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Light & Shadow

In 1998, I constructed my third single player user map Light & Shadow for the famous first-person shooter Duke Nukem 3D. I named it this way because of the many dropping shadows in the level which was very hard to do with the so-called BUILD-editor for the game.

Watch the trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=POVhNy2vDFg

The main idea of the level is to destroy a whole city by collecting key cards. These key cards are obtained by solving easy puzzles with switches and hidden passages. It is also interesting to see today how much change in the level after I learned too much about usability and making films. To me, making websites and movies which are enjoyable to the audience and the users is surprisingly similar to the task of building a level for a game.

The Light & Shadow review by dukerepository is dated to the year 2007 and published, while the map was released by me to the public in late 1999. And to my huge surprise, the author of the review rated my map with a rocking score of 90%! I know that today the game itself isn't really visually stunning anymore. In fact, it looks like crappy compared to current computer games. But back in 1996 after the original Duke Nukem 3D game was released, it was the coolest things you could see on your Pentium 75. But nonetheless the puzzles and the pacing in the level is not perfect but still fun to play.

Learn more about the history of this level at https://marc.tv/light-shadow-duke-nukem-3d-map/