Shaun Morris

MOB OF THE DEAD PLAYTEST CLOSED

With the map's public release in just 2 weeks, the MOTDR playtest is now officially closed! Thank you so much to everyone who has supported and helped polish up the map over the last few months, I'm so happy with the state the map is currently in and can't wait to get it released publicly!

If you already have access to the beta then you will still be able to play it up until the day of public release, at which time the beta version will be taken down and v1.0 will be uploaded to the wor...

MOB OF THE DEAD - BETA ACCESS CLOSING

The playtest for Mob of the Dead is coming to a close later today at 6PM GMT (2 hours from now). If you'd still like to opt into the playtest before then feel free however the map will be released publicly for free in just less than 2 weeks from now if you'd prefer to wait!

Thank you all for the support over the last few months! It's been a blast and I'm so excited to finally get the map out!

MOB OF THE DEAD - TRAILER 2

Hello everyone! Thank you for being patient with me as I get the map ready for release, we are in the final stretch! The map will be publicly available on 5/12/24, less than a month from now!

As the map is soon to be released publicly, the option to opt into the playtest will become unavailable on the 22nd of November (2 weeks before public release) if you have access to the beta version you will still be able to play it up until the public release so do not worry about losing map acces...

MOB OF THE DEAD - UPDATE 13/10/24

Hello everybody! First off I'd like to quickly thank everybody so much for the support over the last few months as I get the map ready for public release, the map has come such a long way since the playtest started and it's all thanks to you all keeping the project afloat! It's been a while since I've made a post on here as I've been keeping everyone up to date over on my discord server, however I'd like to just make a post going over all the major changes that have been made since the playte...

MOB OF THE DEAD - DISCORD

Hello everybody, the Mob of the Dead discord is now live, feel free to join! It is probably the best way to report any issues you find with the map! Linking your discord account to patreon will grant you access to the server, or alternatively you can click this link to be redirected!

https://discord.gg/TyJUMC4xHj

Thank You!

MAP DOWNLOAD - MOB OF THE DEAD

Here's the link to the workshop page for Mob of the Dead!

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3266098695

Please be sure to share any bugs / issues that you find with me on either the steam page for this map or alternatively you can DM me on either here, twitter or discord! The playtest will be live until I am satisfied with the maps quality, at which point I...

MOB OF THE DEAD - PLAYTEST TOMORROW

With the first trailer for Mob of the Dead releasing tomorrow, I've now set up the second tier for people wanting to access the playtest! The link for the map will be up tomorrow at 6PM, everyone who was a member of the "Supporter" tier before now I will get in contact with you and send you the map download personally through the DMs on here!

Bug reports can be accessed on the workshop page for the map and if needed I will also set up a discord server for people to report stuff and chat...

MOB OF THE DEAD - PLAYTESTING 07/06/24

Hello everybody! I'm happy to announce the playtest for Mob of the Dead will start soon! This is something I've been debating whether to do or not as I've been unsure whether or not it's worth the risk of the map leaking however after giving it some thought and talking to other creators I've decided it's something I will go through with after all! It will be a good opportunity for me and will also allow the map to be better polished upon full release!

I've been thinking about how exactl...

ZOMBIES IN VEGAS - TIMELAPSE 04/06/24

Bonus post this week as I hadn't much to update you all on last Friday, tonight I've been working on designing a zombie spawner located within the casino inspired heavily by Gordon Ramsay's Steak House in Las Vegas! In this video I'm focusing purely on the geometry of the building and not worrying too much about detail / lighting, these will be revised much later in the maps development when most of the map has been realised and I'm happy with the layout and gameplay of most areas.

TIME...

UPDATE - 31/05/24

Not too much to update you all on this week unfortunately, I'm still waiting patiently for the Black Ops 6 marketing to conclude before I make a start on the marketing for Mob. In the meantime I've been focusing on playtesting and polishing up Mob as well as focusing hard on some of my other projects that I still can't talk on much at this time.

I'll try to have a bonus post up over the weekend as a follow up, perhaps will do more work on Vegas! With Mob of the Dead nearing completion ...

MOB OF THE DEAD - SECOND TRAILER 24/05/24

The edit for the second Mob of the Dead trailer is just about finished! Bit of a short one this week as I've not really been working on much else other than getting these trailers sorted, I'm quite proud of how this trailer has turned out, It pays homage to the original bo2 trailers while also being something new, in a similar style to how we did the reveal trailer for Call of the Dead!

