Alex G. from World of Level Design announced another challange – Image Reference Recreation. Participants have to recreate the object from the picture to any Source Engine game as realistic as possible. More info on challange page.
Alex G. from World of Level Design announced results of 11-Day Level Design Contest. The goal of the contest was to create Winter themed level in certain period of time and design workflow. More information about contest and winners can be found here.
Winner – “Escape from Parkdale” by Oilcake (Left4Dead 2)
RunnerUp – “Abandoned Depot” by Shepard 203 (Crysis)
RunnerUp – “Koth Cliffside” by Severance (Team Fortress 2)
Scene created with UDK by Marcin “Mr Hyde” Winkowski. Author said it’s not finished yet. We’ll definietly keep an eye on this project.
Decadence is a Source Engine based Total Conversion. You can check how this mod was developed, what problems the development team had on the way and see some Level Design conclusions and tips from Decadence Postmortem document.
Download the document here (PDF, 7,2 MB).
World of Level Design announces 11-Day Level Design Contest in Winter Theme. You have 11 days to create a playable level. Just start a new thread in WOLD Forums with development progress. More information, contest rules and tips can be found here.
With Left 4 Dead 2 Authoring Tools you’re able to create own content for Left 4 Dead 2. Also you’ll need to download the Left 4 Dead 2 Add-on Support Package to be able to use new content in game. All the packages are available on Steam.
More information on official Left 4 Dead 2 Blog.
Here’s a list of winners from NoGhost Mapping Competition for Quake III Arena.
1st Place:
Devilish by Justin “StormShadow” Ingels
2nd Place:
Substation 11 by Tom “Phantazm11” Perryman
3rd Place:
Focal Point by Simon “Sock” O’Callaghan
Robert Briscoe is a 3D Artist from United Kingdom. In his portfolio you can find professional work from Mirror’s Edge developed by DICE and a lot of other impressive projects. Also have a look on his current projects from his Dev Blog.
Mirror’s Edge:
CounterStrike: Source – de_Forest:
Nuclear Down MOD – nd_Russia:
Visit Robert’s portfolio and his Dev Blog.
Bram “Peris” Eulaers is an Environment Artist from Stockholm. You might remember his name from Unearthly Challenge and award wining Abandoned Colony scene. Take a look at his portfolio.
Forest Environment:
Swedish Mansion:
Abandoned Colony:
Scenes from Bionic Commando
You can check more Bram’s scenes at his portfolio site. Also you can check an interview with Bram at GameArtisans.