by nibbles and Spawn of Saltine

Welcome to Battleships. It's taken 2 months and a lot of procrastinating to get here. It all started out with a little fooling around in forge. I was showing Nibs one of my recent projects that involved Gauss turrets. He jumped in and starting shooting wildly and something very strange happened. The shots were piercing the walls! Yes, that's right, Gauss turrets can actually shoot through objects! At first we were going to make a map with our little friend Erupt, but that idea was stale. It needed a more fresh and original idea behind it. Thus, Battleships was born.Battleships is a very simple idea at heart, but a lot of different game mechanics all fit together to make this work. Let's explain the basic rules of Battleships, shall we? In the original game both teams would start out by placing their pieces on the gameboard. Then one of the player's would go first by calling out a section of the board to strike. If any of the opponents battleships were in that section, they would get hit, and eventually, sunk. This would continue until one player was last standing with the most ships left.

In Battlehips: Reach Edition we've had to make some slight changes, but the best parts are still there. >:] KILLING. The goal of this game is to eliminate the other team, and by doing so, earn the most points inside the hill.

At the very beginning of the match you will see a load out picture showing a 1 or a 2 on a die. If it shows a 1 then your team is shooting first. If it shows a 2 then you are placing your pieces and hiding first. Easy?

When the game starts you will be dropping from the air down towards your designated Warthog. The turret gunner will pick up a CPU that will make him not do damage for 15 seconds.

Each player is assigned to a vehicle and a partner. If your vehicle gets destroyed and you manage to survive, you can slowly crawl back to this starting area to pick up a new vehicle.

This is an overview of the map. The middle wall is what you shoot through to blow up the enemy vehicles. For the first 15 seconds of the game there will be a neutral hill in the middle that no team controls, this lets each team place their vehicles and thus a fair beginning to the match.

After the first 15 seconds the hill will move to the side that had a 1 showing on their die. Controlling the hill gives your team points for every member alive. It also gives everyone the ability to deal damage, move, and drive vehicles. This team should start shooting through the wall to blow up the other team's vehicles. Notice the timer in the middle of the picture that shows you how much time you have left in your turn.

The team that is not controlling the hill cannot move, drive vehicles, or deal damage. This team has a very vague radar that can give them an idea where the other team is.

They are also equipped with Focus Rifles to locate to their team where to shoot on their turn. Nifty, eh?

Each team has wall markings to aid them in shooting. These lines are lined up straight with the other side to give you an idea where you are shooting at.

The center wall. You can see the markings lining up with the wall.

Video!

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courtesy of nibbles

Now that we know how to play, lets see some action shots!

Thanks to all of our testers! There were so many people that continually joined our testing sessions and we are really grateful that you did. This map would not be what it is today without the help of the community.

Hope you enjoy the map!