This isn't the first map I made for TF2, nor is it the first map I made in Hammer - those titles both go to random unfinished VMFs from 2016. But this is the TF2 map I developed furthest and liked most before I joined these forums.
That gives it the "first map" trophy in my eyes.
The original...
Entry into Minor Contest 4 - TFConnect. The way it uses the tree is not immediately obvious from the screenshots (except for the obligatory "tree at last"), but I promise the trees are used in a creative way that's very central to the map's gameplay.
Without going into too much detail - there...
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