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@erisera

she/her Learning to Map for Half-Life λ / Goldsrc Engine No gen-AI ever. More kissing, less fascism.

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hey : ) - not yet, hopefully sometime this month. had to take a break for a little, but picking it back up today!

01.03.2026 18:42 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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After the Final Curtain "People buy tickets to theatres, not movies." -- Marcus Loew

also, shout out to afterthefinalcurtain.net They have a ton of amazing photos of abandoned theaters that I referenced for inspiration and textures.

13.02.2026 06:54 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Here's one of the ways to access this area and another little spot as well : )

13.02.2026 06:51 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
a birds eye view of a dark and ornate theater. abandoned, there is graffiti on the walls. chairs and tables are stacked up in the corners. headlights from a crashed car illuminate the right side of the large hall as well as a single light behind a dj booth with large speakers stacked on both sides.

a birds eye view of a dark and ornate theater. abandoned, there is graffiti on the walls. chairs and tables are stacked up in the corners. headlights from a crashed car illuminate the right side of the large hall as well as a single light behind a dj booth with large speakers stacked on both sides.

a dark and ornate theater. abandoned, there is graffiti on the walls. chairs and tables are stacked up in the corners. headlights and tail lights from a crashed car illuminate a portion of the space. large chandeliers hang from a cracked ceiling. in the back, a warm glow from a bar

a dark and ornate theater. abandoned, there is graffiti on the walls. chairs and tables are stacked up in the corners. headlights and tail lights from a crashed car illuminate a portion of the space. large chandeliers hang from a cracked ceiling. in the back, a warm glow from a bar

a dark and ornate theater. abandoned, there is graffiti on the walls. chairs and tables are stacked up in the corners. headlights and tail lights from a crashed car illuminate a portion of the space. large chandeliers hang from a cracked ceiling. a single light from a dj booth illuminates the main stage, large speakers are stacked on both sides.

a dark and ornate theater. abandoned, there is graffiti on the walls. chairs and tables are stacked up in the corners. headlights and tail lights from a crashed car illuminate a portion of the space. large chandeliers hang from a cracked ceiling. a single light from a dj booth illuminates the main stage, large speakers are stacked on both sides.

WIP, but I made some progress on the dining hall / theater : )

this will be a central hub, so I wanted to leave it wide open for plenty of movement. still needs more trash!

#gamedev #halflife #goldsrc #modding

13.02.2026 06:43 👍 12 🔁 2 💬 2 📌 0

yea! i finally figured out spritemaker. its nice, since you can adjust the framerate and color, so you can get a little more mileage out of each animation : )

11.02.2026 17:33 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

oh, haha, sorry, late night : ) yea, i think it could be fun in multiplayer

11.02.2026 17:31 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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in keeping with the tradition of half-life mods. i put my computer in here, lol

the guy i bought it from essentially had a dozen of the same model stacked up like this

11.02.2026 06:58 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

oh, that's just the default half life pistol!

11.02.2026 06:52 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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for this makeshift electronics repair shop, i combined a bunch of tv's into a single model and made a bunch of animated env_sprites for the screens : )

#gamedev #halflife #goldsource #mods

11.02.2026 06:51 👍 14 🔁 1 💬 2 📌 0
rundown hotel room with large red neon sign and a makeshift electronics repair shop. A large rug sprawls out at the end of the room. There is a desk with a computer and large stacks of monitors and tvs behind it

rundown hotel room with large red neon sign and a makeshift electronics repair shop. A large rug sprawls out at the end of the room. There is a desk with a computer and large stacks of monitors and tvs behind it

rundown hotel room with red and green light and graffiti on the walls. There is a desk with a computer and a large mounted machine gun. On the computer is a game of solitaire

rundown hotel room with red and green light and graffiti on the walls. There is a desk with a computer and a large mounted machine gun. On the computer is a game of solitaire

Still WIP, but yesterday I worked on another hotel room. I wasn't sure what to do, but I think I've settled on some kind of makeshift electronics repair shop - Still needs more electronic clutter!

