I like it. My favorite part was probably the blended sand texture- I kept wanting to sweep it away. I also liked the way the ground blended into the sky like there was a sandstorm going on.

Even though the "industrial-steampunk-Western" theme isn't that original inside Sauerbraten, I don't see it used a lot in other games, and it's not nearly as overused as the "egyptian" theme. I think it's a nice style.

My only complaint is that I don't think the player should die when they jump outside the map. It made sense in Turbine because of the moving sand, but here there's sand everywhere. Maybe you could add a bunch of huge scorpions right outside the gates.

Fairly nice map. Feels kinda like a new version of complex.

It's not especially visually interesting, though. Overwhelmingly beige, and that steel patchwork texture is on just about everything. A touch of red should help (either a little of that rust texture, or a little more orange in the skylight).

Not sure what this thing is, but it looks like something you should be able to interact with. I expected a jumppad.

I agree with Greaserpirate about the sand, too. It is at the right height that you should be able to jump on it. Perhaps lower it? Or maybe lower it and remove the death; just allow people to run around like idiots. :D

Also: shotgun shells?

The map is visually beautiful, but totally unplayable in FFA and effic. And in insta, many spawn kills due to the bad playerstart. To add more playerstart would be cool.

Its a pretty interresting map.

The industrial-desert theme is quite original.

The texturing is nice, even tough it could use some more contrast. This has a very similar texture set as academy, but unlike academy and frozen, it isn't ice/freeze-themed. Maybe you should mark the theme a little more, by creating sand heaps or something like that.

The geometry is nothing to complain about, it's just like it should be.

The lightning is fine, but I think it could also use some more contrast. There are plenty of shadows and areas wich are fully lighted, but it somehow isn't giving there really is some difference. Maybe you should put the ambient a little lower or the skylight a little higher?
The atmosphere should actually feel like the skybox is telling you, a sun wich really burns on your head.

The detail is ok, some nice solutions for trimming edges has been used.

The clipping/noclipping isn't bad, but just like other's already commented, be sure that a player understands the what's "outside" of the map.

The flow is nice, but that's just because the map is so damn open. From this aspect the map is actually nothing more than some (short) stairs wich are leading you up and down.

The gameplay isn't that great. Efficiency will end up into "rifle combat" and for insta, the ammount of playerstart is just too low for that mode. When you stay on certain higher platforms, your able to see about 7 of the 9 playerstarts. This probably ends up into camping till you drop.

Anyways,
Nice map, you can see there has been spend pretty much time in it.
I would recommend to observate metl3 and compare this map with it, especially from the aspects lightning, texturing and detailing, since somehow metl3 has that "burning" atmoshpere wich this map just doesn't has.

8/10 for now!

awesome :)

the "weird" thing that sheeEtin mentioned is a random detail I made; I hade a large mapping braek and doko invited me to finish the map we once began together.
Thanks for giving me back part of the motivation to map again