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Mapcore is thrilled to announce our $15,000 Big Adventures CS2 Mapping Contest, powered by @FACEIT !
RULES AND ENTRY: bit.ly/MapcoreBigAdventure
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🚨 The big announcement you've been waiting for! 🚨 All of the judges have cast their votes and chosen the top 10 maps that will compete in the Grand Finale stage of the Mapcore @FACEIT 2025 Big Adventures contest. Check out all 10 maps here: mapcore.org/topic/30276-big-…
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On behalf of @Mapcore and @FACEIT Congratulations to the Grand Prize Winner of our $15,000 @CSGO Mapping Contest: Anubis!
And Congrats to our three other Grand Finalists: Chlorine (2), Mutiny (3), and Jingshen (4)!
mapcore.org/topic/24083-csgo…
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Mapcore is thrilled to announce our $15,000 Exotic Places CS:GO Mapping Contest, powered by @FACEIT!
RULES AND ENTRY: mapcore.org/topic/23329-exot…
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One last surprise in our CS:GO Mapping Contest w/ @FACEIT:
Valve Software will be contributing special prizes for the Top 4, which will be judged and declared this month!
Thanks, Valve!
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A basic introduction to the Source 2 Hammer editor by Marnamai. How exciting is that?
docs.google.com/document/d/1…
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Mapcore would also like to extend our deep gratitude to Valve Software and @csgo_dev for so generously providing additional prizes for our Grand Finalists!
THANK YOU, VALVE! 🎉
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New @Mapcore @FACEIT hub pool. Starting at the end of the month with a new contest ladder soon after. #NewMaphype
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Results for Stage 1 of our @FACEIT @CounterStrike Big Adventures Contest have been announced! 🧑💼📝 Check out the maps that made the cut here!:
mapcore.org/topic/29976-big-…
#CS2 #Leveldesign #FACEIT
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THE TIME HAS COME for our newest level design contest, a solo level design competition for @ProdeusGame ! 🔥
RULES AND ENTRY: mapcore.org/topic/24473-mapc…
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Our Source 2 sub-forum is open!
Find tutorial resources, post bugs, and request engine features. (We can dream, right?)
mapcore.org/forum/50-source-…
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The winners of our Big Adventures @CounterStrike Mapping contest have been announced!
On behalf of Mapcore and @FACEIT Congratulations to the Grand Finalist winner: Grail!
Congrats also to the runner-ups: Alpine, Palacio and Stronghold!
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It feels like just yesterday that we announced this contest in partnership with @FACEIT 🎉 We are now at the end of the first stage with 267 entries 😱 - submissions are now closed and the maps progressing to stage 2 will be announced soon! ⏲️
Mapcore is thrilled to announce our $15,000 Big Adventures CS2 Mapping Contest, powered by @FACEIT !
RULES AND ENTRY: bit.ly/MapcoreBigAdventure
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Updated pool on the @FACEIT @csgo_dev hub. Experimental Version of Biome and Tangerine added to the pool!
Come join us:
NA: faceit.com/en/inv/V7NHmTG
EU: faceit.com/en/inv/AeDqw2Z
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PRESENTING ❗️ @Mapcore's CS:GO Mapping Contest 2017, Powered by @FACEIT! Over $10,000 in Prizes ❗️ Contest Rules: tinyurl.com/lbk7kb5
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GRAND PRIZE WINNERS have been declared in our $10,000 CS:GO Mapping Contest powered by @FACEIT ‼
mapcore.org/topic/21525-gran…
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Our good friends at @FACEIT have made a little video explaining our contest and how you'll soon be able to play and give feedback on contest maps on the @MapcoreHub available in NA, EU and SA regions, starting on the 10th of May! #counterstrike @FACEIT
Mapmakers, submit your creations for the Big Adventures mapping contest ASAP for early play-testing slots! First-come, first-served! 🗺️
🗓️ Starting May 10, dive into new maps weekly on @Mapcore hubs!
Don’t miss out, join the adventure! 🗻
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New @csgo_dev @FACEIT Pool live! Come join us to play these maps!
NA: faceit.com/en/inv/V7NHmTG
EU: faceit.com/en/inv/AeDqw2Z
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We are in no particular order presenting the journey to the top 10 maps in our Big Adventures Contest. Today we are starting with Golden, a map made by vachinsky and wavybby, set on a remote island somewhere in the Pacific Ocean. 🌊
The video was made by @meddson01.
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And now...
Our Top 10 Finalists!
