My favourite level author is
Tim Willits of id.
John Romero's work has always impressed me as well. On the net I
think Neil Manke's work is outstanding and
original. Matt Sefton continually impresses
me with his depth of detail and flawless game flow. The Hive 1 and 2 by
Chris Mayers also rank among my favourites.
All of Wright Bagwell's levels have made a
great impression on me. I also like a lot of work by one time map makers,
it's not always technically sound but some of the ideas are really great
as well as enjoyable.
 I'm
a real sports nut hockey and baseball
especially. I enjoy movies and I have an ongoing video collection I constantly
add to. Musically I like the old guitar pros like Clapton,
Dire Straits, The Stones.
Recently I have been reliving the joys of lego. Lego
was one of my favourite toys as a kid, now there are times when
I am building something with my son and he will wander off to go do something
else and I end up sitting there for 20 more minutes just building
away.
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I think the Quake 2 demo was
very impressive. The monster animation's were excellent and the 3 levels
included with the demo were stunning. I know that the sound environment
was not for the finished product never the less I thought Americans sounds
were very well done. My only criticism of what I saw was some of the weapons
took up too much screen real estate.
Q u a k e 2 D e m o S c r e e n s h o t
The general Quake community is where I surf the most. My default URL in
Netscape is Quake 2.com. Other then
that not much. I occasionally drop into the Pingu
the Penguin sites with my son, he really enjoys that quite a bit. He
will see me working away at something then all of a sudden he will come
sit on my lap and say "Pingu puter?" At that point I lose control of the
mouse so if I see him coming I save all my open files real quick!
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At the
moment I am out of inspiration. I'm toying with a few level ideas but it
is nothing serious. I am looking forward to working with Quake 2. Should
not be long now.
I just wanted to extend my thanks to all the kind people out there that
dropped me a note if they enjoyed playing one of my maps. I also want to
thank all the webmasters who have been gracious with their time to write
about and help promote my levels. Building levels is great fun for me but
it is more or less a waste of time without their helping hand. Thanks guys.
And thanks to you as well Igor for all your
help and this opportunity. ~Roger Staines
