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Maarten Frooninckx

3 years

LOCO-MOTIVE, a 45~ min. level for #HalfLifeAlyx is out now. Enjoy! Level design - Maarten Frooninckx Writing - Ross Joseph Gardner @RossJosephG Voice acting - Joey Bracken @slickliquid Feedback and playthrough vids are appreciated ♥️ #VR #leveldesign

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Aight, gotta block off this stair, wwyd? #leveldesign I prefer to not use a construction or decay layer.

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@ldsoad *what's with all the ruckus downstairs?*

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I love this engine 🤗

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@RazorOfArtorias I like this solution a lot, the ladder implies climbing though, so I had to tuck it away.

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@vaya_maps average CS2 player when running into a baby/pet gate

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5 years

As a Valve and Half-Life fan, I prepared myself for E3

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@RealityTripper This is legit great, could use it as a hiding space for drugs or guns too.

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1 year

Big ass headcrabs in #Stalker2

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11 months

😳 It's up on the workshop, I am looking for feedback on the layout and how it plays. #CS2 #counterstrike #source2 #leveldesign

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4 months

@AlexJayBrady If this were a Half-Life Alyx level, fuck yes, but it feels out of place in the setting for this map.

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2 years

New WIP level for #halflifealyx The goal is to create a large open natural outdoor area that still performs well in VR. Currently around 2000 draw calls and 8ms. Fun fact: most of the cliffs are constructed with a single rock asset. #Source2 #leveldesign

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4 years

Hey Valve, if you could release the Half-Life: Alyx tools before the 21st, that be great, I have got a long 4 day weekend and my birthday is on the 24th. Pretty please? 🥺

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10 months

Updated CS_Ferry CL: - Added trigger_ hostage_reset to prevent CT's griefing - Improved clipping and disabled small prop collisions - Increased hostage rescue area size by 75% - Windows at the T spawn and bridge are breakable 1/2 #cs2 #counterstrike2

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4 years

How is this for starters? #HalfLifeAlyx

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4 years

@MFrooninckx @HalfLifeAlyx I am holding you to this.

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4 years

Bad call @Ubisoft , I am saying this as a Ubisoft employee, the VR market is too young for exclusives. Exclusivity is BAD in general. Splinter Cell would lend itself well for VR, but I refuse to touch anything Oculus with Facebooks practices and policies. #VR #Ubisoft #Facebook

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Announcing Assassin's Creed and Splinter Cell VR, two new games coming exclusively to @oculus !

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1 year

Oh man, that oily substance near the edges ... *chef kiss*

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2 years

Incursion Warning. Airwatch reports Vance subprime engaged. #HalfLifeAlyx #VR #Source2

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@djudjubs top tier design

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11 months

Small update, worked on cubemaps, place names and lighting. Learned some lighting tricks, I love how clean it looks. It feels pretty fun with bots, can't wait for the workshop so I can test it with hoomans. #Blocktober #CS2 #CounterStrike2 #leveldesign

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@Fearian Proximity of snacks to bed is important!

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9 months

@AntonHand So, uh, an Excretion shooter?

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4 months

@Press_X_Fool The area is out of bounds, meant to be purely of visual interest for what would otherwise be a boring corridor. Allowing players to go to there would give them an unfair advantage on the other team with some borderline exploitative angles to shoot from.

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4 years

A little update #HalfLifeAlyx

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4 years

How is this for starters? #HalfLifeAlyx

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11 months

Smoll update. #cs2 #counterstrike #Blocktober #leveldesign

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4 months

@big_mitch_HDTF They fucked up my house.

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4 years

Another update, it's going somewhere :o #HalfLifeAlyx #Source2 #leveldesign

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A little update #HalfLifeAlyx

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4 years

Did a bit of detailing and environmental storytelling for my #HalfLifeAlyx map, who gets the reference?

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@MFrooninckx

4 years

Yay 🥳

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2 years

Here's my contribution to this years #Blocktober . A level for #halflifealyx , set in a derelict library holding a mysterious entity. #leveldesign #source2

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@MFrooninckx

4 years

Valve's artists did a great job on the foliage assets 🥰

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@MFrooninckx

3 years

Contributing my 2 cents for #Blocktober , a map for #HalfLifeAlyx . So far I 've spent about 2 evenings worth of trying to get the initial measurements right, loosely based on the Perdido spar platform.

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1 year

Sees Ubisoft trending ... *reads the news* Oh no ... It would be nice if my employer could stop making embarrassing business decisions every 5 minutes.

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@pcgamer

1 year

In another instance of 2010s launchers behaving badly, Ubisoft accounts can be suspended and subsequently deleted for "inactivity."

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1 year

Ladies and gentlemen, @CounterStrike presents:

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@MFrooninckx

3 years

Exploring the possibilities in the early stages of a project is always super exiting. The sense of scale in #VR will be amazing :) #leveldesign #HalfLifeAlyx

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@MFrooninckx

4 years

Hey @valvesoftware , it's me again :> I 've been enjoying playing around with the @HalfLifeAlyx tools over the weekend, but the compile times are absurdly long, especially vrad3 ... Which makes me wonder if you could look into making a server farm available to the community? 1/2

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3 years

I legally own a flamethrower now. 🔥🔥🔥 #perksofshippingFC6

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2 years

@SadlyItsBradley Listen, hear me out on this ...

