de_construction

[amperrsand]

Story/Background:

Due to the generous donation of a local upstanding citizen, the city plans to use their newly acquired funds to clean up and fix neglected and damaged areas. One of these areas is a downtown apartment complex and an adjacent plaza full of shops and food vendors. The marking and starting of the construction, though, has also marked the signal of domestic terrorists targeting these construction sites. The group suspected is a known and vocal attacker of the city's governing body and the wealthy. In a short message preceding the attacks, the group wants to show, with force, "to the corrupt bobble-heads, sitting upon their stacks of money, that their philandering of city funds  and neglecting lower class urban areas" will not be tolerated.

Local authorities have been notified of the threat, both through the people, and from the obvious message sent out by this masked group. It is up to them to stop these "grassroots heroes" from destroying the city and turning it further into ruins.

 

So, with that out of the way, let's get to the actual map. Starting off from this sketch:

 

I made this as a basic outline to translate into Hammer. So far in Hammer I have produced this:

 

Color Legend:

Pink - This includes T-spawn and connecting to mid. This is going to be a back alley road that leads to one of the apartment complex's entrances and parking spaces (mid). The T's are entering from this back road.

Red - This is going the be the plaza with shops and small restaurants on the sides. Bombsite A will be a small seating area outside a brand-new coffee shop.

Blue - The apartments open to the players. These apartments are damaged due to collapsing walls and water damage, which is what construction is working on in this area. The damage will create holes in the roofs for smokes and flashes, and the main damage will lead to the underpass.

Green - Catwalk/Underpass. This is what I've mostly built the map around, the idea of one, a catwalk that is something very important to control, but two, it also follows an underpass that is also important for T's. The catwalk basically connects the two sites with the underpass directly under it, completely wallbang-able. Haven't you ever been on short/cat on mirage and heard the T's goes underpass and you just wish you could spam through the ground? Well, now you can. But, it goes both ways, so CT's be wary of your position and movement on the catwalk.

Yellow - Bombsite B. This is a little garden area for the apartment complex. Many construction related things and vehicles will be placed here, being the target of the T's.

Light Blue - CT spawn. Don't really know what I'm going to make this yet. I'm thinking some kind of office building, but I'm not 100% sure. But that's okay, because the map is constantly changing.

 

So, yeah, this is my map in its current state. I'm a a beginning mapper, so updates will be slow, and my map won't be as flashy as others. Hell, I hate to say it, but I know I'm not going to win this competition. But I want people to see my maps and give feedback so that I can improve for future contests.

Thanks for reading if you've made it this far!