Sorry about the delay but I'm hoping I've picked a good one here for people to get on with, even without custom content something good should happen.
The theme behind this battle is 'Ruined' and you can take this title anywhere you want, desolate buildings, run down castles etc. That's the idea we want.
Do you best to show us a place that no longer remains what it used to be. Detail is everything so really crank it up.
Here are a few inspiration screenshots:
And also some site links you may find useful to get some ideas from:
http://design.mykurkino.ru/euth/index.php - Decayed Russia
http://www.urbanized.net/index.php?r=30 - Various Photos
http://forum.interlopers.net/viewtopic.php?t=8128 - Thread full of images
And the rules are below:
- Your map must have the ruins as the central focus of the shot, the angle and setup are all up to you.
- You can only post 3 screenshots, and you can only submit one map.
- When posting your screenshots, always explain if they are final or still wip.
- Additional mods like bloom mod and garrys's mod CAN'T be used, only HL2, HL2DM, CS:S, DOD:S and Loast Coast (or any other official mod) are allowed.
- You can't use any extra software (like photoshop for example) to enhance your screenhosts. Of course usual changes like resizing, croping, or adding your name on the images are allowed.
- You can use custom content.
- The maps are judged according to their visual quality, so make them look the best you can.
- The maps don't need to be playable.
- Avoid posting your pictures with big resolutions, since the forum resizes them, and they may loose some quality. Try 800x600 or 640x480
- Keep in the spirit of things and show off your work in progress shots.
The battle ends at the 7th of May, at midnight (24:00h) GMT
Good luck everyone!
