Feedback Please!

[chrisamundo]

Hey guys, I'm working on a map called cp_wantigal, and I just wanted your feedback on this screenshot I took of some really early development of the map, to get some really early feedback on my map.

What do you guys think?

 

[skipperlink]

If this is a spawn room it seemes a little big but no real issues. spawnrooms can be relitivly simple. but if this is a play area its still big and too open. the height is good but you need to make it more... playable? like add height that people can walk on and fight over.
TL;DR too big and not enough stuff in it.
just play around with some ideas and you will get it

 

[chrisamundo]

If this is a spawn room it seemes a little big but no real issues. spawnrooms can be relitivly simple. but if this is a play area its still big and too open. the height is good but you need to make it more... playable? like add height that people can walk on and fight over.
TL;DR too big and not enough stuff in it.
just play around with some ideas and you will get it

I can understand what you are saying there, but unfortunately we can't read each other's minds, because I'm designing a choke point here, and you (obviously) didn't know that, as I said before, we can't read minds. But thanks for the feedback anyway

 

[skipperlink]

I can understand what you are saying there, but unfortunately we can't read each other's minds, because I'm designing a choke point here, and you (obviously) didn't know that, as I said before, we can't read minds. But thanks for the feedback anyway

ahh i see well then what i could say about it is those are a tricky thing I personalyhavent made any real /good/ chokes but give both teams a good foothold. and look at other valve maps for inspration and ideas

 

[chrisamundo]

ahh i see well then what i could say about it is those are a tricky thing I personalyhavent made any real /good/ chokes but give both teams a good foothold. and look at other valve maps for inspration and ideas

I just want to add that this choke is BLU team's final cap, (as this is a CP map), just so you know

 

[savvaisnotagirlolbbq]

So this is a 5cp gamemode? And the picture is your current layout for a final cap?

Best thing you should add is cover for the blu team and the cap point behind the cover. Also another thing I have never seen people do is put the cap point below ground, so if you could make a valley on where the light is and put the cap in it, it could be very interesting.

 

[chrisamundo]

another thing I have never seen people do is put the cap point below ground,

In my other 5cp map (cp_mixture), I actually did that, all on my own. Just saying Thanks for the feedback, anyway.

 

[Da Spud Lord]

There's only so much that can be suggested without playing on the map itself. Like skipperlink said, the area looks a bit open and flat, but aside from that, it's hard to judge without jumping in-game and seeing it, especially since we have only 1 screenshot and no idea what the surrounding areas look like. In TF2, each playspace interacts with adjoining playspaces, and one area may work really well or really poorly depending on the space around it. One other tip that I'll offer though, don't make the room symmetrical, at least not out of laziness; symmetrical rooms generally look lazy (except for at the mid area of a symmetrical map, which you have admitted this is not). Making the room asymmetrical allows you to diversify the gameplay and make each route in and out have its own advantages and disadvantages.