Just so everyone knows, this project isn't dead. I think I've gotten the extent of pub testing that I need, so if anyone wants to orchestrate a lobby, feel free. As always, I appreciate any feedback you have, and I'm always willing to improve and work on the map.

In the meantime, here's a little preview of some detail sessions I've done(by no means is this the finished product):

Before: http://i.imgur.com/hbWd05w.jpg
After: http://i.imgur.com/t6z93Fw.jpg

Alpha 6

Mid
-Removed spiral & curved wall
-Added "house" structure with a balcony thing in place of the spiral
-Added a rock prop, letting people walk up to the balcony
-Moved barriers
-Stretched out one side of the mid structure
-Moved medium health closer to middle & added a small ammo next to it(everybody needs a friend)
Mid>Second
-Added a suspended barrier to right side route
-Moved small health/medium ammo closer to mid
-Changed routes to be more of curves rather than 90 degree corners(Thanks ibex!)
Second
-Relatively unchanged
Lobby
-Added some more height variation in right side (The Area I Have No Name For) to make it less boring
-Added a window to right side that sees the flank route on last
Last
-Relatively unchanged

I know this map isn't really being hyped at all, but if anyone has some free time, I'd love to get this tested in a 6s pug!

| TF2Maps thread | Imgur Album | A6 |

Alpha 5

General
-Fixed spawntimes(hopefully)
-A lot of small brushwork changes
Mid
-Relatively unchanged
Mid>2nd
-Lengthened all routes
-Added a shutter to the middle route
-Added a small healthkit and medium ammo
-Straightened out the left side ramp
2nd
-Relatively unchanged
Lobby
-Added an entrance on the top of the spiral
-Changed height levels of most rooms
Last
-Shrunk left side flank route
-Moved spawnrooms further away from last
-Added some temporary props to block stickyspam from spawn
-Removed the entrance into the left side flank route
-Opened up a section of the fence

Sorry for such a long hiatus for such an underwhelming update. I've been especially busy with school and haven't had much time to do any real mapping.

| TF2Maps thread | Imgur Album | A5 |

Thanks for your feedback, I apologize for wasting your time.

Alpha 4B

Gameplay

• Added a diagonal ramp to mid from the lowest route
  
• Lowered 2nd point by 32 units
  
• Removed shutter route into lobby
  
• Reverted lobby back to a whole; rather than having 2 parts
  
• Moved spawnpoints up in final spawn
  
• Relocated forward spawn for capping 2nd to the "under" area of mid

Technical

• Shortened initial spawntimes
  
• Lengthened cap times for mid and 2nd
  
• Cut off some edges from the mid cap zone to prevent cheeky capping
  
• Added nobuilds to capture zones

Visual

• Moved some buildings up to clarify that they're unreachable
  
• Fixed an exposed nodraw

>> | Alpha 4B | TF2Maps Thread (Images out of date) | <<

Recompiled and changed the download to A4A, apparently A4 caused a server crash.

Alpha 4

Thanks to Carn for his feedback that inspired most of these changes!

General

• Changed almost all health & ammo locations and values
  
• Fixed capture times
  
• Fixed respawn times
  
• Removed resupply cabinets from forward spawns
  
• Simplified a lot of 'double ramps'
  
• Did a teensy bit of alpha detailing(sorry)

Mid

• Changed cylindrical silos to classic shacks
  
• Removed rocks from grass area
  
• Removed walls from point
  
• Expanded area on the right side(from either base's pov)
  
• Added a short fence to block view from mid->left side entrance
  
• Shortened fence blocking off right side
  
• Raised area of right side
  
• Added short fence on left side
  
• Smoothed out the left side height differences
  
• Moved forward spawns to the left side

Mid>Second connectors

• Shortened ramp in middle route
  
• Widened ramp in right side route[/SPOILER]

Second

• Widened shortcut onto the left side route to mid
  
• Lengthened fence on the back holding position
  
• Added a new shutter route to lobby beside the right side route

Lobby

• Expanded by 128 units
  
• Separated left and right sides of lobby with a windowed wall
  
• Smoothed out height changes[/SPOILER]

Last

• Decreased the height at which the far right route exits lobby
  
• Put a shack on the end of the sticky-outy bit with a prop jump to the roof
  
• Shortened front railing of said sticky-outy but
  
• Lowered height of the high ground area
  
• Disconnected high ground area from spawn
  
• Greatly shortened the wall separating the far left grass area and removed the clip brush(is now jump-over-able)
  
• Expanded the high ground area a bit into the far left grass area
  
• Removed water
  
• Lowered left side spawn exit(spawn exits are now somewhat symmetrical around the point)
  
• Extended the taller shack out into the main area
  
• Extended the right side spawn exit out to a 'porch'[/SPOILER]

Concerns/Possible Issues

• May be possible to spawncamp
  
• Last fights may devolve into spawncamping
  
• Left side grass route at last may be useless

>> | Download | TF2Maps.net thread | Imgur Album | <<

Alpha 3a

Just felt like last was way too small when I was running around the map so I made it bigger.

Gameplay

• Extended last point area by 384 units
  
• Added a rock structure and some barriers to facilitate
  
  Also added more screenshots to the imgur album and tf2maps thread.
  
  >> | Download | TF2Maps.net thread | Imgur Album | <<

Alpha 3

Gameplay

• Remade last point and the connectors from 2nd to last(aka lobby) entirely
  • The new layout is much more simplified and changes the map's overall shape to a straight line, a la granary.
    
  • The last point is VERY experimental, being very different from other 5cp lasts. I don't expect it to stay in it's current state.​
• Expanded holding zone near 2nd point
  
• Moved both forward spawns
  • Mid forward is now located under 2nd.
    
  • 2nd forward is now located in the large square Happy Farmers building​
• Added new doorway to left side(from attacker's point of view) route to 2nd
  
• Changed kits
  • There is now a medium health in the left side route to 2nd​
    
  • Shortened the huts at mid
    
  • Shrunk the area of mid by 128u on each side, so 256u total
    
  • Added a rock for cover at mid
    
  • Added a rock to the area under 2nd to make gameplay there slightly more interesting
  
  Visual
  • Some minor theme work
  
  Technical
  • Put some additional optimization in place
  
  KNOWN ISSUES:
  -Lighting bug on the outside of the window at last
  -Lighting anomalies on the ramps in lobby
  -Some pop-ins due to skybox brushes
  
  >> | Download | TF2Maps.net thread | Imgur Album | <<

Hi! About 9 months ago I put a map up here called mutagen, which was my first foray into competitive tf2 mapping. It had a lot of issues I wasn't quite sure how to fix, so I decided to move on to a new project. Recently I got an itch to have another go at it, so I rebuilt the map from the ground up.

I'm not really expecting to make the next badlands here, but my goal is to learn as much as I can from this and maybe create a finished map sometime.

>> | Most recent version download: Alpha 6 | <<

>> TF2Maps.net thread <<

>> Imgur album <<

If by chance you'd like to pug or anything on this map(you don't need my permission to do so!), be sure to send a message afterwards with what you thought of it to my Steam or TF2Maps accounts!

~512 units higher than the highest reachable point on the map, shouldn't be too problematic

Dumb map made by a dumb mapper

Tf2Maps.net thread

I'm a mapper who normally makes somewhat silly maps with seldom-used gamemodes. I thought it would be a good learning experience to do the complete opposite, a 5cp map meant for comp. It's not very good at the moment, but that's what feedback is for!

Screens:

[Middle]

[2nd (bad screenshot)]

[Last Lobby]

[Last]

[Overview]

[Prettier Overview]

Planning on getting it tested in HL(was too big for 6s apparently)