Looks like I've got some competition in the blend of industrial take over, of an abandoned jungle type of Aztec situation. There I was thinking I was being unique >_>, oh well I guess. Thinking about it I guess it should have been expected, since the Egypt theme just begs to be changed into a Mayan theme when you add some greenery and vegetation to it.
One of my ideas behind the reasoning was that since there can only be one winner obviously, that means pretty much most of the other versions of the same map will be rendered rather pointless. However I'm not sure if you thought the same or not, but creating a semi-customized theme means that the theme itself can be salvaged from it if you do not win. Sort of using this layout map as a test bed for the theme in question.
I'm curious in terms of a couple of questions so far.
How much thought have you put into the "where abouts" and "when" that this will take place?
At them moment in terms of time, I'm using a rather strong afternoon tropical storm in a Mayan jungle based environment, in order to combat the aforementioned problem of overusing too much green. Since Team Fortress 2 doesn't actually use that many shades of green, except for the Alpine themes, which in my opinion, are rather incompatible in terms of the Mayan theme.
My own placing is that the level slowly progresses into a cave like setting. The deeper and further you go, the more obvious it becomes that the teams have only just begun setting up the industrialization process. For instance, little power generator boxes to power some man made lights, tools and equipment left scattered around the place, makeshift metal walls, you get the idea.
I'm rather hesitant to ask, but was you thinking along the same lines as that? If not, then yay, hopefully that will put enough space between us.
I hope you're okay with these questions, and I really do not wish to hi-jack your progress thread. It's just that I'm a little taken back about the fact that someone else has coincidentally stumbled upon the same and rather unusual theme I was gearing up to using, before I've even had the chance to post my own thread about it. I did get a slight feeling someone else may do something similar, but not AS similar to the point of being pretty much identical. Hence why I felt like there was enough space for me to avoid feeling pressured into creating one of those "Oh hi guys, I'm just reserving my thread. Lol no pictures to so far!" dealios.
Anyway, it looks great so far. Exactly how I envisioned the concept when it popped into my own head. I would say great minds think a like, but I don't think I'm great at all, so I'm at a loss at what to say.