Level Stories 2: Temple Infection

TEMPLE INFECTION
This level was also featured in the original GoreTest under the name Knossis Cluster. It too has undergone serious changes over time. Players of the original Temple Infection (Knossis Cluster) will remember that the map was entirely semetrical, and this was completely my original intension for the map. Why did we overhaul the level, you ask? Well, it was brought to my attention after GoreTest that there is a level of "unprofessionalism" with maps that are intensionally mirrored (excluding CTF) and it was 4D's decision to break this mold and to go with a different approach. I also read some complaints that the level didn't resemble Knossis hardly at all, except for in some of the artwork. While the inspiration was indeed Agean I decided to "generic" the name down a lot to "Temple" and harshen it back up with the word "Infection". I'm still a little miffed about the change in its original design as I felt that it cut down on the absolue franticness of its predecessor. Near the end of the Gore project, i was compelled to add Gore's only official "Secret Area", which took a carefully amount of consideration when dealing with the limitations to the engine. Another unknown fact is that in the overhang near the sniper rifle that is held up with 2 pillars, there was supposed to be a statue of a snake woman perched in the recessed area above, overlooking the arena. Alas, there was no more time, and in those days, i had already reached the polygon budget, so it remains empty to this day.

During the rework of Temple for Gore SE in 2007-8, Temple underwent another change that was simply done out of my own disappointment with the old add-on to the level. I ended up stretching one of the areas out to create new space for large battles to occur, and to set the game up with CTF mode, which was previously unavailable for this small map.

Musical Influences: At this point, i had listened to so much Rush that I couldn't bare to listen to any during this level's developement. I dove into some different genres that i didn't typically listen to, but i got hooked on them.
Mercenary: Mercenary/Bolt Thrower
...For Victory: For Victory/Bolt Thrower
Pray: Cult/Apocalyptica
Hope: Cult/Apocalyptica