Level Design A Hold-Out style Community map

[liamtranzig]

I am a really slow hobby mapper so when I throw this idea out there it is more with the dream that the concept entices you all (the mapping Community) than it being my own personal initiative and open invite.

I think it'd be fantastic to combine 10-11 great Community mappers (or a cross-over between TWI Mapping-overachievers and the Community) to make one Hold-Out style map with a general concept behind it: the Portal gun. The small areas could thereby be prepared separately without any real cohesion other than a blue exit and orange entry portal. An Aperture Science lab would of course be best for the starting player spawn.

 

[slavek]

Sounds like a great idea. The smaller "levels" would make it easier for mappers to push out content no matter their skill level/time allowance. Though I would suggest not including valves IP(Orange & Blue portal/Aperture) just in case TWI decides to make the map official, the "portal" concept could still be used to great effect.

 

[RockMax]

I recently released a Portal map http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1151598623 but yea it uses portal models and textures, doing this from the start would require someone who can make HQ textures and is ofc. good modeler that will have the will to re-model everything.

 

[liamtranzig]

I almost mentioned your Portal map myself, RockMax. But I decided not to name names of potential candidates.

Valve's Portal IP was used in KF1 to some extent but true- that doesn't mean it would be granted in a larger use in KF2.

Any Portal-like idea fits the Hold-Out style honestly. I also thought a Lovecraftian inter-dimensional theme with just swirling blue-green mists as the portals would work. "Lovecraftian" sets a tone though - madness, otherworldly, and generally dark. There are quite a few good Sanitarium levels that - were a section to be tailored, would fit perfectly to the theme & Hold-Out format. RockMax's Aslyum remaster, Sean Chaos & Vampcinda's 'Maw of Madness', Motormouth's OldWoodRoad, & -MGSa-Sniper's Abandoned Hospital all come to mind.

I also thought of making a "Worst Case Scenario" Hold-Out map in which all Official maps' most difficult holding grounds would be edited to fit the style. The Spawn level could be a Horzine VR Training room & the Boss chamber would be the same room only absolutely destroyed (opening new paths as well).

 

[LiquidArrow]

It would be more feasible to ask community mappers if there map can be used and just plug in there map for a random option in holdout.

 

[Alex Milo]

Tripwire should do a small contest where we could submit small maps where the winners would be put together to form a Holdout map, that would be amazing. I love making maps but I don't have great succes with making big maps yet, as I tend to lose interest the larger it gets, and then just proceed with another project.. Making just a part of something great would be a really amazing opportunity.