Spruce's Weekly Map Work Dump

[spruce]

This is a weekly dump of whatever I've been working on map wise, if everything goes to plan it should be every Sunday at a completely arbitrary hour which will include screenshots and hopefully a description of said image.

This is to better log what I'm up to for both future me and others as well as allow others to feedback whatever I'm doing, look for inspiration or feed your insatiable ego.

Everything here will be posted in any order and format I felt like at the time, including in-game or in-hammer screenshots.

(If this post becomes a "Question" I please ask of the staff members to turn it into a regular discussion thread as I do not know how to do it myself, thanks.)

 

[spruce]

Starting now:

3rd Nov - 10th Nov

File: koth_tasmania_b4_alt01
Description: Re-"master" of Tasmania with the goal of improving the messy and inconsistent brushwork, lack of quality visuals and improving the gameplay's flow
Status: Frozen - Possibly terminated

File: koth_posicada_a1 (Placeholder name, Previous names: Terminate, Sonar, Tracker)
Description: Mirrored KOTH map, easiest to classify it as a mix of the few things I like about Viaduct and Lakeside, there used to be a slightly better version but I seem to have since deleted it
Status: Frozen

File: koth_tasmania_alt_a1
Description: Yet another remake of Tasmania, this time from the ground up and taking more inspiration from Badlands and to a certain extent Doublecross, made to tackle feedback that the point is boring and players getting funneled into the opposite side without ever seeing the point, as well as attempting to properly optimize the original layout.
Status: In development

File: ad_gutter_a1 (Placeholder name)
Description: Dachsnel replacement that hopefully keeps the dustbowl and removes the "Oops, all demoman!", this time taking place inside or near a canyon instead of generic and meaningless badlands like the original
Status: In development

(Blu spawn - not much has been built)

That's all for last week.

 

[nesman]

(If this post becomes a "Question" I please ask of the staff members to turn it into a regular discussion thread as I do not know how to do it myself, thanks.)

Uh so about that. That "post type" was disabled because it makes the default discussion instead of questions. So this is what we have now.

 

[spruce]

Slower week but a week nevertheless
Week 2:

Nov 10th - Nov 17th

Filename: koth_tasmania_alt_a1_alt05 (what a name)
Description: Expansion on the previous alt_a1
Status: High chance of termination

Filename: koth_tasmania_alt_a1_alt06
Description: Expansion on the previous alt_a1
Status: Terminated

Filename: koth_posicada_a1
Description: Revamp of the previously shown version
Status: Frozen temporarily

Filename: koth_tasmania_alt_a1_alt07
Description: Revamp of the previously shown Tasmania revamp
Status: Frozen and moved out, too different to the original to count as a revamp

Filename: trainkoththing
Description: Capture point area
Status: Frozen indefinitely

Filename: koth_tasmania_alt_a1
Description: Revamp of Tasmania, if I'm not mistaken it has to be revamp number 11
Status: In development

That's all, have a good next week

 

[spruce]

Another week another log

Nov 17th - Nov 23rd

Filename: plr_caustic_alt_a1
Description: Revamp of Caustic
Status: On hold

Filename: koth_posicada_alt_a1
Description: New attempt at layout
Status: Frozen

Filename: koth_tasmania_alt_a1
Description: Another revamp attempt trying to keep more of the original layout
Status: On hold

Filename: koth_[placeholder]_a1 (previous)
Description: Powerhouse themed koth and attempt to make a map within a short time limit.
Status: Frozen

Filename: koth_[placeholder]_a1 (current)
Description: Same as above
Status: In development

That's all for this week, see you next week, anonymous reader.

 

[spruce]

Hello again.

Nov 24th - Dec 1st

Filename: koth_tasmania_alt_a1_alt010
Description: Yet another attempt at a remake
Status: Terminated

Filename: koth_tasmania_alt_a1_alt011
Description: Same as above
Status: Terminated

Filename: koth_tasmania_alt_a1
Description: Same as above
Status: Recycled and Frozen

Most of the week was taken up by the first one, see you next time.

