Download the Submission Template and use that to submit your entry.

Undoubtedly, it is also structured better than old Half-Life 2 levels and mods, with clear distinction between action and calm moments, and there are plenty of techniques which manage how the player is led through the level and how they discover their surroundings.Ĭustom models, textures, music and other assets are very welcome, as long as they are integrated well into the environment. Keep in mind that even if your map follows the same ideas from the environments in Half-Life 2, it should be polished and up-to-date with modern standards in other design aspects.Ī good example of this is Jason Gimba’s Precinct 17, which is set in pre-Uprising City 17, Half-Life 2 but is detailed more similarly to an Episode 2 map, with more brushwork, props, higher lightmap density, particle effects and HDR. We would like the early Half-Life 2 environments to be used and a level of familiarity in the level design to be kept, but gameplay can be either similar to the way it was in the original game or changed to add new concepts into the old environments, thus combining the new and old in your entry. However, with time, technology and level design practices have improved. So feel free to include HL2 Easter eggs, references, and maybe even altered segments of the original chapters in your entries. The player should be reminded of the time when they first played Half-Life 2, and levels should, to some degree, feel familiar. Don’t feel pressured to work for the whole 2 months, as that would mean a high risk of burning out, but consider the possibilities for the scope and scale of your entry.Ī big focus of NostalgiaVille is, well, Nostalgia. In this challenge, you are given 2 months to create a level set in the early chapters of Half-Life 2 (think City 17 up to and including the Coast, however we find that the City and Canal sections in their pre-Uprising state are the least prominent within usual challenge entries).

The Replay Experience Experiment aka TREE.

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