Another Test Tube (short challenge) from Map Labs here. This one simply asked mappers to make a small map that would fit within one billion units. For non-mappers, one unit is roughly an inch, so this works out to a cube about 20-25 meters on a side. But the challenge was only for total volume, so making an incredibly vertical map with a smaller footprint was also fine. Similar to our 1 Billion Units EMC – but we certainly don’t claim to have invented the concept!
There were 13 entries, here they are!
As always, if you’re interested in learning more about Map Labs and maybe even participate in their upcoming challenges, visit the Map Labs Discord.
- Title: 1,000,000,000 Units
- Filename: sdk-2013-sp-mlc-1e9units.7z
- Size : 128 MB
- Author: Matt71490 AKA Event Horizon, Layla, Skorly, teamakes.games, peep, Steven Cabbage, PercyVader, Nicholas ‘Viridian’ Nakano, ThatsRidonkulous, David ‘MapGenorator’ Blout, DeanAmythe, The_Blazer
- Date Released: 6 July 2019
- Make sure you have the Upcoming branch of the Source SDK Base 2013 Singleplayer installed in Steam and run at least once. (Properties – Betas – select upcoming from the dropdown list).
- Copy the onebillionunits folder into your SourceMods folder.
- Restart or start Steam.
- One Billion Units should now be listed in your Library tab.
If you decide to use the Per-Map Opinion Images, feel free to use the file below as a template:
One-Billion-Units-Review-Template.txt
Listed as they are displayed in the mod itself:
Stratosphere Metro by Matt71490 AKA Event Horizon
Hilbert’s Hotel by Layla
Mine Outpost by Skorly
Diversitea by teamakes.games
The District by peep
Incurable by Steven Cabbage
The Engine of a Film by PercyVader
U-Boat by Nicholas ‘Viridian’ Nakano
Mousetrap by ThatsRidonkulous
Countryside Combat by Steven Cabbage
The Tower by David ‘MapGenorator’ Blout
Extraction by DeanAmythe
Beach Hunt by The_Blazer (bonus map)
WARNING: The screenshots contain spoilers.
Each map has 5 screenshots. Thanks to Coralilac for providing the screenshots!
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Using Gauge: Users
Manually: 2 Users
Time Taken:
Average: 1 Hours, 30 Mins
Shortest: 1 Hours by Hec
Longest: 2 Hours by Ronnie1001
Total Time Played: 3 Hours
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All of the maps are good, my favorite creative one was Mousetrap while the one i found the most enjoyment gameplay wise was The engine of a film.
Manually
Medium
2 Hours
Ok, pros about this one, short entries, not very challenging but entertaining enough…
Overall I felt the whole maps were very cramped and narrow so yeah I disliked the whole environment of most of them.
The only map that had great visuals though combat was hectic was Beach Hunt, the bonus entry.
I think Mousetrap deserved to win this one, as also it was a cool concept implemented nicely.
Yeah overall, this one is a big maybe recommendation to me.
Manually
Medium
1 Hour