A friend of mine made a map in this genre, GM_Solitude. It's a very expansive map, loads of small secrets and paths to it. It's a very errie map in parts, creeps you out, but there aren't any jumpscares. You'll probably need several playthroughs to find everything, but it's worth it. It took him several years to make it, so check it out, it's by far my favorite map in Gmod, even if I play Gmod more for sandbox stuff. Edit: I am sorry, but I completely forgot that there is a minor jumpscare in the map. Again, the map is huge and my memory is not great, so apologies for missing that fact.
I think your channel and this vid in particular is what internet was just about when it started.. people just talking about something they love.. keep it real like that dude! Greetings from argentina
There's something about the lighting in Source games (including Goldsrc and Source 2) That really make these maps hit different. For TF2, a lot of Conni's Trade maps are very Nipper inspired while still largely being thier own thing. You also have Xenon who made maps like MARIOKART, Cyberpunk and Harbl Hotel which has gone on to inspire their own subgenre of Abstract Source Engine Map
Source Engine is a whole art culture just because how it was fun, and easy to make from old days, to modern days. I still think that 99% of all maps created in Source/GoldSRC engine have soul than most of games in the world
I have spent countless of hours on NIPPER's abstract maps, both on CS 1.6 and Gmod. They are my all-time favorite game maps ever and I cannot help but come back to them every now and then simply to walk around and vibe to the different rooms and songs. It's very nice to see someone covering these maps in a video.
The section where you're on your pc at like a minute in the vid reminded me of Meowballz' meow mix video I saw a while back, and I check in the description and I see that they helped you with that!! Insane!! Love both of y'all stuff!
Another content creator talking about my favorite kinds of Source engine maps? Consider me instantly hooked.😄 Nipper and Shadgrimgrvy truly are the pioneers for this style of mapping, I live for this stuff.
I saw Glubtastic and immediately just felt pain, spent HOURS with friends just trying to beat those maps, and not to mention the amount of crashing lol, awesome video
Good stuff man, my favorite part of abstract design is that it’s such a weird window into someone’s brain. They had to practice and learn these techniques and clearly loved what they were doing; so we get to see the full extent of their creativity in a 3D space. It’s dope lol
I adore these maps and the editing on this one was noticeably better than your other videos. You clearly love this subject and it shows, and that's just awesome to me.
Ima be real, I was so high that I felt the trip of these maps, and asked "why tf is he doing an outro" for what's felt like 3 minutes inatead of 8 haha, loving the videos 😍
Some very cool and abstract surf maps: surf_adrift_fix by Murglegurgle surf_limbo by Murglegurgle surf_zoomathon by Sid surf_illusion by Juxtapo, Maz, Phurix, and Syncronyze surf_the_distance by Skar surf_era by Skar (this map also has a lot of hidden rooms and easter eggs) surf_angst by Proxychains surf_embrace by Maz surf_sanguine by Krealington surf_endeavor by IrynStyl surf_happyhands5 by Kiiru surf_sirius by Granis surf_fractal by Kingkurtis
At 7:15 the song in the background sounds like it’s from Echochrome, which is perfect cause it’s whole style was based on abstract and perspective, I love that game so much- little tid-bit I noticed :0 awesome video gold !!
Every video you make is beautifully edited, wonderfully scripted, and jam packed with a VIBE that leaves me with a happy feeling after finishing it Can't wait for more of your stuff in the future, and will be looking forward to seeing more of these wacky 2D cats within!
i adore this video I'm obsessed with meow wolf and this video got me to finally play blahhh and there is so many similarities i would be shocked if meow wolf was not inspired by nipper
The portal and littlebigplanet music at the start and end of the video made me so happy. Thank you for existing and uploading to the website known as TH-cam.
Amazing video😲 When i was scrolling through the gmod workshop i found a map called "Copper forest". i think it fits into the abstract vibe pretty well, and it even has objectives you can complete.
