waywo What Are You Working On?

[icyhotspartin 283]

3 hours ago, Soldat Du Christ said:

Yeah, still they said in a devlog somewhere they where trying to capture the same spirit of the first game with reach, and i think that was communicated pretty clearly with the delivery of the first level

 

Oh man just remembering that bit where you and jorge go into the dark room and he shuts the door and the music is building up and you think an invisable elite is going to jump out at some point, that was soooo good, such great delivery. One of my more memorable moments playing the campaign

Yeah, and the way they did that was by making the Covenant less human and more feral/convicted. Check back on those Vidocs to see how they decided to take English away from the Elites and Brutes.

[JeremDem 26]

Hello there ! 

It's been a while since my previous post in there, I am currently working my BSP & composition skill , to make it I decide to do  2h exercises. 

How it work, I take a photo/paint/concept art and I make a blockout with it. 

 

Here are two snap shot : Paint 01 is the first version, and in the 02 is an iteration.

 

Edited November 18 by JeremDem

[Xzamplez 44]

18 hours ago, Soldat Du Christ said:

 

Lol I love watching noobs get destroyed because they want to move around. When the game is done, there’s usually an indentation in the ground from me slowly eroding it over time in prone. And Claymores dance around me.

[Westin 147]

Here's an old sketch of With Love. As you can probably tell, there was a lot more planned for what is now red building. It was actually never supposed to be indoors, but instead, a meeting point of 3 alleyways surrounded by more apartment-esque buildings (imagine the lower section of the undead burg in DS1). It was also supposed to have a well which you could drop into. Better yet, the market hallways were planned to wrap around the entirety of the map, and there was even a path planned in the 'basement' of the lighthouse, creating a third spawn anchor. On top of all of this, I imagined a skybox of colorful buildings climbing the mountainous terrain to almost always juxtapose what is in front of you. If you think the structures loom now, you would've been surprised to see the real thing.

 

Oh, and it was meant to be raining, with extremely reflective cobblestone streets and windows glowing from the candles within. Thinking back on all of that, it's hard not to be disgruntled by what forge made the final version.

 

[SaltyKoalaBear 78]

NextLevelDesign: Gods Among Us

[a Chunk 393]

@SaltyKoalaBear

 

4 hours ago, Boyo said:

Panic Attack and Wildfire were revolutionary in regards to 5v5/6v6 gameplay.  Reach had a decent heavies map where Wraiths moved along streets below and infantry had routes above that was a pretty good map.  

There were so many more maps that were good though.  There was one that had a purple Lift up to the top of an octagon elevated bridge with two ramps leading up to it.  Can’t remmeber the name but it was good map.  @a Chunk salty?

https://teambeyond.net/forum/topic/17952-classic-halo-esports-and-hcs-grassroots-2019-discussion-thread/?do=findComment&comment=1065256

 

Speaking of Gods...  You have an admirer.

[S0UL FLAME 73]

14 hours ago, Westin said:

Here's an old sketch of With Love.

 

Triangle shape huh. Interesting.

[JackKnife 69]

17 minutes ago, S0UL FLAME said:

 

Triangle shape huh. Interesting.

 

Best things come in t h r e e s .

[SaltyKoalaBear 78]

18 hours ago, a Chunk said:

@SaltyKoalaBear

 

https://teambeyond.net/forum/topic/17952-classic-halo-esports-and-hcs-grassroots-2019-discussion-thread/?do=findComment&comment=1065256

 

Speaking of Gods...  You have an admirer.

That map lawl what a hot pile of normalancy. Halo 4 was the dark ages of my forge life.  I wish not to remember it's existence. 

[icyhotspartin 283]

10 hours ago, S0UL FLAME said:

 

Triangle shape huh. Interesting.

His Forerunner map uses the same fidget-spinner layout motif, same gently curved mega lanes as well, which can also be found on Moondance. @Westin your hand is showing 😛

[a Chunk 393]

40 minutes ago, SaltyKoalaBear said:

That map lawl what a hot pile of normalancy. Halo 4 was the dark ages of my forge life.  I wish not to remember it's existence. 

 

Yeah, the map was fine.  It's interesting to hear his list of the best forge maps of Halo 4.  I'm pretty sure I know who that is too.

