Shaman - Rocket Race

Discussion in 'Reach Race Maps' started by D4ni3l G, Oct 24, 2010.

  1. D4ni3l G

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    Shaman
    By D4ni3l G




    Have some Funs.


    Shaman. This map is my first race map, hell, my first competetive map on forgehub to be honest. i never really had the drive or skill to make a great race map, but when bungie brought out a rocket race gametype for reach, i had an idea. Over three weeks i designed a rocket race map. I wanted it to have a more fast paced and "interactive" element, rather than just checkpoint after checkpoint on a large open map. This is the sketchup I did when I was planning it, apologies if you can’t read my crappy scribbly writing but I wasn’t planning on uploading it and just needed to make sure that I could read it.



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    To do this I picked a nicely sized area on the Forgeworld Island, and set to work making it playable. I wanted a smaller, more compact playing area than usual, and i wanted two levels to play on, and keep the map fluid, like a slightly more complicated figure 8 so people did not have to stop and reverse every time the destination moved. I also incorporated an aesthetic piece, a stone shaman that shoots spells (namely fusion coils) around a destination, mixing up the gameplay and forcing players to have to strategically time the capture right. Two weeks of hard forging, testing and tweaking later, Shaman was finished, and I present it to you guys now:

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    Overview of the whole map

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    Left half of the lower section of the map

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    The one way off-ramp from the upper level to the lower right section

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    The raised platform, showing the slightly more open upper section

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    The left half of the upper section, great for drifting around

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    Showing the destination under the shaman

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    The shamans head

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    The map also plays well with Savage Tracks.

    And that be all! Let me know what you think. Thanks to the people who helped me test it, as well as all the people who showed interest and gave me feedback from the preview. You helped make this map a lot better.



    Download Shaman Nao!
     
    #1 D4ni3l G, Oct 24, 2010
    Last edited: Oct 25, 2010
  2. TakingGorilla

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    Looks nice from the pics. I'll give a full review after I can get in a match or two on it
     
  3. One iiNSANE Kid

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    OH MY GOD. This map is amazing, it deserves so much more attention than it gets. I went onto the game modes and got savage lasers and savage tracks, so it's with snipers and lasers respectively, and this was so much fun, reccomended for a feature, so fun.
     
  4. D4ni3l G

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    Thanks for the nice feedback! It's deffinately one of the longest times i've ever spent tweaking and testing a map before, and i'm pleased with the outcome. And yeah, to anyone who's downloading, please don't forget savage tracks and lasers, they're really fun.
     
    #4 D4ni3l G, Oct 25, 2010
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  5. LETHAL BLOW

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    Oh thank you! I have been looking for a good Rocket Race map!
    The entire thing is simple, but really neat and well forged. And as I can see from your layout it has been thought about a lot while it was built. I really love the look of the Shaman, and how creative the fusion coils were.
    Im currently building a rocket race / rally map ( Rally Probably ) and hope to create a map that achieves the perfection that you have created!
    Congratulations on making a map for one my fav. gametypes!
     

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