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** The mission flight path refers to the commonly illustrated, [https://i.imgur.com/aZTJ0kV.gif late 1960s Apollo mission flight path], but here modified to target Santa's facilities at the North Pole.
 
** The mission flight path refers to the commonly illustrated, [https://i.imgur.com/aZTJ0kV.gif late 1960s Apollo mission flight path], but here modified to target Santa's facilities at the North Pole.
 
** Above the flight path is [[Engineer#Bio|Engineer's]] [[:File:The Engineer's Favorite Equation.png|favorite equation]], used to calculate [[vdc:Phong|Phong]] lighting in-game.
 
** Above the flight path is [[Engineer#Bio|Engineer's]] [[:File:The Engineer's Favorite Equation.png|favorite equation]], used to calculate [[vdc:Phong|Phong]] lighting in-game.
** The Bleeps, Sweeps, Creeps indicator refers to [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RPFBVxbLDng dialog] from the movie [[w:Spaceballs|''Spaceballs'']].<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20231218134931/https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/comments/3080331323 Creators] confirming the several references. MCL15 [author] Dec 16 @ 5:14pm "The screens on the launch control panel contain a number of jokes and references, including: Spaceballs (Bleeps, Sweeps, Creeps)"</ref>  
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** The Bleeps, Sweeps, Creeps indicator refers to [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RPFBVxbLDng dialog] from the movie [[w:Spaceballs|''Spaceballs'']].<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20231218134931/https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/comments/3080331323 Creators] confirming the several references.<!-- MCL15 [author] Dec 16 @ 5:14pm "The screens on the launch control panel contain a number of jokes and references, including: Spaceballs (Bleeps, Sweeps, Creeps)"--> "(Bleeps, Sweeps, Creeps)"</ref>  
 
** 0.166 G is the gravity of the Moon relative to that of Earth, 1.0 G.
 
** 0.166 G is the gravity of the Moon relative to that of Earth, 1.0 G.
 
** MCL-15 is the signature of the artist.
 
** MCL-15 is the signature of the artist.
 
* The soda choices refer to particular principles in nuclear physics, in order, [[w:Fluorescence|fluorescence]], [[w:Cherenkov radiation|Cherenkov radiation]], [[w:Plasma (physics)|plasma]], [[w:Rad (radiation unit)|Rads]], and [[w:heavy water|heavy water]].  
 
* The soda choices refer to particular principles in nuclear physics, in order, [[w:Fluorescence|fluorescence]], [[w:Cherenkov radiation|Cherenkov radiation]], [[w:Plasma (physics)|plasma]], [[w:Rad (radiation unit)|Rads]], and [[w:heavy water|heavy water]].  
* [[:File:Galleria business signs18.png|FGD Luxury Automobiles]] refers to {{Steamid|76561198025680450|FGD5}} who created various assets for the map including the cars in the showroom and the ice resurfacer.
 
 
* The Dapper Cadaver store's purple and gold ''fleur de lis'' decor, [[:File:Galleria business signs04.png|sign]], and [[:File:Galleria business signs16.png|poster]] reference the Spy's preference for [[:File:TheNakedandtheDead155.png|exclusive French suits]] and to the [[:File:Dapper Cadaver.png|name of a magazine]] that the Spy is reading in [[Expiration Date]].
 
* The Dapper Cadaver store's purple and gold ''fleur de lis'' decor, [[:File:Galleria business signs04.png|sign]], and [[:File:Galleria business signs16.png|poster]] reference the Spy's preference for [[:File:TheNakedandtheDead155.png|exclusive French suits]] and to the [[:File:Dapper Cadaver.png|name of a magazine]] that the Spy is reading in [[Expiration Date]].
 
* The main voice inspirations for the announcer were [[w:List of The Venture Bros. characters#Dr. Mrs. The Monarch|Dr. Girlfriend]] from ''The Venture Bros'' and Roz, the {{botignore|administrator}} from [[w:Monsters, Inc.|''Monsters, Inc.'']].
 
* The main voice inspirations for the announcer were [[w:List of The Venture Bros. characters#Dr. Mrs. The Monarch|Dr. Girlfriend]] from ''The Venture Bros'' and Roz, the {{botignore|administrator}} from [[w:Monsters, Inc.|''Monsters, Inc.'']].
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* [[:File:Galleria business signs18.png|FGD Luxury Automobiles]] refers to {{Steamid|76561198025680450|FGD5}} who created various assets for the map including the cars in the showroom and the ice resurfacer.
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** [[:File:Galleria business signs14.png|"Prince" car poster]]: The car is modeled on the late-1950s [[w:Chevrolet Bel Air#Second generation (1955–1957)|Chevy Bel Air]]. The woman's attire and the model name "Prince" were selected to form a visual pun reference to the 1990s TV show ''[[w:The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air|The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air]]''.<ref> [https://steamuserimages-a.akamaihd.net/ugc/2282827280406998911/7B16E82E33B4A09EBB165C8065C2CAADE7E585A1/ Creators] confirming the car poster references.<!-- The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air / Washington for Lincoln --></ref>
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** [[:File:Galleria business signs13.png|"Washington" car poster]]: The car is modeled on the early-1970s<!-- with the more pronounced lines and hidden headlights --> [[w:Lincoln Continental Mark III|Lincoln Continentals]]. Playing on cars and cities named for U.S. Presidents, the poster uses the name "Washington".
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** [[:File:Galleria business signs12.png|"Country Cruisier" car poster]]: The car is modeled on the 1968 [[w:Mercury Colony Park#Fourth generation (1965–1968)|Mercury Colony Park]] station wagon.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/save/https://i.imgur.com/zWIjF8k.png Creator] confirming the car poster reference.<!-- 1968 Mercury Colony Park --></ref> 1960's Colony Parks were lined up within the [[w:Mercury Colony Park#Second generation (1959–1960)|Country Cruisier]] series of Mercury station wagons.
  