I'll be waiting a week or two before starting the marketing for this map as right now the marketing ...

Hello everyone!

Patreon hasn't been sending me any notifications recently for whatever reason so I'd like to just apologise, if I've missed any of your comments / messages you now know why! I'm trying to figure out what the issue is, hopefully I can have it sorted out soon!

Thank you!

ZOMBIES IN VEGAS - VISTAS 17/05/24

This week for Vegas I decided to make a start on some of the surrounding vistas that make up the skyline you see in game, the bulk of this map is set around the Pas Las Vegas subsection and much of the area will be accessible (including the top of the tower), as a result I must put in the effort to recreate a massive portion of Vegas so you can look out from the top of the tower and see the entire Las Vegas Strip!

I am striving to make the Vistas as accurate as possible to the real loc...

MOB OF THE DEAD - FIRST TRAILER 17/05/24

The edit for the first mob of the dead trailer is just about finished! Just a few more shots I need to clean up and get ready before it's complete! Chromastone10, who created the trailers for Call of the Dead, wasn't available this time around as he now works for Raven Software meaning I've decided to take on the task of preparing the trailers myself! This is my first time editing together a video (other than basic moviemaker edits lol) and I'm really quite proud of how it's turning out so fa...

ZOMBIES IN VEGAS - TIMELAPSE 10/05/24

This week I've been focusing hard on getting the trailers ready for Mob of the Dead, obviously I can't show that off on here so here's a little timelapse I did, working on a little bar / giftshop area for the VIP pool in Zombies In Vegas!

This area is inspired mainly by the giftshop area of the map "Splash" from the bo3 multiplayer however I've gone for a more luxury style with the colour scheme as well as the design of the displays, as a pose to the more childlike style of splash. This...

MOB OF THE DEAD - UPDATE 03/05/24

Not too much to update you guys on this week! I've been working mainly on artwork for the maps promotion both on the workshop page and for the maps trailers! I'm not going to be showing that stuff off on here as I'd like it to be a surprise for you all when the marketing season for the map finally rolls around.

A few things I did work on this week however are the Ghost FX for when the player enters afterlife, as shown in the first screenshot. The player is now a whispy white ghost as yo...

MOB OF THE DEAD - VISUALS 26/04/24

This week I've been working mainly on some of the visual effects for this map including the effects for afterlife, the effects around zombies as they are teleported by afterlife, the effects for the Electrical Panels and Shockboxes being activated and the effects for the Electric Chair sequence. I've also been working on recreating the afterlife Pack a Punch camo using assets from Shadows of Evil! This is all still quite heavy work in progress as I've only really started working on them this ...

ZOMBIES IN VEGAS - TIMELAPSE 21/04/24

Bonus post this week as over the weekend I decided to do a bit of mapping work on Zombies in Vegas! Here's a timelapse of me doing the geometry for a walkway that goes through the middle of the casino!

Time Elapsed - 2h 27m 30s

In this video I'm just doing the basic geometry for the walkway, ready for it to be detailed at a later date. You may have noticed a lot of spaceland assets being used in this map so far, all these will be replaced when the time is right I'm just using them...

MOB OF THE DEAD - TIMELAPSE 19/04/24

This week for mob I've been working on detailing a few areas of the map, as well as incorporating scripted details from the original map! Here is a timelapse of me working on detailing the Courtyard area outside the map.

TIME ELAPSED - 1h 7m 49s

This week I've mainly been working on including details from the original map that I wanted to make sure I don't miss out on such as the plane checklist in spawn that ticks off every time you add a part to the plane, this is now working pr...

MOB OF THE DEAD - OPTIMISATION 12/04/24

This week for mob I've mainly been working on optimising the map to run at the highest possible performance that I can get out of it. Earlier this week the map was running a little slower than I would have liked it to, with an average FPS of around 90 - 100 and occasional frame drops depending on the current state of the game, this is something I really wanted to try and address as lag was a big issue for people on Call of the Dead, so I wanted to make sure I don't make the same mistake again...

MOB OF THE DEAD - TIMELAPSE 05/04/24

This week I've been continuing work on finishing off the mapping for this project! Here's a timelapse of me doing a bit of work in the mineshaft section of the map where you pick up the rigging!

