arena_draft

[Nerdboy]

Lord Ned and I started this map back in August. We've been developing it mostly from feedback at TF2Maps.net, but are really running out of original opinions. That, and we need to get the map more known.

I originally planned to start an account and post this here back for Alpha 1, but we decided it'd be better to get to a highly playable state before we showed it off everywhere. This won't be a one-off thread, so, without further ado,

ARENA Draft
From Matt "Lord Ned" Hoffman and Ben "Nerdboy" Waters comes:

(Pardon the large image - if it's too big I can post a smaller one)



Extra Thanks:
Thanks to A Boojum Snark and Seba for help with server-list thumbs.
Thanks to Snacks for uncomplicated some displacements.

Biiig thanks to Lord Ned, or Matt. Honestly, for all the bug fixes and ideas I've had, he's been the one putting in all the time into the map. Most of what I've done has been lazy weekend mornings where I had nothing better to do, while Matt's spent overnighters getting the map done.

Full Change log available here!

[SPHinx]

Looks solid. Love that whole presentation image you've made. I need to learn how people do those.

[Boylee.ps]

Does indeed look solid, one for the next blueprint methinks.

Also, Welcome to playstuff Nerdboy, go and give Lord Ned a poke to sign up too.

[grom.ps]

Looks most excellent.
Oh and welcome.

[Post Script.ps]

Hi hi, look forward to playing this. Top marks for presentation!

[Hawk.ps]

Looks awesome!
I notice a waterfall in that thumbnail, I love waterfalls in TF2

[Nerdboy]

Thanks for all the positive feedback! We already have a few plans for Beta 2, but they're mostly cosmetic fixes. If anyone finds anything that needs fixing we'll add it to the to-do list ASAP.

[Lord Ned]

Alright, here I am. :p

B2 will fix a tear in the displacement add some more detailing to the buildings. Trying to get B1 out there and played so that people actually know the name.

[Logan.ps]

very nice indeed. looking forward to giving it a spin at Blueprint.

[Nerdboy]

Bumping for update to B2.

[Boylee.ps]

Been meaning to test this for ages, since we've got config executing built into our admin menu now it shouldn't be a problem to run it at the next blueprint. Sorry it's been so long in getting a test organised Nerdboy.

[Nerdboy]

That's fine. Draft has this way of getting around, and TF2Maps has been very helpful in their tests.

[Boylee.ps]

Some demos from the last Weekly Draft can be found here.