Colony 1 : The Colony

Map 1 in the Colony episode.
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Mark
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Release Date
Aug 31, 1998
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4.17 star(s) 6 ratings

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I'll leave a written review just on this one to not spam (I will score the rest) etc. but this is a really lovely old school vanilla mini episode with small to medium sized maps. Vibe is nailed really well in maps 3 and 4 (nothing wrong with the tech bases in map 1 and 2 at all, I just prefer swampy and castle-y places). Cool idea for the secret map too (and the way to access it!), I wish it was longer if anything. Is / was there supposed to be a "Colony 5"? When you finish map 4 and the secret map the console says "colony 5 bsp was not found". Also like the other reviewer said, a slight shame that this was not uploaded together, otherwise it worked just fine, just put all the maps in the same folder.
PS: Bonus points on the slow / quiet / atmospheric start on map 4. Also the guacamole in map 3 is great lol.
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Mark
Thanks very much. I'm pleased that you've enjoyed the maps available so far. The first two maps were made in '97 and '98. I picked this up again, with a determination to get it finished, late in 2024. There's an experience (and tools quality) leap in those 27 years that I think shows up from Colony 3 onward, but I've tried to maintain a reasonably consistent level of detail across all of the levels. I've published the levels individually because it takes me a while to build them and immediate feedback has really helped me to adjust successive levels to more modern level design expectations. There are indeed 2 more maps planned. I'll bundle a full release once everything is available.

Thanks.