 
* The movie posters in the Cinema refer to popular movies or other media from the 1960s-1980s.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20231218134931/https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/comments/3080331323 Creators] confirming the several references.</ref>  
 
* The movie posters in the Cinema refer to popular movies or other media from the 1960s-1980s.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20231218134931/https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/comments/3080331323 Creators] confirming the several references.</ref>  

Revision as of 03:39, 3 January 2024

Galleria has multiple variations, including King of the Hill, Versus Saxton Hale, Arena.
Galleria
Pd galleria.png
Basic Information
Variants: King of the Hill, Versus Saxton Hale, Arena
Developer(s): {{{map-developer}}}
Map Info
Environment: Shopping Center
Setting: Sunset
Hazards: Ice Resurfacer
Falling debris
Rocket pit (Pitfall)
Map Photos
Loading screen photos.
Map Overview
Galleria overview.png
Map Stamp
Item icon Map Stamp - Galleria.png
Supporters Leaderboard
C'mon down to the Teufort Galleria and check out our great Smissmas Festivities! A wonderland of shopping pleasure is open every day from 9am to 9pm!
Galleria publicity blurb

Galleria is a community-created Player Destruction map added in the Smissmas 2023 update. It is set in the Teufort Galleria, a shopping center located in the town of Teufort with music playing in the background. The center of the building is a circular court with a slippery ice-skating rink around a very large Christmas tree. But careful inspection reveals that the tree is in fact a missile disguised with hastily welded-on corrugated metal branches and a fuel line wrapped around it like a garland.

The objective of the map sees players collecting "presents" (cans of fuel) and delivering them to the "tree" under the pretext of a "Secret Santa" gift exchange. Whenever the delivery zone is closed, an ice resurfacer circles around the rink, killing any player it hits with either its front or the side extensions of the ice conditioner on the rear. When either team wins the round, the rocket launches through the circular center of the glass-domed roof, stripping off lethal sheet metal "branches" to fall on any players below. The Rocket Pit contains the launch exhaust, but walking into it results in a Pitfall death.

This map also features its own announcer: Sheila, the bored voice coming over the intercom.

Galleria was contributed to the Steam Workshop.

Locations

  • The Ice Rink: The ice skating rink that dominates the center of the map. It contains the map's delivery zone (the "tree"), which unlocks periodically. When locked, the ice resurfacer circles the tree, instantly killing anyone it collides with (though it is possible to stand on top of it unharmed). The ice is slippery, making movement difficult as players keep their momentum.
  • The Perimeter: The series of ledges and shops which directly surround the Ice Rink. The Perimeter is further divided into "RED-Side Perimeter" and "BLU-Side Perimeter", based on which spawn room is on that side of the map.
  • The Food Court: The ground level of the Perimeter, also divided into a RED side and a BLU side by the Skate Rental.
  • Elevator Lobbies are high-traffic junctions between the Skate Rental, Food Courts and the Outer Concourse with the Spawn Gates. Each as an often-overlooked dropdown. Both elevators are stopped at the inaccessible fourth floor, visible from the Control Room.
  • Control Room: The Control Room is one of the buildings on the perimeter located at a halfway point between each team's side. It has no connection to the point from the second floor, but has an opening to the rink on the first floor. It is a spytech-themed room with slanted glass windows overlooking the rink and a large neutral-colored launch control panel in the center. The control panel has a number of attached monitors displaying various launch-related technical readouts, jokes, and references. The entrances to the Control Room are metal security doors which open on round start and slowly close on round end.
  • Cinema: Directly across from the Control Room is the Cinema. It is entered from each team's side by an escalator and in its center are two sets of staircases which lead down to the Perimeter, where the escalators to the Food Court are. On each side there are entrances to balconies which overlook most of the area.

Strategy

Main article: Community Galleria strategy

Update history

December 7, 2023 Patch (Smissmas 2023)

  • Added Galleria to the game.

December 8, 2023 Patch

Trivia

Texture for displays on the launch control panel.

Gallery

Movie Posters

Pictogram comment.png The following gallery captions include links to their real-life equivalent

Business signs and posters

The Food Court and Ice Rink (ground floor)

Restaurants for businesses previously only known through signs.

Outer concourse (ground floor)

Commemorative business.

Other


References

  1. Creators confirming the several references. "(Bleeps, Sweeps, Creeps)"
  2. Creators confirming the car poster references.
  3. Creator confirming the car poster reference.
  4. Creators confirming the several references.
  5. Creators confirming the several references. "Yes, all hail the creator of BSP." — Brokkhouse