[CS:GO] de_tenebrous - collaborator needed...

[HoT Ho11oW PoiNT]

Hi guys,

I am new to mapcore, but I come with purpose...

I need someone with a little more experience in CS GO mapping to put the 'polish' on a map that is 80-90% completed. It's all stuff I would have no problem doing, but I am really feeling like I've temporarily lost ambition to put the finishing touches on the map (real life work mostly is interfering). I would hate to see all my hard work go to waste, so I am looking for someone to take over and 'finish' the map for me, or at least work on it a bit while I am busy with other projects. It is a map that has seen a few incarnations (all half-finished) for different applications over almost a decade, and it is so close to being done that I can taste it. However I feel 'another set of eyes' is needed (preferably someone with experience releasing a polished final product) to put the finishing touches on, and give some objectivity and creative criticism that they would then possibly be able to add to the map themselves or edit existing.

Here is the workshop link: http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=197054213

Would anyone like to help me finish? I would have a list of things I would want completed, as well as taking advice on any modifications you would want to implement on your own.

On a semi-related note, I would also love to schedule a playtest, where do I go about that?

Edited January 25, 2014 by HoT Ho11oW PoiNT

[text_fish]

Don't give up. If you've lost ambition it's because you feel like you've gone down a dead-end with the design, and I think that's evident in the night setting and the rain. When I'm getting bored of a map the first thing I start to do is make it nighttime, or rainy, or snowy or some combination of the above because it's a sweeping change that feels like progress, but it actually just derails the original vision. If I were you I'd go to daylight and temporarily ditch the rain and in the process of doing so you're likely to start coming up with more productive ideas to polish the map yourself.

[blackdog]

Looks way too dark to me. Architecture seems interesting so i'm sure you can slowly find the motivation to finish it, especially given the fact it's such a long-coming project.

[HoT Ho11oW PoiNT]

At #2: I've lost ambition to map because of other projects going on in my life; like my career and an RTS mod I and the sole worker on and have a new release coming up in early March (shameless plug: http://www.moddb.com/mods/supreme-commander-2-0-1-3 ); and because I have 'burned myself out' by working on the map too long and too much in the past few months and need to do something different. In fact the map was a nighttime map long before it was even ever intended for any iteration of CounterStrike (it was originally going to be for another Half-Life mod called Frontline Force). In fact the original name was flf_twilight (named long before the horrible movies), later renamed (because de_twilight already existed) to 'tenebrous', an old english word meaning dark or gloomy...it was always a nighttime map.

 

At #3: Yes you are certainly right, I would slowly find the motivation to finish, but the key word there is 'slowly'. I don't need the map done this minute, but at the same time I do not want to be here next year with the 'same' map still on my plate...I would rather let someone else take the reins for the time being in order to a) give me a different perspective on things I am doing right/wrong, b) get things done in a more timely manner, and c) give someone with more experience a go at taking my initial creation from a 7.5 to a 9.5 (if they think it is possible).

Edited January 25, 2014 by HoT Ho11oW PoiNT

[HoT Ho11oW PoiNT]

Hey guys just thought I would let you know I managed to 'complete' more large sections of my map over the past couple of months...still looking for someone with more experience to help put the final 'polish' on, and/or make a daytime version if they are feeling really motivated.

Please subscribe, like, favourite, share, comment, add to your collections, and all that other good stuff: http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=197054213

 

Edit: I have also updated the colour correction in an upcoming version so things aren't so 'dark'.

Edited March 21, 2014 by HoT Ho11oW PoiNT

[HoT Ho11oW PoiNT]

Hey guys, just finished doing the new overview, thought I would post it so you can get a better idea for the lay-out and flow, as well as sort of preview the new brighter colour palette.

Some of the layout is a little hard to read as far as details due to the fact that the map is more than one story. Some entrances may look like they go somewhere they don't because they are really a floor above.
 

Edited April 13, 2014 by HoT Ho11oW PoiNT