@FACEIT @CSGO
mapcore.org/topic/24021-csgo…
Mapcore is thrilled to announce our $15,000 Exotic Places CS:GO Mapping Contest, powered by @FACEIT!
RULES AND ENTRY: mapcore.org/topic/23329-exot…
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"The Door Challenge" IS FINALLY BACK! Level Designers get your scripting caps on it's time to show us what you got! Head on over to Mapcore.org to get the rest of the details.
mapcore.org/articles/special…
#leveldesign #gamedesign #challenge #UE4 #Unity3d #Source
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Mapcore Season One now begins on @FACEIT ! Come enjoy these excellent custom maps and win prizes 😍
🇪🇺EU: fce.gg/MapCore_EU
🇺🇸NA: fce.gg/MapCore_NA
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While we wait final judging of the first stage of our mapping contest 🔜 - Community youtuber t1mure has given a full rundown of what he thinks about the maps. Watch here:
piped.video/watch?v=YxyNV_eE…
#CS2 #faceit
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🚨 ~ 30h left to submit your CS2 level for the Big Adventures Mapping Contest! 🚨
The final countdown for map submissions to the Big Adventures Mapping Contest has started!
Submit your map before August 4 at 23:59 EST by uploading it to the workshop and linking the workshop entry in the topic you created within the contest forum. Links and details below ⬇️
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Mapcore's Discord is launching monthly community challenges starting Saturday! Join our Discord now to participate!
discord.gg/JCqDQfS
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MapCore and @EpicGames are hosting a Level Design contest for @utgame. Check it out now! mapcore.org/articles/special…
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The folks over at the @ValveNewsNetwor have created a mod salvaging leaked/lost HL2:EP3 content. Check it out! moddb.com/mods/hl2aftermath/…
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It's time for our second @ProdeusGame MAPPING CONTEST! 🔥🔥
$ 3,000 in Prizes, and more! 💰
RULES AND ENTRY: mapcore.org/topic/24955-mapc…
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Today on the menu: the journey of Alpine, another one of the maps in the top 10 of our Big Adventures Contest.
Alpine is made by @Lukyvald, zavaro, @iiTwinx and @g3ometryArt and set in a snowy ski resort. ⛷️
The video was made by Ketal.
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Two exciting new maps from our community, Grind and Breach, play them next Monday -- exclusively on our @FACEIT hub!
NA: faceit.com/en/inv/V7NHmTG
EU: faceit.com/en/inv/AeDqw2Z
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The second stage of our @FACEIT 2025 Big adventures contest is complete. While our judges start judging the maps we would like to thank all the entrants and players on our FACEIT queues so far. Crazy quality across the board! 🔥
We will announce the top 10 in 2 weeks.
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After 375 days our Big Adventure Mapping Contest is finally coming to an end. Check out the astounding quality of maps that were created during this contest. We also want to take this time to thank @FACEIT, without them this contest would not have been possible.
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[PINNED 📌] [NEW RELEASE 🆕]
Tuscan by @catfood_maps and @BrutesMaps
Download:
steamcommunity.com/sharedfil…
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In a VERY generous move, the creator of the most popular Steam Workshop CO-OP maps, CTX, has released a public tutorial on his creative methods. piped.video/watch?v=zUmeCP1x…
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CS:GO Mapping Contest Update:
Our Guest Judges are some of the biggest names in Counter-Strike. Due to their important work at the ongoing Major, we will be slightly delayed in announcing our Grand Prize Winners.
Thanks for your patience — and stay tuned!
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Our @FACEIT @csgo_dev hub will be running the new map by mirage level designer @BubkeZ and environment artist @oliver_irl ALONE for the weekend. Come check out the new map and give them feedback!
NA Hub Link - faceit.com/en/inv/V7NHmTG
EU Hub Link - faceit.com/en/inv/AeDqw2Z
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Mapcore's @FACEIT hub gets underway for season 4 today with 6 fresh maps and 1 returning map that has had substantial layout changes. Come join us and play some cool maps!
NA: faceit.com/en/inv/V7NHmTG
EU: faceit.com/en/inv/AeDqw2Z
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@puddpuddpudd shows off his topdown time-lapse of de_agency, now branded as de_breach. tinyurl.com/yc69jqs3
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Maximize your @UnrealEngine workflow with this excellent @gumroad tutorial by @thiagoklafke tinyurl.com/jrc3d8r
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Longtime Mapcore veteran and Senior Environment Artist Thiago Klafke walks us through creating beautiful @PlayOverwatch levels piped.video/watch?v=n2wNZjF8…
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Fan favorite CS_WORKOUT returns!
