"RemakeQuake's Development Method" 

 

http://atlasobscura.com/places/root-bridges-cherrapungee 

http://qrf.mine.nu/stuff/amoeba2.png

http://amoeba.sajberspejs.com/

wish i had a root bridge like those :/ 

http://lumajs.googlepages.com/ocean-temperature.jpg

would be cool to make a map where you fight your way into an iceberg (not vondur's...) and there's lot of ice tunnels and air pockets and then you discover a tech base inside or something so it's frozen base + leaks.

someone do that. i command you. 

http://www.shamusyoung.com/twentysidedtale/?p=4759

(via HN) 

Holy hell...

http://boards.polycount.net/showthread.php?t=65408 

Do want. 

 

concept for a Sci-fi ice world setting, where mecha robots roam free
http://img198.imageshack.us/img198/7193/winterect.jpg
from http://www.pandemoniumart.net/2009/07/02/winter-setting/ 

is that seriously one guy's work? reminds of some of the cambodian ruins outside of angkor wat in the jungle.

great find willem. 

Personally, I find stuff like this a bit depressing. I mean sure it look very good and all that, but seriously, how the fuck am I supposed to compete with visuals like http://img530.imageshack.us/img530/6425/00085y.jpg/ as a fellow mapper?

I want to be a level designer, not an environment artist, but I still want my maps to look good. I just neither have a few chinese artists on my payroll, nor the extraordinary talent of a few people out there who can not only make good gameplay but also make it look stunning as well and to top that off, they can do both at a ridiculously fast development pace. 

It's a rare individual who can do that sort of thing as a one man show. We produce levels here that look that good on a regular basis, but it's generally a team effort. I do the shell layout, someone meshes it, I go over it again as a second visual pass, an artist adds ambient effects, etc. That's the normal path of progression.

Those shots I posted look amazing but that's not a level yet. It's a screen shot maker. 

Are always built by more than one person. 

Makes no sense.

Need more coffee. 

http://www.denofgeek.com/movies/313130/in_praise_of_the_scifi_corridor.html

Great subject matter, but i wish the article was 10x longer and had 10x more pictures... and the pictures should be bigger... and more info about designers and stuff...

Basically i wish the blog format didn't suck so much. But I guess business is business. 

cool websit i love it 

cool websit i love it 

nom nom nom om nom 

 

http://www.drublair.com/comersus/store/tica.asp 

Nice find indeed, but I'm still having a hard time believing that all of the other images weren't reverse-engineered from a photo, it's that good. 

http://www.artificialowl.net/2009/07/abandoned-catalina-seaplane-50-years.html 

http://www.stormchaser.ca/Caves/Naica/Naica.html 

Step 1: Start http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sj7DCJidDvUin the background

Step 2: Watch the pictures and videos of a sandstorm over Sydney

http://www.flickr.com/photos/plasticbag/galleries/72157622310168099/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BrlD22HwPvI

Also many pics in the comments: http://www.reddit.com/r/australia/comments/9n36h/red_dawn_in_australia_red_dust_blankets_east/