Lay By

Lay By
Developer(s)	Your_Adversary
Difficulty	Insane
Length	Medium
Wave Structure	Normal
Modifiers	Enemies Beta

Description

Lay By is an Insane map with a medium path length. It has a completely straight path, meaning that there are no turns here.

Lay By has the Enemies Beta modifier, which changes the appearance of some enemies, replaces some enemies with other enemies and changes stats of some enemies.

Design & Path

• Current
• Version 1

The current version of Lay By takes place on a floodplain area, surrounded by two large cliffs and a lake. The path itself is a straight highway, going from one road tunnel into another. Along the path are multiple road cones, barriers and blue, green and red shipping containers. There is also a black car, two police cars and an advertisement billboard along the side of the road. The road bridges over two canals, which are filled with trash bags and empty boxes. There are also various trees and rocks scattered across the map.

The first version of Lay By took place on a one-lane highway. Several parts of the highway have seen severe damage. Some parts of it were supported by wooden planks, though vines were overgrown on these parts. Along the highway were lampposts. The highway crossed three islands, all of which were forested and, at parts, were mountainous. Two rivers separated the three islands, which the highway passed over on concrete bridges. The rivers were connected at both ends by the sea which surrounded all three islands. On the first island was a wooden hut that could be seen as well as a sewage system, which indicated some human habitation. On the second island, only trees could be seen. On the third island, a destroyed vehicle could be seen as well as a large advertisement billboard. The highway path began and ended at two road tunnels on the islands.

Interactive Map

• Current
• Version 1

Strategy

• This map is somewhat short, so make sure to use your space wisely.
  • The Commander can help by decreasing a tower's firerate as the path is very short.
  • You can also use slowing towers to slow down enemies.
• The Ranger can be used on this map, though be aware of the short path on this map and the Ranger's slow firerate.
• The Military Base is less effective on this map since its units do not have a long period of time when it can attack enemies.
  • The Crook Boss's units are not as affected as they stop to attack enemies.
• Towers that rely on corners to be more effective, like the Ace Pilot or Shotgunner, are not recommended on this map due to its lack of corners.
• The Archer can be used in this map as the piercing can be effectively be used due to the straight path.

Gallery

Map Icons

First version (8 May 2021 – 5 August 2023)

View

First version (8 May 2021 – 5 August 2023)

Top Down

First version (8 May 2021 – 5 August 2023)

Promotional Videos

New Features! (TRAILER) - Tower Defense Simulator

Current and first versions on a promotional video.

Ace Pilot Reworked - Tower Defense Simulator

First version on a promotional video.

Development Images

First version on a development image.

First version on a development image.

Current version on a development image.

Trivia

• Functionally, Lay By is a Candy Cane Lane remake as that map also has a completely straight path.
• There is faded graffiti that reads "R2D" on a wall of the drainage river close to the start of the path.
• There is a billboard on this map which is an advertisement for a professional undead exterminator, which is called The Mercenary.
  • The text says, "Having pesky zombie troubles? The Mercenary at your service. Professional undead exterminator. Available 24/7 at number Lord-Exo-000."
  • The billboard names an character called Lord Exo, who was first seen in the Violent Night Event's trailer.
    • This is the first time Lord Exo is mentioned in-game. Previously, it only made appearances in trailers.
  • The background of the billboard appears to use the map Ruby Escort.
• The first version of Lay By was based on a map from R2D.
  • An enemy with a C4 can be seen slumped over near the hut, in reference to an enemy from the game.
    • Its appearance is also similar to the Abnormal.
    • The C4 on the back of this enemy is the Fake C4 gear from the Roblox catalog.
  • The billboard in this version of the map shows Haunted Mansion, an old Roblox brickbattle game.
  • Destroyed Humvees and Trucks can be seen on this map.

Update History

• 8 May 2021 - Overhaul v1.3.0
  • Lay By added.
• 5 August 2023 - v1.8.4
  • Lay By remade.
  • Enemies Beta modifier added.
  • Bug: Due to enemies appearing in the center of the map, which happens to be at the path, towers are able to target enemies which just spawned without even having the entrance in range.
  • Bug: When tower or unit paths are on the bridge part of the path, the range rings will fall down into the void.
• 22 September 2023 - v1.8.5
  • Bug: Lay By now uses the original version of the map.
• 22 September 2023 - v1.8.5a
  • Bugfix: Lay By now uses the current version of the map.

Other
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