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2 years

New blockout I am dabbling with. #leveldesign #VR #halflifealyx #source2

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Maarten Frooninckx

@MFrooninckx

4 years

A long overdue update on my #HalfLifeAlyx level, I am completely reworking the intro, look and combat of the exterior area. 1/2 #leveldesign

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Maarten Frooninckx

@MFrooninckx

3 years

8k compile in progress, releasing my #HalfLifeAlyx level, Loco-motive, tomorrow. After working on it for a year, I need a break. While I am happy with the state it is in, there is always more work to be done. Looking forward to the feedback.

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@MFrooninckx

5 years

#HalfLifeAlyx #HalfLife @marc_laidlaw story speculation based on the trailer and leaked HLVR strings. Might contain spoilers!

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4 years

First and most recent game I worked on :V

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3 years

uhmm

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Maarten Frooninckx

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3 years

Why is this cat be tiger scaled at default scale?

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4 months

@SaraJSpalding That feels like such a boring and nihilistic approach, I agree that clarity is important, especially in regards to where a player can move, having OoB areas that read as inaccessible is a nice way of implying a larger space beyond the playable area.

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Maarten Frooninckx

@MFrooninckx

4 years

I am slowly recovering from a severe ear infection, decided to pick things up again and did a little bit of work on the antlion infestation. #HalfLifeAlyx #Source2 #leveldesign

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1 year

Oh no, here I go starting another #Blocktober project #leveldesign #source2 #CounterStrike2

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7 years

I wasn't sure if I should but here's my #Blocktober stuff. #gamedev #leveldesign

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Maarten Frooninckx

@MFrooninckx

2 years

I filed a DMCA, my personal work was modified and redistributed without permission or appropriate credit. My requests for credit were ignored and deleted. Afterwards the person resorts to insults and harassment. Stay classy and provide credit where credit is due. @Zdravaldo

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Maarten Frooninckx

@MFrooninckx

3 years

Just pushed an update to the workshop to improve performance on LOCO-MOTIVE, this should give some people a better experience. It runs relatively smooth and stable around 7-8 ms on the GPU for me, but there are still CPU spikes.

Maarten Frooninckx

@MFrooninckx

3 years

LOCO-MOTIVE, a 45~ min. level for #HalfLifeAlyx is out now. Enjoy! Level design - Maarten Frooninckx Writing - Ross Joseph Gardner @RossJosephG Voice acting - Joey Bracken @slickliquid Feedback and playthrough vids are appreciated ♥️ #VR #leveldesign

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@sardonicGeek @RazorOfArtorias I mean, if it don't work after 5 tries, I don't think it is a skill issue

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Maarten Frooninckx

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4 years

@HalfLifeAlyx Starting small to familiarize with the tools and mechanics, Alyx has to free citizens from a combine train at a train yard with a roundhouse and turntable as a warm up. For my main project, I'll create an oil platform modified by the Combine to teleport water off earth.

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Maarten Frooninckx

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5 months

Rolled out an update for CS_Ferry. Playtest on the 19th on Mapcore. Most of the feedback from previous sessions has been addressed and the entire T side has been reworked. #CS2 #counterstrike #leveldesign

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Maarten Frooninckx

@MFrooninckx

1 year

My personal projects have been progressing a bit slow during the last year, but this is still coming along. #Blocktober #leveldesign #source2

Maarten Frooninckx

@MFrooninckx

2 years

Here's my contribution to this years #Blocktober . A level for #halflifealyx , set in a derelict library holding a mysterious entity. #leveldesign #source2

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@MFrooninckx

4 years

A little update #HalfLifeAlyx #leveldesign

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2 years

*instantly starts working on another level*

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@MFrooninckx

4 years

What difference a bit of sprayed grass and gravel can make. #Source2 #HalfLifeAlyx #leveldesign

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Maarten Frooninckx

@MFrooninckx

3 years

#HalfLifeAlyx turned 2. Retweeting for awareness, I made a custom map for HLA, there is also plenty of stuff on the workshop if you got an itch for some new content.

Maarten Frooninckx

@MFrooninckx

3 years

LOCO-MOTIVE, a 45~ min. level for #HalfLifeAlyx is out now. Enjoy! Level design - Maarten Frooninckx Writing - Ross Joseph Gardner @RossJosephG Voice acting - Joey Bracken @slickliquid Feedback and playthrough vids are appreciated ♥️ #VR #leveldesign

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Maarten Frooninckx

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4 months

For those struggling with timings on their maps, the path_generic spline shows its length when selected. The run speed with a knife is 250u/sec 4600 units / 250 = 18.4 seconds to reach the bombsite from T spawn. #leveldesign #CS2 #counterstrike2

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@MFrooninckx

4 years

Ross, who's clearly a man of good taste, wanted more tentacles ... Who am I to say no.

