Unreal

I remember the days of Unreal. It was the most innovative game of its time and I couldn't get enough! Epic Mega Games created a first-person masterpiece!

Anyway, there was a contest held by some gaming website that used to exist years ago and the contest was to see who could build the best death match level. When I learned of the contest I thought it would be really exciting but I also was really intimated by it. Trying to learn level editing tools isn't the easiest thing to do. Especially, when you're 11 years old!

So I spent months trying to build a great DM map but it was really hard. I finally settled on a design and called it Deja-Vu because of the repetitive nature of the map.

After I spent time getting it all finished and cleaned up, I submitted it off to the contest. I had no idea what to expect. Being only 11 years old, I thought there was no chance of winning but I was wrong! A few months later, the gaming site hosting the contest posted the results on their front page and I was the grand prize winner! I couldn't believe that I actually won a contest and especially a contest for designing a level for a major game. Pretty awesome!

I won $500 and I really don't remember what I wasted it on. Oh well.

Here's some pix!