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[bullets (obviously)]

An abandoned military base lies hidden in the sands of the Nevada desert. The staff fled from a mysterious something found within the complex, leaving RED and BLU to fight over what they left. Here among the endless sand and empty buildings, the team that conquers all five buildings just might discover what secret was so disturbing that it scared the last group away.

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Parts of this map were begun in early June (specifically the mid was designed for ctf_scoutheaven by maciej01), and 2 pre-alpha 3cp versions were playtested a few days later. Some of this was lost in my hard drive crash recently, but the playable maps may be buried in someone's Maps folder. The wallmask was modified to 5cp and playtested after the Haxxys began. Some advice was given by Chu and Wherewolf following a playtest, and used in modifying the paths between cp4-5 and relocating spawns.

Time spent on this project, total of all versions. Not that accurate due to procrastination and distractions.
Wallmask time - 4 hours
Playtest time - 5 hours
Art time - 6-8 hours
yeah I work slow

Parts of the background vaguely inspired by koth_bestmapever_b3 and ctf_RSM

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I think this is ready for art, so I'm going to post it here so I actually finish the art before September...
Comments and recommendations welcome!

^^ The gray platforms under cp1,3, and 5 are player floors, the different-shade walls are bullet walls. Forward spawns are 1-way and do not have medicabs

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^June 6: Mid design made for cp_scoutheaven by maciej01 - see thread http://www.ganggarrison.com/forums/index.php?topic=32089.0


^June 9: Super duper early wallmask based on the mid, playtested it once and didn't do much with it.

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^ June 9-16? : Made another wallmask with the mid. It was very similar to the first 5cp version below. It had 3 cps, spawns were below the tunnel in base with movebox ladders to push players in/out. It turned out to be very backcap prone, leading to suggestions to shrink it. I decided to make it 5cp instead. Playtested it once and never uploaded it so it was lost in my hard drive crash . It probably exists in someone else's maps folder.


^July 20-30? : Modified the 3cp one by putting 2 and 4 in, and moving the spawns around. Playtested extensively one day with Wherewolf, Chu, and some others. WW and Chu gave me some suggestions and help on balancing paths and spawns, leading to this one:

July 31: Made things much easier for offense by advancing forward spawns and creating new paths for attackers. Hard drive died in the middle of the playtest, got the map back thanks to WW and Chu. The forward spawns made things too easy for the attackers, so they were changed again.

Former first spawn moved back to base, the second spawn takes its place. Crates were added around all the points.

Last tested wallmask

[Orpheon]

Parts of this map were begun in late May (specifically the mid was designed for ctf_scoutheaven by maciej01), and 2 pre-alpha 3cp versions were playtested in June. Most of this was lost in my hard drive crash recently, but the playable maps may be buried in someone's Maps folder. The wallmask was changed to 5cp and playtested after July 15th. Some advice was given by Chu and Wherewolf following a playtest, and used in modifying the paths between cp4-5 and relocating spawns.

I think this is ready for art, so I'm going to post it here so I actually finish the art before September...
Comments and recommendations welcome!


^^ The gray platforms under cp1,3, and 5 are player floors, the different-shade walls are bullet walls. Forward spawns are 1-way and do not have medicabs

This map looks like fun.

[Oktoberfest!]

I can't wait for the art to be finished for this map. It looks quite promising.

[Humble Master]

Yes this map looks pretty good overall.

[bullets (obviously)]

Playtested it a bit with some good players, complaints of scout OP due to size and many paths but I found it okay in terms of gameplay. Backcapping is easy because of the easy route from 4/5 and longer path for defenders, so games were won by backcaps (not necessarily scout/spy) or big pushes.
Thanks to Kalir for suggesting shrinking the topmost ramp from cp4 to cp5 to mitigate backcaps, posting map update in about half an hour.
Updated:
Unfortunately, I won't be able to playtest more tonight. I ran around on the map a bit as scout/pyro/soldier/heavy, it feels a lot smoother without the crates and the moved ramp.
another update, added bulletwalls where the crates were because of snipeline from cp5 to mid