Let's Play "Level with me" a Portal 2 mod - Part 11: In Conclusion

In this episode I finish chapter 2, and breeze through a rather thoughtful if slightly obtuse chapter 3. In the previous episode I continued to traverse chapter 2, and kept opening that door.

Part 10: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ep9Wg0bJUd4

This mod was created through a series of collaborations between Robert Yang, creator of the Radiator mod series among other things, http://www.moddb.com/mods/radiator, and other game designers linked to a series of interviews done for and published on Rock Paper Shotgun:

http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2011/12/23/level-with-me-level-with-me/#comme....

The mod requires Portal 2, and can be downloaded here (I recommend you use the latest version):

http://www.moddb.com/mods/level-with-me/downloads

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• Portal 2
• Level With Me Modding
• Valve
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• Johnny
• Maverik
• Chapter 2
• chapter 3
• Part 11
• Let's
• Play.

[Nnnarekkk]

I just played and I didn't get anything lol

[JohnnyMaverik]

@Nnnarekkk I think chapter 1 was an attempt to express the idea that game levels develop a personality in the eyes of the player.

Chapter 2 was an attempt to play on the idea that individual level designer develop re-occurring trends and themes, or "styles" if you will, that can always be found in their work by taking a number of designers and getting them to try and put a bit of their "style" in the level.

Chapter 3 is merely an attempt to highlight how game spaces can be so meaningful.

[JohnnyMaverik]

@JohnnyMaverik In so many possible ways.

Some of it worked, some of it didn't and a lot I think fell somewhere in the middle.

Also the key word from all of that is "I think". To be honest even after researching, thinking and starting to write a de-construction (I gave up on it), I'm pretty sure I still don't entirely get it.

Thanks for your comment! It's much appreciated.

[debacleus]

@groovygower I'm glad you said you're a 29 year old philosophy student, otherwise I wouldn't have believed you.

[debacleus]

@JohnnyMaverik Hey, I made the mod. Whatever you think is whatever it means.

[groovygower]

I'm sorry to say that I found this all very pretentious. I'm a 29 year old philosophy student so I'm not exactly narrow-minded and I really want to like it (and I can see what they're trying to do), but I'm reminded of the Turner Prize that was a flashing light if you catch my drift.

[2hakkabakka]

6:49 - This corridor is pretty creepy to me, because System Shock 2 was the game that got me into level design, and I remember this particular corridor very well.