the bots united opinion is desired

[SoUlFaThEr]

i made this movie. im getting better at figuring out all the compression BS about making movies from demos. so if anyone should ever want to make one he can ask me about it, i will help

ok

i am applying to a game company as a Level Designer. For those who have heard of a recent release called "Söldner: Secret Wars", this is the company.

its similar to BF1942 but much more complicated and the graphics are pretty real world almost like far cry from crytec (who i will also apply for because i can point out about 30 mapping mistakes in their game (lol no shit...terrain coming up into the LOD so you can see it....tree models not all the way in the ground etc.)

i made this short clip of my map cs_johnwayne. i plan to do clips of 9 of my maps. please download this and check it out. Im asking if you (as a game company) would be interested in a mapper who can present his work in this way..........if you think the quality is good enough for them to see what i am able to do(not that i am great but hey).
just tell me if its ok.

http://soulfathermaps.de/cs_johnwayne.rar
16MB, 2 minute video

[wrck]

awww... .rar>

[SoUlFaThEr]

rar is a really small download

[wrck]

thats a pretty good map. You really like that cactus huh? I say you should make a video with bots(or real peoples) fighting each other.. that be great.

did you make those models? I really like the dancing cactus

[SoUlFaThEr]

i cant model yet.....and i CANT FUCKIN get steam ru8nning suddenly.........last night i made demos of my next map........and went to watch the demos and steam updated........since then it wont log me in and gave some wierd errors.......so i reinstalled now 6 times and ti still will not log me in.....

WHAT THE..........

[Zacker]

crytec (who i will also apply for because i can point out about 30 mapping mistakes in their game (lol no shit...terrain coming up into the LOD so you can see it....tree models not all the way in the ground etc.)

N@rby works there, I guess thats why.

I think movie clips is a good way to show off your maps. Even though some firms dont like them its still better than online portofolios, no one will look at thoose.

The sound in ya movie clip did not work well for me.

Mazy got his job at IO Interactive(Hitman) through his videos. They were shown on Tv and spotted through there. Check out his videos to see how he does it at www.mazy.net

[SoUlFaThEr]

toss me some advice

i downloaded mazy's "portfolio" movie(128MB)

do you think i should leave out all the original CS sounds(which are actually part of detailing) and just fly around in my maps in one movie....

or should i continue with single videos for the maps with real sounds and narrations?

do you think these companies only want to give an applying level designer time enough to click only one file?? or will they click on more of them if they are short and individually packed and "explained"?

[TruB]

i think the talk that you did lifted the whole thing a bit, it was fun to listen to and nothing boring.. .. no cool musik but thats ok.. i guess

in my personal view i think the level was a bit flat in some cases.. like the windows at the start.. if they "stood" out from the wall it might look a bit better..

[@$3.1415rin]

unfortunately just a 56k here ... i'll see if I can warch it at the university

[SoUlFaThEr]

thanks trub

its flat cuz its deathmatch and "shouldn't" be a speed problem...so i let the textures create the atmosphere.
as i make more of these movies you will see in my more detailed maps...that the windows are not flat

i just cant see myself making some trash like fy_iceworld with no detail at all