Level Design December WIP Thread - 2016

[LiquidArrow]

I thought a monthly WIP thread would be good for discussion. What is everyone working on?

• KF-Cell is under a microscope for me as I fix found issues and try to polish up the gameplay before focusing on the visuals.
• KF-Transient is getting reworked and will be released next month with a new layout.
• Planning on making Xmas Snow versions of my maps

 

[Dragontear]

Woot.
- Working on making a 'Confined' version of KF-Kholnee. Because the play-area wasn't small enough already, and intentionally designed to be a sort of challenge/hard map, if you like claustrophobic, foggy, overgrown nonsense.
- Having spent over three months or more on a single building, decided to try doing up a whole village based around a fallen church, also overgrown, spooky scary and catacombs. See you all next year.
-Gazing vacantly at cat videos.

 

[-MGS- Sniper]

Updating KF London winter with lots of new stuff for Dec

 

[domingothegamer]

Nice convo idea!
-KF-DD-TavernSiege - Slowly working on it at my spare time. Big project but it'll be awesome when it's done!
-KF-DD-TowerSiege - Putting finishing touches and play testing pathing/etc. Also waiting for Custom Material support before I can release to BETA.

 

[LiquidArrow]

Made a simple map today and released it on steam: Click Here for the workshop

I wanted to go away from the complicated maps and ended up finishing this idea in one day. Just a simple defense map that I think some people will have good fun with.

 

[Pt.Jones]

Nice to see people already working on winter maps!

Currently working on KF-WinterFarm, A simple medium sized map similar to farmhouse / but in a winter and snowy theme (maybe even westernish). Hopefully this time I will stick to the simple route

 

[KillMaster]

I'm currently working on two ports. One is KF1 Foundry, and the other is Halo 3 ODST's "Crater" firefight map (Night version).

Both are still being worked on in 3DS Max, but I'm aiming to have at least one in a somewhat playable state before Christmas. (although that's being optimistic)

Also waiting for Custom Material support before I can release to BETA.

Custom material shaders work just fine, both my ports for Manor & West London use *Very* few of TW's master materials.

Here are a few examples:

Spoiler!

An ICE shader using layered parallax mapping for the cracks and transmission for fake SSS

A Tron style edge glow shader (uses no bit maps)

A liquid plasma shader with flickering grid lines.

 

[domingothegamer]

I'm currently working on two ports. One is KF1 Foundry, and the other is Halo 3 ODST's "Crater" firefight map (Night version).

Both are still being worked on in 3DS Max, but I'm aiming to have at least one in a somewhat playable state before Christmas. (although that's being optimistic)



Custom material shaders work just fine, both my ports for Manor & West London use *Very* few of TW's master materials.

Here are a few examples:

Spoiler!

An ICE shader using layered parallax mapping for the cracks and transmission for fake SSS

A Tron style edge glow shader (uses no bit maps)

A liquid plasma shader with flickering grid lines.

Huh, I'll have to get with you on that. On my end I'm unable to get custom materials to work after cooking map. Especially on Landscape. I'll add you on Steam if you don't mind?

 

[SMIFF]

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coming soon

 

[YoYoBatty]

Giving mapping shot again after over 2 years of nothing. Working on porting an old KFMod map I also ported to KF1.

 

[LiquidArrow]

I made another 1 day simple map some days ago and released it on the workshop: Click Here for Workshop

I am now working on KF-Transient, one of my old maps I made for grindhouse but never got to doing a rework on. The layout and roads will be changed and cave networks will be added to make shortcuts throughout the map. I might be adding moving platforms to get across the map faster via controllable stuff with triggers but I havent figured that out yet. Click Here to see screens of the old transient

 

[LiquidArrow]

I released KF-Transient and am doing constant fixes/update to that map until I feel its stable and complete enough to run on its own. I just need to add a platform to call the vehicles now as well instead of having to be on them.

Did a small update to KF-Abyss to fix its lighting and performance issues.

Other than that I might make one of my maps be snow/christmas themed. I am also trying to play with the idea of connecting all of my levels together. After that I might be taking a hiatus from mapping before I make another full fledged new map release.

 

[Dragontear]

- Completed the Confined version of KF-Kholnee (please see Kholnee new post and give it loves, validate meee. XD)
- Watched cat videos.
- Working on another Darkwood-inspired area, calling it 'Villagederp' until I have a proper KF-name. Basically old church and surrounding village, Polish-ish region in the woods. Old and overgrown structures with perhaps supernatural theme. Working on something akin to a 'modular forest' where I can more cleanly create a large-ish environment that is better optimised and sorted, or something. Internal cat-logic at work here.

 

[manolito]

Hello, I will continue working on my map to improve it and fix things that do not end up liking me while learning new things.

 

[Pt.Jones]

Awesome to hear everyone been busy on creating more content for KF2! Can't believe its nearly xmas and new year

If anyone is interested I've finally managed to publish a pretty stable build of the map.

Check it out here.

 

[RockMax]

Hello so I´m working on 3 different maps. Mostly from the Stalker Universe but there is a Afghanistan map from KF1, next map is Sarcophagus you can watch the preview of the map here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YNEdbzh3IyE . Next two projects are still in secret but they are from the stalker universe too.