Cat n' Mouse

Discussion in 'Reach Mini Game Maps' started by Darth Human, Dec 23, 2011.

  1. Darth Human

    Darth Human Guy from Reach
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    Cat n' Mouse
    8-16 players

    I'm sure many of you have played many variants of Cat n' Mouse. This one however, is the only Cat n Mouse with no waiting time, no honor rules, & unlimited wraiths.

    "Cat n' Mouse" [HD] - Halo Reach Forge Maps (THFE) - (Ep.27) - YouTube

    Open spoiler to find out how to get unlimited vehicles

    Once the game begins, humans have 10 seconds to get into their ghost before they are teleported to their death. Since this is a vehicle only game, if you leave your vehicle after you enter the arena, you will die and become infected.

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    The infected have a separate spawning room above the map. In this room, there are several custom powerup next to each of the 4 wraiths. Once a player enters a wraith, they will go through a series of events that will eventually destroy their turret.

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    Once in the arena, the infected can kill ghosts by boosting into them. Each ghost killed is worth 1 point.

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    Each round is 4 minutes long. If you become last man, you will recieve 5 points. If you survive an entire round, you will earn an extra 5 points.

    I also have an flat version of the map for those who like simple and fast gameplay. Download link here.

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    Since there is an unlimited amount of wraiths that can spawn, if you play with 16 people and you become last man, it will look something like this:

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    I hope you enjoy this map. It took me 7 long painful months to create.
     
    #1 Darth Human, Dec 23, 2011
    Last edited: Feb 7, 2012
  2. Ticky

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    Looks like the best Cat n' Mouse I have seen yet. No honor rules, the better. Just one question...in the video I saw at one point a wraith was on fire and damaged. Can Wraiths be damaged or was that just a flaw in the turret removal system? But other than that the map looks very fun, and nice job. (7 months?)
     
  3. IZ E P 3 N T

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    question, how do you spawn unlimited vehicles? I need this for a map im making. Thanks,
     
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    Darth, I freakin' love this map. Usually I'm not a fan of most generic mini-game remakes, but you really did a good job with making this game unbreakable. The best part is that there are no honor rules so no 8-year old can ruin the game and make me throw my controller out the window. Slendid job again!

    P.S. Its about time you got back on Forgehub!
     
  5. bullet2thehead9

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    This Is the best cat and mouse game I have ever seen love the whole unlimited vehicle thing and the rough terrain can't wait to play on it
     
  6. REMkings

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  7. Darth Human

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    If you don't pick up a custom powerup you become more damaged.
     
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  9. pyro

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    This thread about forced weapons and vehicles would probably be more useful.
     
  10. AMALGAMATIQN

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    I've been waiting for this for the seven months it took you to perfect this. The whole thing looks great. The machine you made that cuts off the Cat's turrets is ingenious, and the way this has played with me was a great deal of fun. Nice work, Darth!
     
  11. MetaWaddleDee

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    Exceptional map, simple design, fun to play, flawless mechanics.
     
  12. ieatpirates

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    a very well planned and insane map
     
  13. ♥ Sky

    ♥ Sky I Beat the old Staff!
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    Amazing game, no doubts. Played it once and loved every minute of it. nominated for FHF XXXII

    I have to ask, how did you create the turret destroying feature? It looks so complicated.
     
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    I hosted this game at a recent halo party, looking up fun minigames including this one before hand, and even though I thought the game could be fun, the responses of my friends at the party were rather negative. I know the Cat n Mouse gametype has been around a while and plenty of people obviously enjoy it or it wouldn't have the number of dls that it does, but bear in mind, this is a group who have never played it before, though I did think that using what appears to be the ultimate version would've been a good map to introduce them with.
    To sum up the general response, most people found it too easy to be a mouse or too hard to get a splatter in the wraiths, with most infections happening after players got bored and tried to ram or flip each other. The ghosts are simply more nimble than the wraiths, evading splatters too easily, so the game quickly got stale. There was also some confusion with getting into the wraiths up top in general, but after teaching people how it worked that issue went away after a bit. So overall, players got bored with the game quickly, and found something else to do (ramming each other) to create their own fun, which I don't think is the intended game design.
    Not that I intended this post to be negative, but I think this game just wasn't for us, we'll stick with Speed Halo and Garbage Man along with random infection and slayer games, and I still look forward to more maps from you.
     
  15. REMkings

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    Had the exact same problem once, but the obvious reason was that we only played with four people and 1 Cat at the beginning. How full was your party? You should know this is supposed to be played with at least a large group of people, I'd say a minimum of 8.
    But of course it can also just be due to the fact that everyone likes different types of minigames. ;)
     

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