This map has been submitted to the
"Hammerfall" Grifball Court Contest!

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"Submerged"
A Grifball Court

The giant glass box is secured to the ocean floor with cables.
It shows everything that surrounds the court.

I enjoy making realistic environments, so I pushed myself
to make a believable play space with natural scenery.
I kept the piece count below max at 1440 in total.

I wanted to portray realism in every way I could. Adding sounds,
effects, hints of aging and lighting all went toward making
this feel like a real place.

It still plays like a normal court, the floor doesn't distract from
gameplay. With many tests and alterations, it became clear
that the blue team has no visual advantage because they are
completely visible even against the blue water behind them.

The emissive feature really helped the atmosphere of this court.
I like how this turned out, I wanted to satisfy a fantasy with
this one. I had to watch a few documentaries about the ocean
to get the environmental feeling just right.

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If you still haven't read enough:

Both teams arrived in submarines and docked on either side of
the court. The colossal glass walls groaned under the pressure
of the deep. Snaps and twangs came from the cables securing
the massive container to the ocean floor.

The buzzer started; Adrenaline sparked into action as the
Spartans burst into a sprint. With one unified leap they landed in
unison on the court.

The dark ocean that surrounded them made the glass invisible.
A giant and alien sound erupted from the abyss.

"Is this safe?"
"We're a few hundred feet below the surface, there are
monsters out there, and if we had the bad luck to be crushed
by this ---"

"Calm down, Spartan. This is an official stadium for the sport
that you play professionally!"

"But... We can't even swim out of here if the submarines break
down... I don't even like water... Where's the bathroom?"

"On the sub. Go after this round."

"If we get sucked out of the exit door, we will fall to the
bottom of the ocean and get found by monsters and die. I hope
my bathroom break goes uneventful."

"Yeah, watch out for rogue lobsters that might nip your arse!"

-SMACK-

The ball went flying after a spartan was smashed by a gravity
hammer.

After the round was over, They all celebrated with some sushi.

"I hate sushi."

-SMACK-