The Dragon's Tail
obstacle course

by ak4Oseven and NoYork

Greetings ForgeHub, I'm pleased to present the first major Forge project designed by my colleague NoYork and I. This breathtaking, addicting course was heavily inspired by petetheduck's Flaming Ninja Challenge, with features like invisible mazes, and teleporters at the start which take you to checkpoints throughout the level.

The required Gametype for the course, also titled The Dragon's Tail, is modeled after the Flaming Ninja Gametype, featuring two classes:

- Warrior
Starting weapon: Magnum
Secondary weapon: Energy Sword (included for visual, aesthetic purposes only)

- Pookie
Starting weapon: Plasma Pistol

In order to officially conquer The Dragon's Tail challenge and receive full bragging rights, the player must choose the "Warrior" class and complete the course without using the jetpack. The "Pookie" class is available for players who just want to have fun and be able to skip ahead to different checkpoints.

The recommended amount of players is 1-4. It's possible to run the game with more people, but the obstacles can get quite narrow so it's recommended to play solo or with a small group.

There is a Prize Room at the end of the course, where only the fittest dragon slayers will venture into alive. The object of the game is simply to make it to the final Prize Room in one piece - killing other players will result in a negative point.

The player begins stranded on a mysterious platform, surrounded by the open sea, and must figure out how to reach the mountain ahead and scale it to the top. With the "Pookie" class, the player is able to fly up to a Falcon landing pad. The Falcon was included so players can freely spectate other players attempting the course.

The teleporter to the left of the Falcon will take players to the first checkpoint, which is halfway up the mountain. The teleporter to the right will take the player to the final checkpoint, where they will face the legendary Ghost skyway.

As the player scales the mountain, treacherous minefields will cross their path.

Leaping past deadly gaps and out-running soft kill zones on the way to the mountaintop, the behemoth Ghost skyway looms in the distance, giving players a glimpse of the journey that lies ahead.

A gateway awaits at the peak of the mountain to teleport players to the beginning of the Ghost skyway, the vehicle portion of the course. There is no way to cheat this obstacle. Even if the player is using a jetpack, there is no way to reach the final Prize Room without using the Ghost.

Players will find themselves sitting atop one of the tallest, most intimidating ramps that Forge World has ever seen, as they slowly edge their Ghost to the starting line.

The key here is: don't boost until the wings of your Ghost have passed the flags. The player will be able to line up the reticule of their Ghost with a cross-hair line floating in the air, to help players stay straight throughout the ramp. Once the wings of a player's Ghost have passed the flags, we recommend holding the boost button during the whole way down.

The Ghost platform has been updated to carry two Ghosts instead of one.

As players boost down the giant ramp, they'll approach a jagged rock face at blazing speed, only to be launched through a strange portal device right before impact.

After the driver is launched through the teleporter, the player will achieve some massive airtime as they fly towards the next series of Ghost ramps and half-pipes.

Players are able to shred their way down a series of half-pipes and gaps as they approach the Dragon's Head, where they must boost across a watery gap towards the final Ghost teleporter.

Enjoy! We look forward to hearing your comments and feedback. Shout out to ForgeHub for taking the Forge craft to the next level and running such a well-organized community.