Sandbox Banshee Bundle

Prodigious 7k · 05-26-2009

Banshee Bundle

Made by Prodigious 7k.

Banshee Bundle is a very fun race map for banshees on the ground floor of sandbox. I had the idea when looking at Airshow by anus lad. He gave me permission to use the idea to make a map of the same style as his, so i did and here it is. I wanted to make this because his track (if you can call it that) was not structured at all, and all the scenery made crashing common so the play was very stop start. Also because it was in the skybubble you would find yourself dying for no reason while flying (because of the floor of the skybubble), this made gameplay very difficult.

My map is different because:

It is on the floor level with the guardians OFF so you cannot randomly die.
It follows a structured path which is fun.
It has very little scenery, although you could say i did not do much to the map, the map works better this way and gameplay is what counts.
All the points are the same and there are no annoying obsticles which hindered you more than helping gameplay in anus lad's version.

Skipping sections of the track is not cheating, it is intended so people behind can quickly get back into the game, making it fun for everyone, as opposed to mongoose racetracks where if you fall off, thats it for you unless someone else falls off.

As with all racetrack maps everyone needs to be on separate teams. The maximum number of players is 4 because of the number of banshees available. Sorry.

Details for the Gametype:

This map is intended as a first version and if it goes down well i will experement with more complex designs.

Here is an overview of the map:

Here are the spawns:

And here are some random shots of gameplay:

Thanks for reading, i hope you download this map, the links are below. Please comment, i want as much feedback as possible because i want to know if i should experiment with a version 2.

Download the map (Banshee Bundle) here

Download the gametype (SKYRACETRACKS) here

My gamertag is Prodigious 7k if you want to contact me or add me as a friend. I will also help anyone test maps if they want to just give me a shout.

click here for the sequel

II cyanide II · 05-26-2009

Wow i love the origionality although simple a very good idea and
i'm sure this will catch on greatly with the community! Good job getting it out there.

gotrek222 · 05-26-2009

ive played the other guys version ( sorry but its pretty shocking )

but i love this version its alot more structured and as a consequence alot more fun

overall a good map

Drummerguy360 · 05-26-2009

Wow I'm definitely going to make a map like this (if that's okay). Of course I'm going to make it my own like I always do with remakes.

Beautiful originality, but could have had more aesthetics to support it, because it honestly seems very plain right now.

Prodigious 7k · 05-26-2009

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Originally Posted by Drummerguy360

Wow I'm definitely going to make a map like this (if that's okay). Of course I'm going to make it my own like I always do with remakes.

Beautiful originality, but could have had more aesthetics to support it, because it honestly seems very plain right now.

Thats fine if you make a remake. I didnt make any asthetics because this is just a concept and i wanted to know if it was worth making amore asthetic and challenging version.

TheRayzerTag · 05-26-2009

I like the concept, it's nice and simple. Another good thing is that you could easily cut corners if you're in the back, so races stay spectacular to the end.

And one last tip: you can interlock arches to make perfect cirkles. Maybe you could use those for checkpoints too.

Prodigious 7k · 05-26-2009

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Originally Posted by TheRayzerTag

And one last tip: you can interlock arches to make perfect cirkles. Maybe you could use those for checkpoints too.

As ive already stated this isnt meant to be asthetic or good looking, just as an experement to see if its good enough to make a more complex and more asthetic version, Not as a finished map.

l ABlindGuy l · 05-26-2009

Pros:

Very original idea, and the sideways forging for each of the pillars is great.

Cons:

This can turn very ugly. If someone is about to win, and somebody else can screw that person over by respawning and then since they are closer to the goal than the other person, they could score.

Prodigious 7k · 05-26-2009

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Originally Posted by l ABlindGuy l

Pros:

Very original idea, and the sideways forging for each of the pillars is great.

Cons:

This can turn very ugly. If someone is about to win, and somebody else can screw that person over by respawning and then since they are closer to the goal than the other person, they could score.

You never respawn as you can only die from assassinations and your in banshees. However you can cut corners which could in very rare cases steal a win but most of the time this makes the gameplay better than mongoose tracks because you can always get with the people at the front instead of being stuck at the back.

physcopirahna6 · 07-01-2009

Wow really original
I really like how you have used banshees instead of mongooses
It looks really awesome
good thing the guardians aren't on