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|location=[[Installation 00]] | |location=[[Installation 00]]{{Ref/Reuse|OXM}} | ||
|terrain=Jungle, giant trees around suspended [[Forerunner]] structures. | |terrain=Jungle, giant trees around suspended [[Forerunner]] structures. | ||
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==Setting== | ==Setting== | ||
''Guardian'' is set in an ancient [[Forerunner]] complex on [[Installation 00]] | ''Guardian'' is set in an ancient [[Forerunner]] complex on [[Installation 00]]{{Ref/Reuse|OXM}} surrounded by a lush, dense jungle. The multi-level map is split into four key areas; some of these areas connect to each other with catwalks and man cannons, and all of these areas connect to each other at the center of the map. [[Rangmejo|Quadwings]] fly around the outskirts of the map. | ||
==Design== | ==Design== | ||
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[[Steve Cotton]] picked the Guardian Forest level for creating Guardian due thinking about the kinds of themes and concepts that could suit a level with lots of floating platforms similar to Lockout. He was drawn to several pieces of concept art by [[Frank Capezzuto]] and [[Chris Barrett]] for the Guardian Forest level, which inspired some of the shapes seen on Guardian. Cotton did another concept which was more moody in nature, which led to the map being "locked in" for development. Cotton worked on Guardian alongside the early versions of [[Valhalla]] and [[High Ground]], and recieved flak when he pitched Guardian as it wasn't a style of map he had attempted before. Due to the map's setting resembling the forest moon of Endor from ''Star Wars: Return of the Jedi'', [[Chris Carney]] played the Ewoks' theme from the film when Cotton got up to present the map, resulting in the map's codename of '''Jub-Jub''' <ref name="postmortem">[https://halo.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=topnews&link=Guardian_Postmortem ''Bungie.net'': Forest For The Trees - Postmortem]</ref><ref>''Electronic Gaming Monthly'': September 2007</ref> (or to [[Luke Timmins]], "Lukeout").<ref>[https://halo.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?cid=12725 ''Bungie.net'': Bungie Weekly Update - 08/24/07]</ref> | [[Steve Cotton]] picked the Guardian Forest level for creating Guardian due thinking about the kinds of themes and concepts that could suit a level with lots of floating platforms similar to Lockout. He was drawn to several pieces of concept art by [[Frank Capezzuto]] and [[Chris Barrett]] for the Guardian Forest level, which inspired some of the shapes seen on Guardian. Cotton did another concept which was more moody in nature, which led to the map being "locked in" for development. Cotton worked on Guardian alongside the early versions of [[Valhalla]] and [[High Ground]], and recieved flak when he pitched Guardian as it wasn't a style of map he had attempted before. Due to the map's setting resembling the forest moon of Endor from ''Star Wars: Return of the Jedi'', [[Chris Carney]] played the Ewoks' theme from the film when Cotton got up to present the map, resulting in the map's codename of '''Jub-Jub''' <ref name="postmortem">[https://halo.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=topnews&link=Guardian_Postmortem ''Bungie.net'': Forest For The Trees - Postmortem]</ref><ref>''Electronic Gaming Monthly'': September 2007</ref> (or to [[Luke Timmins]], "Lukeout").<ref>[https://halo.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?cid=12725 ''Bungie.net'': Bungie Weekly Update - 08/24/07]</ref> | ||
One of the early drafts for the map placed Guardian inside a single enormous tree, with the players travelling through the inside of the tree to traverse the map. This central tree eventually became the middle platform as the map evolved. | One of the early drafts for the map placed Guardian inside a single enormous tree, with the players travelling through the inside of the tree to traverse the map. This central tree eventually became the middle platform as the map evolved.{{Ref/Reuse|postmortem}} By March 9, 2007, Guardian had not been worked on in "ages", and didn't have any graphical polish but did have some geometry.<ref>[https://halo.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?cid=11008 ''Bungie.net'': Bungie Weekly Update 03/09/07]</ref> By March 23, Cotton had started work on map's art pass.<ref>[https://halo.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?cid=12310 ''Bungie.net'': Bungie Weekly Update 03/23/07]</ref> The Quadwings were implemented around April.<ref>[https://halo.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?cid=12392 ''Bungie.net'': Bungie Weekly Update 04/27/07]</ref> | ||
Guardian was not selected for inclusion in the ''[[Halo 3 Beta]]'' <ref>[https://halo.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?cid=12442 ''Bungie.net'': Bungie Weekly Update 05/11/07]</ref> , but was referenced in the game's hexadecimal code leading fans to learn the final name of Guardian.<ref>[http://www.xbox360fanboy.com/2007/06/01/halo-3-multiplayer-map-names-discovered/ ''Xbox 360 Fanboy'': Halo 3 multiplayer map names discovered] (defunct, [https://web.archive.org/web/20080316012501/http://www.xbox360fanboy.com/2007/06/01/halo-3-multiplayer-map-names-discovered/ Archive.org backup])</ref> | Guardian was not selected for inclusion in the ''[[Halo 3 Beta]]'' <ref>[https://halo.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?cid=12442 ''Bungie.net'': Bungie Weekly Update 05/11/07]</ref> , but was referenced in the game's hexadecimal code leading fans to learn the final name of Guardian.<ref>[http://www.xbox360fanboy.com/2007/06/01/halo-3-multiplayer-map-names-discovered/ ''Xbox 360 Fanboy'': Halo 3 multiplayer map names discovered] (defunct, [https://web.archive.org/web/20080316012501/http://www.xbox360fanboy.com/2007/06/01/halo-3-multiplayer-map-names-discovered/ Archive.org backup])</ref> | ||
