5/5

Good map! I liked using all the tools I usually dont use, e.g. the fire. It was nice!

Very nice!

Excellent work! Loved the last fight.

Top! On the other hand, it's really a shame that you added music when my music volume is at 0%, I don't like being imposed on me

I daresay, the Houndeye placements is absolutely obnoxious. However, this is a very solid map for managing to make the base-tier Xen enemies feel actually intimidating - having the restraint not to use a single alien grunt and instead flaunt the power of combining simple enemies in one encounter. I also appreciate how little handholding there is, and how the map provides plenty of tools to smartbutt your way out of hard fights.

WOW !!!! THX for this Map !!! Just the right mix of weapons and ammunition,great atmosphere,more more more please :-)

cool

Very good map, ty for your work!

With pleasure !

Thank you so much jean.hannecart for the support, I really appreciate it!!

Hello, thank you Oni32 for this map, which is in the spirit of the initial game. Awareness is mandatory to solve the puzzles and quickness is mandatory to survive the foes....

OK ! Got the crowbar ! It's brilliant !

I am glad you guys enjoyed my map, Thank you all so much for the support.

Cool!!!

Epic map. Thanks for making!

Thanks soo much )) I generally enjoyed it!

A really really great map, it kept me tensed thoughout the whole playthrough! Great work!

Solid design from start to finish. Might be my favorite entry from the contest.

Great map, could use more lighting cues as to where players should go, but the gameplay and balance feels great. Perfectly captured the Black Mesa vibe!!!

The map could do with some better signposting, it took me ages to see how I was meant to get the crowbar from the barnacle. Also, some of the explosive barrels float above the floor in the final combat room. Otherwise an ok design.

Very interesting mod! Keep it up.

Thanks, was fun.
Full Walkthrough:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-LQ1O10rKs

The map was good. It made the player feel like they're actually trying to escape from Black Mesa. But I can't say the same for the ending; the geometry and map design in the ending didn't have the excitement and the tempo of the music.

(I'm Chon, Lead Level Designer at Crowbar Collective and a judge for the competition!)

I'm going to be honest, this one didn't entirely do it for me. I didn't feel it had much to offer beyond back-to-back vent crawling and somewhat predictable, uninspiring combat and puzzles. By the end of the map I could predict exactly when everything was going to spawn and where. It didn't offer many surprises in that regards. I enjoyed the fight at the end - it was probably a bit too chaotic in such a small space but it was fun nonetheless! The way you connected the different spaces together was nice, though, but it did also feel a little uncohesive.

It also didn't go unnoticed that you used a singificant amount of geo from base BMS. If you were going to do that, I would've liked to have seen you do a bit more with the gameplay overall, as doing this would've given you more time to focus on other areas.

Overall, a decent entry though! Good work.

Very good map! No idea what is your day job but Valve / Crowbar Collective should hire you.

The ending fight was the best I've seen in a long time, God bless shotguns

This feels like you're playing another scientist who was alone when the resonance cascade struck. Maybe you fell asleep on the job right as the military started clearing out the surface.
The cramped, pitch black hallways were great and you have this constant feeling of helpless as you carefully walk the halls and wonder what will happen next. Short, sweet, and very well done!

(Hey there - I'm Kralich, the organisation lead for this competition. I'll be leaving a little paragraph on each entry with my notes and opinion in lieu of posting on Discord given the nature of this competition.)

JUDGE'S NOTES: A solid entry in all regards. Gameplay with the flares and fire at the beginning (and then healthy use of explosives throughout) almost made this feel like a "Black Mesa Ravenholm". The weapon progression - and progressive difficulty, topping off with a high-octane encounter at the end - was classic and well-executed. Visuals throughout were great, and the eerie feel was preserved with dark hallways, tasteful flashing red lights when bullsquids are eating people, and surprise zombies placed just right. Great stuff.

Extremely tense and moody light combat map with really good map design. It does go whole hog at the end, but what do you expect from an FPS?