[Westin 147]

1 hour ago, icyhotspartin said:

His Forerunner map uses the same fidget-spinner layout motif, same gently curved mega lanes as well, which can also be found on Moondance. @Westin your hand is showing 😛

no

[icyhotspartin 283]

44 minutes ago, Westin said:

no

kinda

Forerunner rocket room is bracketed by the two gently curved hallways connected by tele, and which open up onto the exterior 'landing pad' to serve as the third edge of the triangle. That shape is pretty similar to what you have in the left side of that sketch. Moondance has the curved hallway with the chandeliers up top.

 

[a Chunk 393]

@Buddy Jumps  @JackKnife

 

You can comment on Images in My Gallery now.  Turns out it wasn't anything to do with the permissions.  It's actually a setting when you create a Gallery.  I was able to edit it and allow comments on Images.  :facepalm:

[JeremDem 26]

On 11/18/2019 at 12:01 PM, JeremDem said:

Hello there ! 

It's been a while since my previous post in there, I am currently working my BSP & composition skill , to make it I decide to do  2h exercises. 

How it work, I take a photo/paint/concept art and I make a blockout with it. 

 

Here are two snap shot : Paint 01 is the first version, and in the 02 is an iteration.

 

Here is the final !  

[Soldat Du Christ 237]

Triangle shapes are awesome

[Soldat Du Christ 237]

I always like the lowered reticule

 

[Westin 147]

17 hours ago, icyhotspartin said:

kinda

Forerunner rocket room is bracketed by the two gently curved hallways connected by tele, and which open up onto the exterior 'landing pad' to serve as the third edge of the triangle. That shape is pretty similar to what you have in the left side of that sketch. Moondance has the curved hallway with the chandeliers up top.

 

no

[icyhotspartin 283]

31 minutes ago, Westin said:

no

bruh

[a Chunk 393]

[icyhotspartin 283]

oh my god, I totally forgot to mention this re. reach mouse and key aiming - it is completely impossible to drive vehicles other than the wraith with mouse and keys. Impossible. Terrible. Awful. Just use a 360 usb controller, it will save you a lot of stress.

[SaltyKoalaBear 78]

@Box_Hoes

My maps be like

Y'all maps be like

[a Chunk 393]

I think I'd rather play Monopoly.  😋

 

Spoiler

Sorry, somebody had to do it.

 

[SaltyKoalaBear 78]

10 hours ago, a Chunk said:

I think I'd rather play Monopoly.  😋

 

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Sorry, somebody had to do it.

 

Its just an inside joke for box, but believe me as a fan of Halos OG identity , your not alone in that sentiment.

 

Being on vacation, I've had some time in the duck blind to self reflect and think about the primary influencers of my design process In H5 and how those influencers  have affected my design language.  I came to the realization that Ive always been fascinated with the gritty militaristic aspects of Halo lore, and more specifically, Spartans as military units and there applications within real world environments/combat scenarios .   There has always been a large disconnect between this seemingly prevalent militaristic theme and the actual game-play/level design( ie Identity)  of Halo's multiplayer.  As many in the  forge community know, I don't view Halo 5 as a Halo game,  so instead of trying to uphold the old principles of the arena(board game esque) game-play that is normally tied to "Halo" , I used 343i failure as a window of opportunity to  free myself from the identity shackles of the old games.  Lately I feel I've finally hit a stride in 2v2  design that allows me to showcase my love of this narrative driven game-play. while also providing well paced and balanced slayer matches.  Designing maps that are so different in approach then the rest of the community, and designing visceral combat centric environments has been an absolute blast for me and I hope to finish my map Day Of Defeat for the 2v2 contest so I can share a small slice of my design theory with the rest of the community. 

 

I legitimately and genuinely respect the multiple design approaches in H5, and I am in no way arguing my approach is any better or worse then anyone else, I just wanted to make that clear.  Had a few beers, and just felt like word vomiting a bit. 

 

 

When asked how many paths reach enlightenment, the monk kicked a heap of sand. "Count," he smiled, "and then find more grains."

 

Edited November 22 by SaltyKoalaBear

[Soldat Du Christ 237]

Oh salty...  theres so much unpacking that needs to be done with what you said. I understand you alot more than you think man