Not sure about the big gun tho, feels a little intense O_O

#gamedev #halflife #goldsrc #mods

09.02.2026 19:23 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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The dining room at the hotel I'm working on has a small stage, so I made a green room that connects to the back. Really happy with how this came together.

#gamedev #halflife #goldsrc #mods

08.02.2026 03:33 👍 34 🔁 6 💬 1 📌 0

i think that's totally fair! I also think a lot of people would be very excited to find out about your show and archival project (especially those folks digging around discogs for old country albums!)

07.02.2026 18:27 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
dark hotel breakroom that someone has moved into and made more comfortable with the addition of a couch, some tv's, a painting and some halloween string lights.

dark hotel breakroom that someone has moved into and made more comfortable with the addition of a couch, some tv's, a painting and some halloween string lights.

dark hotel breakroom that someone has moved into and made more comfortable with the addition of a couch, some tv's, a painting and some halloween string lights.

dark hotel breakroom that someone has moved into and made more comfortable with the addition of a couch, some tv's, a painting and some halloween string lights.

austere and dark utility hallways. a red light can be seen glowing at the end of a long dark hallway

austere and dark utility hallways. a red light can be seen glowing at the end of a long dark hallway

a dark and empty laundry room with enormous commercial washing machines

a dark and empty laundry room with enormous commercial washing machines

I started work on some of the underground service hallways for the hotel, but got caught up on someone's little hideout in the old breakroom.

#gamedev #halflife #goldsrc #modding

07.02.2026 00:04 👍 9 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

thx! still getting the hang of making a space feel dark while trying to keep things clear enough for gameplay

05.02.2026 05:51 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
A half-life 1 screenshot of a map featuring a dark bar with gold, red and teal lights. A sparse number of barstools line the bar and trash is scattered across the floor

A half-life 1 screenshot of a map featuring a dark bar with gold, red and teal lights. A sparse number of barstools line the bar and trash is scattered across the floor

A half-life 1 screenshot of a map featuring a dark bar with a bright pink neon sign of a fish and pendant lamps illuminated red leather booths.  Paintings by Toulouse Lautrec are hanging on the wall above the booths. A cool fluorescent light illuminates the foreground. The far wall is covered in graffiti.

A half-life 1 screenshot of a map featuring a dark bar with a bright pink neon sign of a fish and pendant lamps illuminated red leather booths. Paintings by Toulouse Lautrec are hanging on the wall above the booths. A cool fluorescent light illuminates the foreground. The far wall is covered in graffiti.

A half-life 1 screenshot of a map featuring a dark bar with gold, red and teal lights. A sparse number of barstools line the bar and trash is scattered across the floor. The far wall is covered in graffiti.

A half-life 1 screenshot of a map featuring a dark bar with gold, red and teal lights. A sparse number of barstools line the bar and trash is scattered across the floor. The far wall is covered in graffiti.

I made some progress on the hotel bar last night

#halflife #goldsrc #gamedev #mapping

04.02.2026 23:28 👍 8 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0

that's amazing! - was this difficult to do?

02.02.2026 22:18 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Over the weekend I mapped out the rooms on the right-side of the hotel. Here's a few WIP

I wanted everything to feel abandoned and repurposed, so on the top floor I have the ceiling collapsed with rain coming in, and below someone's collecting rain water for gardening.

#halflife #gamedev #lopoly

02.02.2026 22:00 👍 11 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
a Dell OptiPlex 7040 with a sticker of a cartoon octopus by the artist Evah Fan and a reflective sticker with a smiling sun

a Dell OptiPlex 7040 with a sticker of a cartoon octopus by the artist Evah Fan and a reflective sticker with a smiling sun

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Aforementioned computer : ) I love this little thing

The guy I bought it from fixes them up in his garage He was really nice.

02.02.2026 21:37 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Hey all ✨
3 weeks ago I bought an old computer off of craigslist and have been learning how to map in J.A.C.K. Hammer.

I'm working on a large hotel map for The Specialists mod — I'll be sharing my dev progress here while I learn, so if you'd like, give me a follow : )

#half-life #gamedev #mapping

02.02.2026 21:32 👍 19 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 0