Our exciting $500 and 100,000 point tournament is still going strong in Week 2. Join up and enjoy! @FACEIT
🇪🇺EU: fce.gg/MapCore_EU 🇺🇸NA: fce.gg/MapCore_NA
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Submissions for the first batch of maps to be featured from the Big Adventures Mapping Contest on the @FACEITcs hubs is almost over. If you want your map to be featured on our hubs between 10th May - 7th June then book your slot before 5th May 23:59 (EST)!
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NOW is your chance to play the Winning Contest maps!
AND win 10,000 @FACEIT points!
NA: beta.faceit.com/en/inv/70rnx…
EU: beta.faceit.com/en/inv/TVuk6…
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Our very own @generalvivi has written an article about "Designing Highly Replayable Stealth Levels for Payday 2" mapcore.org/articles/develop… #leveldesign
#gamedev #videogames
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Catfood's shares some screenshots of his newest creation 'de_ruby'! Check them out!
mapcore.org/topic/20374-csgo…
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Season 5 of the @Mapcore @FACEIT Hub starts tomorrow with a mixture of new and old maps! Come play!
NA: faceit.com/en/inv/V7NHmTG
EU: faceit.com/en/inv/AeDqw2Z
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The winners for the July 2019 Discord Challenge have been announced. Join our server for details!
@ZooL_Smith @yanzl_ @SeanNoonan
discordapp.com/invite/unqF28…
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The @utgame Level Design Contest Winners announcement and details. Read it here: mapcore.org/articles/special…
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Happy birthday Quake! Time to look back on one of the most influential games of all time.
mapcore.org/articles/general…
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Today we're presenting Flick, another map in the Top 10 of the Big Adventures Contest. 🎞️
Set in a Film Studio, Flick is made by a big team which includes Jay from Chicago, Chimonahehe, bman and @Froddoyo.
This video was made by @aowblacky: piped.video/watch?v=FsYBmHjg…
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We are less than two months away from the deadline of our exciting Mapping Contest powered by @FACEIT 😲
Mapcore is thrilled to announce our $15,000 Exotic Places CS:GO Mapping Contest, powered by @FACEIT!
RULES AND ENTRY: mapcore.org/topic/23329-exot…
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Reminder: this is the final month for submissions to our $15,000 CS:GO Mapping Contest, powered by
@FACEIT !
Rules below. 👇
Mapcore is thrilled to announce our $15,000 Exotic Places CS:GO Mapping Contest, powered by @FACEIT!
RULES AND ENTRY: mapcore.org/topic/23329-exot…
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MapMaking Community videographer @T2mure broke down his opinions on all the stage 2 maps from the Mapcore @FACEIT Big Adventure contest. Official results coming later today! 🗺️🗺️ See more information about the contest at:
mapcore.org/forum/62-counter…
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Here it is: every map entered in our $10,000 mapping contest!
steamcommunity.com/sharedfil…
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Welcome our newest staff member, @TopHATTwaffle ! piped.video/user/rocketrasca…
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Time is almost up to enter our exciting @CSGO contest! ⏰
Rules linked below.
Mapcore is thrilled to announce our $15,000 Exotic Places CS:GO Mapping Contest, powered by @FACEIT!
RULES AND ENTRY: mapcore.org/topic/23329-exot…
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The first stage of our Big Adventures @CounterStrike Mapping Contest is already at its half time with 8 weeks remaining! If you want to grab your chance of getting your contest entry on our @MapcoreHub @FACEIT hubs make sure to submit them soon, spots are limited
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Want to learn about mapping?
Want to join a community of custom CS:GO map players?
MAPCORE DISCORD:
discord.gg/ZZXyk
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Canopy is another map in the top 10 of our Big Adventures Contest!
It is set in an abandoned resort in Indonesia, made by @ynelcs, Ecsi, Charmigan and darivan. 🐸
This video was made by Dragooney
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Gregori Vorontsov returns with another stunner for the @UnrealEngine !
artstation.com/artwork/xnGRO
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Our judges have finished scoring, and we’re looking forward to announcing the results at 18:30 CEST / 12:30 EDT. Join us by watching the following premiere:
piped.video/SPpdcRUOsx4
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For those who missed it! Mapcore Judge 🧑⚖️ and cult leader @OnFireAnders ran through all remaining 47 contest maps 🗺️ over a number of days on his Twitch stream. Watch the VODS now on YouTube here:
piped.video/playlist?list=PL…
#cs2 #mapcore #leveldesign #jointhecult
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The multi-talented @yanzl_ continues to add features to his open-source .VMT Editor tool. gortnar.com/vmt/
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[PINNED 📌] [NEW RELEASE 🆕]
Prime by @celeryslice and @RizzToTheIzzle
Download:
steamcommunity.com/workshop/…
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Starting next month, monthly challenges are returning with the same structure you know: one month to create, two weeks to vote via reactions.
