#KILLING FLOOR 2 LEVEL UP MAP UPGRADE#
Q: Where will the trader shops be located?Ī: The "Trader" in Killing Floor provides players the opportunity to upgrade their arsenal or get rid of junk they no longer need. All of these are better places to spawn specimens than just right there on the ground! As a rule of thumb however, you should keep in mind that the more speciman spawns a map has, and the more interesting and sneaky the places they are, the more exciting the gameplay will feel. This will be discussed in more detail, in a later section. And this means presenting players with defensible, but not impenetrable areas.įor example: A small shack with only one entrance, and multiple windows to fire out of is probably being a little too kind to the players! If you add a back door to the shack, the scenario becomes more interesting, because now the players are forced to watch two directions at once, and this increases the tension!Ī: Killing Floor makes use of "ZombieVolume" actors, to determine what is a good place for a mob of enemies to spawn at. The most important aspect of any killing floor map is that it be constantly tense when the wave is underway. This might be fun for a while, but it will have the effect of giving the map a static and eventually boring feel. It's your job as a mapper, to give them as much choice as possible, and to make sure that these locations are each as balanced as possible.įor example, if I decide to create an enormous tower in the middle of an open area, players are probably going to spend all of their time up there, and never come down. Q: Where will the players be able to set up their defenses?Ī: Killing Floor is a sandbox style game, and players will often gravitate towards defensive points that they feel comfortable with. Where will the players be able to set up their defenses?ģ. The main things to keep in mind when planning a KF map are:ġ.
Designing a map for Killing Floor requires a slightly different sort of thought to say - a Deathmatch level in Unreal.
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