Truth
By Zaharias

Description: Truth is my first map posted to forgehub. It is designed for the Smackdown forge contest. The basic design idea behind Truth was to have a series of curved hallways around the perimeter of the map acting as LoS blockers, with each one containing a power weapon. This encourages a circular flow around the map in a counter-clockwise direction, but many tac jumps allow you to break this flow, if you know where to find them. Truth revolves around a modified double atrium design, with catwalks and bridges connecting the higher areas and allowing for many different tactics. I tried to design the map so that every position has another position to counter it. I built Truth to the Smackdown gametype as much as I could, with long lines of sight connecting the rooms, lots of dance floor, and a competitive weapon set that caters to zero bloom.

In the aesthetic department, I incorporated as much natural terrain as I could. Many of the rooms have sandy floors, and rocks that help to alleviate the grayness of the blocks. Nearly every room has windows looking out into a variety of locations; offering great views of the island, the cave, the waterfall, and the ocean. The map is color-coded based mainly on the views from these windows (blue hall looks to the ocean, green hall looks to the island, etc.) A massive skylight in the center atrium looks up at the Alaskan cliffside. Beyond natural landscape, Truth has a very clean look. I chose items that work well together, and I tried to create interesting patterns and shapes that fit with the overall theme.

Thanks to cluckinho10 for his feedback on Truth, as well as everyone on XBL who helped test.

Pictures

A slightly out of date overview showing weapon locations.

Thanks for viewing, and I hope you have as much fun playing Truth as I did building it.