Showcase [CTF] Harvest I: Before and After

CTF map building is super tricky, especially when there isn't an efficient system in place to test out maps and see how they actually play.

Harvest is one of those maps that looked really cool when it was first posted. I love the concepts brought with it, and there really weren't very many suggestions posted by other players. However, as soon as it was added to rotation the issues showed up. Many, many people were quick to condemn it without taking a moment to think, "Okay, how can we try to fix this?"

The map was initially ranked within the bottom 3 maps through in-game voting. I went through and swapped out some aesthetic things that I thought might simplify the map and make it more cohesive, and @b0squet really helped with flagroom fixes. After these changes were finalized, the map bounced up to the middle of the pack in ranking.

This isn't perfect, I'm still seeing a lot more things that can be done to improve the map, but it should give an idea on a way to approach problems and change them. I always encourage trying to make things better if you have an idea to fix something.

If you think you can bring this map to the next level and make it even better, go for it.

Before and after pics:










Shoutout to @AndyinaBEARsuit for the awesome colored tree mixes.

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Thanks for swinging by!