Insomnia was my SHITT while everyone was creaming over FNAF and playing “real” horror games; I was busy playing gmod maps like this, getting the absolute piss scared out of me. I remeber I downloaded a doom 3 flash light mod so I could only shoot if my flashlight was put away. Made maps like this 10x more tense
Great video!! I think the term that could help you look for more maps like these is "weirdcore", "dreamcore", or "fever dream core". It's the specific style of abstract you're looking for. It's pretty self explanatory in terms of aesthetic, it's supposed to be weird and dreamlike. The reason why these maps are sometimes labeled as liminal space is because liminality often overlaps with these aesthetics, in a dream you will often be in a liminal space like those before they descend into madness. I will say tho the backrooms has done a lot of damage to the liminality space definition and perception lmao.
Great you made me miss my childhood game little big planet miss playing bomb survival and shark survival and the sledding map and a bunch of others. I miss playing with my brother and sister
These maps make me think specifically of the more recent radiohead online like art exhibit on epic games where you discovers these very strange abstract rooms and hallways that have strange music from their albums Kid A and Amnesia playing its a very like eye opening experience
i loved the era of abstract and vehicle maps were on alot of cs 1.6 servers sometimes i miss that era i want to relive it soo badly i love abstract maps
I now have an idea of what maps to look for the next time me and my friends (who currently have Gmod) play. Thanks for the inspiration to find maps to get immersed with all the "abstract" details and design.
if you have a fascination for abstract maps, I suggest you to play halfquake amen and halfquake sunrise, this is a series of weird abstract mods for half life 1
just went onto abstract map and it looks cool asf even though there are some errors some parts are really cool, cant wait to explore more maps, glad I found this video
It made me really happy when I saw this video on my feed. It reminded me that years ago me made a map for portal 2 map called "abstract" and it was little me attempting to capture that source engine abstractness. Makes me want to make a sequel for it :)
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Cant wait for the "artificial grape" flavoured missing texture powder
If this video doesn't talk about any of nipper's maps, then I'll be very displeased.
Let's go!!!!!!!!!!!!
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nipper? that guy who constitutes for 13% of the whole abstract community yet responsible for over 60% of the best maps?
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A friend of mine made a map in this genre, GM_Solitude. It's a very expansive map, loads of small secrets and paths to it. It's a very errie map in parts, creeps you out, but there aren't any jumpscares. You'll probably need several playthroughs to find everything, but it's worth it. It took him several years to make it, so check it out, it's by far my favorite map in Gmod, even if I play Gmod more for sandbox stuff.
Edit: I am sorry, but I completely forgot that there is a minor jumpscare in the map. Again, the map is huge and my memory is not great, so apologies for missing that fact.
Are you referring to 3315348928 on the workshop, by Nexture?
Nexture?
This boutta hit as hard as an oversimplified vid
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@@JokingJesterCXVI ya i said that then immediately found somewhat of an acceptable meaning and realized i was silly 😂
i dont get it 😢
Its a good day when silly cat man uploads
Very true
When a silly cat man uploads, the day becomes silly
your production quality is becoming insanely clean
The bosch painting part of Blahhh went so hard it inspires me to this day
I love this channels mascot character usage.
Never get rid of the catkids and dogbro's.
Indeed
this aged poorly
@@zunk4435 How tf are random indiscernible cat pictures copywritten?
@@planescaped prolly because they own the original picture or the modified one.
I think your channel and this vid in particular is what internet was just about when it started.. people just talking about something they love.. keep it real like that dude! Greetings from argentina
There's something about the lighting in Source games (including Goldsrc and Source 2) That really make these maps hit different. For TF2, a lot of Conni's Trade maps are very Nipper inspired while still largely being thier own thing. You also have Xenon who made maps like MARIOKART, Cyberpunk and Harbl Hotel which has gone on to inspire their own subgenre of Abstract Source Engine Map
you're the reason I know about blahhh! love your in depth vids bro
Source Engine is a whole art culture just because how it was fun, and easy to make from old days, to modern days. I still think that 99% of all maps created in Source/GoldSRC engine have soul than most of games in the world
I have spent countless of hours on NIPPER's abstract maps, both on CS 1.6 and Gmod. They are my all-time favorite game maps ever and I cannot help but come back to them every now and then simply to walk around and vibe to the different rooms and songs. It's very nice to see someone covering these maps in a video.
