Baguet Map Pack

[El Moroes]

The BAGUET MAP PACK is about a little group of french mappers whose goal is to bring a bit a fresh and clean air to our favourite game, Day of Defeat: Source.

What are we going to do? That's simple, we're going to create some brand new quality maps in order to reconcile fun gameplay and immersive graphics.

Our team is composed of four mappers and has been working hard recently to develop these new maps with new and unique environments in locations yet unexplored by the game. Imagine yourself behind enemy lines, in the middle of the largest airborne operation of all times. Imagine yourself stuck in a german offensive, inside of a western european forest. And that's not finished yet, besides the fact that these maps are located in new environments, our main goal is to provide fast and efficient gameplay. When the round starts, the player is immediately thrown in combat for immediate play and fun.

We're not going to communicate anything more for the moment.

To help you wait, here's a little preview... beware, this place is dangerous.

News will follow until the map pack release.

Stay tuned !

The team : Geoffroy alias "Kane" ; Marc alias "Moroes" ; Arnaud alias "Satyre" ; Quentin alias "Grippy".

[dux]

Isn't it spelled baguette ?

[Meotwister]

lol that was my first thought...

at any rate looks like it'll be just as tasty.

[Minos]

That mascot is amazing

[-HP-]

Hooray! Looks awesome guys.. good luck!

[2d-chris]

Cool!!!

[El Moroes]

Thanks guys!

Mmmh Baguet exist in english but more often it says "French Broad". But "French Broad" is difficult for french guys cause they know "Baguette"! So we decided to say "Baguet". lol

I'm happy to see that you like our idea and I can say you that you'll like our work! Stay tuned for the others news!

[Seldoon182]

But "French Broad" is difficult for french guys cause they know "Baguette"!

You mean French Bread right ? I'm loving the name you found to call your maps pack ! Keep it up !

[Jpley]

Here's some fresh news about our Baguet Map Pack! This time, we're going to release a bit more informations on the pack, on our objectives and on a particular environment.

The Baguet Map Pack will be composed of four small-sized maps, each with its very own style. The environments will vary a lot between each map and the gameplay is meant to be fast and fun without sacrificing the graphical immersion and the war feeling. Our objective is to bring to the Day of Defeat Source community an alternative to these orange maps. New maps with immersion, optimisation and "furious" gameplay.

Now we're going to describe one of our four environments.

The following map is Grippy's work and is set up in an eastern European forest, where a battle is about to begin. Germans are entrenched in their very last positions and are ready for the allied attack... To help you imagine the place, here's two screenshots :

A preview of the first contact zone between the two teams.

Even if the map is mostly set in an exterior environment, there's also some underground ways allowing the allied team to organize and plan their attack safely.

That's it! In the following news, we'll describe the other environments and give you a bit more informations!

Stay tuned.

The team.

[Satyre]

So you thought the Baguet Map Pack was just a mirage? A way too large project to be handled by a small team of clumsy Frenchies? Not at all! Even though the news from the team have been quite sparse lately, the Baguet Map Pack is coming along - and coming along very well!

Today, we are proud to show you the evolution of the two maps featured in the previous news.

Here's a screenshot of Grippy's map. He decided to change the atmosphere: the action will now take place at twilight. A denser vegetation reinforces the player's sense of being in a forest. On a gameplay scale, several additional cover positions are designed to facilitate the Allies' progression.

As for Kane, he worked hard on a new atmosphere and the addition of several buildings. Not only for reinforcing the player's immersion in the Normandy bocage (behind enemy lines), but also for improving the gameplay.

And now, the thing that everyone was waiting for (or not), the first presentation of another map to be included in the pack: dod_nordhausen. Made by Moroes, Nordhausen's action is set in Germany, in the middle of the night. Allies will have to neutralize a V-1 rocket launch site. First, they will have to find the explosives, then infiltrate the base, and finally, destroy the launch platform and the V-1 warehouse.

There are more exciting news, and we're keeping a full belt of ammo in reserve for our upcoming announcements, so stay tuned! We'll soon reveal the fourth and last map of the Baguet Map Pack, along with some other crunchy bite-sized developments...

That's all for today soldiers, dismissed!

[PogoP]

Holy shit, epic post is epic! (I felt like such a twat saying that)

I love the way you present stuff! I'll definitely be checking this out, the quality looks amazing.

[-HP-]

w00t...

one word, ze awesomeness

[m8nkey]

Quality work. Look forward to seeing more.

[tofu]

Looking top notch! J'aime vraiment votre presentation !

[El Moroes]

Thanks all! You'll love it! Baguet will be sad if you don't like so he works a lot on these levels! hehe