The long-awaited sequel to the original Eye Candy (which was only a Test Tube)! This one was a full-blown Map Labs challenge at last.
Mappers were charged with making a map featuring unique and beautiful visuals. That’s it, gameplay optional.
Enjoy the 9 entries!
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.
- Title: Eye Candy 2
- Filename: sdk-2013-sp-mlc-eyecandy2.7z
- Size : 820 MB
- Author: cambreaKer, ArctixSnowPup, barrelzzen, Wirmaple73, Lucia, Cvoxalury, A. Shift, Salamancer, ThatsRidonkulous, Niker107, Matt71490 AKA Event Horizon, AkAvery, sitkinator, aaaaaaa
- Date Released: 3 September 2022
- Make sure you have the Upcoming branch of the Source SDK Base 2013 Singleplayer installed in Steam and run at least once. (Properties – Betas – select upcoming from the dropdown list).
- Copy the eyecandy2, mapbase_shared, mapbase_hl2, and mapbase_episodic folders into your SourceMods folder.
- Restart or start Steam.
- Eye Candy 2 should now be listed in your Library tab.
If you decide to use the Per-Map Opinion Images, feel free to use the file below as a template:
EyeCandy2-Review-Template.txt
Listed as they are displayed in the mod itself:
Winter Intrusion by cambreaKer
A Dire Emergency in Space by ArctixSnowPup
Trainwreck by barrelzzen
The Bank Job by Wirmaple73
Kate by Lucia
Idyllic by Cvoxalury and A. Shift
Red Letter Day 2 by Salamancer, ThatsRidonkulous, Niker107, Matt71490 AKA Event Horizon, AkAvery
Boatgator by sitkinator
F-4 Phantom II : Sky Defender by aaaaaaa
WARNING: The screenshots contain spoilers.
Each map has 5 screenshots.
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Hello, everybody! I am trying to start playing and get the error message:
“Unable to load surface prop file ‘scripts/surfaceproperties_mapbase.txt'(referenced by manifest file ‘scripts/surfacepropeties_manidest.tst’)”. What could go wrong?
Sorry, it’s my fault. I didn’t reat the “Readme” file.
Playtime: 5 minutes
Playtime: 5 minutes
I really like the snow theme but the map was shorter than I thought but I still like it
It’s been a year since I haven’t played the first Eye Candy. Let’s see if the sequel is better.
A fine start with a little combat and backtrack. The map design looks pretty decent at least.
Takes place in space obviously, the ship/station has fair design. I’d say it’s kinda good but I’ve seen better.
Just a run and gun, nothing very interesting to see in the train.
Not interactive but an interesting narrative entry. There’s not much I can say about this.
Very intriguing narrative story here, tragic at the same time. The map design reminds me of PTSD 2, I like it.
Very interactive environment, as if it’s like I’m playing a different game. I’d say this is probably my favorite entry.
Same old Red Letter Day, nothing unusual or is it?
Creepy atmosphere, a simple detail in the map just made it spooky for me.
While the visuals look great, the interface is not user friendly. I didn’t enjoy the gameplay as if I couldn’t destroy enemies without reorienting myself while flying and dodging projectiles.
I gave two entries the highest score. I wonder which one of them will win.
Does anyone know how to run these mapbase mods on Linux? All I get are missing textures.