 

[braindeer]

Really fleshed out this project in the last few days, i'll have to do a full render at some point. I think she's 95% ready to test.

[jd40]

Some stuff from my contest map

 

[NikiOo]

9 hours ago, jd40 said:

Some stuff from my contest map

 

Are those rocks all displacements or do you have custom models?

[jd40]

55 minutes ago, NikiOo said:

Are those rocks all displacements or do you have custom models?

It's displacements mixed with stock csgo rocks.

[Sjonsson]

10 hours ago, NikiOo said:

Are those rocks all displacements or do you have custom models?

 I like the aesthetic, gj!  I'm not sure if you're into texturing but I find the rock texture a bit noisy and it messes up readability so maybe that's worth a look.

Also I think you should add some support beams behind those metal plates so they merge better with the rocks. Right now they look like they're just glued onto the walls. Made a quick shop to explain. Also nice just to bring some planks/woodwork into the material palette!

[jd40]

57 minutes ago, Sjonsson said:

 I like the aesthetic, gj!  I'm not sure if you're into texturing but I find the rock texture a bit noisy and it messes up readability so maybe that's worth a look.

Also I think you should add some support beams behind those metal plates so they merge better with the rocks. Right now they look like they're just glued onto the walls. Made a quick shop to explain. Also nice just to bring some planks/woodwork into the material palette!
 

Thanks for the tip I'll be sure to add that frame.

[Jiro]

Lighting and detailing on some areas of the map with the awesome @shot