TF2 Party (April Fools 2020) B2a

[BigfootBeto]

TF2 Party (April Fools 2020) - Party Time on 13 unique minigames.

Created for the TF2Maps 2020 April Fools Contest. It's party time on a Mario Party inspired map. Play fully-functioning minigames with no server plugins necessary! Everything is contained within the map.

Beto Co. has moved on from casinos and has created an island battle for the mercenaries. The payloads carts are powered by a mysterious wheel that spins for spaces (no one knows how it works). Duke it out with the enemy team on 13 unique minigames for the chance to move your cart forward!

Spoiler: Minigames List

1. Red Light Green Light
2. Jump Rope
3. Plinko
4. Sniper Season
5. Pootis Spencer
6. LEAKED!
7. I Spy
8. Pick-a-door
9. Sentrygun Battle Royale
10. Treasure Hunt
11. Hammer Time
12. Skydive Buddies
13. Waterfallers

This map has been 3 years in the making from working on it on and off. Hopefully it has been worth the wait. Also expect TF2 Party 2 next year with even more minigames and board shenanigans


Special thanks to the awesome @MegapiemanPHD for graciously donating their magnificent voicework for the incredible announcer.

Also thanks to @14bit and the folks of the april fools spoiler channel for playtesting the map before the gameday. The map would have been completely different otherwise.

 

[Cincomma]

This map was a blast to play on, the minigames were great and the carts were hilarious besides the thing they do that we don't speak of
excellent work!

 

[pont]

RatePoggers

 

[Mikusch]

This is a pretty good map, do you plan to keep working on it?

Skydive Buddies could really use some invincibility or it turns into a pick-heavy-and-win minigame.
Also, you can just shoot the button in Pick-a-Door as Sniper.

 

[BigfootBeto]

This update fixes most of the issues that arose during the gameday. The map gamemode is now more robust in general.

Overall Fixes

• Added "Turns Left" counter to fix infinite round map change softlock.
  • No more 36-hour long demo files!
• Added a max number of nudges to fix map softlock on infinite nudges if the wheel stopper is stuck.
  • This happened by sheer chance, and it was so lucky it never happened during the gameday.

General Improvements

• Added minigame difficulty scaling for number of players.
  • Applies to Pootis Spencer, Leaked, and Pick-a-Door.
  • These minigames are now playable with a small group of friends.

Minigames Fixes and Changes

• More forgiveness on I Spy spikewall
• Fixed Pick-a-Door button damage filter
• Fixed button delay for Treasure Hunt
• Fixed Sniper Season player spawns
• Mostly fixed Waterfallers jank
• Made Skydive Buddies melee only
• Moved Plinko platform closer

Misc

• Fixed game weirdness if a minigame ends before it starts.
• Adjusted wheel stop and nudge timing.

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[Mikusch]

Found two more issues:

1. You can build in waterfallers and just stand on top of your buildings to not die
2. The floor in leaked appears to clip

 

[GPLHG1572]

This map too great! i can play anytime with friend!

P.s. I just laugh a lot due to the cart.

 

[BigfootBeto]

Found two more issues:

1. You can build in waterfallers and just stand on top of your buildings to not die
2. The floor in leaked appears to clip

1. oh woops. That minigame keeps on getting more broken.
2. That's intentional

 

[Micnax]

Would love to see some video footage of this map in action. I missed out on the April Fools event.

 

[BigfootBeto]

Would love to see some video footage of this map in action. I missed out on the April Fools event.

Good news! Startacker and 14bit were streaming the event on twitch! Luckily the videos are still up. I have timestamps and links for TF2 Party specifically below. All the other maps are also viewable in the stream.

Startacker's stream at 3:34:27
https://www.twitch.tv/videos/580732350?t=3h34m27s

14bit's stream at 3:29:30
https://www.twitch.tv/videos/580664327?t=3h29m33s

 

[Micnax]

Good news! Startacker and 14bit were streaming the event on twitch! Luckily the videos are still up. I have timestamps and links for TF2 Party specifically below. All the other maps are also viewable in the stream.

Fantastic, thanks

 

[Dr Diamon]

Will this be going on the community workshop?

 

[Dispenser]

leaked speaks to my soul for some reason

 

[BigfootBeto]

Will this be going on the community workshop?

Once I hit beta, absolutely.

