I was following the map dev since some time & at last, I’ve played it & it’s a keeper for sure 😀 In the other hand, I’m not surprise since it’s a map coming from one of my favorite mapper !

Official link, BU link & Epic link

For those who follow my works, know that I’m working on 2 CTF maps. Which are CTF-Citius & CTF-Fatima. I’m not sure of DM-Citius yet ? Those maps are in the making for more than 1 year now & most of that time is spend on meshing them. CTF-Fatima is mostly done & CTF-Citus at ±40%.

So, you can guess that after putting so much “devotion” in those maps (way to many hours for my taste), I need to take a break on meshing by working on something small, fast to build & for a change, 100% BSP, no SM. Brief ;

DM-Amyrade is a very simple & small map for 2 – 8 players (a bit bigger than DM-Aly), it will be made in few weeks from start to finish between those CTF maps, which I focus on having fun with brushes by using very simple shapes. By making this map, I impose myself some restrictions to see what I can possibly achieve. Those restrictions are :

1. The map must be 100% made of brushes. This is a first for me after few finals maps!
2. No static meshes allowed except pickups, jumpads, movers & teleporters.
3. No terrain allowed.
4. A skydome is mandatory (which is the unique deco SM).
5. All materials must meet UT3 visuals. I mean, using materials based on HD textures with normal maps + detail normal maps.
6. Everything else can be used, like PostProcessing effects, particles, emitters, heightfog actor, decal actors, etc to add dept & atmosphere.
7. Most of my maps took me few months to build. My average is ±8 months. For this one, I wanted to finish it withing 3 months max start to finish.

So, I started to craft the layout this week. My goal is to made it final for April 1, which is my birthday date 😀

I estimate to release alpha 1 in mid-January.

All details are in the map page here.

Slay tune 😉

After CTF-EpicBoy remake, another classic will be remade by Axeman 😀

There isn’t any download link for the moment but it should be available soon.

Follow / comments the dev on Epic thread or at his homepage 🙂

EDIT

B1 now available !!! 😀

This is another map that as been submitted to the “Leveldesign.nl first 20 brush contest. The idea behind this contest is to see what mappers from different communities can produce when following some very limiting rules. I did a match on this one & it’s a fun one indeed & also look good 😀

Words from the author :

Pretty simple industrial Duel map created for the leveldesign.nl 20 brush contest. This map has 16 brushes, 4 InterpActors and the sky dome Static Mesh.

The layout isn’t very complex, due to the brush limitations I had to avoid using too many slanted surfaces for ramps and floors, but it’s still quite fun and has plenty of Z-Axis.

Don’t expect next-gen graphics and effects in this map, but despite the brush limit I tried to make it look as pretty as possible. Some textures (I used Hourences’ HourKraden set) have been upscaled a bit too much, but I didn’t have time to search for suitable replacements. I had to rush a bit to meet the deadline, so there are some little bits that I would have liked to refine a bit more, but overall the map is pretty complete.

Grab the map on :

Official or BU or Epic page.

I really like the map & I add it in my hot stuff page, HOLP section 😀

This is one of the map that as been submitted to the “Leveldesign.nl first 20 brush contest. The idea behind this contest is to see what mappers from different communities can produce when following some very limiting rules. I did a match on this one & it’s a fun one indeed & also look good 😀

Words from the author :

This map is an entry for leveldesign.nl’s 20 brush contest. Maps to be designed with 20 brushes or less. Saturation has been completed with 18 brushes and 2 lifts (count as a brush each) I wanted to do something different, colorful and fun.

Grab the map on :

Official or BU or Epic page.

I add this map in my “Highly recommended stuff !” page 🙂

While the first public version released on UOF was very cool, I can say that after testing various beta / RC releases, seeing the polishing that as been made, I can state the map is a blast 😀

Not only it look like a excellent Quake map under UT3 but you also feel the Quake atmosphere while playing by the announcer, sounds & all custom stuff he add into this map. Brief, a kickass map ! THX Seb 😉

BU link, Epic link & UOF link

I give it a try yesterday & I can say it’s a cool map. I like many things in it but I have few issues with it.

I didn’t leave any feedback / comments since 95% of the time when I post something on BU, it isn’t worth my time. At least, that’s the impression the “old” members there give to me so I have better things to do…

So check out on BU or at his homepage.

UPDATE

The map as also been posted on Epic.

It’s a cool little map & a great 2004 remake & I’m sure it will please a lot of old school players 😀 It’s not a pure HOLP type map because he add a bit of meshes. Enjoy the release on Epic or UOF.