[WiP] 11 Day Level Design - Winter

[ShadowFang071]

This will be my first map done with hammer in some time so lets hope I haven't gotten to rusty.

My plans for the map will be a rooftop condo that was having a nice little Christmas party before the infection hit so there are torn pieces of a party lying about, a stage, and various other little features.

Overview
Game: Left 4 Dead
Map Type: Survival
Area: Rooftop Condo
References:Anything I can find related to condos.
Time: Night to Mid-Morning
Weather: Lightly Snowing

Features

• Large Area to Fight in and many area to defend.[/*:m:3cpm94w7]

• Various Locations of ammo and health causing the players to explore the area rather then holding in one location.[/*:m:3cpm94w7]

• Breakable walls in many rooms causing no area to feel safe.[/*:m:3cpm94w7]

• Many breakable objects and items to give the location a lived in feel.[/*:m:3cpm94w7]

• Custom pieces of art.[/*:m:3cpm94w7]

Now I'm off to start mapping.

Best of luck to everyone. ^^

[Oilcake]

Good luck and have fun!

[Smog]

Good luck and welcome to World of Level Design.

[xlan]

Good luck, hope to see something soon

[ShadowFang071]

Update/Progress

So after some complications, one of the main ones being the literal cluster fuck of objects in a tight space, I altered the idea from a Penthouse to a Resort in some mountain that was having a Christmas party before the infection hit.

I'll be starting construction later today, hopefully with L4D 2 SDK instead of L4D 1's if I can fix a few minor problems first. If not, It'll just be a minor grip that I'll have to deal with.

*I will also hopefully get a few picks of the basic architecture up later today.*

[Oilcake]

L4D2 SDK is far more stable for me now. Which isn't to say it doesn't crash still, but just not as much...

Good luck either way!

*EDIT* I like your new idea, too. Be better even, I think.

[ShadowFang071]

Update/Progress

After a long day of work I finally nearly have the base of the build done, textures and even a bit lite.


*Two shots from the back of the building.*

*Interior with the current lighting.*

[xlan]

looks good but whats winter about it

[ShadowFang071]

XD Ya, I know. This was before I added the snow to it. Here are some shots after I added it.

The unfinished front. Planning on adding a garage where the big wooden block is. A few cars and some other dressings.


And another shot of the back, this time with a skybox :D
Still need to add some water to the pool, a little bit more of a party with some tables and such.
More chairs.
And the other fence.
Snow also needs a little better dressing but that'll have to wait.

[AlexG]

Nice looking brushwork.

[$oup]

I agree, have you got a reference picture you used for us? Looks like someones been doing their homework :mrgreen:

[ShadowFang071]

Sio I'm going to be dropping out of the contest. A little round a bought of getting a new OS on my pc ended with it deleting the map XD
Oh well.
Down for this one but I'll be raring to go for the next contest.