Mudanchee is a compact, fast and fun Half-Life 2 deathmatch map, set in an ancient cave system. Players combat each other between gloomy crystals, old tombs, clattering waterfalls and archeological equipment.

The complete weapon array is available, as well as various custom objects such as sharp crystals, hammers and rocks. Action is never far away due to the compact nature of the map, and vertical combat plays an important role. And there's the occasionally hidden items...

This is one of a serie of example/tutorial maps I'm going to create to accompany some articles I'm writing. I'm playing a bit with the style of this type of maps now.

Right now, the player can tick buttons to get a short narratory describing a particular trick or setup. Additional buttons are provided to toggle specific options, like the display of entities and the like.

Thing's I'm thinking about is doing small camera cut-scene's after a button-press, rather than audio only.

What do you think about this kind of map? What works and what could (or should) be done different?

This map comes as a minimod since it features some voice-acting. The Playtest was created for a competition at TWHL. I had to make the map in 2 weeks, mostly during my exams, so it has some little flaws, but besides that the map plays well.

As for the competition rules, I had to make a map that featured two talking scientists. I've implemented their talking a bit different from what was suspected...