Graveyard

Graveyard
Basic Information
Variants:	Arena
Developer(s):	{{{map-developer}}}
Map Info
Environment:	Halloween
Setting:	Night
Hazards:	Pitfall, Pumpkin bombs
Map Photos
Map Overview
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Welcome to Graveyard, a fresh, spooky new take on Lumberyard! When you die, your spirit leaves your body, haunting your enemies and healing your allies! Track your teammates through walls, fly to their position, and float around their body to provide the benefits of a level 1 dispenser! Will you group up and stack heals on a strong player, or pair up with a more frail friend to save them in their time of need? — Graveyard publicity blurb

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Graveyard is a community-contributed Arena map released during the Scream Fortress 2021 update. It is a Halloween-themed of the Arena map Lumberyard.

Similar to Lumberyard, the objective of this map is to kill all other players on the enemy team or capture the central control point once it is unlocked. Differing from conventional Arena maps, however, once a player dies, they become a miniature Dispenser-like ghost rather than spectating. As a ghost, players can passively heal their teammates and restore ammo similar to a Level 1 Dispenser. They are able to freely "fly" around, and can also say "Boo!" when using primary fire or attempting to use voice Commands.

To win a game, a team has to win 4 rounds either by capturing the control point, or killing the entire enemy team. There is a 25% chance for a round to start with a Skeleton King. A Rare Spellbook also spawns 50 seconds after the round starts. After a minute and 10 seconds have elapsed, the control point becomes active. If both teams are still alive after another minute passes, the Horseless Headless Horseman appears. If both teams are still somehow alive, the round ends in a stalemate.

Graveyard was contributed to the Steam Workshop.

Strategy

Main article: Community Graveyard strategy

Trivia

• One of the sheds on the side of the church has a sign which reads Pushin' Daisies, Flower Shop & Funeral Arrangements. This was an unintentional reference to the show Pushing Daisies that the creators decided to roll with after having noticed the reference.

Update history

October 14, 2021 Patch (Scream Fortress 2021)

• Fixed missing beacon particle to signify rare spell spawn locations
• Fixed an issue with custom HUDs interfering with the map's own HUD
• Fixed middle doors shutting themselves when blocked by a player
• Fixed various props z-fighting inside of walls
• Fixed instances of the announcer lines playing over the Merasmus' announcer lines
• Fixed an issue that caused players to remain in third-person at the beginning of a new round
• Fixed spells dropped by the skeleton king persisting between rounds
• Fixed pumpkin bombs generated from spells persisting between rounds
• Fixed server lag caused by dynamic props
• Reworked various VO to use new soundscript entries
• Merasmus will now react to player deaths with varying degrees of sarcasm
• Pumpkin bombs will now all refresh simultaneously at the start of every round
• Added a "No entry" sign to the middle doors
• Smoothed surfaces around the map to ease flying around as a ghost
• Increased sound of the ghost dispenser to improve healing feedback
• Extended the warmup periods by 5 seconds (now 15 seconds)
• Nature & Wildlife preservation measures
• Removed the Observer

October 5, 2021 Patch (Scream Fortress 2021)

• Added Graveyard to the game