 

[XEnderFaceX]

i could never work on so many maps at the same time, props

 

[spruce]

Yet Another Week
I'm going to divide the maps into their "Last opened" date, otherwise it looks like I'm working on 7+ maps at once when in reality I'm jumping from one to the other

Dec 2nd

Filename: ad_phn4ctm_a1 (PlaceHolder Name Fo(u)r Canyon Themed Map)
Description: ad_gutter Remake
Status: Frozen

Dec 4th

Filename: koth_kablamoplaceholder_a1_alt01
Description: Koth map with an Indoor point
Status: Reiterated and Terminated

Dec 6th

Filename: koth_kablamoplaceholder_a1_alt02
Description: Same as above
Status: Reiterated and Terminated

Filename: koth_kablamoplaceholder_a1_alt03
Description: Also, same as above
Status: Reiterated and Terminated

Dec 8th

Filename: koth_kablamoplaceholder_a1
Description: Current version of "kablamoplaceholder"
Status: In development

That's all this week, see you after the jam!

 

[nesman]

Filename: koth_tasmania_alt_a1_alt011
Description: Same as above
Status: Terminated

This could be a neat point for A/D.

 

[spruce]

This could be a neat point for A/D.

Yeah, I really liked this point and had even made a similar version a few months back, I will certainly recycle it for later

 

[spruce]

Two day late post due to the jam, here's what I worked on the prior week:
Dec 13th

Filename: koth_kablamoplaceholder_a1_alt05
Description: Deprecated version of kablamoplaceholder
Status: Frozen

Dec 14-16th

Filename: koth_mortar_72_a1
Description: First version of my jam entry
Status: Terminated

Filename: koth_spruce_72_a1_alt01
Description: Also a previous version of Mortar
Status: Terminated

Filename: koth_spruce_72_a1
Description: Also also a previous version of Mortar
Status: Terminated

Filename: cp_spruce_72_a1
Description: Mortar, a 3cp map with a satellite dish in the middle point, is meant to be farm theme, the buildings are rushed as I made them in the last hour.
Status: Finished (this version, not the map)

Surprisingly productive week even if it was a single map, see you next time.

 

[spruce]

I have nothing to show off this week as I took a break for most of it.
The only thing I worked on was cp_spruce_72_a2 which you can find by going to the MORTAR map page

See you next time around

 

[spruce]

Hello again, no dates today because I'm lazy and they are not very relevant

Filename: koth_somethingabouttrainstations_a1
Description: Foundrylike koth
Status: Frozen

Filename: koth_iscoffeegoodforyou_a1
Description: KotH map with a gravelpit-hightower mix for the point
Status: Frozen

Filename: koth_tasmania_alt_a1
Description: Tasmania remake No. I lost count
Status: Frozen

Filename: cp_mortar_a3
Description: The farm themed 3cp map
Status: In development

That's really it, see you next week.

 

[spruce]

There's nothing to document this week, see you next one.

 

[Plainz]

yoooo why haven't i seen this thread before

 

[spruce]

Filename: cp_mortar_a3
Description: The farm themed 3cp map, after having most of it nuked and brought back slowly
Status: In development

Filename: cp_posicada_a1 (placeholder name)
Description: Koth map where the point resembles GPit C.
Status: Temporarily frozen

Filename: cp_tasmania_alt_a1
Description: Yet another shot at remaking tasmania, the idea here is to actually remake it even if I have to destroy the new mapper charm from the original, it's a good map name, will probably make it more straightforward rather than having the building be swiss cheese, players going to the opposite side before seeing the point is the source of all problems within the map as well as sightlines etc...
Status: In development

That's all for this week.

 

[spruce]

I almost forgot this week.

Filename: koth_tasmania_alt_a2
Description: Alpha 2 of the remake of my first map
Status: Awaiting playtest, you can look and download at the map in my downloads list.
(No screenshots, go to my downloads tab, you lazy)

Filename: cp_mortar_a3
Description: My 3cp map, not much progress has been made
Status: Frozen, I'm working on other ma a a a aps

Filename: koth_canyousettheoventocold_a1
Description: Attempt at koth map
Status: In development.

Nothing else, bye.