Message for 343 Industries : Yoyorast Island V3 for Halo 4 ?

[YOYORAST]

This post is destinated to 343 INDUSTRIES or to Microsft if someone's reading.

 

Hi, my name is Yohan, I'm a 37 years old french halo fan. Sorry, my  english is far from being perfect, I just hope you understand what i'm writing.

I am known in the Halo CE community as "Yoyorast", creator of the famous maps Yoyorast Island and Yoyorast Island V2 for Halo Custom edition.

 

These past month, I've been reworking the map model once again to improve even more the gameplay experience and to correct some mistakes I made with YoyoV2 (V2 was too complex in the end). 

But there are too few players in Custom Edition now sadly, so I've decided to stop the development of YoyoV3. Too much effort and time for a too small audience. I've been playing with forge a little bit but it's too limited.

 

So my last chance is to come to you guys at 343 INDUSTRIES and ask you what you'd think about integrating my map in Halo4.

I know It may be a little bit late now cause Halo4 must be in its final stage of development I guess. But there may be a chance for a map pack or something.

I also know there are very few chances that you guys may accept to integrate any work coming from outside. But who knows. It is worth a try.

 

First important thing, I am ready to give you my work for free. I'm doing that by passion... and for the glory of course

The only thing I'd like would be to be credited and also be allowed to explain to your team how things should work in the map (population, spawning points, gates, teleporters, vehicles, gametypes etc...) to garanty the best gameplay experience.

Of course, the model I would send you should be retouched by your team to be adapted to Halo4 engine.

 

If you don't know Yoyorast Island, I have to say it is one of the rare last custom maps still played in Custom Edition, even after 7 years.

 

Today it is the 4th most downloaded map of all time at halomaps.org with 180799 downloads. Also, you can ask around in the community, the top 3 maps are not bad but mostly downloaded for their impressive custom vehicles and for stunt games. 

My opinion is that Yoyorast Island is the 1st downloaded map (over 2106 custom maps) for its gamedesign quality, for the fun, strategical and unique gameplay it has to offer. The map is perfectly balanced and was created for Race and CTF mostly, but also very fun in Slayer or KOTH.

 

V1 had some spawn killing issues and other little problems, I've been fixing all these problems in V2, thanks to years and years of testing, myself and the community. V2 is not out of issues but there too, I've tested the map for so long time that I know exactly what to modify and simplify for an eventual V3 (most of the work is already done on the max model).

 

The map is very famous and liked (sometimes loved) inside the community and on the web. There have been tons of threads on tons of forums about the map with very good comments. I can't say how many times I've been reading in forums : "this is the best map ever, bungie should include it as default map in their next Halo."

Just type Yoyorast in google, you'll find 21500 results, 1500 videos on youtube, 380 on xfire...

Also, there's like 40 different "non official" moded version of the map made by "fans". If you look for it on the web, you'll find a version of the map for HaloMac, for Halo Combat Evolved PC, for XBOX, for Halo2Vista... 

I mean, it's a pretty big phenomen I guess given the small world Custom Edition has always been.

 

Anyway, the best way to see the map's quality is to play with it, you'll find YoyoV1 : Here and YoyoV2 : There

 

Pictures of YoyoV2 : Here

 

YoyoV2 videos : 

Yoyorast Island V2 Promo

Yoyorast Island V2 Bigger, Singular, Evolved

Yoyorast's Island V2

 

YoyoV1 videos : 

 

Ok, now that you know a bit more about the map, please consider my proposition, it's a very serious one. Once again, I'm not interested in money there,  my passion is driving me.

 

If you need anymore information or you want to talk, here is my email : [email protected]

 

With all my consideration.

 

Yohan LEVY

[Azaxx]

This topic has been posted twice, request deletion of one of them

[Twinreaper]

Yoyorast is not an impressive map at all, sorry but that's my opinion. Not discrediting you as a map maker, but for me it was eh. I do applaud your efforts to bring CE content to the newer titles, but I highly doubt they will take a serious look at any content we made and actually use it or bring full front to a title. Wish it would happen, but it more than likely wont. If you want to get serious about it, I suggest you go over to Halowaypoint. The 343i guys stop by here occasionally, but your best ebt is over at waypoint. Cheers mate!

[DaveAtStateFarm]

I downloaded the map, but my online doesn't work so I have to look by my self, it's an OK map, just nothing compared to others I've seen. IMO make it in Halo Reach Forge, and maybe tweak it the way you want it, Like Twin said above^^^ Try Halo.Xbox.com if you want to get noticed more, this is a community site.

[Anarchy]

I looked at the map, it was ok. Though it did look a little bit fun.

[YOYORAST]

Guys let me copy past a post I made at halomaps to answer your comments, thanks anyway for commenting.

 

--- Original message by: Jaz[/size=1]

--- Original message by: TM_updates[/size=1]

Your map is wacky in the good sense, but I didn't find it to have much in the area of competitive gameplay. That said it's a great race map, and I wish you the best of luck on your quest to getting into Halo 4

 

Yoyorast's prowess is merely hard to get used to. If you play it continuously for a few days, you'll soon discover it has the most extravagant gameplay ever implemented in any game throughout the game industry's history. Yoyorast Island's gameplay is like a foreign food. It's hard to get used to it, but when you do get used to it, it's oh.. so so beautiful.

 

Hey guys, thank you for your support and comments.. And for the congrats for my english lol. (no google translate!)

 

Today I was reading some people here and on other forums where I made the same thread. Well, most of these people didn't knew the map, some tried the map rapidly or dowloaded it after reading the thread and then say things like : "well it seems fun but nothing special..."

I understand them and that is the problem... The problem is that people that only see videos of the map or try it alone (making one warthog lap for example) have great chance to see it as a big them Park, a wired piece of design or a good place to have stunt time...

If they don't play with it for a bit in a full server, they won't be able to experience the deep gameplay it has to offer... And not only in race. They won't be able to feel the even better gamplay when you team work with friends.

I mean I thought the entire gamedesign for weeks before starting to model anything... Anyway, there already very few chance 343 reads the thread, very few chance they say : let's implement Yoyorast Island, and even less chances when you consider the problem I just described.

So when I saw your comment JAZ, I was like wow, at last someone that feels what I wanted people to feel abd that say it ! I could have explained things better. Thanks again man.

[Elite]

343 Industries is an entire corporation, they don't have time for one man's map.

The textures used are surely riidiculously old and incompetent.

 

Ask them to preview the layout, they might just look at it - then there is an unlikely chance of inspiration.

Good Luck, though.

[Masonite]

Don't listen to the haters. I played so much Halo CE and Yoyorast Island was by far my favorite map. I always wondered who made it, and it's incredible that I run into you here. Amazing job on the map, the complexity provides endless hours of gameplay.

[Guest hotdog8818]

Your maps are very good I really doubt it would go into hal4 since their using other forge worlds. But you can try it