Crazy editing dude. Been working on my editing recently and have been taking hella notes from this one
I love your videos with all my heart this is so cool
the editing and effects on this one goes insanely hard
the visual style of some of these maps are so intriguing to me, any time a video showcasing their styles appears I have to watch
A high quality vid in 1 month is just pure talent
The section where you're on your pc at like a minute in the vid reminded me of Meowballz' meow mix video I saw a while back, and I check in the description and I see that they helped you with that!! Insane!! Love both of y'all stuff!
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Another content creator talking about my favorite kinds of Source engine maps? Consider me instantly hooked.😄
Nipper and Shadgrimgrvy truly are the pioneers for this style of mapping, I live for this stuff.
this guy is an after effects wizard!!! how on earth did you edit this
happy to see nipper getting his flowers
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I saw Glubtastic and immediately just felt pain, spent HOURS with friends just trying to beat those maps, and not to mention the amount of crashing lol, awesome video
I like that "abstract" is defined as "liminal weirdness" and then liminal goes undefined
Geoldec its been a pleasure seeing you grow from 2k subs to now and reaching out for sponsors, keep making amazing content and you will make it big :)
Good stuff man, my favorite part of abstract design is that it’s such a weird window into someone’s brain. They had to practice and learn these techniques and clearly loved what they were doing; so we get to see the full extent of their creativity in a 3D space. It’s dope lol
There can't be enough shoutouts given to the legend that is Nipper
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Holy shit man your editing is so gorgeous to watch. The amount of effort put into the animations and transitions really shows
I adore these maps and the editing on this one was noticeably better than your other videos. You clearly love this subject and it shows, and that's just awesome to me.
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i love the quality in your videos
Nipper is the real mvp, his maps are definitely the best stuff you could play on Counter-Strike. The guy is a mastermind when it comes to creativity.
you are the goat bro best editing style and ur checking out abstract maps
thank god that goldec switched from valorant to cs (source engine) so we get vids like this
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mr goldec did awesomesauce editing than usual vidoes 😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱, sick dood!!!
This was a really good video. All of the maps you showcased were all so cool and so inspirational. Loved it. W vid as always.
Thanks for reminding me of Blahh, its been too long! It actually played really well back in the day!
If you get rid of the animals I’m literally gonna explode. Also good production quality.
Already know this will be a banger
I love your editing style
Insane editing brodie keep it up
I love the meowballz references at the start :)
i cannot believe meowballz edited for this channel, y'all are making really good stuff!
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new goldec upload yay
THANK YOU for listing the music that plays in this video :DD
Ima be real, I was so high that I felt the trip of these maps, and asked "why tf is he doing an outro" for what's felt like 3 minutes inatead of 8 haha, loving the videos 😍
meowballz really outdone themselves with the beginning, damnnnn
the thumbnail goes hard
I recently installed Gmod for the first time in my life. I was looking for these kind of maps and you delivered! Thank you!
I pre ordered your plush I love your content bro keep going
Some very cool and abstract surf maps:
surf_adrift_fix by Murglegurgle
surf_limbo by Murglegurgle
surf_zoomathon by Sid
surf_illusion by Juxtapo, Maz, Phurix, and Syncronyze
surf_the_distance by Skar
surf_era by Skar (this map also has a lot of hidden rooms and easter eggs)
surf_angst by Proxychains
surf_embrace by Maz
surf_sanguine by Krealington
surf_endeavor by IrynStyl
surf_happyhands5 by Kiiru
surf_sirius by Granis
surf_fractal by Kingkurtis
At 7:15 the song in the background sounds like it’s from Echochrome, which is perfect cause it’s whole style was based on abstract and perspective, I love that game so much- little tid-bit I noticed :0
awesome video gold !!
ur editing isss insanityyyy
Every video you make is beautifully edited, wonderfully scripted, and jam packed with a VIBE that leaves me with a happy feeling after finishing it
Can't wait for more of your stuff in the future, and will be looking forward to seeing more of these wacky 2D cats within!
