Introducing: “Crater City” a mini-slayer map for Halo 4.

This is the final of four finished mini-slayer maps I created for Halo 4. When I found out this game type was coming to matchmaking, I contacted 343 via twitter and let them know I had these maps to look at. Asking if they wanted to see them, they said a resounding, “YES.”

Proof of Twitter conv
They are still in my fileshare BTW, if YOU want to check them out too, beyond these pics I’ve been posting. My Fileshare

Now on to Crater City!

I designed this one on top of the building to make use of that geometry of the map.

Crater City Top view HFFLThis time I’m showing the top view from forge with the safe zone highlighted. It’s right at the edge of the walls. So don’t venture outside of them or you know what will happen to you…
Crater City Red spawn HFFL
Crater City Blue spawn HFFL
You can access the building just above in the pic. Good place to hide, but I prefer not to camp…
Crater City Pelican Landing HFFL
I like the idea of having a mini UNSC base in these maps. Thus again, I added one, this much smaller than the others. It has a mini-“Pelican” that has landed there.
Crater City Food Court HFFL
As with Canyon, I’ve included spaces at the bottom of some buildings to create more playspace. Crater city is FULL of these places, so take a good look around!
Crater City Atrium HFFL
This is another one of those spaces. I thought about adding more in this area, however the gameplay is so quick, it really became unnecessary.
Crater City Watchtower HFFL
Not far from the Atrium is the Watchtower. You can get behind it with your spartan as well as walk between it (as shown).
Crater City Alley HFFL
Here is a back alley in Crater City. Again a good place to hide, but I’ve found not much action goes on here, so you might not get many kills if you hang out here.
Crater City Power Plant HFFL
In the same corner as the alley is a power plant. You can go under this building too!
Crater City Hologram HFFL
This building is the gem of the map, IMO. Not only can you run around it and on top of it…
Crater City Hologram interior HFFL
You can go inside of it too. And be greeted by the Impact hologram!
Crater City in the hologram HFFL
In fact you can walk in amongst it!
Crater City Old town HFFL
I call this corner of the map “Old town” because it’s the corner I worked on first.
Crater City Old Base HFFL
This was originally going to be the red base spawn before I moved initial spawns.
Crater City Old base interior HFFL
It’s another one of the buildings that you can get into!
Crater City Mid-access HFFL
When at mid, jump up to this ramp to gain access to the top most part of the center building of Impact.
Crater City mid-jump up HFFL
From there you can easily jump up to the top of the Food Court building (no jet pack required!).
Crater City New Town HFFL
And finally, this corner of the map I call New Town as it was the corner I finished last on the map.

I’ve got one more mini-map I’m working on, but that will be awhile. In the meantime, I hope you’ve enjoyed looking at these maps. If you like them well enough, send 343/HaloWaypoint a message saying so and maybe we can see one or more of them in matchmaking. You can tweet them at @HaloWaypoint.

-Sal

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I’ve got tons of experience with Halo gaming and collecting. I feel I have something to offer to the greater Halo fan community. Posts along the way will be about tips and tricks in the games as well as collecting and many more Halo related things. I’ll also repost interesting articles from the official site, Halowaypoint.com, or from fellow Halo fan sites. As I continue this blog, I hope to help gamers who want advice on the games, as well as any collectors with regards to where to find collectibles as well as deals, coupons and so on. You can also follow me on Twitter at: http://twitter.com/#!/HaloFanForLife or Facebook at: http://www.facebook.com/halofanforlife11. Welcome to my blog and I hope you’ll come back again and again. -Sal

2 thoughts on “Introducing: “Crater City” a mini-slayer map for Halo 4.

  1. I’m liking these mini maps, really cool, and small. Out of curiosity, how does one make a ‘mini’ map?

    • Well, it’s really about imagination. The maps aren’t modded at all. They use standard pieces in Forge. It’s just a matter of positioning them to look like buildings, roads, mountains, etc. If you play on these at normal Spartan height, you get the feeling that you’re playing as a giant on them and the maps become VERY small (feeling-wise). The mini-slayer gametype I did not create.

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