Boardwalk

Boardwalk
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Basic Information
Map type:	King of the Hill
File name:	koth_boardwalk
Released:	July 24, 2025 Patch (Summer 2025 Update)
Variants:	Laughter
Developer(s):	Aeon "Void" Bollig Juniper Cody "MasterGir" Littlefield Liam "Diva Dan" Moffitt Freyja Zoey Benjamin "blaholtzen" Blåholtz
Map Info
Environment:	Carnival
Setting:	Daytime
Hazards:	Crocodiles
Deep Water:	Yes
Bot support:	Yes
Map Items
Health Kits:	×6  •   ×7
Ammo Boxes:	×6   •    ×4   •    ×2
Map Photos
Map overview
Map Stamp
Supporters Leaderboard

“

Need to get out and unwind this summer? Tell your worries to take a long walk off a short pier - because you're heading to the BOARDWALK! — Boardwalk publicity blurb

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Boardwalk is a community-created King of the Hill map released during the Summer 2025 Update. It is set in the Laughing Tides Amusement Park and Boardwalk, a carnival built on a beach boardwalk.

Boardwalk was contributed to the Steam Workshop.

Locations

 The following locations are described from the BLU perspective.

• Spawn: The teams spawn on opposite ends of the boardwalk. Each Spawn has two front doors side by side and one side door to the right, as well as a Shooting Gallery: Badlands Bandito/Pirate's Plunder. Players who stand on the footprints on the ground and shoot the opposite team-colored targets until all the lights in the back are lit receive a Halloween pumpkin.
• Spawn Yard: The area directly outside the Spawn, with four paths to take. Also visible are the Bottle Buster and the Gift Shop/Prize Counters and the Arcade.
• Main Building: Beyond the Spawn Yard is a huge building with a roller coaster/ferris wheel on its top which separates the Spawn Yard from the point. It has multiple paths going through it; many arcades and entertainment facilities also reside within it.
  • The far left path takes players to either the Battlements or the exit of the opposite team's Tunnel and Conveyors. There is a queue area/bumper cars section in the upper level of the Main Building and the Hall of Mirrors and Milk Toss/Can-Can Ka-Blam and Bananarama in the lower area.
  • The middle left path is an S-shaped corridor with an exit protected by a glass window, from which players can safely see the point's surroundings and the shortest path to the point. Located here are two shops closed for investigation/repairs.
  • The middle right path is a simple turn that leads directly to the front of the entrance to the Conveyors.
  • The far right path is a straight corridor that leads to the team's Tunnel.
  • Battlements: Accessible from the far left path is a small perch overseeing the entire control point area.
• Covered Exit: The exit of the far left path is protected by a curved wooden wall, and offers quick and easy access to the other team's Tunnel and Conveyors.
• Tunnel: A long and curved passage around the point with a danger sign that leads to the other team's side of the map.
• Conveyors: Each team has a building titled Sawmill of Love/Mad Manor on one side of the point with an accessible second floor, which consists of two rooms with windows overseeing the point connected by a catwalk over two conveyors that toss any players that get on them onto the point.
• Point: The control point sits on a broken section of some train tracks, which are a bit higher than the surrounding area. Holes on the tracks drop players onto the crocodile-infested waters below the boardwalk, and the doors at the ends open periodically, granting access to the Underworld.
• Underpass: A passage beneath the point connecting the two sides of the map.

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  The inside of RED's spawn.

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  The courtyard outside the BLU spawn.

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  The main area surrounding the control point.

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  The control point, as seen from the Conveyors.

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  Underpass entrance on the RED side.

Boardwalk Barker

The Boardwalk Barker is voiced by Cody "MasterGir" Littlefield.

Idle

• "Come one, come all! Take a shot, win a prize!"
• "Step right up! Step right up! Pleaseeee God step right up!"
• "Hey you! Yeah you! With the hat!"
• "Are ya feeling lucky?"
• "Best on the boardwalk right here folks."
• "Hey kid... your mom around? She single?"
• "Come one, come all! Don't you walk away from me."
• "I can't afford to lose another kneecap!"
• "Look at you all, tsk, cheapskates."
• "I'm so alone... you weren't supposed to hear that."
• [Singing] "Bum bum badum bum bum-badum-badum." (Sung to the tune of Toreador Song)
• "One, day, only! [whispered] anddd the next day..."

  Scout gets close

• "What are you gonna do with that big bat? Gonna hit me? Better make it count! Better make it hurt! Better kill me in one shot!"
• "Heyyyyy batta batta swinggg batta!"
• "Aren't you that guy with a dollhouse? Maybe that's someone else."

  Soldier gets close

• "Down and give me twenty... dollars."

  Pyro gets close

• "Hey there mumbles, welcome back."

  Demoman gets close

• "Hey buddy, this ain't a drinking game."
• "Let's see what you got... uh... demonstration man?"

