Duck Hunt: Escape

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First thing's first; Even if you hate duck hunt, give this variation of it a shot. Like many others, I felt that duck hunt was a fun and casual concept for a mini-game but I got bored of the how 2D and linear things felt with most duck hunt maps. I wanted to make a duck hunt that offered options to the ducks and made it an overall more fun experience. This is also my first map so I would greatly appreciate some feedback.

My main objective was to provide the ducks with multiple options when running towards their goal and create the most balanced game of duck hunt I could make. Whenever it may seem like a duck is cornered by the sniper, 90% of the time, there's an alternate way to do it that may catch the sniper off guard. There are two symmetrical paths (left or right) that the ducks start on in the beginning so that the sniper can't camp the first open spot and just kill everyone right at the beginning of a round, no matter how good he/she is.

Over the testing phases, I noticed some players like to be really cautious and take the smartest possible path while taking their time and other players like to rush through and push their luck in hopes that they'll beat everyone to the sniper. For that, I created a balanced route for both types of players.

Balanced players can make a right for a more covered route with higher chances of making it to the end; albeit significantly longer than the other path.

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Players who like taking a risk and need to quench their duck-instinct thirst for revenge on the hunter can make a left into a set of carefully placed man-cannons in completely open space that will get them to the finish line in a matter of seconds if their luck serves them right.

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Sweet revenge!

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Of course credit needs to be given where it's due so I would like to thank BiancaPanka, joshmosborne, and BabyLoveTibs4L for helping me test out this map. I would also like to give credit to KN1G4T PACO for the original duck hunt game type. I slightly modified his game type to save myself some time. Be sure to check out his maps.

Extra Info:
-Feel free to change the number of starting infected depending on the party size. The default is 1 infected. There can be up to 3 infected at the start or as little as 1 infected and 15 ducks.
-The sniper can be shot and killed with the magnum while they're distracted but it isn't exactly easy.
-Trying to skip sections will get you killed by a hard kill boundary (in most cases).
-Be on the look out for hidden armor abilities!

NOTE: The original author of both the map and the gametype are listed under joshmosborne. He is my roommate and I made this map before I even had a gamertag. If you have any suspicion of me stealing the map, feel free to send him a message for confirmation.