dm-forbidden

While working with the community bonus pack team one of our "producers" from epic David "Solidflux" Spalinski posted screenshots of a layout he had made. It was not clear weather this was a scrapped map to be used in UT2K4 that didn't make the cut or if he made it in his spare time before starting at Epic (that would have been for UT2K3 than of course). It was fully setup and working in UT2K4 though. He asked if one of us had the time to finish this map and do all the graphics for it. He specifically hinted that he would like to hear "my" opinion if I wanted it or not ... of course I agreed to take this map under my wing. The mockup airship flew around a hellish landscape backdrop that was copied form one of the official UT maps I replaced it with a "League of Extraordinary Gentleman" inspired background which I figured was more fitting to the steampunk look of the airship. The backdrop has several bridges that the airship can fly through. Beyondunreal voted this map the 7th most innovative map ever (official unreal maps by epic where included in this list as well if i remember correctly place 8,9 or 10 was an official map). In retrospective I wished the level was less gray.