One change moving forward is that the next challenge will be provided, rather than the previous winner deciding.
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The winners for the June 2019 Discord Challenge have been announced. Join our server for details!
discordapp.com/invite/unqF28…
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Our judges are working hard judging the 267 maps that got submitted in our Big Adventures Mapping Competition. To give all maps a chance to be looked at properly, the announcement of the maps proceeding to stage 2 has been delayed to August 18th. ⬇️
It feels like just yesterday that we announced this contest in partnership with @FACEIT 🎉 We are now at the end of the first stage with 267 entries 😱 - submissions are now closed and the maps progressing to stage 2 will be announced soon! ⏲️
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Patrick 'Puddy' Murphy talks in-depth about designing Dynamic Levels. Read it here: mapcore.org/articles/develop…
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Our Faceit hubs have been updated with a new pool!
Play in our new ladder starting tomorrow for a chance to win faceit points and cash prizes
Join us at one of our two region hubs:
EU: fce.gg/MapCore_EU
NA: fce.gg/MapCore_NA
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Come test experimental updates of Abbey (@LizardPL @the_whale_man) and Zoo (@jan_huygelen @yanzl_ ) before Valve add them to matchmaking on our faceit hub!
NA: faceit.com/en/inv/V7NHmTG
EU: faceit.com/en/inv/AeDqw2Z
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New article, a piece by Rick_D that dives into the development of popular CS:GO map, Agency! mapcore.org/articles/develop…
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Have you visited our @FACEIT hub lately? Join today to prepare for future prize-pool events!
EU: fce.gg/MapCore_EU NA: fce.gg/MapCore_NA
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There are now just 6 DAYS LEFT to enter our $15,000 Mapping Contest powered by @FACEIT
See rules below. Why not upload an early version of your entry just in case ✔️ ?
Mapcore is thrilled to announce our $15,000 Exotic Places CS:GO Mapping Contest, powered by @FACEIT!
RULES AND ENTRY: mapcore.org/topic/23329-exot…
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Here's our big announcement!! A joint CS:GO mapping contest with r/globaloffensive! mapcore.org/articles/special…
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2017 was a busy year for Mapcore, @rdtns walks us through the community's creations:
mapcore.org/articles/general…
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Curious about mapping? Want to join a great community of mappers? @Mapcore -- Mapcore.org -- Discord: discord.gg/M4dhrP
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We have a new article! An in-depth tech analysis of Source engine lighting by leplubodeslapin mapcore.org/articles/develop…
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It's the FINAL WEEK of our very first @FACEIT Season! Join now to compete in our $500 and 100,000 points competition!
🇪🇺EU: fce.gg/MapCore_EU
🇺🇸NA: fce.gg/MapCore_NA
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@csgo_dev - New Map added to the pool! Come play Waterfall on our @FACEIT hub:
NA: faceit.com/en/inv/V7NHmTG
EU: faceit.com/en/inv/AeDqw2Z
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The Door Challenge 2018 has come to a close!
Over 15 submissions of awesome Door opening goodness!
We're going to give everyone a chance to play through the submitted content before opening up voting on Friday Sept, 21st.
Go check them out here! mapcore.org/topic/22024-the-…
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New @csgo_dev @FACEIT Season live! Come join us to play these maps and win prizes!:
NA: faceit.com/en/inv/V7NHmTG
EU: faceit.com/en/inv/AeDqw2Z
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With the stunning release of this Half-Life: Alyx trailer, it's almost time for Mapcore to wind down one of our most legendary threads: wondering where the hell Half-Life 3 is...
mapcore.org/topic/15465-the-…
We're thrilled to announce Half-Life: Alyx, a new full-length entry in the Half-Life series, built by Valve for VR.
Return to Half-Life in March 2020. Pre-purchase now on Steam.
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Together with @Beck_Shaw, we set our sights on the Level Design of @SniperElite. Read it here: mapcore.org/articles/intervi…
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Our very own Geoffrey "Kikette" Rosin did a fascinating interview about his work on Dishonored 2, CS:GO and more! 80.lv/articles/environment-s…
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Friedrich 'Friechamp' Bode discusses finding your own path as a Level Designer with industry professionals. Enjoy! mapcore.org/articles/intervi…
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