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soooo true 😍

i do know that scythe is a really nice way to do shit like this in unreal, the the point where it's prob worth using it and exporting out if you're not using unreal

TrenchBroom is a dedicated brush-based level editor for a large swathe of games that use CSG/brush-based levels, and can also be used to export to a generic map format for custom engines or, through FuncGodot, to create maps for Godot games.

I think this is a significant component of when a new action adventure release “feels mid-2000s/PS2-ish” to me. More so than the specific fidelity of the graphics (though it is also sometimes just “there’s cliffs and distance fog and creeper-covered ruins”)

I miss when every polygon counted

Yeah not having every room be an asset tornado is kind of refreshing.

Really fond memories making Descent mods, which had this funky "cell-based" editor, which generated both mesh and 3D nav-graphs.

It definitely feels more organic and lived in

Those scenarios and shapes give me some Monkey Island vibes

Came back to this post to stop and smell the i n t e n t

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They modelled out the environments within the editor they had developed and that even extended to editing character meshes etc.. The editor even allowed the developers to edit while the game was actively running. Really cool stuff.