Foxhole was a collaboration with a few other modders as part of the episodic videogame, Shootout! The series was created by KumaGames in conjunction with the History Channel. Kuma hired the group of us at the last minute to create three maps as the original contractor had pulled out. We had approximately 4 weeks to create the finished levels from scratch.

My task was to create a single player map, based around defending a treeline from wave after wave of German infantry. I had no control over the objectives or design as it had to be exactly what Kuma wanted and they provided detailed diagrams and reference material for me to achieve this.

Unfortunately they didn't provide us with the game, a heavily modified version of the Source engine. This led to us having to create our own mod in HL2 to test out the gameplay dynamics resulting in a lot of quick thinking to get solutions.

My single player map was also turned into a multiplayer map for the final level in the series. To this day people are still playing it as a testament to its frantic gameplay.


Downloadable via Kuma\War WWII (Episode 05- Lanzareth/Foxhole SP)

Official trailer for the Battle of Bulge campaign