L4D Map – Night Of The Living Dead. FINISHED.
In my free time, I have been developing my first game map - a Left 4 Dead map to be precise. To be even more precise, it is a survival map featuring Uncle Rege's house from Night of The Living Dead (1990). But it isn't an exact carbon copy of the movie. Regardless, it's fun to play and was just as fun to make. If I have the free time in the future, I shall revisit this or make a new map all together.
Sculpey doodle
Last week I found some sculpey and tools in my desk drawer I had stashed away the year before and forgot about. Waiting on renders I doodled a little head as I have done once before and figured it was something to show. I have more sculpey and more tools I have yet to experiment with, so I will certainly be doing this again. Next time a full character!
A new level of nerd-dome.
I play a lot of left 4 dead. I often feel remorse in spending so many hours wasted in a game, so I decided to be productive with a few of them. Develop my skills as an artist? No. Pick up a new hobby to better myself? No. Create a level for left 4 dead? Correct.
So a buddy and I are currently working on a survival map for l4d. Pretty pathetic use of time, but better than playing the game and I'm enjoying the creative process. Valve's Hammer tool is really easy to use by taking out a lot of the technical crap.
The map is based on Uncle Rege's house from Night of the Living Dead (1990). I have taken some creative liberties with the inside, so it isn't piece-by-piece perfect. Who cares? Here are some screen grabs:
L4D2 comes out in a few months, so I'm not even sure if this map will work without modification. After (if?) this map is complete, we'll see if I need another one or if I've sufficiently worked this out of my system.
All work and no play… well, maybe some play. Too much play?
I wish I had something to post, but I've been too busy playing Left 4 Dead to get any work done at home. I'm addicted.
However, I have finished the new Magnetic Dreams website: www.magneticdreams.com as well as new blog post at the studio blog: www.magneticdreams.com/blog
Work-related content launched!
Something I whipped up several months ago. Forgot about it until now.
In related news, Magnetic Dreams recently launched a blog and vimeo channel:
Blog: blog.magneticdreams.com
Vimeo: www.vimeo.com/magneticdreams