[HL2EP2]Brotherhood [UPDATED 9-9-12]

[cz_squishy]

I started this map back in July to try the wall destruction tutorial and some shadow tests. I had stopped working on it after about a week or so and just recently I rediscovered it. I added so much in just 3 days it's surprising how fast I can work. So far the player's path is pretty much written in stone and the events are planned out. With this map I wanted to test how the player has to travel a long distance because obstacles impede his path of the much more obvious route, the whole playable area of the map is only a 4608 by 4608 area. What this allowed me to do was make the player zigzag through the level and have areas be foreshadowed to the player before he actually gets there allowing the player to say, "Hey! I remember seeing this area before!" with visual cues helping aid memory (i.e. item crates or other landmarks). Enough talking and time for some media!!!
Layout(small changes might happen for gameplay):

Early screenshot of brick destruction with shadow test plus video:

[SPOILER]Hammer walkthrough of the path the player will take[SPOILER]

[jgoodroad]

I like it...

[joe_rogers_11155]

it looks like WAY too much. your polished scene is polished but there is absolutely nothing to comment on until you begin actually mapping. all that dev stuff seems a waste of your time.

to each his own on mapping styles, im just saying that you appear to have a whole lot of nothing going on there at the moment.

[cz_squishy]

Lighting is temporary:

[jgoodroad]

hard to see things... but I still like it...

[cz_squishy]

hard to see things... but I still like it...

Screenshots always make things darker and the power is out until you turn it on to power the lift to bring you up to street level. Kind of like Episode 1 a bit when you wander around in the dark tunnels being attacked by zombies . I wanted contrast between the dark, grimy underground and the bright, colorful surface level and it took some playing around with different textures before I finally found ones that worked. Before it was too clean and it looked like the canal outside which I didn't like.

[jgoodroad]

I, unlike many other chaps on interlopers, have no qualms with dark maps... as long as there is thought behind it.

[cz_squishy]

I, unlike many other chaps on interlopers, have no qualms with dark maps... as long as there is thought behind it.

I hate dark maps if the whole map is dark but it's a small section and makes sense. I want the player to explore and if it's lit then there would be no challenge and plus I want to add a few "scary" things down there

[cz_squishy]

Sewer layout with path:
Yellow is path to some goodies

[cz_squishy]

VRAD finally working so here's an update:

[trcc]

Maze in the dark woot!

[Juice]

Maze in the dark woot!

^this, also. Exploding barrel plan almost backfired

[cz_squishy]

Maze in the dark woot!

^this, also. Exploding barrel plan almost backfired

It's not too confusing, pretty linear with a few dead ends.
Hopefully the player won't move those damn barrels

[AnKOu]

VRAD finally working so here's an update:

I think, when player enter in pipe and got damages, he will think that is not the good way.

[cz_squishy]

I think, when player enter in pipe and got damages, he will think that is not the good way.

Maybe I'll replace it with manhacks...