Skew U

Skew U


Skew U is a small symmetrical map (like most of the rest of my maps) ideal for 2v2 and 3v3 but capable of handling up to 4v4 and 2-8 player ffa. The name started as skew than became skew 2 and then because that sounded so much like screw you i changed the maps name to skew u. I designed it primarily for team slayer but it supports most other basic gametypes. The basic layout of the map has a lower level which is divided by the central bridge and an upper level which is basically an 8 skirting the map. There are 2 ramps up to the top on each side and two lifts in the center as well as a couple tactical jumps:


From where these two red guys are you can jump up onto the ledge right behind them and end up at the grenade launcher spawn

Most of the game play flows around the top but there is enough incentive provided by the sniper and health packs and just the availability of alternate routes to make the bottom recieve a good bit of combat too. The map has several long lines of sight but has plenty of places to hide and a couple of more compact areas. It also has a plethora of routes allowing for a lot of surprise attacks from unsuspected angles.

As with all my maps i spent a lot of time touching up and perfecting the aesthetics of the map from the sexy angles of the walls to the way everything just sort of fits together. Im very proud of the way the map turned out both in terms of gameplay and looks.

Weapon List
1x Sniper Rifle
2x Grenade Launchers
2x Needle Rifles
4x Plasma Grenades
and a whole mess of DMR's

Now onto the Pics

Sniper spawns here under the bridge and you can follow the water up into one of the two lifts which shoot you out:

Up Here.

Red team dominating the upper bridge

Grenade Launcher spawns right underneath where the camera is sitting looking toward the lifts and the central bridge (note this is an old pic and there is now a ramp up at the far end

The entrance to the other hallway and the ramp not pictured in the previous shot

The hallway that leads to the lifts seen in the last pic, at the end are the plasma grenades.

sexy angled shot from the creek across red side

Blue team splitting up from their intial spawn zone

And Finally a no-scope by me from the center bridge =)

Id like to thank psycho duck and the rest of the testers guild for their excellent feedback regarding the map and all my other friends who helped me test this.

 

Well i have never tested it with 4v4, but my 3v3 map was very enjoyable, and yeah i put alot of work into the walls to help the map stand out

 

I feel assing much more would make the map feel very cluttered, and mess up the clean aesthetics i went for when forging it, plus their are plenty of escape routes and los blockers so extra cover is hardly needed

As far as im aware there is no z-fighting (made sure i avoided overlap where possible and the places where it was unavoidable i made sure there was no z-fighting)

Actually the map lends itself more to longer lines of sight then shorter ones, it can get into some cqc but that involves flow and maneuvering around the map more than the actual geometry of the map