ANTIFREEZE

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Halo 5 Launch Map

Antifreeze released with Halo 5 Guardians as an official retail map and was Featured on Halo Waypoint upon its release in December, 2015.

GameSpot Feature

Map video showcase by GameSpot.  Interview conducted with Tom French, multiplayer director at 343 Industries.

Community Favorite Map

 Antifreeze won 1st place in the community favorite map vote on ForgeHub, the heart of the forge community for Halo. 

DESIGN PROCESS

I wanted to create a fast paced environment that complimented the advanced movement mechanics of infantry based combat while providing enough flexibility for light vehicular interaction with the Ghosts.

I thought an ‘M’ shaped vehicle path would serve as an interesting shape between infantry and vehicle routes. Connecting the end points together created a circuit to provide more fluid movement.  Applying the figure 8 design philosophy and ended up with a more pretzel shaped topology as a result.

343 INDUSTRIES

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Designing at 343 Industries

My work has been heavily recognized within Halo's level design community and I really enjoy helping others and providing feedback.  Before Halo 5 released, I was invited to 343 Studios for the purpose of creating a new multiplayer map for the Big Team Battle playlist.  I learned new tools and created a new map in just under one week!

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Helping Hands

During the design process, I had the pleasure of consulting with Senior Multiplayer Level Designers, Adrian Bedoya and Jeremy Raymond at 343.  It was really helpful to obtain their feedback during play-tests because of how iterative the process is. 

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The Sprint

While designing this map, I was featured in a series of videos showing the development process of Halo 5: Guardians called The Sprint.  Footage was shown of the map during its creation along with interviews talking about the design process with the rest of the team.  I also took part in the filming of the Forge ViDoc showing the map editing tools for the first time.

GameSpot preview video of Antifreeze featuring Tom French, Multiplayer director at 343 Industries. Video features an early version of the map that was later updated when implemented in matchmaking.