level design

DM-Subterrane

Description

Subterrane is a small 2 - 4 player map for UT3, released as part of the HOLP map pack. The aim of the map pack was to create maps focused on gameplay and performance, with decent but low detail (UT1-like) visuals that run well on older systems. Time to build the map was limited - it was built from scatch in just under 8 days.

DM-Semerkhet

Description

This is my attempt at doing something a bit different with the egyptian theme. The map is set in a dusty tomb in the middle of a storm, with makeshift scaffolding, lamps, and archaeological equipment scattered around.

Small / medium deathmatch map for 2 - 6 players

DM-Algol

Description

Algol's theme started out as an idea to make a city on another world, with strange architecture, bright colours, and tall buildings fading into the fog below. I gradually built upon this concept with smaller ideas; the blinking mechanical "eyes", antennae, plants and other small elements. I tried to create many elements that feel alien yet familiar in some way. Overall the map's theme didn't turn out as expected, I was constantly going back to the original idea and changing it.

Large Deathmatch / TAM map for 6 - 12 players.

Map Description: "Algol 1, the only planet in the Algol binary star system, follows a figure-of-eight orbit lasting around 204 days. Both stars are relatively cool, therefore the planet's close orbit and atmospheric conditions are able to support life. Night only falls for a few short months twice a year, where the orbit reaches its furthest point from both stars.

It never rains here as such; water seeps out of the ground when heated, and forms a thick layer of surface fog and groundwater, which is then re-absorbed once it cools. The native plant life uses frond-like leaves or hollow structures to capture moisture from the air.

Enough science lessons, time to fight!"

BeyondUnreal Best of 2007 - UT2004 Level of the Year Runner-Up

CTF-UCMP4-Talya

Description

The theme in Talya is based on Islamic architecture from photos of Morocco and Iran. It isn't meant to be very realistic, many of the design elements are based on Islamic architecture but interpreted in a more abstract way.

Large CTF map for 6 - 12 players.

CTF-1on1-Hourglass

Description

The map's design is similar to CTF-1on1-Joust, as you spawn at the opposite end to your own flag. Instead of a straight corridor (like Joust) there are several different routes leading through a narrower point at the middle, hence the name "Hourglass". Requires the ECE bonus pack.

Tiny CTF map for 2 players.

DM-Morrigan

Description

Small 2 - 4 player map with a surrealistic theme. Inspiration for this map came from various sources, mainly everyday objects and animals. The large angular blocks are based on some concrete blocks I saw next to a harbour pier while on holiday. I wondered how they could fit together to form a pattern. The pods with animating textures are roughly based on deep-sea jellyfish.

Music track "Mirage" used with kind permission of Electric Salmon.

DM-Entropic

Description

"Entropic" is a DM map with a simple layout, made mainly for TAM or TDM with around 4 - 10 players.

Winner of the Mapraider.com best maps of 2006 calendar contest

My main inspiration for the visual elements in this map came from a film called The Forbidden Planet (1956). Special thanks to Phorenzik for the music track.

JB / CTF-Collateral

Description

A medium sized JB / CTF map for 6 - 10 players.

JB / CTF-Divergence

Description

Divergence - a medium to large size jailbreak / capture the flag map for 8 - 16 players. The CTF conversion features some new routes, different weapon placement and playerstart locations.

JB / CTF-Gravity

Description

Gravity Gateway - A small hi-tech/surreal style map for Jailbreak and CTF. 6 - 10 players.