Rural Estate

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Rural Estate, by SuperPianist

The government has learned about a secluded rural estate that apparently has so far survived the rampages of the infected. The property has been harmed in no way by the infected despite being in the middle of a large area destroyed by the rampaging monsters. Local intelligence indicates that the mansion is owned by a rich scientist and scholar. Government investigation shows him to have been working on the super-serum prior to the outbreak of the infected. Some officials hope that an important key to controlling the infected is hidden in the scientist's possession. As intelligence believes the grounds may be guarded by a team of privately hired mercenaries, a team of elite forces has been sent to infiltrate the estate and obtain any intel that could be pivotal in defeating the infected once and for all.

This map consists of four key areas: The Mansion (Alpha spawns in the second floor small library), the Barn (Bravo's spawn), the Rear Patio (a key area that can be used to ambush the mansion), and the Tunnels Under the Mansion (two exterior tunnels lead to four entrances on the ground floor of the mansion). Team Bravo can enter the mansion by the front door, the back patio doors, or the four doors coming from the tunnels. The doors probably should be opened and closed by the players. The tunnels can be used for stealth approaches, and the back doors can be used for ambush, since the patio provides plenty of cover. The front doors are where people who aren't thinking come in and get sniped from the second and third floors. :D :D Team Alpha must defend the house (third floor is extremely good for experienced snipers, since you can see almost the entire outdoors and main foyer from different places). Team Alpha could also ambush the tunnels or guard the patio, or even take the fight right to the Barn. However, even though the house may seem an impenetrable sniper trap, a well communicating Bravo team can easily surround and overwhelm the defending Alpha team. Anyone who knows the grounds and mansion like the back of his hand will have the advantage.

I thought I would design a map that detaches a little bit from the visuals of a nuclear, research facility, terrorist hideout, or infected map, but make a story that could still work perfectly with it.

Designed from scratch in Blender and GIMP, around 60 hours of work :D (I downloaded the cars in the barn, which were released under Creative Commons license)

Most of the following images have a smaller image in one corner indicating the location of the screenshot in the map as a whole.

'''Here is the whole map from a top view. Bravo and Alpha spawns in red, and underground tunnel entrances in orange.''' High up view of the mansion and barn  '''One of the tunnel entrances, circled in blue. Orange shows the network of tunnels under the mansion.''' Tunnels  One of 4 shaft entrances into the mansion Main foyer of the mansion  Looking left after entering through the front doors  '''Each of the four shafts leading down to the tunnels. There are two shafts under each of the side main stairs '''  Looking left after entering the front doors (looking towards Alpha spawn)  First floor of Alpha spawn (looking towards the front of the mansion)  Second floor of Alpha spawn (looking towards the back of the mansion) (stairs leading to third floor go up towards the front of the mansion) (to the left is the main foyer) '''Third floor hallway looking to the front of the mansion. (stairs coming from second floor of alpha spawn indicated in white)''' More third floor (looking towards the back of the mansion)  Bedroom 1 (3rd floor, looking towards the front of the mansion) (refer to previous photo :D) Bedroom 2 (3rd floor, back of the mansion)  Bedroom 3 (3rd floor, back of mansion)  Dining Room (1 1/2 floors, back of mansion looking towards the front) (below bedrooms 2 + 3)  Breakfast room (left of main foyer, first floor, looking towards front of mansion)  Kitchen (first floor, left of main foyer, towards the back of the mansion, and is connected with the breakfast room)  Library (second + third floors, directly above the breakfast room and kitchen) (out the door to the right is the main foyer) (second staircase leading to third floor indicated in white) Another view of the library (looking towards the front of the mansion) Rear patio (doors lead to the dining room) Another view of the rear patio  Bravo Spawn first floor (looking into the front of the barn)  Second floor of Bravo Spawn, looking towards the mansion View of the mansion from the second floor of Bravo Spawn

Links

 * Rural Estate's Official Entry
 * Nexon Announcing the Winner.