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Applejack
Ctf applejack.png
Basic Information
Map type: Capture the Flag
File name: ctf_applejack
Released: July 18, 2024 Patch
(Summer 2024 Update)
Developer(s): Rhafael "Rhamkin" Oliveira
Al "Square" Rodgers
Yiming "Coolchou" Zhao
Alex "FGD5" Stewart
Aeon "Void" Bollig
Map Info
Environment: Farmland
Setting: Afternoon, sunny
Map Items
Healthico.png Health Kits: Smallhealth.png ×2  •  Mediumhealth.png ×6
Ammoico.png Ammo Boxes: Mediumammo.png ×6   •  
Largeammo.png ×2
Map Photos
Loading screen photos.
Map overview
Applejack overview.png
Map Stamp
Item icon Map Stamp - Applejack.png
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Misquotation, its(sic) not something to take lightly, one slip of the tongue could spell disaster down the line.

For example the very well known expression ' An Apple a Day Keeps the Doctor Away', is not the full phrase...

'An Apple a Day Keeps the Doctor Away, But an Orchard Attracts Shady Corporations with Hired Guns! ' is the full quotation.
Applejack publicity blurb

Applejack is a community-created Capture the Flag map added in the Summer 2024 Update. It is made of two opposing farming complexes comprised of barns, sheds, and housing surrounded by team-colored apple orchards, each for the RED and BLU team respectively. A large population of harmless chickens also inhabit the area.

Applejack was contributed to the Steam Workshop.

Locations

  • Spawn Room: A square room with two exits and a resupply cabinet. The right exit leads almost straight to the Intelligence room.
  • Spawn Yard: The area immediately outside the spawn room.
  • Intelligence Room: A small room with two main doors on opposite sides. A small portion of the room has a higher floor and is partially covered by some computers, which also cover a third, smaller door facing the spawn.
  • Intelligence Yard: An open area next to the Intelligence room with a large ammo box and a medium health kit on a wooden catwalk. Most classes need to leave through the Intelligence room, but open windows of the team's building can be accessed through jumping techniques.
  • Team Building: Each team has a massive building separating their spawn and Intelligence rooms from the center of the map.
  • Garage: The room with a truck full of apples.
  • Balcony: A balcony overlooking the center of the map.
  • Waste Area: The lowest section of the team building's interior, containing radioactive and biohazardous barrels. Part of the dirt ground is under very shallow water.
  • Main Battlements: The center of the map. A small storage building sits in the middle, with crates on either side that players can climb to get on top of it.

Strategy

Main article: Community Applejack strategy

Update history

July 18, 2024 Patch 1 (Summer 2024 Update)
  • Added Applejack to the game.

July 25, 2024 Patch 1

  • Improved clipping.
  • Brought some stairs.
  • Improved tree collision.
  • Added more chickens.
  • Improved detail.
  • Fixed Ol'Betsy (Thanks Aar!).

October 10, 2024 Patch 1 (Scream Fortress XVI)

  • Fixed the projectile weapons from not working inside the buildings.
  • Removed bullet collision from the Intelligence room handrails.
  • Removed the prop jump up to the Sniper balcony, to help Snipers feel more comfortable there.
  • Removed the vents with missing textures.
  • Fixed the bug with being able to get stuck in the blue shed.
  • Fixed a stuck spot in mid shed (ty Midnite!)
  • Fixed a texture being weird in the Intelligence rooms.
  • Fixed a black displacement in the red Intelligence yard.
  • Removed the collision from the food in the red spawn table.

February 18, 2025 Patch

  • Added block bullets to some stores.
  • Unblocked a window at mid, allowing Snipers to shot across the middle hut.
  • Removed the missing texture in BLU spawn.
  • Gave a chicken a friend, because friendship is magic.

Changelog

This is the changelog of the map before it was added to the game.
Changelog:
Changelog Update #1 (March 8, 2022)
  • fixed intel placement

Changelog Update #2 (March 29, 2022)

  • fixed areaportals

Changelog Update #3 (March 31, 2022)

  • added return flag to the pit

Changelog Update #4 (March 31, 2022)

  • changed mid a bit
  • made frames better i hope

Changelog Update #5 (March 31, 2022)

  • fixed return flag trigger being THICC

Changelog Update #6 (April 10, 2022)

  • changed the intel a bit

Changelog Update #7 (April 14, 2022)

  • fixed some stuff
  • added medkits

Changelog Update #8 (April 16, 2022)

