Boatload is a single-stage Payload map with four control points and lots of water. Boatload exists because I had previously made a map called koth_tiftidwater, where I had explored the breadth and depth of the gameplay water could create, but created a terrible KOTH layout.

When questioning how I should remake the map, I decided that water was a better fit for Payload, where players raise the complaint of boredom having to play maps that feel the same over and over again. I also liked how Payload adds an additional strategy layer due to the fact that players can swim underneath the cart itself and use it as cover in a whole new way.

Once the map was balanced to a standard that matched or exceeded the Payload maps already in the game, I artpassed it in my typical way with early morning sunlight, lots of industrial vistas and sharp, pretty shadows. Then it was ready for a Steam Workshop release.

Check out my TF2Maps.net downloads, where I've made cool semi-experimental maps like Boatload once every 6-weeks-ish for the past 3 years.

If you wanna say something to me more directly for whatever reason, feel free to shoot me a message on Discord. My username is "tiftid".