KotH Persia

Koth_persia_B4 out. I hope it will be the last beta release. The new look of the central area is definitively more persian, I hope this and the reworked lighting will make koth_persia a very unique map.

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In the sandy outskirts of a persian city, BLU noticed the unusual activity of the mysterious Rural Engineering of the Desert (RED) Corp. And it seems a new advanced atmospheric device will soon be used to change the local climate into a more rainy one. As the powerful tool is almost reaching operational state, the two groups will mercilessly clash to claim their prize.
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That's the story so far. The alpha 4 is now released, mostly featuring some detailing of the start areas of both teams and rougher texturing/details in the central area. Some key elements are still temporary (central ground, central buildings) until more play test are done, but custom textures and props habe been introduced for this exotic setting.

The map is quite small and simple is design, because I want some merciless and brutal fight for dominion, while giving space for all classes to have fun. Koth mode is almost all about the central area, so there are mainy ways to reach it, but staying on the control point should be more difficult.

Seba · 09-06-2009, 02:09 PM

Looks really fun, I'll try it out promptly. The only thing that looks a bit weird is the raised sandy area near the point. Try to make that rock or something that would actually look more probable to stand straight up.

Uriak · 09-07-2009, 12:36 AM

Thank you, actually, this cliff like structure is just a prop awaiting some lovable displacement work. Just a way to playtest a not so flat area.

I've begun detailing of the area just outside the spawns, that doesn't need to much gameplay refining. As for the main area, I'm just considering lowering a bit the ground behind the capture point, to give this strategic place some disadvantage.

Wegason · 09-07-2009, 07:30 AM

Casablanca on hold?

I never got a chance to try it out, it looked awesome. Perhaps resolve any issues with it at TF2M gamedays?

Uriak · 09-07-2009, 12:30 PM

I'm not very sure, its mostly an issue with my main community and the hard work to cope with a design done when I was still a noob.

Some fresh pics from the blu spawn. As said, I'm quite confident about the starting zones, but I probably won't detail the central zone before further tweaking

Uriak · 09-08-2009, 04:31 PM

Updated to Alpha 3 (a)

The main goal of this update is to test a variety of solutions to give the central area a bigger role.

* expanded the area behind the point, removed all nearby healthpacks

* flipped the two stairs to make their access be from the front.
* added some cover on the sides (complete with some little ammo/health packs)
* added a yummy yet so exposed full_health pack in the central zone

Uriak · 09-09-2009, 05:20 PM

I'm quite happy with how the gameflow was altered by the latest modifications. I can almost fully focus on detailing now and, I hope to have some screens to show in the next days. Overall, the map will looks brighter, because of the colors used for the walls (white and cream concrete mostly)