Something Unexpected
I was happy and surprised today when I found out about InterWave's mapping contest. I've been a big fan of Nuclear Dawn from the start and I've been working on and off on two maps for it already. The contest announcement will delay my first map (ND_Forest) even more and the other, more casual map I've been working on a bit. My other worry is that an upcoming project I'm about to start and the mapping contest might conflict a bit. I don't really mind since contests are exciting and seeing what other community members come up with will be nice. Although I don't have much faith about placing in the top 5 I've decided to give it a shot. My initial thought was that I might just finish up ND_Forest but that map is very small. I'd like to make something that is more Nuclear Dawnish so I thought of an abandoned amusement park. The only problem is I'll have to do a lot of custom modeling (and work on other custom content). Modeling isn't the issue, it's getting the models to cooperate with the Source engine. I've had some trouble in the past doing Blender to Source things but we'll see. Hopefully I'll have a solid idea of what the map will be shaped like by next week. I'll keep updating on this blog and eventually add a thread on the InterWave forums.
Edit
Had to upload this image here because it's been failing when I put it in my signature.
