Is map making hard?

[Kaizerwolf]

It took me a good few weeks to get used to the editor, and I'm still learning new stuff (ex. my "Fog" topic -.-). It takes me a good 5 hours just to get a single section (roughly 3 rooms) done, half of that on placing the static objects (walls'n'stuff), the other half on entities and sounds and particles and all that.

Take some time to read the wiki on the HPL2 editor. Follow the beginner tutorials, get used to the program, and you'll have the hang of it in a week or 2.