  Heavy gets close

• "Woah-ho-ho-hooo, big guy. Water ice is two doors down."
• "'Oh welcome back... uh...oh what's your name again... having weapons guy?"

  Engineer gets close

• "Just so you know, building things to shoot for you... is cheating"

  Medic gets close

• "Hellooooo nurse!"
• "Take your best shot, doc! Like they say, nothing ventured nothing gained!"

  Sniper gets close

• "Ain't this a little below your paygrade?"

  Spy gets close

• "Hey, look who brought a knife to a gunfight!"
• "Who goes there! Eh just kidding, just uh... little joke... I'm sorry."
• "Welcome back uhhh uhhh-nvisible business man!"

  Win

• "Eh, beginner's luck."
• "You're really giving me a run for my money, kid."
• "First time for everything."
• "These prizes ain't cheap, ya-know!"
• "Nah nah it's uh-great, happy for you."
• "[Slow clapping] Round of applauseee."
• "Don't spend it all in one place."
• "Well I guess I'm not paying rent this month."
• "Wowwww someone give this guy a high-five"

  Lose

• "You missed that one. Try another!"
• "Guess this town ain't big enough for the two of us."
• "Try again! No refunds."
• "Eh you can't win em all."
• "Ohhh so close!"
• "Maybe next time."
• "Friendly fire!"
• "Better luck next time!"
• "Can't pay to win here, kid."
• "Eyy ya missed pal!"
• "Probably have an easier time if you took that goofy hat off."
• "Hahaha I'm laughing for real right now!"

  Upon hitting the speaker

• "Watch it, pal."
• "Hey! Cut it out!"
• "Quit it, you little sh-(cuts to static)"
• "Why do people keep doing that?"
• "I'll get you for that. Make it look like an accident too."
• "What the, What is your problem?"

Strategy

Main article: Community Boardwalk strategy

Control point timing

Control Point	Multiplier	Seconds
Control Point	×1	16 .000
	×2	10 .667
	×3	8 .727
	×4	7 .680

Update history

July 24, 2025 Patch (Summer 2025 Update)

• Added Boardwalk to the game.

July 26, 2025 Patch

• Fixed players being able to spam the Barker's voice lines when approaching the shooting galleries.
• Fixed a set of missing handrails.
• Improved ambient lighting.
• Fixed missing shoreline visible from the far end of the pier.

July 30, 2025 Patch

• Fixed being able to smuggle enemy Spies into spawn.
• Reduced ambient soundscape music.
• Added new voice lines for the Barker.
• Fixed a visible hall-of-mirrors error in the water by the Sawmill of Love.
• Fixed visible nodraw under the shoreline boardwalk.

August 5, 2025 Patch

• Fixed a missing window in Mad Manor
• Restored missing signage along the shoreline boardwalk
• Fixed the funhouse mirrors breaking under extreme circumstances

Trivia

• The Boardwalk Barker has several voice lines that contain references to multiple pieces of media:
  • The line where he hums the chorus of the Toreador Song is a reference to the video game Five Nights at Freddy's where a music box version of this chorus is played shortly after running out of power.
  • The line "What are you gonna do with that big bat? Gonna hit me? Better make it count! Better make it hurt! Better kill me in one shot!" is a reference to a meme of an anthropomorphic baseball saying this same line.
  • The line "Aren't you that guy with a dollhouse? Maybe that's someone else." is a reference to streamer Jerma985, with the mention of a dollhouse referring to his The Jerma985 Dollhouse livestream event.
  • The line "Hellooooo nurse!" is a reference to the catchphrase Yakko and Wakko say whenever spotting the character Hello Nurse in the 1993 animated series Animaniacs.
  • The line "Take your best shot, doc! Like they say, nothing ventured nothing gained!" is a reference to a line Dr. Coomer speaks in the first episode of the Youtube series Half-Life VR but the AI Is Self-Aware.
  • The line "You missed that one. Try another!" is a reference to a line spoken by an elderly prospector in the game Mad Dog McCree. It also is a reference to a popular clip of the streamer Jerma985.
  • The line "Eyy ya missed pal!" is a reference to the line spoken by a carnival worker working a ring toss game in the video game Dark Seed II.
  • The line "I'll get you for that. Make it look like an accident too." is a reference to a similar line from the The Cat in the Hat where the Cat says "I'll get you, and it'll look like a bloody accident".
• The maps Boardwalk and Mannhole take place in the same general area. This is directly alluded to with the city Mannhole takes place in being a part of Boardwalk's skybox.

Gallery

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  Mirrors in the red building near the RED spawn.

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  Mannhole's city in the distance of Boardwalk.

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  Mannhole's city 3D in Boardwalk's skybox.

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  Mannhole's city 3D skybox.

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  Steam Workshop thumbnail for Boardwalk.