Bridges and Bluffs [Map Contest 5]

Scholars regularly debate why hoomans worked so hard to make travel take longer than it should. Special thanks to Alexscott20 for graphic support. Thank you for the incredible support you've given to help this map reach #1 Most Popular on the Timberborn workshop page! Guide your beavers to master this treacherous land from a precarious starting position. Utilize natural bridges and advanced transportation to build a network across the bluffs, taking advantage of several unique 3D landforms to create more and more safe havens. Find a niche among the plains, supply water down to the dry rivers, and power up your settlement. Playtested on Hard Mode! This map encourages players to build ziplines and tubeways through: o Providing plentiful but scattered sources of metal. o Restricting easy access to badwater in the early game. o Restricting available flat land to several scattered areas. o Deliberately spacing distance between pieces of prime real estate to account for ziplines and creating curvy structures which encourage the use of zipline beams. It takes advantage of 3D Terrain by: o Creating several novel setpieces including river overhangs, hard-to-tap acquifers, and multi-tiered bluffs. o Providing strategic options for dam points which require players to plan and sacrifice for future expansions. o Reducing players' ability to easily master water sources and think about their flow without using negative sources. o Utilizing caves and other geometry to further encourage tactical placement for ground-level buildings like the underground storage. It insists upon the use of vertical power by: o Limiting the player's flat space (and restricting dynamite until later to spur on adaptation.) o Providing natural landforms to guide the flow of water below the starting area (It also encourages the use of vertical water movement by providing the opportunity to create several man-made aquifers out of the natural environment!) Several areas of the map also encourage building tun