A Valve question. Created 13 years ago2010-11-28 15:46:36 UTC by thefreeman

Hello mappers,

I've been specificly interested in the Half-Life design cycle, and most importantly, DM maps. Valve's work suits as an inspiration for my maps, so do you guys know who's "fault" are they; Any shots in the dark? ^^

I know David Johnston did design on Bootcamp but the others are quite perplexing to me frankly.

David Johnston did a design on Bootcamp! Theres one for ya!

Hahah, yeah. You could even say Gabe Newell cotributed to the maps too, no?

Gave Newell cotributed to the maps too.

Don't get side tracked now.. let's focus on 'developing' developers. Breathe in... breathe out.. In... Out... see, much better!

Eh..g... I tried to do that underwater! FAIL!

Slightly off-topic, but a good read: Clicky

I have the book "raising the bar" that shows everything about making half life, including everything in www.gamasutra.com/view/feature/3408/the_cabal_valves_design_process_.php plus more. It has a whole lot of information on every single HL game. (Except for the gearbox ones)

I want that damn book.

It's good.
But, sadly, my uncle uses it for a base to draw his tattoo designs on, so I don't get to read it that often.

I have a copy too, definitely a good buy.

Dario Casali designed crossfire
Randy Lundeen designed gasworks
I think rapidcore was done by a community member and was put in for as the winner of a mapping competition.

edit: According to Wikipedia Dario Casali was responsible for a lot of the deathmatch maps: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casali_brothers#Released_works

Ah, how I wish I had RtB right now.

Thanks tschumann, I appreciate it.