Snarkpit 2004 "Original theme" mapping contest entry.

This map placed joint third in the voted category despite very stiff competition. Its a tad too large and open for the aging HL engine, with the skybox using about 99% of the x/y grid in hammer, and most of that being taken up by a giant fully viewable volcano island. That said, it does run and can be fun with 3 or 4 people running around. Weapons and armour are dished out when you spawn as the map is pushing the engine enough as it without placing loads of items around.

I was asked by the leader of the Adrenaline Gamer modification Bullit to create a CTF map for the new gamemode being added to the next version of the mod, and so I was only too happy to oblidge. The map was a pleasure to work on but due to the size constraints of HL mapping I simply couldn't fit in everything I wanted. The hugely open base entrances came off very well in my opinion - not only looking good and providing lots of cool gameplay possibilities, but it also runs well. As its a big map, its best for full sized CTF games of 12 players or so. As this map is part of the AG mod, it can be found included in the newest AG version, which can be downloaded from their website... http://www.planethalflife.com/agmod

Elixir was my second release, and quite a large step up in quality from Obsolete. At the time I released it I genuinely thought it was basically the best DM map available, and while I now see the error of my arrogant ways I still reckon its a pretty fine map. Best suited for 4-8 players.