Eye Candy 2 – Map Labs #19

for Half-Life 2: Episode Two

5th March 2023

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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.

Basic Details
  • 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

Download Options

Download to your HD [820 MB]

Manual Installation Instructions
  • 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.

Reviewing

If you decide to use the Per-Map Opinion Images, feel free to use the file below as a template:

EyeCandy2-Review-Template.txt

Entries

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

Screenshots

WARNING: The screenshots contain spoilers.
Each map has 5 screenshots.

1600 x 900

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6 Comments

  1. herzog

    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?

    Reply
    1. herzog

      Sorry, it’s my fault. I didn’t reat the “Readme” file.

      Reply
  2. cixED
    Winter Intrusion by cambreaKer
    It is great!

    Playtime: 5 minutes

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  3. cixED
    Winter Intrusion by cambreaKer
    It is great!

    Playtime: 5 minutes
    I really like the snow theme but the map was shorter than I thought but I still like it

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  4. Captain Crap
    Play It Now!

    It’s been a year since I haven’t played the first Eye Candy. Let’s see if the sequel is better.

    Winter Intrusion by cambreaKer
    It is good

    A fine start with a little combat and backtrack. The map design looks pretty decent at least.

    A Dire Emergency in Space by ArctixSnowPup
    It is good

    Takes place in space obviously, the ship/station has fair design. I’d say it’s kinda good but I’ve seen better.

    Trainwreck by barrelzzen
    It is okay

    Just a run and gun, nothing very interesting to see in the train.

    The Bank Job by Wirmaple73
    It is good

    Not interactive but an interesting narrative entry. There’s not much I can say about this.

    Kate by Lucia
    It is great!

    Very intriguing narrative story here, tragic at the same time. The map design reminds me of PTSD 2, I like it.

    Idyllic by Cvoxalury and A. Shift
    It is great!

    Very interactive environment, as if it’s like I’m playing a different game. I’d say this is probably my favorite entry.

    Red Letter Day 2 by Salamancer, ThatsRidonkulous, Niker107, Matt71490 AKA Event Horizon, AkAvery
    It is good

    Same old Red Letter Day, nothing unusual or is it?

    Boatgator by sitkinator
    It is good

    Creepy atmosphere, a simple detail in the map just made it spooky for me.

    F-4 Phantom II : Sky Defender by aaaaaaa
    It is bad

    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.

    Summary

    I gave two entries the highest score. I wonder which one of them will win.

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  5. anonymous

    Does anyone know how to run these mapbase mods on Linux? All I get are missing textures.

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