{"id":83,"date":"2017-11-04T18:18:27","date_gmt":"2017-11-04T17:18:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yoggi.club\/blog\/?p=83"},"modified":"2017-11-05T20:55:56","modified_gmt":"2017-11-05T19:55:56","slug":"an-experimental-surf-map-surf_dragon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yoggi.club\/blog\/an-experimental-surf-map-surf_dragon\/","title":{"rendered":"An experimental surf map &#8211; surf_dragon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Surf_dragon is an experimental surf map. The map has visuals mostly inspired from retro wave &amp; vaporwave aesthetics and consists of two sections. One section being the code generated, experimental, long-winded path that will test your endurance. This section of the map can take up to 8 minutes, even for experienced surfers to complete. The other section is a more conventional and fun linear surf stage.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">DOWNLOAD:<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gamebanana.com\/maps\/197613\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"link_icon alignnone wp-image-99\" style=\"display: inline-block; margin: -10px 8px 0;\" src=\"https:\/\/yoggi.club\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/css_icon.png\" alt=\"icon\" width=\"32\" height=\"32\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/gamebanana.com\/maps\/197614\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"link_icon alignnone wp-image-98\" style=\"display: inline-block; margin: -10px 8px 0;\" src=\"https:\/\/yoggi.club\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/4fe63bb4678d0.png\" alt=\"icon\" width=\"32\" height=\"32\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/steamcommunity.com\/sharedfiles\/filedetails\/?id=1192834516\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"link_icon alignnone wp-image-120\" style=\"display: inline-block; margin: -10px 8px 0;\" src=\"https:\/\/yoggi.club\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/steam_workhsop.png\" alt=\"icon\" width=\"32\" height=\"32\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/BclWo2LYhxI?rel=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">When I started making this map I decided that I only wanted to use assets made by myself. That meant not using textures or other assets included from the game engine or downloading them online, thus forcing myself to make a world completely from scratch. This made the mapping a lot more fun, and I feel like the map is a lot more my own creation.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The reason for the name is because I was originally inspired by the fractal known as the &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dragon_curve\">Dragon curve<\/a>&#8221; or the &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dragon_curve\">Heighway Dragon<\/a>&#8220;. The dragon curve describes a shape or path that can be up to infinite in length. Somehow, I thought it would be interesting to see a map in this shape. Of course, I couldn&#8217;t make my map infinite. So, I had to settle with the 9th iteration of this fractal to be able to fit it within the limits set by the source engine, and have the turns be a convenient size. This resulted in 511 consecutive turns.<br \/>\nSo with 511 turns to make I didn&#8217;t really feel like manually putting in every single turn in the level editor. So instead I would just make two turns. One that went to the right and one that went left, and then write a program that would output a .vmf file with the final shape of the map!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/yoggi.club\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/topview.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-107\" src=\"https:\/\/yoggi.club\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/topview-1024x685.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"428\" srcset=\"https:\/\/yoggi.club\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/topview-1024x685.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/yoggi.club\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/topview-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/yoggi.club\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/topview-768x514.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">This map ended up being huge, and I quickly realized that I exceeded all brush, brush face and entity limits set by the Source SDK after inserting 511 rooms. So, I had to cut down on a lot of the stuff I had made. All details had to be made into props to decrease brush count, and a lot of the props had to be combined to reduce the entity limit. At the end, each turn is made of 9 props and 5 brushes.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/yoggi.club\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/curve.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-103\" src=\"https:\/\/yoggi.club\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/curve-1024x659.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"412\" srcset=\"https:\/\/yoggi.club\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/curve-1024x659.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/yoggi.club\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/curve-300x193.jpg 300w, https:\/\/yoggi.club\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/curve-768x495.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">So, when I was done with this experiment I was quick to realize that the map surprisingly just very long and very repetitive. since I still had some headroom in terms of entity and brush limits, I decided I would add another more conventional skill surf section to the map. This section ended up taking the longest time to make because I had to produce a lot more ramps, details, and gameplay, but I think it&#8217;s going to make the map a ton more enjoyable and replayable.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/yoggi.club\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/surf_dragon0011.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-104\" src=\"https:\/\/yoggi.club\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/surf_dragon0011-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/yoggi.club\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/surf_dragon0011-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/yoggi.club\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/surf_dragon0011-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/yoggi.club\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/surf_dragon0011-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The last things I had to do was prepare a version that would also work in csgo. Because I originally developed this map for css the map can quickly be compiled for csgo as well, with a few minor changes.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/yoggi.club\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/surf_dragon0015.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-106\" src=\"https:\/\/yoggi.club\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/surf_dragon0015-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/yoggi.club\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/surf_dragon0015-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/yoggi.club\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/surf_dragon0015-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/yoggi.club\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/surf_dragon0015-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">A side project to this project was also to make a sweet skybox. I don&#8217;t have much experience painting textures like this so I\u2019m happy how it turned out.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/yoggi.club\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/surf_dragon0013.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-105\" src=\"https:\/\/yoggi.club\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/surf_dragon0013-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/yoggi.club\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/surf_dragon0013-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/yoggi.club\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/surf_dragon0013-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/yoggi.club\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/surf_dragon0013-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">I want to say thanks to <a href=\"https:\/\/discord.gg\/yeC9buA\">The Strafing Discord-<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/discord.gg\/SourceEngine\">The Source Engine<\/a>\u00a0Community for helping me a lot with all the different bugs and issues I ran into making this map.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">DOWNLOAD:<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gamebanana.com\/maps\/197613\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"link_icon alignnone wp-image-99\" style=\"display: inline-block; margin: -10px 8px 0;\" src=\"https:\/\/yoggi.club\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/css_icon.png\" alt=\"icon\" width=\"32\" height=\"32\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/gamebanana.com\/maps\/197614\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"link_icon alignnone wp-image-98\" style=\"display: inline-block; margin: -10px 8px 0;\" src=\"https:\/\/yoggi.club\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/4fe63bb4678d0.png\" alt=\"icon\" width=\"32\" height=\"32\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/steamcommunity.com\/sharedfiles\/filedetails\/?id=1192834516\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"link_icon alignnone wp-image-120\" style=\"display: inline-block; margin: -10px 8px 0;\" src=\"https:\/\/yoggi.club\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/steam_workhsop.png\" alt=\"icon\" width=\"32\" height=\"32\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Surf_dragon is an experimental surf map. 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