Maps

A Map is a geometrical play area that makes up the environment in Gorilla Tag. Maps are crucial to playing the game, each one comprised of their own layout, mechanics, and content that all together comprise the playerbase of the game. 
== Normal Maps ==
This selection of Maps are freely available to the player, which can be entered and played with others on readily.
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 	Forest 	Forest is the first Map of Gorilla Tag and was released on February 12, 2021. It serves as a lobby for most players, with it being the most popular, iconic, and the starting point for new players. Forest features the Stump, several structures including a set of walls for wall climbing practice, a few tree houses, and a picnic area.
 	Cave 	Cave is the second Map of Gorilla Tag and was released on February 26, 2021, in addition to a remodel taken place throughout Summer 2023. Cave features a winding river leading down to a large cavern with large boulders and crystals, the depths of the cavern contain a small mineshaft area, a spacious aquatic area with pillars, lamps, and a small body of water, a split area with boxes, lanterns, with smaller crystals, and an open area with colourful crystal keyboards and paths.
 	Canyon 	Canyon is the third Map of Gorilla Tag and was released on April 17, 2021, in addition to a renovation taken place during Spring 2023. Canyon features several concrete formations which make up platforms players can traverse on and between, natural bushes and cacti of varied sizes, wooden buildings made out of loose scaffolding and metal supports, beige ropes which may vary in traversability and movement, blue ziplines which wind around the edge of the Canyon and specific structures, and open clay buildings which contain pillows, small tables, and salt lamps.
 	City 	City is the fourth Map of Gorilla Tag and was released on September 10, 2021. City serves as the centre of socialization which takes place in Gorilla Tag, with a forced Casual Game Mode in place, and open environment welcome to players. City features a three-floor mall named "Nice Gorilla Store" which contains a dress-up booth, self-checkout station, a vast selection of Cosmetics which can be bought freely by players, and a kiosk with information relating to the latest Bundle which is available. In addition to the mall, City also contains metal totes which may inhabit a particular theme or subject, a glass view surveying a range of dark long buildings in the distance, an obstacle course which will be beaten in order to unlock the Competitive Queue, and other paths which lead to other Maps and areas which may be accessible to the player.
 	Mountain 	Mountain is the fifth Map of Gorilla Tag and was released on March 13, 2022, in addition to a renovation taken place during Winter 2023. Mountain features slippery ice surfaces, an igloo with a computer terminal, wardrobe, and gamemode selector, a wooden watchtower leading to unique slides and ramps the player can use to easily traverse through the map, additional platforms and ramps the player can sustain support on, pine trees of varied sizes, and a large blue fan which can push the player near the entrance of the Mountain. Mountain is the first map to be directly connected to the City.
 	Clouds 	Clouds is the sixth Map of Gorilla Tag and was released on December 15, 2022, in addition to a renovation taken place during Spring 2024. Clouds features a large tornado which can be used with a Glider, a holdable object readily available throughout the Clouds on a particular type of vine. Alongside the Gliders, Clouds also features Ropes and Ziplines which connect the lower and upper portions of the Clouds. Clouds is the second map to be directly connected to the City.
 	Basement 	Basement is the seventh Map of Gorilla Tag and was released on March 24, 2023. Basement features a game table in the centre, often displaying a structure which displays a particular gimmick the player may follow, from a Maze to a Glass Chamber. Alongside the table, Basement also features posters which vary in style, theme, and tone, plain mattresses, comic book cases and bookshelves, a brown television which produces a constant theme, boxes which vary in design and shape, and three small holes in the walls which when small will lead the player to the roof of the Basement. Basement is the third Map to be directly connected to the City.
 	Beach 	Beach is the eighth Map of Gorilla Tag and was released on May 26, 2023. Beach features several decorations, umbrellas scattered around the map, a set of orange tents, and a palm tree cluster near the docks, a sunken ship, a fortress, a coral reef ocean, ropes mainly near the sunken ship, and ziplines around the map. Beach is the first Map to be directly connected to the Forest.
 	Metropolis 	Metropolis is the ninth Map of Gorilla Tag and was released on June 28, 2024. Metropolis is a NYC-themed Map featuring an old subway-themed entrance with a long set of stairs and graffiti. The subway will then lead to multiple train tracks going around the map. The city part of the map itself is a city island filled with numerous different buildings, and a centerpiece building with a crane. Throughout the Map, you can find many different billboard/advertisements, and on the outside of the city area, you can swim in the shallow water, and fling yourself off of extremely bouncy cargo ships and buoys. Metropolis is the fourth Map to be directly connected to the City.
 	Arcade 	Arcade is the tenth Map of Gorilla Tag and was released on August 23, 2024. The map's cozy interior holds a catwalk overviewing the floor level and giving access to the map's entrance/exit. On the lower level, the arcade games are present, although most the games are indicated as out of order and aren't available for the player's use. Accompanying the games on the lower level is a small dining area holding multiple vending machines and tables. Arcade is the fifth Map to be directly connected to the City.
 	Bayou 	Bayou is the eleventh map introduced to Gorilla Tag on September 20, 2024. It was previously teased through a closed manhole earlier in the month that currently serves as the access point to the map. Bayou features a haunted house, lily pads, gravestones, ropes with the same texture as the ones in Swamp, horror and more. Bayou is the sixth Map to be directly connected to the City.
