This is a list of qualities we are looking for in our scenes. It is not a “you must follow every bullet point to the letter” sort of thing but please keep them in mind to increase the chances of your scene getting into the game.

• Long, straight distances that players can pick off Nords from.
• Kill zones that let players mindlessly kill bots with low risk.
• Wide open areas with no cover.
• Needlessly large maps.
• Small rooms.
• Positions where bots have an unfair advantage (shooting through trees).
• Camps that people never need to leave.
  • Having a few stragglers outside the camp that force players to leave is fine.
  • Stragglers should not be too inconvenient to reach.
  • The goal is to make players move without dragging out the run too much.
• Bot positions that only one or two Swadians can attack.
  • This mostly happens when cleaning up stragglers but it applies everywhere.
  • One way to prevent this would be having two paths out of the camp so that stragglers can be cleaned up from two sides.
  • Having it safe for only one or two ranged to clean up stragglers is an example of something to avoid.
• Unnatural grid-like layouts. There is such a thing as too much symmetry.
• Styles that don’t fit the Swadian / Nord theme.
• Including un-released items (such as legendaries) as props.
• Areas of the map that only bots can reach but not players (particularly spawn points).

• Maps where players need to move around a bit.
• Layouts that give players choices.
  • Having multiple camp options would be ideal but not necessary.
  • Having multiple paths to take to clean up stragglers is more important.
  • There should not be bot positions vulnerable to only one or two players at a time.
• A natural layout with a certain amount of haphazardness (not perfectly symmetrical).
• A certain level of realism (no exposed walls ending abruptly or not lining up properly).

• Many existing scenes in the game do not yet follow these guidelines. As time goes on, they will gradually be reworked.
• These guidelines will probably be modified as time goes on based on discussion and how well they work in practice.
• You are welcome to discuss the guidelines on our forum.