de_orbit

De_Orbit

Main Theme

Takes place on a futuristic/alien space station

Halo styled

[/list] Goals

Make a completely different map than we’re used to seeing

[/list] Experiment with rarely used gameplay features

Focus more on enjoyability rather than competitiveness (to an extent)

Not let the wacky stuff get in the way of core counter strike gameplay, but rather add to it

[/list] Area Themes

T spawn is on a smaller space ship which has boarded the space station

CTs spawn close to the center of the space station

The area in front of T spawn is a large ring which circles all the way around the space station, but most is blocked off, which will have an orange colour scheme

[/list] Bombsite A will take place outside the space station

Bombsite B will probably be some sort of engine room and blue colour scheme

The connection from T spawn to A long will be an outside walkway

Rest undecided

[/list] Layout

The layout is quite complex and large

Borrows its core layout from overpass, with instead of one middle area, there are two, one heading to A and the other to B, and an outer route for each site

Most of the fights will happen off site, apart from the B main chokepoint, to allow for a battle for map control before a bombsite take

Main choke points include A long, Mid, connector and B main, although many battles will happen between them

[/list] Features

Low gravity in outside areas (A site and surroundings, as well as on the route from T spawn to A long)

Gravity lift from CT to window room

Jump boosters from CT to A

A speedway that shortens timings to outside B from T spawn and vice versa

Teleporters from window room to connector (2 way)

[/list] A big roller door onto A site from mid that can only be opened from the mid side

Small door from outside B to connector

Vents from top mid to A long (requires boost when going from mid)

Electricity that causes damage from A site to mid (can be turned off from A)

Skybox including outer space stuff like planets and stars moving to have the illusion of orbit, as well as small space ships and satellites

[/list] Skybox also includes the unplayable area of the space station

Custom models, aliens for T and space suit dudes for CT

Most of the map takes place indoors, but a lot of the roof and floor will be made of glass to allow for natural lighting, and the rooves will be about as high as a skybox in most areas

Colour coding of areas

Escape pods ejected once bomb is planted

Gravity lowered globally when bomb explodes

[/list] Progress

Version one of graybox complete

Skybox concepts started

[/list] Workshop

Radar

Spoiler

Comments

This is my final year of school, so I won’t have a ton of time to make this map, but school does finish in November so I will have a lot of time after that. This is my first serious map, so I’m not 100% sure what I’m doing most of the time and might have to ask for some help at some point, but I’ll see how I go. Not necessarily going for the top prizes, but hoping to at least finish the project and get a lot of experience

Radar Update

*Edited main post to be up to date, look at the main post to see annotations (e.g. where anti gravity is, etc)

Quote from Radu

14 hours ago, Radu said: Is it gonna be different? Yep.

Will it fit with CS:GO? Well...

Yeah, that's a fair point, but I will try to not let things get too out of hand, if something distracts players from the core gameplay I'll remove it.

Quote from Interfearance

12 hours ago, Interfearance said: My first ever map idea was to have a small scale space station that had T's boarding in a dropship as well. It would be sick if you went with a darker theme instead of sterile light because it would layer on the "exotic" feel. [Blocked Image: https://d2skuhm0vrry40.cloudfront.net/2018/articles/2018-04-06-23-47/a1caa94528de7843378e182485295725_original.png/EG11/resize/639x-1/quality/75/format/jpg]

The system shock remake, while having some overly dark areas, might be a good lighting reference.

That's sick, thanks for the image! I might make some areas similar to this style and others more vibrant, just to give some variety in the map.

Quote from TECHNICKER

10 hours ago, TECHNICKER said: Awesome, thats gonna be the toughest opponent IMHO! (and Ive got very simillar idea back then :D)

BUT...

You cant make different gravity inside and out. Gravity is same all over the map. And a lot of those very cool features are gonna be competitively unsitable, but I suggest you to create two versions of this map. 1st JFF and 2nd Competitively viable version.

But very cool idea TBH! Cant wait to where this project will go!

trigger_gravity babyyyy. Thanks for the feedback tho, I probably won't make two versions right now, but maybe along the line at some point. As I said, I'll try not to let the wacky stuff get too in the way, but more add to the gameplay experience.

Quote from TECHNICKER

1 hour ago, TECHNICKER said: It changes overall gravity when triggerd, or am I wrong?

Fuck I hope not, but I don’t think so. From what I’ve played with bots so far and according to valve developer community it’s just people inside it.

Finished the first version of the layout and uploaded to workshop! Link in main post! Changes: - Built A site, it now features a main structure in the middle, which you can either plant on top of or underneath. - Changed mid, it now includes a boost spot and the connection to B is now lower than the rest of mid, with a one way drop to get to it. - Changes to CT's main route to mid/b and the portal room - Some other layout changes Also ignore the shit lighting, I just kinda spammed lights around to be able to play the layout be also have a roof. The actual version will have a glass roof / floor in most areas, or good lighting

Concept of the space station skybox. Rotation is a bit experimental and might not work well, but oh well.

Thanks for last nights playtest guys! I couldn't be there due to the fact that not only was it 4am in the morning for me, but my internet decided to go down for that whole night. Anyway, I watched you guys play it and here are the big things I noticed: - Defending A site isn't very intuitive due to the number of buttons and stuff, so I'll cut down on that

- This whole area (in spoiler) is way too complicated and also not very intuitive, so I'll completely rework that.

Spoiler

- The map is too big, although I had a sneaking suspicion that was the case already. I'll do what I can to reduce this issue by cutting out the unused areas, but it'll be the hardest to fix.

A few smaller ones: - Y'all suicided at least once per round, so I'll prevent that from happening so frequently

- The A long entrance is way to easy to camp

- Many areas remained unused for most rounds, so I'll either cut them out or make better use of them.

Anyway, thanks for playtesting guys! It helped out a lot!

@El_Exodus I know it doesn't make sense the way I'm describing it I actually started this after doing circular motion and all that in physics, so I know it's all wrong haha. I'll make sure it works scientifically by the end of the graybox stage, and if not I'll just say that it's futuristic technology that we don't understand