 

[Dispenser]

I have 2 questions from Leaked:

1. How did the leaks not break the map?
2. How are the tool textures showing up?

 

[BigfootBeto]

I have 2 questions from Leaked:

1. How did the leaks not break the map?
2. How are the tool textures showing up?

1. The nodraw texture by itself gives that effect.
2. There are a couple of ways, but I just made a new .vmt that uses the "Tools/toolsclip" texture.

 

[BigfootBeto]

Robust or Bust!

Woah another year just flew by! Here with updates made for this year's event fixing a bunch of bugs from last year.

Stay tuned for TF2 Party 2 next year

Thanks, and have fun.

------A14 Changes------

Spoiler: A14 Changes

MAIN BOARD
-Revised Spaces Wheel numbers.
-Added credits in spawn.
-Updated minigames list in spawn.
-Fixed collisions on some props.
-Fixed some missing line overlays.

LEAKED
-Removed dev textures that aren't placed by players.
-Slightly increased time.

POOTIS SPENCER
-Slightly increased conveyor base speed.

PLINKO
-Reduced scale of stickybombs.
-Added hint for ressuply.
-Stickies that miss should roll off the bottom now.

TREASURE HUNT
-Swapped out music.

SKYDIVE BUDDIES
-Fixed rings not spawning.
-Added platforms that occasionally spawn.

WATERFALLERS
-Adjusted timings.

------A13 Changes------

Spoiler: A13 Changes

New override minigame buttons under map for admins
-Only work during the intermission
-They will stop the "spaces" wheel from spinning if it is currently spinning

Shrunk down the board height so it isn't so massiv

Waterfallers
-Scout no longer OP
-Slightly decreased flag intervals.
-Increased platform sunken time.
??? Fixed giving the wrong team a victory.
-Fixed missing no build trigger.
Skydive Buddies
-New scoring. Both teams can use all rings.
-Golden rings are worth more points.
-Fixed "leak" effect on when looking up.
-Rings spawn slower.
LEAKED
-Added better instructions.
Plinko.
-Charged shots no longer required.
-Better feedback for scoring points.
Treasure Hunt
-Adjusted treasure locations so the teams always have to cross the map.
-Adjusted completed dig height
Sentrygun BR
-New Detailed arena.
-Fixed Sentryguns being able to shoot through wall
i Spy
-Walls stop slightly earlier for more space at the end.
Hammer
-Fixed not actually counting "jumps."
Red Light Green Light
-Cars slightly easier to avoid.

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[BigfootBeto]

Beta Party

Finally putting this map in beta with the upcoming TF2 Party 2.

Changelog

• New prefix "tfp" for the "tf2 party" gamemode
  
• Every minigame has textures, for a minimum artpass
  
• Finished artpass of main board (it's good enough)
  
• Fixed missing custom soundscape (oops. it was missing in a14)

• [PLINKO] Fixed Plinko scoring (it was broken this whole time)
• [RLGL] Added visual indicator for "stop" detector
• [SKYDIVE] Added points text to rings, and they spin now.

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[BigfootBeto]

Final Tweaks Probably

Changelog

• Fixed softlock when wheel gets stuck (again)
• Modified logic to allow hitting override buttons while minigames wheel is spinning
• Added override buttons to force a team to win (gives max spaces to a team and moves cart)
• Moved debug buttons and logic room above map
• Fixed Minigame Title not showing during instructions
• Adjusted respawn times

• [Pick-a-Door] Fixed an exploit with melee projectiles
• [Pootis Spencer] Increased platform base speed, adjusted nobuild and teleporters
• [Plinko] Increased resupply area, moved score indicators, and fixed missing sweeper
• [Waterfallers] Platforms will now suck you down to lessen scout cheese. Also adjusted timings to be more fair as a result.
• [Skydive] Added increased knockback and reduced melee damage.
• [Leaked] Fixed some completed brushes still having dev textures

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[BigfootBeto]

BigfootBeto updated TF2 Party (April Fools 2020) with a new update entry:

Custom Content Update!

Featuring original music by @Sarexicus and backported the HUD from TF2 Party 2 from @Yaki

Couple other minor changes to the following:
-Textured instructions trains
-Textured Wheel-O-Games
-Replaced dev cars from Red Light Green Light
-Skydive Buddies significantly less melee damage
-Skydive Buddies added fire
-Plinko adjusted points values

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