KotH Warhead

Hello everyone!

This is a map I have been working on for a little while now: koth_warhead. This is also my very first venture into mapping for TF2.

Warhead features a distinct map layout as instead of bases being on opposite ends of the map, they are instead placed side by side as players rush to the middle to control the hill and the stored rocket inside the facility.

Each base features three separate pathways to reach the control zone: a shorter, more dangerous route by heading downstairs, a balanced risk/length route on the main level, and a longer, but far safer route upstairs for snipers and quicker classes.

UPDATE: It's been over a year since my last update, but the alpha 3 version is now available. I kind of had to take a step back and re-evaluate my design for the map, and I also wasn't able to work on it for a long time. Hopefully this version looks, feels, and plays better than my previous one.

Yeah, this basically confirms my fear that the map was a little bit too large. I had a feeling that it was, but wasn't really quite sure. Good to know others agree with that, I'll definitely scale it down for my next update.

I'm quite glad to hear that (so far) it seems to be aesthetically pleasing, makes all the work I did on the detail areas worth it. What I was going for outside was supposed to be a kind of "rocky mountains" theme, with this facility located deep in a forest near the mountains. Hence the rocks/snowy pine trees, but maybe that's not quite coming across as clearly as I thought?

In any case, thanks for the replies so far. Lots to think about, and I look forward to more comments and suggestions.

Interesting... I thought that I maybe had too many health/ammo packs available, but the apparent sparcity of them could be because the map is overscale. That's seeming like the main problem I have, and one I look forward to fixing.

I've released the second alpha for my map. I took a lot of the nice feedback I got from my initial submission and tried to incorporate as much as I could. Overall, I feel the map is at a much better scale than it was before, although perhaps not perfect quite yet.

I've also played a few bot matches on it to see what that felt like. While I'm not sure it's a very accurate measure of if a map is balanced or not, it seemed as though the hill was definitely takable from a team that had control.

In any case, feel free to have a look, and let me know what you think.

Alpha 3 is available for download. It's been a long time since I've updated this (I got distracted from this project, and also didn't have any time to work on it), but I'd love to hear what everyone thinks. There are some major changes to the map without really disturbing the general layout.