TIME ELAPSED - 1h 8m 18s

This area went neglected for a very long time while developing this map, I just never really got around to touching it, It's so tucked away and you never really go here so I just kept forgetting about it lol. I may open up a hole in one of the walls and add in a bi...

MOB OF THE DEAD - TIMELAPSE 29/03/24

This week I've been working on finishing off the mapping in various parts of the prison, here's a timelapse of me starting work on one of the zombie barriers in the showers as well as working on a bit of lighting in the cafeteria / showers area!

TIME ELAPSED - 1h 10m 48s

I've also been working on a few areas towards the top of the prison, mainly rooms in the Infirmary and the stairwell leading to the roof. The exteriour of the prison is also now finished including all the vista t...

MOB OF THE DEAD - MELEE WEAPONS 23/03/24

This week I've finished off all the melee weapons that are on the map! Those being the Shiv, Spoon and Spork! The questline to get the spoon and upgrade to the spork is fully functional and now works perfectly, there were a few complications with the Spoon animations not playing properly / voice lines not playing at the correct times but these have all now been ironed out! I need to remodel the shiv at some point as the model I'm using is not very high quality (it's the knife from the bo1 mis...

MOB OF THE DEAD - TIMELAPSE 18/03/24

Bonus post this week as I didn't have much to show last Friday! Here's a timelapse of me continuing work on the Vista to the north of the Island as well as fixing up some shoddy patchwork towards the West (near new industries!)

TIME ELAPSED: 1h 35m 47s

The whole island is now mapped out fully! Just left for the mapping now is to detail a few areas in the Citadels that require a bit more work as well as 1 or 2 rooms in the Infirmary. It's all starting to come together very nicely! ...

UPDATE - 15/03/24

Nothing much to update you guys on this week unfortunately! I've been a bit busy working on a few other projects that I don't think I can talk detailed on at this moment! I've been working on music and artwork for someone else's project (unrelated to black ops 3) as well as a bit of mapping too. I can't wait to be able to properly reveal that stuff to you when the time is right!

That being said this week I have still dedicated a bit of time to fixing bugs on Mob of the Dead! It is still...

OOGIE'S REVENGE - 08/03/24

This week I've also started on a small project for NoahJ's next mapping competition! The maps theme is videogames and I've chosen to make a map based on the Nightmare before Christmas PS2 game "Oogie's Revenge".

This is just a small project I'll be doing on the side in order to enter into the mapping contest, my main focus is still going to be Mob of the Dead! I chose Oogie's Revenge as it has a fairly simple style, meaning I can build the map fairly quickly compared to if I chose a gam...

MOB OF THE DEAD - HUD 08/03/24

This week I've been working on setting up the HUD for Mob of the Dead! Here is a preview of the Inventory as well as (finally) the Afterlife mana meter! 

The Inventory I'm happy with for the most part however the icons for the parts I think need a bit more work, I also need to do renders for both the Shield parts and the Acid Gat parts. I was originally going to copy the same layout that the Inventory had in the original map however I've decided to go for a more chronicles style wi...

MOB OF THE DEAD - EASTEREGG 01/03/24

The Easter egg for Mob of the Dead is now fully set up! This week i've been putting the systems in place for the main Easter egg on mob, it functions largely the same as the original with the only key difference being a new ending for players completing the Easter egg in solo. In the original map the Easter egg ends on the roof in solo with you being unable to actually complete it which I think is a bit anti-climactic, so I've revamped it for this map! I won't be spoiling anything on here you...

MOB OF THE DEAD - TIMELAPSE 23/02/24

This week I've been doing a bit of work on some of the vista elements of the map, here's a timelapse of me working on an area outside the map, near the docks.

TIME ELAPSED - 1h 35m 28s

This timelapse doesn't show me finishing off the area unfortunately as I had to go out, I will be finishing it off this weekend though! I still need to do the windows on the other side of that small building I started towards the end, and detail up the pathways around all these buildings as they loo...

MOB OF THE DEAD - REDEEMER 16/02/24

This week on Mob I've been working on the functionality for all the various side quests from the original Mob of the Dead. This includes the Hell's Redeemer quest as well as the Free Blundergat! The only side quest left to do from the original map is the Golden Spork, once that is finished I can make a start on the main Easter egg and all the original functionality for Mob of the Dead is done! There's still a few things I need to clean up with these quests such as certain animations looking a...