This Test Tube (short challenge) asked authors to build a map only using 2 rooms, doubling the restriction of One Room. What counts as a “room” is pretty open, even allowing outdoor areas as long as it’s enclosed.
A whopping 27 maps were submitted, including 8 bonus maps. Enjoy the 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: Two Rooms
- Filename: sdk-2013-sp-mlc-tworooms.7z
- Size: 580 MB
- Author: Gromit, Jancias, Supertoaster, Ian ‘Idolon’ Spadin, Test Pseudonym, Sam ‘Startacker’ Ricker, PercyVader, Redzombie18, Paragon, Ytteryer, sitkinator, Attack Slug, Steven Cabbage, Malavek, DeanAmythe, MrShank, Gravity Cat, Kralich, Clatronix, Matt71490 AKA Event Horizon, CertifiablyInsane, FreshFishy, Gameboy555, beefbacon, Reiid, Muffin/Ashii, Fodderstompf, Metroham, Melomaniac
- Date Released: 30 June 2020
- Related: One Room
- Related: Halloween Horror 3: Bone Room
- 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 tworooms folder into your SourceMods folder.
- Restart or start Steam.
- Two Rooms 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:
Two-Rooms-Review-Template.txt
Listed as they are displayed in the mod itself:
Kill Breen by Gromit
Vacant Job by Jancias
ShantyTown by Supertoaster
Short Throw by Ian ‘Idolon’ Spadin
Hydrogen Sulfide by Test Pseudonym
Maintenance Crew by Sam ‘Startacker’ Ricker
Three Rooms by PercyVader
Time to Get Serious by Redzombie18 & Paragon
Discords Got Rooms by Ytteryer
Dorr by sitkinator
Talisman by Attack Slug
Big Cleanup by Steven Cabbage
Industrial Fallacies by Malavek
Triggerman Turnaround by DeanAmythe
Mirror by MrShank
Collapse by Gravity Cat
Mirrorcle by Kralich & Clatronix
The Adventures of Craig Thorne by Matt71490 AKA Event Horizon
Categorized Disposal by CertifiablyInsane
Apartment by FreshFishy (bonus map)
Two Many Rooms by PercyVader (bonus map)
Multiroom by Gameboy555 (bonus map)
The Nest by beefbacon (bonus map)
Passage Way by Reiid & Muffin/Ashii (bonus map)
Chumotov by Fodderstompf (bonus map)
lol by Metroham (bonus map)
Toxicity by Melomaniac (bonus map)
WARNING: The screenshots contain spoilers.
Each map has 5 screenshots. Thanks to ArctixSnowPup for providing the screenshots!
Currently there are no recommendations
-
480Overall
-
3Today
-
50Last 7 days
-
218Last 30 days
-
480365 days
This release is currently not in a collection
If you believe this release is missing important tags, please suggest them in a comment?
In my opinion, there is no point doing a rating of any of these “Test Tubes”. Its like why I (and I’m sure most others) wouldn’t show up to watch some sports team doing their exercises.
I found six of these gave me some enjoyment, albeit all of them are so short I don’t consider them to be maps, just exercises/tests of some concept. And then there are the tests’ deadlines, which guarantees that.
Six out of 27 is less than 22% !
Of course this is subjective and your results will vary, but the POINT is, here are 27 mappers who are NOT making maps! And I can’t believe all 27 would refuse to make maps instead, if they weren’t diverted! In other words, IN MY OPINION, these tests are one of the reasons why the number of new maps has slowed to a trickle.
It used to be maps were made to proudly show one’s work to game players who admired those skills and appreciated the enjoyment they gave us ‘lesser mortals” 😉 Test Tubes has mostly eliminated that and turned it into what looks like periodic club house meetings.
Sorry for the rant, but this irritation has been building since the disappointment of the first one and every one since.
>> these tests are one of the reasons why the number of new maps has slowed to a trickle.
What an absolutely bizarre and off-the-wall opinion. And dead wrong in my opinion as a mapper and an advisor to the Map Labs crew.
Limitations breed creativity. Test Tubes like this are a prime example. They definitely don’t replace or override other works by the mappers who enter – they generally run about a week so making that statement is just wishful thinking that these contests (which usually have no prizes by the way) are in any way preventing these authors from making other maps. At worst they are VOLUNTARY distractions, at best they get the creative juices flowing and give would-be entrants a unique theme and deadline which are vital to actually releasing works in my experience.
Dougjp, I completely agree. These test tubes just make mappers to not even finish their maps, which is a waste!
Yeah, me too, they weren’t even that good.