The 7th Temple
Will the 7 gods of Forge favor you, or cast you to your death?

Interior of the Main Temple from the Front Entrance.
More screenshots at bottom of page.

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The 7th Temple features in brief:

Competitive, symmetrical map for Slayer, Capture the Flag, Assault, Free-For-All Oddball, FFA King of the Hill, and Juggernaut.
Map is straightforward to learn, but has details complex enough to make it interesting. The player is unlikely to get lost.
Designed with *extensive* interlocking and "geomerging," and an elegantly simple aesthetic. The Main Temple's floor is very smooth. I consider this to be my most beautiful map by far.
A large central Main Temple flanked by two smaller, Base Temples.
A large 7th Column Symbol in the Main Temple formed by teleporters. Entering teleporters gives 1-in-7 chance of Fuel Rod Gun/Speed powerup, 1-in-7 of dying, 5-in-7 of just Active Camo.
Main Temple has a high roof with 4 Skylights.
Catacombs in the walls and under the floor of the Main Temple serve as a partially hidden route across much of the map.
Players are able to get onto the roof of the Main Temple, and gain a significant height advantage, balanced by lack of cover and weapon/equipment placements.
Energy sword on the Altar is balanced by the shotgun outside the front of the Main Temple.
Base Temples have an unusual design, with a Window facing the Main Temple, and an entrance on the other side.

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The 7th Temple in detail:

Will the 7 gods of Forge favor you, or cast you to your death? You will find out, if you are daring enough to tempt them.

The 7th Temple is a Foundry-based, bilaterally (mirror) symmetrical map for Free-For-All Slayer, Team Slayer, Capture the Flag, Assault, FFA Oddball, FFA King of the Hill, and Juggernaut. The map consists of a large, central Main Temple, flanked by two, smaller Base Temples. The natural base areas of Foundry are blocked off by the Outer Wall.

The Main Temple is roughly house-shaped, and contains the Energy Sword on the Altar (a raised section of fence wall floor at one end.) From the Altar, players can drop down and enter the Catacombs, or exit to an alley behind the Main Temple. The Catacombs are passages that run under the Main Temple floor, and through the thick Main Temple Walls. The Catacombs can be entered at 9 places, and parts are visible from various places outside. This makes for a lot of potential interaction between players in the Catacombs and those outside. The sniper rifle (Runtime max = 2) is placed in the Catacombs, under a grating in the Main Temple floor.

The Main Temple also contains a large 7th Column Symbol made of teleporters. If a player jumps into any of the equivalent teleporters, he has a 1-in-7 chance of getting a Fuel Rod Gun and a Custom Powerup, a 1-in-7 chance of dying, and a 5-in-7 chance of getting Active Camo, (assuming it hasn’t been taken, already.)

*Note: The intended traits of the Custom Powerup are: 150% movement rate for 15 seconds.

*Note: A player should hold down the weapon pickup button as soon as he enters one of the teleporters, in case he gets to the Fuel Rod Gun.

A player picking up a power-up from one of the Powerup Chambers quickly exits from the center of the 7th Column Symbol.

The Main Temple also contains a Bubble Shield to serve as cover within the Temple, or anywhere on the map. (Runtime max = 2.)

The Roof of the Main Temple has no weapon, equipment, or grenade placements, and a lack of cover, in order to discourage excessive camping there. Much of the Roof is exposed to machine gun turret fire from the Base Temples. The Roof has 4 Skylights, through which players can drop into the interior of the Main Temple. On either side of the Roof are destructible barriers (Coil Barriers) that, once blown off the Roof, allow teams easy access to the Main Temple Roof by jumping from their Base Roof. Players can also get onto the Roof via grav lifts at the front of the Temple.

The Base Temples contain the flags and bomb spawn/arm points between their Windows and Side Entrances. There is a Fence Room next to the flag spawn, and a shielded drop-in point above it. There is a Dumpster at the Back Entrance to the Peaked Hall. There is a machine gun turret above the Front Entrance of the Base, on top of the Green Hall.

The shotgun is under a leaning single wall in front of the Main Temple.

This map was made using a Foundry Money Glitch Canvas.

*Note: Players looking for a more strategic and balanced experience in Capture the Flag and Assault, may wish to set the flag/bomb carrier movement rate to 50%.

Weapon and Equipment List

Weapons

Item * Number of Spawns / Runtime Max @ Respawn Time

Assault Rifle * 2 / 16 @ 20 sec
Plasma Pistol * 2 / 8 @ 20 sec
Battle Rifle * 4 / 16 @ 20 sec
Covenant Carbine * 2 / 12 @ 20 sec
SMG * 2 / 12 @ 20 sec
Plasma Rifle * 2 / 12 @ 20 sec
Spiker * 2 / 12 @ 20 sec
Needler * 2 / 4 @ 20 sec
Machine Gun Turret * 2 / 2 @ 30 sec
Brute Shot * 1 / 4 @ 20 sec
Sniper Rifle * 1 / 2 @ 60 sec
Shotgun * 1 / 1 @ 120 sec
Energy Sword * 1 / 1 @ 120 sec
Fuel Rod Gun * 1 / 2 @ 30 sec

Equipment

Item * Number of Spawns / Runtime Max @ Respawn Time

Power Drain * 2 / 4 @ 45 sec
Regenerator * 2 / 2 @ 60 sec
Bubble Shield * 1 / 2 @ 30 sec
Frag Grenade * 8 / 32 @ 10 sec
Plasma Grenade * 8 / 32 @ 10 sec
Active Camo * 1 / 2 @ 60 sec
Custom Powerup * 1 / 2 @ 30 sec

Screenshots:

The Front of the Main Temple.

Interior of the Main Temple.

On the Altar.

Under the Grating with the sniper rifle.

On the Roof of the Main Temple.

On one of the Coil Barriers on the Main Temple Roof.

The Catacombs in the walls of the Main Temple.

Under the Side Steps of the Main Temple. (Part of the Catacombs.)

Under the Front Steps of the Main Temple. (Catacombs)

At the Crossroads (Catacombs.)

Under the Altar (Catacombs.)

Attackers’ Base Temple from the front.

Defenders’ Base Temple: Flag and Window.

Defenders’ Base Temple: Dumpster and Peaked Hall.

Base-to-Base snipe. (Fence Room)

Shotgun Shelter, Grav Lifts and Outer Wall in front of the Main Temple.

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