Why did you get into mapping?
Just been mulling around the office lately, wondering... Why did you get into mapping?
http://www.tophattwaffle.com/ - My site for Source Engine Level Design
http://therewillbescience.com/ - Portal 2, Lab Rat
http://www.moddb.com/mods/portal-2-lab-rat - Portal 2, Lab Rat (MODDB)
It's all your fault I got in to mapping 
, 100s of hours gone, once you start watching your tutorials and using hammer, there is no going back
Bored
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"Oh, in case you got covered in that repulsion gel, here's some advice the lab boys gave me: DO NOT get covered in the repulsion gel."
To me, at first it was to develop new puzzles for Portal2 (since I have never ever mapped before this game)... Though soon I discovered that hammer is an art tool and that you can create whatever environment that's in your mind... you can express yourself with it creating new worlds and stories... Now that I discovered that, it's hard to return to a previous point (I guess I reached the point of no return 
).... I love creating, thus mapping... and I just want to create better and better environments/maps/worlds each time.... And I doubt I'll move from Portal, because I also love puzzles, and developing them... So I wish I could never leave this hobby 
(ofc it would be awesome to be able to work for this, but since it's not possible, it's at least my one and only hobby)
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I finished portal 2 and I wanted more. Figured the only way there would be more if people started mapping. Thought I'd join them. 
TIL I'm one of the few to actually map before Portal 2...
http://www.tophattwaffle.com/ - My site for Source Engine Level Design
http://therewillbescience.com/ - Portal 2, Lab Rat
http://www.moddb.com/mods/portal-2-lab-rat - Portal 2, Lab Rat (MODDB)
LOL yeah, I've watched like 80 or more tutorials by you for CS! But it's fine, I've learnt a lot from them since both are powered by the Soruce engine!
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[/spoiler] But it's fine, I've learnt a lot from them since both are powered by the Soruce engine!That was the point of them. At least you noticed that... You would not believe how many times people ask "That is CSS, I need a TF2 tutorial!" Silly folks!
http://www.tophattwaffle.com/ - My site for Source Engine Level Design
http://therewillbescience.com/ - Portal 2, Lab Rat
http://www.moddb.com/mods/portal-2-lab-rat - Portal 2, Lab Rat (MODDB)
Because of creativity. I wanted to map for the original portal before Portal 2 was out but I didn't have it.
When I heard that the authoring tools were in open beta I downloaded them and spent about a week reading every page on the VDC's "List of Portal 2 Entities."