My first blog and first map

Post by **Rudd** » 2010-09-24 07:02

Hi all, I thought I'd finally use this blog function.

I'm a 21 year old part time healthcare assistant who is going abroad to volunteer in Kenya soon, afterwhich I am going to nursing school. But in the meantime I've been spending far too much of my free time making maps for PR

, as well as helping out in the production of the mod in a mapping context (setting up gameplay objects, fixing bugs etc). Its an honour and privilage to work with such a friendly and fun loving team.

But, enough about me, and more about my first PR map.

Burning Sands

British Vs MEC

a 4k desert-city map, think of it as EJOD, meets Kufrah meets Kashan. Players at Tactical Gamer have been both lucky and helpful enough to have had a peek at the beta versions which were used to test the gameplay of the map and make some changes as well as fix bugs and it got some great reviews.

Even now I look back on this map and shudder at some aspects as making this map taught me alot about how to do things better next time.

To illustrate how much you learn from doing and making mistakes.

here is the map a year ago
http://img38.imageshack.us/img38/2812/minimapa.png

here is the map now
http://img830.imageshack.us/img830/4648/ingamemap.jpg

the map is based around infantry islands with areas where vehicles are king, however the terrain is actually quite conducive to infantry survivability if not combat effectiveness; so I'm sure all aspects of the team will enjoy the game in the public domain.

some more teasers to get you excited

well I hope you like the look of the map, and that I'll be releasing more work to the public in the near future.

Maxfragg · Post by **Maxfragg** » 2010-09-24 07:24

i allways knew, you are good, but this map really looks awesome, the minimap is just incredible (and the crashed airplane is a nice detail as well.
great work

karambaitos · Post by **karambaitos** » 2010-09-24 08:40

i hope you put some barricades and some rubble around the city it looks too clean otherwise AWESOME

pfhatoa · Post by **pfhatoa** » 2010-09-24 08:45

looks damn nice. great job! (and more importantly GREAT IMPROVEMENT!)

psychickactivity · Post by **psychickactivity** » 2010-09-24 09:02

my god !!!

Polka · Post by **Polka** » 2010-09-24 09:08

Awesome.

lucky.BOY · Post by **lucky.BOY** » 2010-09-24 09:42

Like it like it like it!

If i should make some critic, only 1 runway seems too few, if i consider multiple big planes on the airstrip. But im assuming this only from the minimap, so..
Keep up!

psychickactivity · Post by **psychickactivity** » 2010-09-24 09:56

hoooo my god !!!!!

kaufman_23 · Post by **kaufman_23** » 2010-09-24 10:16

looks awsome. will we see it in the .95 version?

jbgeezer · Post by **jbgeezer** » 2010-09-24 10:23

Beatiful, good job Rudd

sylent/shooter · Post by **sylent/shooter** » 2010-09-24 10:34

I absolutely can't wait to play it

my only concern is the runway is not realistic size wise for those types of planes to use... maybe thats just me

cyberzomby · Post by **cyberzomby** » 2010-09-24 10:41

What a beauty and what a difference with one year back! "Ejod Dessert meets" is enough to get me excited! That was a golden oldie in my opinion!

Good man and respect for going to Kenya as well!

Cpl.Small · Post by **Cpl.Small** » 2010-09-24 10:51

Absolutely brilliant

usmcguy · Post by **usmcguy** » 2010-09-24 10:52

looks very cool..

Post by **Rudd** » 2010-09-24 10:55

sylent/shooter;bt5372 wrote:I absolutely can't wait to play it my only concern is the runway is not realistic size wise for those types of planes to use... maybe thats just me

unfortunately we don't have multiple sized cargo planes nor multiple sized runway statics

I decided a while ago that Jets wouldn't feature as a gameplay aspect so the runway is purely aesthetic atm.

EnermaX · Post by **EnermaX** » 2010-09-24 11:02

Uh yeah, love desert

TheAssProtectors.Nr1 · Post by **TheAssProtectors.Nr1** » 2010-09-24 11:05

Wow, looks sweet. So can we expect to see this map in .95?

psychickactivity · Post by **psychickactivity** » 2010-09-24 11:06

The different color of statics on sand is fabulous!!

And the minimap is very beautiful to..

So cant wait for play ...

Very good job !!

Zrix · Post by **Zrix** » 2010-09-24 11:09

This map is great fun, looking forward to the finished version.

KingKong.CCCP · Post by **KingKong.CCCP** » 2010-09-24 11:21

the map IS awesome. We played it on TG, it has the feel of Jabal 2 - realistic, interesting, big, lots of details... open areas in desert for long range vehicle fights, city for CQB, rural areas for mech inf, lots of vegetations around lake for sneaking... what more can you wish for?