This is a peak video goldec classic
we need the goldec plushie🙏
Your editing is really entertaining!
i adore this video I'm obsessed with meow wolf and this video got me to finally play blahhh and there is so many similarities i would be shocked if meow wolf was not inspired by nipper
thank you so much for talking about parallax i played it all the time as a kid and you unlocked a core memory
Duuuuude one of these is a Conne map and he has made a LOT like these that are just amazing, though primarily for tf2. REALLY good creator, love em
yay goldec plushie now i can have a silly kitty in my room if i had the money
The portal and littlebigplanet music at the start and end of the video made me so happy. Thank you for existing and uploading to the website known as TH-cam.
That one guy: i will revenge... Aesthetics!
Your editing has REALLY improved. The production quality is amazing
Damn your editing is really good
Meowballz edits go hard
Goat video been a fan since you were doing Cold War zombie tiktoks
Amazing video😲 When i was scrolling through the gmod workshop i found a map called "Copper forest". i think it fits into the abstract vibe pretty well, and it even has objectives you can complete.
Insomnia was my SHITT while everyone was creaming over FNAF and playing “real” horror games; I was busy playing gmod maps like this, getting the absolute piss scared out of me.
I remeber I downloaded a doom 3 flash light mod so I could only shoot if my flashlight was put away. Made maps like this 10x more tense
ANOTHER GOLDEC SOURCE VIDEO!!!1!!11!1
W editing! keep the bangers coming bro your uploads are always a treat!
Great video!! I think the term that could help you look for more maps like these is "weirdcore", "dreamcore", or "fever dream core". It's the specific style of abstract you're looking for. It's pretty self explanatory in terms of aesthetic, it's supposed to be weird and dreamlike. The reason why these maps are sometimes labeled as liminal space is because liminality often overlaps with these aesthetics, in a dream you will often be in a liminal space like those before they descend into madness.
I will say tho the backrooms has done a lot of damage to the liminality space definition and perception lmao.
Recognized meowballz style of editing immediately great video so far
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Great you made me miss my childhood game little big planet miss playing bomb survival and shark survival and the sledding map and a bunch of others. I miss playing with my brother and sister
Ah, the PNG cat has uploaded again. Time to watch the upload!
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its because source games had a feeling of abstract that I even played them in the first place, i love this stuff
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I really appreciate your videos.
goldec finna uploaded a new video 🗣🔥
The growth and editing of your channel is extremely good following your channel from 3k subs good luck for the future
These maps make me think specifically of the more recent radiohead online like art exhibit on epic games where you discovers these very strange abstract rooms and hallways that have strange music from their albums Kid A and Amnesia playing its a very like eye opening experience
wake up goldecc posted
i loved the era of abstract and vehicle maps were on alot of cs 1.6 servers sometimes i miss that era i want to relive it soo badly i love abstract maps
I got to say how much I appreciate a quality 8'ish minute video in the multi hour-long video meta.
I now have an idea of what maps to look for the next time me and my friends (who currently have Gmod) play. Thanks for the inspiration to find maps to get immersed with all the "abstract" details and design.
Yay! A new vid!
Love your vids bro
if you have a fascination for abstract maps, I suggest you to play halfquake amen and halfquake sunrise, this is a series of weird abstract mods for half life 1
The Goldec plushie is going into the jar 💯💯
just went onto abstract map and it looks cool asf even though there are some errors some parts are really cool, cant wait to explore more maps, glad I found this video
It made me really happy when I saw this video on my feed. It reminded me that years ago me made a map for portal 2 map called "abstract" and it was little me attempting to capture that source engine abstractness. Makes me want to make a sequel for it :)