[WIP] de_Oasis

My entry for the Exotic Place mapping Contest!

Concept

The idea is to create a map of the disconnections with a theme that has its roots in Middle Eastern environments (Dust, Dust, 2, Mirage), but with a more modern approach (Overpass, Nuke, Agency).The presence of sand and the destruction caused by the sandstorm, tries to give an exotic touch to the map in general.

The main source of inspiration is certainly the game environment of Spec Ops: The Line. I think that game has a phenomenal artistic style and I thought it might be fun to do an elaborate version for CS:GO.

Layout

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The brighter sand color indicates higher altitude

The darkest sand color indicates the lower altitude

The brown/contrasted areas indicates which are the interior spaces.

Screenshots

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The topic has updated! with a rielaborate concept of the map, adding a reference table and the layout of the first alpha version of the map. I put so much time in backbone of the layout because i want to be sure it can be balance as possible. Next things to do are replace ladder with a staircase on the connector of MID to A and maybe a second external passage connecting T Spawn to the main path B.

I'm gonna work now for a full greybox map after other timing test. Then i gonna make a release version for playtesting and feedback, when I have a solid space with covers, nade spots, optimization and a distinctive trait for every room on the map!

Quote from Shaddo

3 hours ago, Shaddo said: Hey looks nice !

I like the parallelograms on site A ! What kind of road are you planning to do on these ?

Thank you! ?

Bomb Site A is the most raw part I have created, most likely it will have a drastic change in its structure.

I think about an almost destroyed underground tunnel, with a maintenance room as the connector for T, and a military checkpoint as CT entrance in the bomb site. The challenge is controlling the long sights created by the roads : i will use big sand dunes, debris of the tunnel and vehicles for create good angles.

First post has been updated, after a long period of silence, with a new description, updated layout and first screenshots!

The map is slowly evolving, the timings seem to be very good, both in terms of engagement and of rotation.

I started the blocking phase (Blocktober ?) and I will try to simplify the areas as much as possible to make navigation easier, CK and bombsite will be more structured.

CT side is still very rough (cleary visible in the upper right part of the map) but I already have some ideas in mind.

I removed the reference table because it was now obsolete.

Point to release a playable greybox version for November.