  • added some clipping
  • removed clipping from the rails
  • made a medkit near intel a small
  • ADDED COCKS
  • added a good boi

a7 Changelog (August 31, 2023)

  • changed the theme of hte map from a harvest type farm to a autumn apple farm
  • removed the deathpit so now its a open field
  • Removed the inside the mini house on mid
  • added apples

a7a Changelog (September 6, 2023)

  • changed the spawn to be more like a farmhouse
  • changed lighting to be better and more aesthetic (its the valor lighting but dont tell hoppkins :3 )
  • added more details
  • NOW WE ACTUALLY GOT APPLES!!!

a7b Changelog (September 11, 2023)

  • added a sniper balcony to mid
  • cut a fence infront of spawn in half and made the top part chickenwire, so people can see the way to intel
  • changed intel area to be easier to defend
  • removed the clipping on top of the mid house
  • made mid smaller by a little little
  • Blu team finally payed their electricity

a7c Changelog (September 12, 2023)

  • Added a small bridge thing to the flank
  • Added a silo to the intel area
  • Added a pipe

a8 Changelog (September 13, 2023)

  • Changed the flank so now its a 1 way drop like doublecross (thanks katsu for the feedback!)
  • Added office doors
  • Added some signs
  • Changed the mid house
  • Made the sniper balcony bigger
  • Changed wich side u go to the sniper balcony

a8a Changelog (September 13, 2023)

  • literally just a detail update nothing else, just added some alpha detail

a9 Changelog (September 28, 2023)

  • Detailed the mid building
  • Expanded the side areas of the map
  • Changed the spawns to a farmhouse
  • Changed the entrance to sewers by a few units

b1 Changelog (November 24, 2023)

  • Detailed the map to make it more pretty
  • Changed the 2fort bridge to some buildings and a little highground for more fun gameplay
  • Barrels
  • Hope ya like apples

b1a Changelog (November 26, 2023)

  • Changed intel area
  • Changed flank to intel
  • Danced a bit idk

B2 Changelog (December 15, 2023)

  • Sign and applejack ads made by Square
  • Apple models, Tree models AND the apple storage crates made by coolchou zhao
  • Improved detail around the map
  • Changed spawn locations
  • Drank some apple juice
  • Clipped a bunch of stuff
  • HELL YEAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

B2B Changelog (December 16, 2023)

  • Changed Skybox texture to the goldrush one
  • Added a 3d skybox
  • Added some light configs to make it more like valve's maps (thanks aar!)
  • Made an apple pie
  • Collision for apple crates and apple trees were added

b2c Changelog (December 16, 2023)

  • Fixed some lighting
  • Added some more stuff to blue pie factory area
  • did a silly little dance :D
  • Added clipping

b3 Changelog (December 27, 2023)

  • changed the spawn courtyard
  • changed flank room

b4 Changelog (January 10, 2024)

  • lazyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy

b5 Changelog (Febuary 24, 2024)

  • map pretty i guess

b6 Changelog (March 2, 2024)

  • Added more orchard
  • Improved lighting around the map
  • Changed detail around the map

b7 Changelog (March 2, 2024)

  • way too tired for this
  • go check the map or not
  • pumpkinpie

b8 Changelog (April 7, 2024)

  • HOPEFULLY the last update before release

b8a Changelog (April 8, 2024)

  • Indoor lighting has been hugely improved
  • Cubemaps
  • Spec cameras
  • some small detail
  • Optimization

rc1 Changelog (April 9, 2024)

  • WELCOME TO RC1 BABIES LETS GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

Trivia

  • The map is named after the alcoholic drink, applejack, which is a type of brandy produced from apples.[1]
  • In a building on the RED side near the gate blocked by some crates, a barrel, and an arrow sign, is a Pocket Purrer wearing a Last Straw in a bucket. This is a signature of one of the creators, Rhamkin.
  • Between the RED spawn and the Intelligence, a tree can be seen out of bounds with a hand-drawn missing poster for a "missing Pootis". This is a reference to the "Lil Pootis" animated series by YouTuber Quazies, where the RED Scout in that series owns a pet "Pootis" (a bird version of Heavy).[2]
  • On BLU side, near a panel with some levers, there is a hand drawn version of the YouTuber Aar's logo. This was included as a thank you to Aar for helping with the map.[3]

Gallery

References

  1. Map creator confirming the map name.
  2. Map creator retweeting Quazies's tweet about the reference.
  3. Map creator confirming the Aar easter egg.