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Terror?
Posted 5 months ago, last post 4 months ago by Neonwarrior
: Loud Mouth New Yorkeh	71 Replies 2,533 Views 1 Favorite Undefined Class (?)	Closed
So I made this map a few weeks ago and have been adding to it since. This isnt advertising a new map because it's not released. DOWNLOAD-UPDATE 2 I was planning to throw it into my singleplayer mod somewhere but I'm not sure. I might wanna take it another direction, but not if I'm going to be wasting my time. I need people to download, test the map, and critic it as honestly as possible. Remember it's supposed to be DARK and gloomy, the map's supposed to be scary. It's not too lengthy but I think it's a nice map so far. Requires: Half Life 2, just throw the map into your maps folder, start up Half Life 2 and Open Console. Type map scary_map_good Screenies Critique Everyone knows what makes a scary situation is lighting, ambience and sound. This map, I hope, is a nice combination of all 3. Lighting - Very gloomy, 3 dynamic lights swinging and flickering for unknown reason Sound - Sounds played backwords, moaning, and other effects on voices and whispering add a nice effect Ambience - The grimy, gloomy textures on the walls, to the blood on the floor should add a nice effect I hope if any of you download this and test it can supply ample feedback and hopefully comment on these three elements along with if anything felt cheesy, stupid or if it was creepy at all. Thanks in Advanced, Silent Ricochet

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	Semp . I'm that unclever guy on the internet... \| Y2M	x 1
	Posted 5 months ago
Not really scary, just dark. I always thought the true scare factor comes in with atmosphere, and the map feels like a tunnel maze. I never did like it when people just randomly splatter blood on the wall, looks better next to a corpse or leading up to a door.

	: + moderatorz \| Y2M	x 1
	Posted 5 months ago
I must admit that's really cool. I'd actually get back into CSS if that map were released. As for critiquing, I think it looks fine. You have added noises like moaning, thumbs up! Same goes with flashing lights! Thumbs up!

	: Loud Mouth New Yorkeh \| Y2M	x 0
	Posted 5 months ago
Posted by Semper Fi! Not really scary, just dark. I always thought the true scare factor comes in with atmosphere, and the map feels like a tunnel maze. I never did like it when people just randomly splatter blood on the wall, looks better next to a corpse or leading up to a door. I was a little weary, but I don't think I over used it. I didn't want to put a corpse there because i wanted to add to the mystery.

	. Bane Of The Banana \| Y2M	x 0
	Posted 5 months ago
Could you make one with strobe lighting and a loud siren noise. Liek this. Was fucking scary. =P

	: Loud Mouth New Yorkeh \| Y2M	x 0
	Posted 5 months ago
I'll see what I can do.

	. Bane Of The Banana \| Y2M	x 0
	Posted 5 months ago
Maybe some triggers that release fast zombies from the ceeling. =D So as you walk past all cool, you turn around and get nommed.

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	Posted 5 months ago
I always loved scary and atmospheric games, I'll download and try this out!

	. Oh god how did this get here \| Y2M	x 0
	Posted 5 months ago
Yeah.. You've got all the right concepts except atmosphere. If you made the tunnels more detailed (pressure columns, pipes, debris) it'd be pretty cool.
"Sewing the eyes shut of the man who saw god, and ceasing the lies, that spill from his jaw." -- Eyes Sewn Shut - Suicide Silence
	: Loud Mouth New Yorkeh \| Y2M	x 0
	Posted 5 months ago
Posted by VolcomChamp Yeah.. You've got all the right concepts except atmosphere. If you made the tunnels more detailed (pressure columns, pipes, debris) it'd be pretty cool. Will do.

	. Running an experiment. \| Y2M	x 0
	Posted 5 months ago
Posted by Scouts Could you make one with strobe lighting and a loud siren noise. [UBERNESS] Liek this. Was fucking scary. =P Was that a haunted house? And yes, that looks petty scary, definitely a good atmosphere for a scary map.

	. Bane Of The Banana \| Y2M	x 0
	Posted 5 months ago
Posted by iMuffin Posted by Scouts Could you make one with strobe lighting and a loud siren noise. [UBERNESS] Liek this. Was fucking scary. =P Was that a haunted house? And yes, that looks petty scary, definitely a good atmosphere for a scary map. An old hosptial. There where girls like the girl from FEAR running aorund covered in blood. Theres a corridoor near the end and she just watches you... ='[

	. lolwut \| Y2M	x 0
	Posted 5 months ago
In the hallway with the lights in the beginning, I open the door, there is a scream, and then it all goes black. I start taking damage, and it sounds like I am moving, and I am able to shoot with my pistol. Is this suppose to happen?
Currently ruining this thread.
	. Bane Of The Banana \| Y2M	x 0
	Posted 5 months ago
Posted by Doctor Wily In the hallway with the lights in the beginning, I open the door, there is a scream, and then it all goes black. I start taking damage, and it sounds like I am moving, and I am able to shoot with my pistol. Is this suppose to happen? Did you see the wraith? It's supposed to be short and scary, it made me jump. =P =O Do something like this in the next one:

	: Loud Mouth New Yorkeh \| Y2M	x 0
	Posted 5 months ago
Posted by Scouts Did you see the wraith? It's supposed to be short and scary, it made me jump. =P =O Do something like this in the next one: I'm glad it made you jump. Yes the video, that was in the back of my mind when I created this. I love that part of FEAR. Posted by Doctor Wily In the hallway with the lights in the beginning, I open the door, there is a scream, and then it all goes black. I start taking damage, and it sounds like I am moving, and I am able to shoot with my pistol. Is this suppose to happen? Yes an overlay goes over the screen so you can't see anything. Once you reach the door a stalker spawns behind you and screams at you. If you turn around it's supposed to surprise you, but it can't attack you if you're running it through Half Life 2. Were you playing it through Episode 1/2?

