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Prison Break is a multiplayer Quake map, based around a hub-and-spoke layout with six prison wings for arena combat.
Wireframe top-down view of the map
Early playtests felt that there wasn't enough cover, so I pivoted, putting in cells for players to spawn in and keeping them relitavely safe from anyone shooting down the wings. The tight side-to-side and vertical combat in the wings keeps the playing field even, as spawn points in each wing mean no where is safe to camp.
I go more into depth into the early design thoughts in this commentary: