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Hey guys, I'm new to ForgeHub and I'd like to make my introduction with my first real effort at making a competitive Forge map.

Its name is Abyssus. A symmetrical map built at the Alaska part of Forge World and is set up for only a few gametypes as of now, but I'll get it ready for some more in the future. The map is inspired by several maps, but mainly Valhalla and Standoff. Therefor it's quite open (and thus vehicle-friendly), but still has enough cover to get you safely across the map.

Here's a picture of pretty much the entire map:

As you can see the map is centered around a main structure which nicely cuts off view from one base to the other. There are, however, structures to the side of the map to get around the main centre building.

A close look at the structure in the middle:

This structure acts as a way to cut off sight-lines from one base to the other and also makes for a fairly good place to control. It has limited cover, though so people who are up there won't be too dominant. There is a Grenade Launcher spawn on top and a Ghost that spawns at the bottom as seen in this screenshot:

Red base:

Blue base:

The bases of each team are kept fairly simple for easy access (to grab a flag for example). While they have enough cover in front they are very vulnerable to the sides. Both bases also have a man-cannon which will shoot you to the side structures.

Red side:

Blue side:

These structures were made after my first play-test of the map. It was evident that there was not enough reason to go to the sides of the map making it too centered around the middle. Adding these made the player-movement be more circular around the middle which made for a much more interesting second match.

That's about it for this map. I hope you guys can give me some pointers as to what I can change about my map. You can download it using the link at the top if you want to get a better look at the map in-game.