As Dr. Gordon Freeman, you were last seen exiting City 17 with Alyx Vance as the Citadel erupted amidst a storm of unknown proportions. In Episode Two, you must battle and race against Combine forces as you traverse the White Forest to deliver a crucial information packet stolen from the Citadel to an enclave of fellow resistance scientists.
Archive for June 2020
Back on Track – Map Labs #9for Half-Life 2: Episode Two
The latest Map Labs challenge is Back on Track, where the challenge was to create an interesting way to have the player backtrack through an area or even the entire map – a classic map design pattern. Yep, somewhat in the vein of BackTrackVille but certainly its own challenge. (But the next full Map Labs challenge is a collaboration with us here at RTSL, so keep your eyes out for that!)
This time there were a whopping 19 entries (including bonus maps, and a fantastic background map). Enjoy!
As always, if you’re interested in learning more about Map Labs and maybe even participate in their upcoming challenges, visit the Map Labs Discord!
Total Downloads: 1,43517th June 2020
13 Comments
and 6 recommendations, 2 say "Play It Now!"
Half-Life: The Infectedfor Half-Life
Enjoy a new 28 Map Half-Life campaign. Take the role of Gerald Backman, an industrial electrician interning at Black Mesa at the time of the resonance cascade. Face off against all the enemies from Opposing Force.
Half-Life: The Infected uses Opposing Force content but does not require Op4 to be installed.
Total Downloads: 1,15716th June 2020
16 Comments
and 11 recommendations, most say "Play It Later"
Companion Piece 2: Companion Harder – Map Labs #8for Half-Life 2: Episode Two
For this challenge, Map Labs expanded their Test Tube Companion Piece (couple days) into a full-blown lab challenge (3+ weeks). The theme was of course to make a map where the player works alongside an ally or companion.
So here are the 10 maps entered, along with 2 bonus maps!
As always, if you’re interested in learning more about Map Labs and maybe even participate in their upcoming challenges, visit the Map Labs Discord!
Fun fact: AllyVille was going to be one of the Lambda Cup 2018 challenges for a long time. Unfortunately we wanted to get some extra features into the game to expand the usefulness of NPCs, and that was never completed. So AllyVille was cancelled as a theme – glad it can live on somewhat under Map Labs!
Total Downloads: 1,22414th June 2020
11 Comments
and 4 recommendations with no significant bias
Total Downloads: 83022nd June 2020
12 Comments and 10 recommendations, most really enjoyed it!