http://www.rickpierce.info/sprawlingterror The development blog for the custom Left 4 Dead campaign Sprawling Terror. Sat, 29 Aug 2009 17:11:18 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en It's been six weeks since the infection began; the Survivors have made their way to California and are enroute to an extraction point when their bus crashes at the beginning of an expansive bridge. The quartet are forced to continue on foot without knowing they are heading to a dead-end ... http://www.rickpierce.info/sprawlingterror/?p=51 During the course of development, it was decided that certain areas of the campaign should be tested ahead of time. The idea that making survival maps, using many of the ideas we intend to employ in the campaign, sounded like a fun challenge. First up: The bridge. For the campaign, a ... http://www.rickpierce.info/sprawlingterror/?p=39 Valve has, most unexpectedly, released the official SDK this week, officially titled Left 4 Dead Authoring Tools. The SDK is still in beta, but we had a lot of fun tearing it open and playing with all the goodies inside nonetheless. The updated version of Hammer still feels like the same ... http://www.rickpierce.info/sprawlingterror/?p=32 It's hard to tell, but work behind-the-scenes continues at a rapid pace. The first level, entitled The Suburbs and which takes place amongst the sprawling McMansions of modern suburbia, is making some decent headway. The layout of the house is complete, though exterior detailing needs to be finished up. The ... http://www.rickpierce.info/sprawlingterror/?p=24 We've been toying with the design and seeking consultation on it from a number of friends for the last few days and I think we're ready to official unveil the Sprawling Terror campaign poster. Fairly generic, we wanted to go with something that stuck with the original theme of Left ... http://www.rickpierce.info/sprawlingterror/?p=19 Left 4 Dead, by itself, comes loaded with a ton of objects for building beautiful urban, rural, and semi-rural environments. Collapsed fire escapes, destroyed concrete pillars, bails of hay, dead cows, and a plethora of objects that feel like they came right out of 1975. The vehicles are no different ... http://www.rickpierce.info/sprawlingterror/?p=10 Welcome to the development blog for Sprawling Terror. We hope to use this as a forum for small releases, big releases, and letting the community sound off on ideas of their own to help shape the campaign while it's being developed. Left 4 Dead: Sprawling Terror begins in the backyard of ... http://www.rickpierce.info/sprawlingterror/?p=1