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@MFrooninckx

3 years

I have been helping out @polygrover with scripting a randomized horde combat level, which is promising to turn out to be a real #VR workout. More *soon* #halflife #halflifealyx #Source2 #leveldesign #gamedev

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Source 2 is a joy to work with. Been making this whole-ass mod just as an excuse to spend time in Hammer. #VR #screenshotsaturday #gamedev

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4 years

Another area spruced up. #HalfLifeAlyx #leveldesign #environmentart

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2 years

I got out of my winter slumber, back to the grind. #HalfLifeAlyx #leveldesign #Source2

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4 years

More #Blocktober screenies, this oilrig #HalfLifeAlyx level has been put in the freezer for a while, I 'll pick it up again after my current project ships.

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3 years

Survey Says Developers Are Definitely Not Interested In Crypto Or NFTs

'How this hasn’t been identified as a pyramid scheme is beyond me'

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10 months

Wow, this is wholesome! If you told me this would happen a month ago, I wouldn't have believed it, "old Valve" wouldn't even acknowledge the anniversaries of their IP's. I like this change. I 'll be loading up HLDM this weekend. P.S. the one hour docu is highly recommended.

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Half-Life turns 25 this weekend, and we're pushing a big update to bring back some of that 1998 feeling with restored original launch day content, brand new multiplayer maps, a look behind the scenes with the original development team, and more:

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2 months

Updated CS_Ferry #counterstrike #CS2 #leveldesign

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4 years

@ValveNewsNetwor Best: the ending resetting the deadlocked story arc of episode 2, creating new opportunities for the future of the series. Worst: creating such an awesome looking game and engine, only to spend 70 percent of the time in cramped dark underground or indoor areas.

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@MFrooninckx

4 years

The first AAA game I have been working on with the awesome team @UbisoftBerlin for the last couple years has been announced! 🥳🎉

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4 years

Finally we can say it loud and proud! 🎉🎉 Together with @UbisoftToronto we have the pleasure to work on #FarCry6 .

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@MFrooninckx

3 years

Come help us out by providing feedback on our newest Half-Life Alyx level! #halflife #halflifealyx #VR

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3 years

We're conducting a playtest of Incursion, a custom Half-Life Alyx level featuring wave-based gameplay. If interested email 'incursionplaytest @gmail .com' with your system specs. Ability to record is a requirement. We'll be starting March 11th! #VR #gamedev #halflifealyx #hlvr

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4 years

1.4.1 update to the HLA workshop tools, lots of useful information and fixes :D

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4 years

#leveldesign people be like ...

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@MFrooninckx

3 years

I 'm happy I solved this :) Players did not understand why a train on flat ground would start rolling after releasing the brakes but creating a ramp that made technical sense in this area was a real headscratcher, antlions pushing up the concrete created a suitable unnatural ramp

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2 years

We did a thing :)

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2 years

It's my pleasure to announce Half-Life: Incursion is available to download as of RIGHT NOW. From @MFrooninckx and I, engage in high-intensity VR combat with the Combine. Scavenge. Upgrade. Improvise. Survive. Workshop page: #halflife #leveldesign #VR

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3 years

HOLD UP ...

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5 years

@Iiboharz No

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7 years

For a 72h mapping challenge I made a little arena with wave combat. Try unlocking the secret wave, it gets pretty crazy! #leveldesign #halflife 2

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4 years

Cubemaps and circular building interiors are a cursed combination, but I finally got it done 🥳 One tiny step closer to finishing this up. #HalfLifeAlyx #leveldesign

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@MFrooninckx

4 years

Here are some #Blocktober screenshots from earlier this year of my #HalfLifeAlyx level. Pretty cool to look back at it to see how much it changed over a couple months.

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2 years

How to annoy level designers. #gamedev #leveldesign

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@MFrooninckx

3 years

Shoutouts to @samusafran for the lovely workshop cover art!

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@MFrooninckx

3 years

*eyetwitch*

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@MFrooninckx

3 years

🥳The first title I worked on released today! In Berlin we worked on the 6 special operations, featuring a unique mechanic and are designed to be "coop first". They really shine on the harder difficulties. #FarCry6

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@MFrooninckx

3 years

A story in 2 tweets😂

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@MFrooninckx

4 years

I replayed Metro Exodus over the weekend, despite all of the ugly things it portrays, it is such a beautiful game with some touching moments, I sincerely hope we haven't seen the last of the Metro universe @MetroVideoGame .

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4 months

@NeckshredderTV Not even sustained gunfire and explosions?

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@MFrooninckx

4 years

I am enjoying planting foliage around my #HalfLifeAlyx level, but I am afraid I will have to cut 50% of it, if I keep up this detail density.

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@MFrooninckx

5 years

@valvesoftware Unforeseen consequences, eh? Can we get a new screenshot as a consolation prize?

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4 years

@pcgamer Smells like Tencent.

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5 years

I made a couple of thread breakdowns with concept art and blockouts of the #VR projects did for @SteamVR #Blocktober #leveldesign #gamedev Check em out, here's a sneak peek😎