Farmageddon

Farmageddon
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Basic Information
Map type:	Player Destruction
File name:	pd_farmageddon
Released:	October 5, 2021 Patch (Scream Fortress XIII)
Developer(s):	Matthew "MegapiemanPHD" Simmons Patrick "Zeus" Hennessy Alex "FGD5" Stewart Benjamin "blaholtzen" Blåholtz Al "Square" Rodgers Tim "SediSocks" Brown Lees Juniper Aeon "Void" Bollig Seb "Tianes" Necula Liran "Ducksink" Ohana
Map Info
Environment:	Farmland
Setting:	Night
Hazards:	Skeletons, Combine harvester, Crushing, Pumpkin bombs
Hazards (Underworld):	Acid
Map Items
Health Kits:	×1  •   ×4
Ammo Boxes:	×4   •    ×1
Special:	•
Map Photos
Map Overview
Map Stamp
Supporters Leaderboard

“

Badlands' Biggest Pumpkin has come to life and is going on a rampage. Both Blu and Red have been hired to deal with it, and you know they aren't going to work together. — Farmageddon publicity blurb

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Farmageddon is a community-created Player Destruction map. It takes place on a large farm after a record-breaking pumpkin named Gourdon has mutated into a monster.

The mercenaries have been tasked with collecting Weed Killer in order to stop the pumpkin’s reign of havoc. During the match, the pumpkin lies dormant, but periodically waking up for the players to go inside of it to deposit Weed Killer pickups. Players entering are transported inside the pumpkin and have to navigate to its beating heart to deposit the Weed Killer and escape back to the main match. During the times where the pumpkin is awake, scarecrows, who are reskinned Skeletons, spawn and attack anyone close enough, dropping large Weed Killers on death.

This map features its own announcer, the Farmer, who hired RED and BLU to destroy the mutated pumpkin.

Farmageddon was contributed to the Steam Workshop.

Locations

• Grain Shed: The barrier building between Spawn and the Machine Shed.
• Road: Flanking around the Grain Shed is a dirt road. Several medium health and ammo packs are found here, in addition to pumpkin bombs.
  • Hayrack Ride: Elevated platform on the outer bend of the Road.
• Machine Shed: This is the largest building on the map, encompassing the entire central section of Farmageddon and containing the monster pumpkin that players fight around.
  • Combine: There is a deadly Combine on one side of Machine Shed. Acting as an environmental death, it swiftly shreds anyone who dares to get too close.
  • Machine Room: Opposite the Combine, a small wooden ledge with humming machines can be found. It offers good high ground advantage and leads up to the pumpkin's top.

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  The Machine Shed.

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  The combine within the Machine Shed.

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  RED Grain Shed.

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  The exterior of the RED Grain Shed.

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  BLU Grain Shed.

• Inside the Pumpkin: An area only accessible for short periods of time when the pumpkin opens its mouth. When the pumpkin closes, players begin to take damage and the area fills with acid that quickly depletes the player's health.
  • Heart of the Pumpkin: At the center of the pumpkin lies its heart. This also acts as the deposit zone and contains a portal that brings players back to the outside.

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  The inside of the pumpkin.

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  Overview of the underworld, which contains the Heart of the Pumpkin.

Pumpkin lines

Morice is voiced by blaholtzen , imitating Nolan North's voice for the "Pumpkin Bomb".

Being approached

"Ey, happy Halloween or whatever." "What's the matter, ya never seen a live pumpkin before?" "What are you, some kinda 'looking-at-pumpkins' guy?" "What are you, the pumpkin inspector?" "Ey, you look familiar, ever been to Millhaven?" (See Unhappy Returns, page 14.) "Ya know, my mother always said I looked good in orange." "Ey, I'm pumpkin here!" "Look, you're not makin' a pie outta me, alright?" "Don't mind me, I'm just decoration." "What are ya, RED team? BLU team? I can only see green." "Trick-or-treat, gimme ya money." "Ey, I'm gettin' real sicka ya face." "Buzz off, alright?"

Strategy

Main article: Community Farmageddon strategy

Update history

October 5, 2021 Patch (Scream Fortress 2021)

• Added Farmageddon to the game.

October 8, 2021 Patch

• Optimizations.
• Fixed asymmetrical doorways.
• Fixed players being pushed into the ground instead of killed when Gourdon's mouth closes.

October 22, 2021 Patch

• Minor lighting changes to brighten up a few spots.
• Updated .nav mesh to fix scarecrows not chasing players.
• Minor detail changes.
• Updated announcer lines so they are easier to hear.
• Removed general damage in the capture area while the point is unlocked.

October 28, 2021 Patch

• Underworld hurt trigger now works as last update explained.
• Fixed visable^(sic) nodraw entity.

November 15, 2021 Patch

• Updated scarecrow logic to make damaging them more consistent.
• Fixed incorrect farmer line playing sometimes when the cap opens.
• Added func_respawnflag back to the acid area in cap zone that mysteriously vanished.
• Fixed some floating props and beams.
• Added team specific teleporter destinations for teleporting players out of the cap zone when a round is over. This should stop players getting stuck in each other.
• Cap point open sprite should no longer appear at the start of a round if the cap opened during "waiting for players".
• Blocked off sentry spot under the ramps at mid because it was too advantageous.

October 20, 2022 Patch

• Lighting changes.
• Minor detail changes.
• Reworked scarecrow logic to make use of the setmodel and ondeath commands.
• Set scarecrow health to 500.
• Updated menu text.

November 4, 2022 Patch

• Updated pd_farmageddon to fix one of the point lines that said closing instead of opening.

October 9, 2023 Patch #1 (Scream Fortress 2023)

• Updated pd_farmageddon to fix blood particles for the scarecrows.

October 13, 2023 Patch

• Updated .res file to work with custom huds (Thanks Aar).

October 30, 2023 Patch

• Fixed instances where players can get stuck when leaving the cap zone (Thanks Lo-fi).
• Added custom announcer lines for gargoyle spawn.

November 4, 2024 Patch

• Revoked scarecrow gym membership which lowered their health from 500 to 350.

Trivia

• The map's name is a portmanteau of the words "Farm" and "Armageddon", the latter of which is a term generally used for end of the world scenarios.
• The big pumpkin's name, Gourdon, is a portmanteau of gourd and the name Gordon.

Unused content

• The original concept included Vladimir Bananas (TF2’s soviet equivalent to Poopy Joe) that crash landed in a barn. Mutated by radiation, Vladimir would stalk players in an underground cave full of toxic waste. Players would need to avoid him while scoring their points after jumping down a hole under the ship.

Gallery

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  A scarecrow.

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  A small Weed Killer pickup.

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  A large Weed Killer pickup.

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  Steam Workshop thumbnail for Farmageddon.