Furnace

I really like the theme. It's not something you see very often. I believe you guys will know how to romanticize this cold industrial city.

The layout looks a bit on the large side with a lot of narrow pathways, but you'll get a better sense for it when you build it in hammer.

If you're still looking for references, there's this Facebook group, https://www.facebook.com/SocModernism/

It was one of the sources of inspiration for a current project of mine with a similar theme.

Good luck with the project and I'd love to see where you take it.

It would be a novelty element, cool to see the first time and never looked at again afterwards. Idk, I guess it could have some strategic gimmick potential? If you make large puddles towards some corners or areas that you have to avoid as to not give your position away. I doubt it's worth the time investment.

Quote from Radu

12 hours ago, Radu said: It would be a novelty element, cool to see the first time and never looked at again afterwards. Idk, I guess it could have some strategic gimmick potential? If you make large puddles towards some corners or areas that you have to avoid as to not give your position away. I doubt it's worth the time investment.

Swamp flashbacks

You can check out an early version of Furnace on the workshop:

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/fi…/?id=2326921664

Any feedback is well appreciated!

We'll be doing some playtesting in the next days and weeks as well.

Here are some WIPs:

The central canal divides the map's residential and industrial parts.

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CTs spawn below bombsite A - an electric arc furnace.

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The Terrorist's plan B is to bomb the nearby gas silos located by the canal.

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For now we went with a layered radar. We're propably going to try an overlayed version in the future.

Top level radar

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Bottom level radar

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We've had a first playtest and got some valuable feedback from that. With that in mind we are fleshing out the individual areas some more.

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Hopefully we'll have a map update soon.

You plant the bomb in there @csWaldo?

Yeah definitely looks interesting from the screens, I like the idea.

There is a new playtest version of Furnace on the workshop.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/fi…/?id=2326921664

We've mostly been working in feedback from our last test match. Thanks to everybody involved! Also thanks to @Roald for taking the time and giving some indepth advice.

Here are some screens from the current map version:

The Tspawn has slightly been altered - the garage on the right provides a faster and simpler path to the canal area. This shifts timings towards Bombsite A somewhat.

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The canal itself has been detailed a little more and got some cover in the process.

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The "Long B" has been fleshed out a little more - it now revolves around a derelict shack that should provide better cover for Ts.

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Bombsite B got some touches of color and the aforementioned half-open silo (not accessible). A sloped wall has been added beneath the heaven to hopefully limit weird vertical sightlines.

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CTspawn / Bombsite A has gotten the same sloped wall treatment. Also the lower part of the furnace has been detailed a little more.

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Top-Level Radar

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Bottom-Level Radar

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Radar comparison old / new

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I love the aesthetic you chose! Night-Time factories have always intrigued me. Lights casting across intricate industrial architecture with the start night sky as the backdrop is really atmospheric.

I feel silly for asking incase the answer is obvious, but what is that pretty red liquid in the canals? Is it some kind of chemical?

Quote from csWaldo

18 minutes ago, csWaldo said: Its regular water that for sure no industrial waste has spilled into! I swear!

So hypothetically, if I were to drink it, I totally wouldn't get poisoned and die? That's good to know. It's totally not like I used it to make red snow cones or something... Oh dear, why does my stomach feel funny? Must have been something in the red wat-

Jokes aside, I love the blend texture that turns the snow red around the pools of liquid. It's very well done!

Quote from That50

On 1/6/2021 at 12:40 AM, That50'sGuy said: I love the aesthetic you chose! Night-Time factories have always intrigued me. Lights casting across intricate industrial architecture with the start night sky as the backdrop is really atmospheric.

I feel silly for asking incase the answer is obvious, but what is that pretty red liquid in the canals? Is it some kind of chemical?

this is not science fiction, this is real life