So we’re into the New Year.

I’ve got a working alpha of my CoD4 map entitled “Substation 282″. I will continue to test it with friends and other level designers until it’s ready to be a beta release for the public. I’m really liking how this one is coming along, it’s got a lot of z-axis gameplay and I’ve tried to give every area with an advantage an equal disadvantage and allow the map to have numerous paths of gameplay flow and I think I’ve accomplished this well. Alpha level testing will help me refine this and other gameplay elements, but so far, looking good.

I’m looking forward to when Valve releases the developers kit for Left 4 Dead as I really want to work with some other level designers and create a campaign for the game. I really want to give the players more than a linear route to take which hopefully opens up the replayability of the campaign. At the moment Left 4 Dead is the current favourite for me and is great fun to play with mates online or at LANs.

Other than that I’m still looking for work (woo economy!) and enjoying my spare time with various persuits of happiness.