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===Raceday=== | ===Raceday=== | ||
Raceday is the working title of a map experimented on ''very'' early in ''Halo 2'' development, based around the concept of a "''[[Wikipedia:Car Wars|Car Wars]]''" style mode. The map is noted as being cut so early, it more closely resembles ''Combat Evolved'' [[Cut Halo: Combat Evolved levels|cut levels]]. It is one of several maps unearthed by [[343 Industries]] as part of the ongoing [[Digsite]] project.{{Ref/Site|Id=HWCRF|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/news/cutting-room-floor|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Cutting Room Floor|D=07|M=07|Y=2022}} | Raceday is the working title of a map experimented on ''very'' early in ''Halo 2'' development, based around the concept of a "''[[Wikipedia:Car Wars|Car Wars]]''" style mode. The map is noted as being cut so early, it more closely resembles ''Combat Evolved'' [[Cut Halo: Combat Evolved levels|cut levels]]. It is one of several maps unearthed by [[343 Industries]] as part of the ongoing [[Digsite]] project.{{Ref/Site|Id=HWCRF|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/news/cutting-room-floor|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Cutting Room Floor|D=07|M=07|Y=2022}} | ||
===Overlord=== | |||
Overboard is a map ill-recalled by Max Hoberman, who remembers little of its existence - and suggested it may have morphed into another map. In April of 2023, he posted several design layouts by [[Chris Carney]] on his Twitter, further adding that the reason for the map's cutting may have been due to his preference for mirrored map layouts over rotational symmetry.{{Ref/Twitter|Id=OB1|MaxHoberman|1579585211658272775|Max Hoberman|Everyone is always asking about cut mp maps from Halo 2. Well here's one I have no recollection of: Overboard. Maybe it morphed into another? Carney would remember, they're his drawings. I recall being adamant that mirrored > rotational symmetry, so that may have been a factor.|D=11|M=04|Y=2023}} This is due to his belief that mirrored symmetry is more intuitive for allowing a player to navigate a map - something that is an issue in rotational symmetry style maps.{{Ref/Twitter|MaxHoberman|1579591050884440064|Max Hoberman|Quote=It's easier to intuitively know where you are on a map that uses mirrored symmetry – something to your left, vs to your right on the opposite side.|D=11|M=04|Y=2023}} | |||
Hoberman later added that he suspected his original issues with the map in 2003-2004 were that it had a great degree of verticality and use of ladders among the aforementioned issues with rotational symmetry. At the time of production, Hoberman was interested in intuitive player navigation in the maps he shipped, and believed that a map such as Overboard could play well but would require much more work from the art team to make playable.{{Ref/Twitter|MaxHoberman|1579827662520221696|Max Hoberman|Quote=After sleeping on this, I suspect I had issues with the verticality, ladders, and rotational symmetry, as I was obsessed with maps being intuitively navigable at the time. It's a cool design though—just one that requires a lot of heavy lifting from Art to differentiate sides.|D=11|M=04|Y=2023}} | |||
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File:H2 OverboardMap DesignDoc 1.jpg|A top-down layout for Overboard. | |||
File:H2 OverboardMap DesignDoc 2.jpg|A top-down layout for Overboard. | |||
File:H2 OverboardMap DesignDoc 3.jpg|A top-down layout for Overboard. | |||
</gallery> | |||
===Untitled Blastacular map=== | ===Untitled Blastacular map=== | ||