Finding It Hard To Mod SOMA...

[SlackerinDeNile]

If you had trouble making mods and levels for HPL2 then you're inevitably going to have an even harder time making them for this engine, maybe you should do some more study into C++ programming and 3D modelling and animation if you can.

Also, regarding the gaming journalism you just mentioned, particularly rock paper shotgun, a lot of internet journalism in general has gone down the toilet these past few years. Many of the people involved are quite young, inexperienced and not particularly good writers or critics. I would recommend ignoring them and enjoying the attention and critique you can get off of a moddable game's cult following.

Another thing, forget about these first-time modders and mappers on steam right now, they're just practicing, getting a feel for the engine, even if the stuff they're producing right now is a bit rubbish. Remember when the Amnesia creative community started? It was pretty similar.