This is a project that my brother and I have been working on sporadicly for the past few months; since about February or March. Total
build time on the entire thing is probably no more than 14 hours, but the
idea has been ricocheting around in our brains for a while.
The Grand Idea goes something like this:
- Points based economy wherein zombie kills are the only way to gain points; weapons cost a set amount and subtract from the players overall score each time they buy them; and vehicle spawns cost a one time charge (Amount of charge dependent on the type of vehicle) to first spawn a vehicle and then half that amount to re-spawn it.
- Good, interesting builds that encourage the player to create their own backstory about what happened, as well as some clues vague enough to allow for player imagination.
- A possible Class based weapons system if the current "weapons cost a set amount and subtract from the players overall score each time they buy them" thing doesn't work out. (This idea is for pansies so don't encourage it)
So yeah, that's the devious scheming behind the map. Here are the actual builds:
The military command post/spawn area: Hastily constructed out of pre-fab pieces, these buildings are the military's only foothold in the Zombie Apocalypse
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The view from inside the Command post when you spawn: To the right are the TV monitors (All evented so that you can turn them on and off), and to the left are server racks since the Zombie Apocalypse requires a lot of processing power. Directly ahead are the computery things, and around the corner resides the uniform rack and the Vehicle Spawn Key.
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This is the armory where players will be able to purchase their weapons.
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This just shows the start of some of the landscaping we plan to do to make this a more immersive map.
This is one of the two, now defunct, bunkers that used to tie into another location on the map that was deemed unfeasible and destroyed. They will not be included in the final version, but they were nice builds, so I include them here.
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A small shelter where players can rest on their way in between major defensive areas.
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The good ship
Marie MacIssac, a tugboat beached and rent in two. What caused this calamity? I dunno, but a few of the previous survivors were kind enough to fashion a crude stairway and a bridge out of Packer's Props, linking the two halves and making it supremely defensible.
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The engine of the
Marie MacIssac, I
really like how the Wheel Prop looks here and I don't want to hide my genius away behind a link. :P
These are the beginnings of a small zombie infested town that is currently the WIP portion of the build. The red baseplates are for ease of duplication.
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Orange House.
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Grey House.
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Blue House.
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Green House.
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[4]But wait, there's more! In the interest of completion (and of laziness) I am
tentatively opening the topic up for people to submit their own original builds for
POSSIBLE inclusion in the build. I will decide who and what gets included. To speed the process up here are the rules:
- New builds only. Don't go looking through your saves list for things you'd like to throw in. *All* builds must be built ONLY for the purposes of this map.
- Builds may only be submitted by their creator. None of this "Well ___ isn't on right now, but I know that he'd like to have his build included." stuff. If you didn't build it then don't submit.
- One picture per build. I've picture-spammed enough already as it is, I don't care how great your build is, if you include more than one image of it in your post then it is automaticly disqualified. NO EXCEPTIONS!
- Make them good, make them fit the theme. If your gonna spend time building something make sure that it's worth it. Take a step back and ask yourself: "Is this as good or better than the existing builds?" If the answer is "No" then rebuild it, if it is "Yes" then show it to someone else and have them take a look at it. More than likely the answer is probably "No"
- Be prepared for failure. I'm only looking for a few select builds to include, so even if I get a lot of equally amazing submissions I won't be able to include them all. Conversely, if I get a lot of bad submissions I won't include any.
- Have fun with it! This is more important than all of the other rules combined. The only reason I'm doing this is so I can continue to be lazy and because I appreciate the BL community enough to know that there are much better builders out there who might be able to lend a hand. I might not accept your build, but so what? At least you can look back on your build with pride while plotting your revenge and my inevitable downfall, right?
Have fun, and Good Luck!
The rest of you feel free to offer any constructive criticism you may have. And please: no X/10 ratings, those are spammy and require no thought whatsoever. Intelligent comments only please.
EDIT: We are also accepting
suggestions from you with regard to new locations that you'd like to see on the map. Even if you don't submit a build you can still contribute to the creation of this map!
