Indoors map inside a large greenhouse. So it looks and feels different from the other maps. Making use of tropical scenery, large palms, lilly pads etc.
Map Objective: Retrieve preserved uncontaminated plant seeds for growing food, from seed bank.
Map Idea: Kew Gardens
Mustang
(Mustang)
#2
Visited here last year, every bit as gorgeous as it looks.
Particularly enjoyed Queen Charlotte’s Cottage.
Hundopercent
(Hundopercent)
#3
[QUOTE=BrightIs;450559]
Indoors map inside a large greenhouse. So it looks and feels different from the other maps. Making use of tropical scenery, large palms, lilly pads etc.
Map Objective: Retrieve preserved uncontaminated plant seeds for growing food, from seed bank.[/QUOTE]
Hopefully it’s an escort map that requires the ev to drive around in a circle multiple times to pick up pollen or flowers. Don’t forget it has to last 20 mins so the ev will do like 8 laps to give it more depth and feel. :rolleyes:
Tast1c
(Bangtastic)
#4
reminds me of schönbrunn 
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Palm_House_(Schönbrunn)seen_from_Palm_House_Parterre(from_app._N).png
I like the general Idea, some variety. things could have grown wild etc. to fit the setting ofc. somewhat like the part of camden for the first objective.
en2ie
(en2ie)
#5
Yeah this would be awesome, airstrikes could break the glass roof like at the end of waterloo.
Nail
(Nail)
#6
strychzilla
I’d be interested to know what your concept of proper map would be, I’m thinking you like outdoor maps
TacTicToe
(TacTicToe)
#9
So call the map Kew Garden of Horrors?
Now add in some hanging barnacles from Halflife, and that could be a wicked map. 
Hundopercent
(Hundopercent)
#10
[QUOTE=Nail;450612]strychzilla
I’d be interested to know what your concept of proper map would be, I’m thinking you like outdoor maps[/QUOTE]
Don’t get me wrong. I like the idea of the map and I am a fan of lush jungles in an fps. I just also know SDs approach to forcing 20 min maps. 
My comment was entirely facetious.
As for maps that I like, mp_base, mp_ice, mp_sub (some bad areas some good.)
Nail
(Nail)
#12
surprised me too
I understand sarcasm, and I don’t think SD is committed to 20 minute maps, in my mind, it’s just a starting place
ImageOmega
(ImageOmega)
#13
[QUOTE=Nail;450657]surprised me too
I understand sarcasm, and I don’t think SD is committed to 20 minute maps, in my mind, it’s just a starting place[/QUOTE]
It has been stated by Anti that their goal is a specific time spent per map in objective mode which I believe is 15-20 minutes. While, there has been an overwhelming support for shorter target objective times. I believe the majority would like to see 10-15 minutes, while the minority would like to see maps being completable in as little as 5-10 minutes. The shorter 5-10 minute completion times suiting the game more towards stopwatch and competition which, when you factor in the changing of sides, averages out to 15-20 minutes per map…go figure?
EDIT: Oh, and great map idea. I like the thinking outside of the box to bring a different set of environments. I think games like The Last of Us could be a huge inspiration to the idea of nature reclaiming urban environments due to some pandemic. The art design within that game is really phenomenal.
Raviolay
(Raviolay)
#14
It adds a little variety & stopwatch gives you an additional goal in beating the other sides time. There is nothing more motivating then score attack, gaming 101 from the good old 8-bit days. In fact I would like to see how many total spawns each side used to complete each objective on the scoreboard in addition to time.
Hundopercent
(Hundopercent)
#16
[QUOTE=Nail;450657]surprised me too
I understand sarcasm, and I don’t think SD is committed to 20 minute maps, in my mind, it’s just a starting place[/QUOTE]
I thought the beginning part of beach was terrible but the second half was pretty damn awesome. The first half is just so bad I couldn’t enjoy it.
Back on topic, far cry also has some nice jungleness to it.