 	Monkeblocks	Monkeblocks is the twelfth map introduced to Gorilla Tag on November 15, 2024. Monkeblocks, as in the name, has Monke Blocks. In which differs to Attic, Monkeblocks has many new blocks, some unlimited and some limited. Unfortunately, blocks like the ice block or the dark wood block were removed. Monkeblocks can be considered the Attic revamp. Monkeblocks is the seventh Map to be directly connected to the City.
 	Mines 	Mines is the thirteenth map added to Gorilla Tag during the 1.1.94 update on November 29, 2024. Mines serves as an appendage to Cave (previously City).
Mines, often referred to as “OG Caves” has had multiple versions. The first iteration appeared in the place of where is now caves. The map was then revamped on the day of the Crystal Caverns update, and eventually moved to the Rotating Map over a year later. A semi iteration was made when the map got its “bunker” update. The final and current iteration is a revamped mines cave, connected to the Crystal Cavern Cave in its entrance, very near to where it originally was placed. Mines is the first map to be directly connected to Cave.
== Rotating Maps ==
This selection of Maps have been featured in the map rotation cycle, which is available through the competitive obstacle course in City. These Maps are often put into the map rotation cycle as they have no normal means to fit into Gorilla Tag in a normal way, and with each Normal Map release raising the bar for what players expects out of a new map or area introduced to Gorilla Tag. the map rotation cycle gives the developers an opportunity to put more awesome stuff into the game, which otherwise couldn't have made it in.https://discord.com/channels/671854243510091789/804747032651628615/1201951631575355403
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 	Swamp 	Swamp is the first rotating map of Gorilla Tag, it was released on January 26, 2024, and removed on February 23, 2024. Swamp features extended lilypads which vary in scale and deflect a significant jump boost to the player, large beige crates, small mushrooms, dead brown trees of varied shapes, forms, and attachments in the form of muted-orange coloured platforms, green vines which may behave as either Ropes or Ziplines, a brown wooden outhouse with a bucket which is likely a reference to the DreamWorks movie "Shrek", a computer terminal, a wardrobe, and a gamemode selector. The recent map Bayou could be considered the Swamp revamp. 	
 	Pyramid
Working title: Temple	Pyramid is the second rotating map of Gorilla Tag, it was released on February 23, 2024, and removed on March 22, 2024. Pyramid features a large stone-brick pyramid in the centre, with tones of taupe, pink, red, orange, and blue brick being used throughout the structure, along with a long rope descending into the depths of the Map. In addition to the pyramid structure, Pyramid also features a variety of regular and pine trees around the pyramid structure, brick tunnels contained within the pyramid structure that connect levels of the structure, and four large holes being placed at the four cardinal directions which surround the structure that lead to the depths of the Map, an open cavern submerged in water containing coral.	
 	Taiga 	Taiga is the third rotating map of Gorilla Tag. It was released on March 22, 2024 and removed on April 19, 2024. Taiga features a large snowy landscape and includes assets from other maps, such as the huts from Clouds and the treehouse from Forest. The map served as a placeholder for Clouds while it was not available for play. 	
 	Cave (2020) 	Cave is the fourth rotating map of Gorilla Tag, it was released on April 19, 2024 and removed on May 17, 2024. Cave (early rotational map) was often referenced to as The Backrooms, based on its textures. Cave (early rotational map) had a few floors, the entrance containing the computer, the mines, the crystal room and an upper room. 	
 	Cave (2022) 
Working title: Mines	Cave (Rotation) is the fifth rotating map of Gorilla Tag, it was released on May 17, 2024 and moved to Cave on November 29, 2024. Cave (Rotation) contains a colorful crystal room and the mines. Players are able to summon a skeleton similar to Lucy. This skeleton can be summoned through a vase which has a skeleton with red glowing eyes inside. 	
 	Cave (Horror)	Ghost Reactor Cave is an appendage to the fifth rotating map of Gorilla Tag, accessible by using the keycard placed inside of one of the minecarts. It was teased by a crack in one of the walls of the mines. Ghost Reactor Cave is just the mines but with extra horror. It was released on June 14, 2024 and moved to Cave on November 29, 2024. 	
 	Nucleus 	Nucleus is the sixth rotating map of Gorilla Tag, being released on November 29, 2024. Once the player passes through a seemingly abandoned transit system, they reach a hemispherical space featuring grabbable bars, proton and neutron themed globes floating around, a hexagon tessellation wrapping the walls, and few platforms mounted to the walls. 	
== Removed Maps ==
This selection of Maps have previously appeared within Gorilla Tag but have since been removed from the game. This does not include unreleased maps, maps in alpha stages of the game, or Rotating Maps.
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 	Attic	Attic is the tenth Map of Gorilla Tag, released on July 12, 2024 and temporarily removed on July 26, 2024. Attic is the first non-rotational map to be removed from the game, giving players the opportunity to test the in-development feature 'Monke Blocks' which was later added in Monkeblocks with the new Castle Monke Block Playset on November 15, 2024.
== Custom Maps ==
Custom Maps have become officially added to Gorilla Tag, you can read about the Virtual Stump Here.
== References ==