	. Bane Of The Banana \| Y2M	x 0
	Posted 5 months ago
There's a physcological way to scare someone. I think that you have to do is take some senses away then make shit attack them. Like that loud siren fucks up your hearing and the strobe lights so you can't see as well as you want to, this makes you uncomfortable and vunerable then when something jumps out on you, it scares you 50000x more than if you where in a well lit room. I wanna join in. =P

	. Noob \| Y2M	x 0
	Posted 5 months ago
Haha I almost pooped my pants when the screaming and that dude behinde me came Edit: What am i supposed to do when it gets all dark and i get like burned and shizzle

	: Loud Mouth New Yorkeh \| Y2M	x 0
	Posted 5 months ago
Posted by Bov Haha I almost pooped my pants when the screaming and that dude behinde me came Edit: What am i supposed to do when it gets all dark and i get like burned and shizzle That's the end lol. I told you it was short, but it was a expirementation map for atmosphere, sounds, lighting and how to throw different entities at you and how you react. I'm glad that part scared you :D

	. Bane Of The Banana \| Y2M	x 0
	Posted 5 months ago
Posted by Silent Ricochet That's the end lol. I told you it was short, but it was a expirementation map for atmosphere, sounds, lighting and how to throw different entities at you and how you react. I'm glad that part scared you :D That black screen confused my brother for liek 20 minuites I had to turn it around for him. Maybe making the door a teleport to a room with the stalkers in.

	: Loud Mouth New Yorkeh \| Y2M	x 0
	Posted 5 months ago
Posted by Scouts Posted by Silent Ricochet That's the end lol. I told you it was short, but it was a expirementation map for atmosphere, sounds, lighting and how to throw different entities at you and how you react. I'm glad that part scared you :D That black screen confused my brother for liek 20 minuites I had to turn it around for him. Maybe making the door a teleport to a room with the stalkers in. ahahah. I was actually thinking about expanding upon the map today. Teleporting to some other creepy room after the screen goes black and being able to walk around some more.

	. Bane Of The Banana \| Y2M	x 0
	Posted 5 months ago
Fast zombies out of lightless coridoors! =D

	: Loud Mouth New Yorkeh \| Y2M	x 0
	Posted 5 months ago
Posted by Scouts Fast zombies out of lightless coridoors! =D I'll see what I can do.

	. Bane Of The Banana \| Y2M	x 0
	Posted 5 months ago
Oh god, the nosies they make aswell. Another thing is distractions like a corpse with a flashy light and you go to investigate then the floor falls through or something atatcks you.

	. Running an experiment. \| Y2M	x 0
	Posted 5 months ago
I don't know if you've ever played it. But the remake of Nightmare House scared the fuck out of me. You should play it, it might get you some pretty solid ideas.

	. Kosai shits zombies. \| Y2M	x 0
	Posted 5 months ago
I always think things are scarier when you have a tunnel, but there corners and indentations so you dont know whats there. pipes and extra details like corpses or evidence of violence always go down well. Don't forget the sound of wind blowing against something and obviously the ambient drip of stale water you get. p.s - if you can, give the textures on the walls normal maps, which add to the grimey feel.

	. <3 Kokoro \| Y2M	x 0
	Posted 5 months ago
Awesome effect: Teleport them rapidly into a place and out of the place to get a flash of another room on the screen.

	: Loud Mouth New Yorkeh \| Y2M	x 0
	Posted 5 months ago
Posted by KaT_FisH Awesome effect: Teleport them rapidly into a place and out of the place to get a flash of another room on the screen. lol I literally just got finished working on that.

	. lolwut \| Y2M	x 0
	Posted 5 months ago
Posted by Silent Ricochet Posted by Doctor Wily In the hallway with the lights in the beginning, I open the door, there is a scream, and then it all goes black. I start taking damage, and it sounds like I am moving, and I am able to shoot with my pistol. Is this suppose to happen? Yes an overlay goes over the screen so you can't see anything. Once you reach the door a stalker spawns behind you and screams at you. If you turn around it's supposed to surprise you, but it can't attack you if you're running it through Half Life 2. Were you playing it through Episode 1/2? I was playing vanilla HL2, and I played it again and saw it this time. Other than that little bit of confusion, it was scary enough to make me jump a little in my chair, wasn't expecting it.
Currently ruining this thread.
	NeonWarrior . wanna-be skinner \| Y2M	x 0
	Posted 5 months ago
Im gunna play this tomorrow before my friends get round here, and im sure itll scare me but we all remember silent hill, excellent example, dark, cant see behind you (fps mayheeeem) and things go "boo" ill post again after playing! looking forward to it!

	: Loud Mouth New Yorkeh \| Y2M	x 0
	Posted 5 months ago
Posted by NeonWarrior Im gunna play this tomorrow before my friends get round here, and im sure itll scare me but we all remember silent hill, excellent example, dark, cant see behind you (fps mayheeeem) and things go "boo" ill post again after playing! looking forward to it! I've updated the map :D DOWNLOAD

	NeonWarrior . wanna-be skinner \| Y2M	x 0
	Posted 5 months ago
Posted by Silent Ricochet Posted by NeonWarrior Im gunna play this tomorrow before my friends get round here, and im sure itll scare me but we all remember silent hill, excellent example, dark, cant see behind you (fps mayheeeem) and things go "boo" ill post again after playing! looking forward to it! I've updated the map :D DOWNLOAD then i shall go to sleep and play in the morning! good night ladies xD

	. You make breaking hearts look so easy. \| Y2M	x 0