CPripyatUit
- Name
- Amber
- Preferred Pronouns
- she/it
- Joined
- 8th February 2019 (5 years ago2019-02-08 00:12:39 UTC)
- Last Visited
- 1 week ago2024-10-11 12:03:51 UTC
- Languages
- English, German
- Skills
- Mapping, Modelling, Music/sound effects, Voice acting
Intermediate mapper when it comes to Half-Life² I/O, less talented in regards of building good-looking maps. Haven't mapped in years so I'm a little rusty. Made a few attempts at amateur voice acting. Chronically ill and disabled, accordingly fewer spoons.
I have no idea why I picked that username anymore to be honest; I think it was between my "post-soviet post-atomic horror is cool" phase and my "I should learn Dutch" phase? Past me, what were you doing.
I have no idea why I picked that username anymore to be honest; I think it was between my "post-soviet post-atomic horror is cool" phase and my "I should learn Dutch" phase? Past me, what were you doing.
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Puzzles vs Chores: A Design Dilemma
CPripyatUit •
3 months ago2024-07-10 15:45:19 UTC
In order to escape from the hell that is medical bureaucracy, I'm making yet another attempt to return to level design. After deciding that all my passion projects are more ambitious than I can curren...
Level Boundaries
CPripyatUit •
4 months ago2024-05-23 19:41:57 UTC
That's another thing that's hard: limiting the space the player can move in. It's easy if the level is indoors, all corridors, like Nova Prospekt or the likes: just lock the doors. Nature's limit on l...
Objective design
CPripyatUit •
6 months ago2024-03-24 01:13:10 UTC
Every map has to be about something. There has to be a goal, a reward for pressing buttons, shooting enemies, solving puzzles. At least that's how I feel: I want to feel like I've achieved something b...
The Problem With Planning
CPripyatUit •
7 months ago2024-03-18 14:22:54 UTC
Every time I try to make a map, I force myself to try planning it beforehand instead of building away willy-nilly. And every time, sooner or later, I sit in front of a stack of badly hand-drawn maps a...
The Bottleneck: Scripting (or Lack Thereof)
CPripyatUit •
7 months ago2024-03-14 20:05:44 UTC
Every few years, after playing around with other games and engines, I touch Source / Half-Life² / Hammer again, and every time I go in with grand ideas about what kind of things I'd like to do. And ev...