Archiving the history of the video game Quake 2: created by id Software; customized by the Quake 2 community.
These blog posts constitute my own on-going mapping of the ever-expanding universe of Quake 2 maps — by the worldwide community of Quake 2 mappers.
Counterparts by Geezer Counterparts was somewhat of an afterthought that came up late in the project. One of our mappers had a rather serious computer disaster and we were suddenly down one map. I told L-Fire I could take The Enemy Within and overhaul it for this release. And overhaul I did. It's a MUCH …
The Enemy Within - by Geezer The main goal when I started this map was a small, very fast ultraviolent level. It has turned out to be just that! This map plays fine with a small group of players (3 on 3 should work fine) but the more players the more insanity. With more than …
"This was one of the most intense maps I had ever worked on. Mainly because it wasn't a solo task but created from the beginning with L-Fire. Believe it or not, this actually started out as Force Ten. But 87 revisions later it doesn't resemble it very much. This is by far my best CTF map to date, and I have to thank L-Fire and the YYZ beta testers for all their input."
Force Ten by Geezer This map was started when Capture! was just a glimmer in Kunani's eyes. I actually had completely different plans for it which weren't working out, so I shelved it. When Capture! was announced they were looking into maps I kicked into action. This originally had a turret in the quad room, …
QLevel Design by Jokey Smurf Level design is perhaps the single most important aspect in any 3D first-person shooter, and Quake is no exception. Level design does not take a backseat to player abilities, weapons, monsters, or any other feature in the game, because the level plays a huge role in determining the game's overall …
Donde Quake 2? 