BoxStation

ABOUTDEVELOPMENT 2022DEVELOPMENT 2011-2021

Animation showing where the many deaths occur on Boxstation.

Boxstation is the main map played on Yogstation. This is due to the familiarity with the map, the simplistic layout and the fact that the map rotation is weighted towards it.

The map is based around the central "circle", with hallways leading off in all four directions. The circle features the command section: the captain office, HoP office, teleporter room and the bridge are all placed here. Leading off north is the security wing: the detective office, the lawyer office, courtroom and brig are all placed here. Leading off east is the main wing: service, medical, science and escape are all placed here. Leading off south is the engineering wing: engineering, gravity, tech storage, atmospherics and telecomms are all placed here. Leading off west is arrivals.

History

BoxStation (also known as tgstation or yogstation) was first made public in the year 2011 by one of the oldest coders, Noize, and several other unknown collaborators. The preceding map was the Goonstation's Devstation (Ovary Station/Uterus Station), which was supposedly the origin as to why SS13 is described as a "nonsensical metal deathtrap".

The Beginning

Old BoxStation (then known as the tgstation) with Prison Station and all

In the beginning, Security was much smaller because of the Prison Wing was located in an off-station satellite (then called Prison Station). The Research Division was located behind Medbay, and "Med-Sci" was the most populated sector of the station. Toxins was set ablaze almost every other round, and the way the map was made meant that the R&D Lab burned down with it. Virology used to be part of the Research Division as well, and Xenobiology held metroids. Robotics was part of the Engineering department at the time.

Development

For a long time, Boxstation stagnated in content, with very few people willing to dedicate themselves to improving Boxstation. Many people felt that Boxstation was due to be replaced due to this inactivity in the face of other popular stations. However, from early 2013, an admin/coder called Ikarrus took the leading role in BoxStation's development, updating and expanding maintenance and generally bringing the station up to code. Due to Ikarrus's development, it spurred a large number of people to suddenly start mapping for Boxstation.

As of late 2014, Ikarrus stopped regular updates to Boxstation leaving Steelpoint as the primary leading map developer of Boxstation. Wjohn was another notable mapper for early Boxstation, specialising in major remaps of areas.

5 August

Secures research lab with a door and a help-desk by Xantam-13.

17 July

Total garden overhaul featuring FISHING by VaelophisNyx.

14 July

Adjusts Janitor Closet, Part of Atmos, And Janitorial/Atmos Maint by VaelophisNyx. The new Janitor closet has enough room for two Janitors.

10 May

Expands perma, adds license plate presses by bruhlookatthisdood.

17 April

New Psyc Office by Readystorm546. It was moved and expanded in the hopes that it would be used more often.

10 April

Makes Genetics and Xenobiology less insular by Lovebird-Frungy.

12 March

Expands BoxStation incinerator to have a TEG tinkering area in it by ToasterBiome.

1 March

Adds a Gym in Perma by Hopekz.

17 January

gives virology a way to get mail by maxion12345. Cargo had a Virology tag on the destination tagger, but no way to send mail using it. A one-way chute was added to fix this.

14 January

moves sci wardrobe vending machine from toxins room to experimentor room by ToasterBiome. This was done because the Experimentor is a more stable room, as Toxins was getting blown up quite frequently.

Major Early Changes

Science, Medbay, and the Brig went through the most significant changes throughout development.

• Medical and Research departments were separated from MedSci.
• Supply department had access changes, and integrated mining with cargo. Mining used to be completely separate, with their own main hall access and shared no spaces with cargo.
• The singularity was held indoors before. SMES Cells were moved to a separate room while the Singularity's containment security was increased with the addition of a layer of reinforced walls.
• Prison Station was merged with the rest of the Brig. We had "Donut Brig" but it was horrible as prisoners were able to circle the warden's office and evade his captors for an absurd length of time. After mappers got fed up with how the Security Department occupied such a disproportionate amount of station real estate, they went and implemented a more efficient design.
• AI started out in the middle of the station, moved to the Science department for a brief while before going back to the middle, then moved to an off-station AI Satellite. Debate continues as to where the AI should be held.
• Maintenance saw an overhaul, increasing in size and complexity.

Notable Images

Very old Mining Outpost.

Old Head of Personnel's Office.

Changes

2010

• 2010-11-15 The first version of the map, tgstation.1.3.1.dmm, is added to the code by Noize.

2011

• 2011-2-7 Chapel moved from south of Escape to north of Escape and Toxins moved from northwest of Engineering to the east side of the station, into Science Division, by Errorage.
• 2011-5-7 Mailroom was made part of cargo by Superxpdude.
• 2011-7-10 Virology made airtight by Superxpdude.
• 2011-8-28 Med-Sci (Medical-Science Department) divided into Research Division and Medbay by Superxpdude.
• 2011-9-18 Washing machines added by Errorage.
• 2011-10-15 Prison Station (off-station prison satellite) removed by trubblebass.

2012

• 2012-1-15 Telecommunications added by Doohl.
• 2012-2-12 Public auto-lathe removed by Errorage.
• 2012-2-23 Mint removed by Petethegoat.
• 2012-4-25 Hydroponics moved northeast from the bridge across the hallway. Library shifted south-east from the bridge across the hallway. Bar and kitchen moved right of hydroponics. 7 brig cells removed, 4 remain. Security made much more compact. Various other structural changes by Ikarrus and Flazeo.
• 2012-11-10 Maintenance access requirement removed from primary tool storage by Petethegoat.
• 2012-12-12 Robotics moved to the starboard side, next to the Science Department by Ikarrus.
• 2012-12-30 HoP's Office moved from the starboard side of Bridge to the port side by Ikarrus.

2013

• 2013-2-13 Departmental Security added by Ikarrus.
• 2013-2-18 Telecommunications moved from the Telecomms Satellite to the centre of the station and AI was moved to the Science Department by Ikarrus.
• 2013-2-24 AI moved back to the center of the station and Telecommunications moved to next to engineering by Ikarrus.
• 2013-11-5 Labor Camp added by AlexanderUlanH.
• 2013-11-9 Telescience added by Iamgoofball.

2014

• 2014-3-21 Gravity Generator added by Giacom.
• 2014-4-10 Execution chamber re-added to brig and room for restraining prisoners added to the brig by Steelpoint.
• 2014-4-20 AI moved to the new AI Satellite and Gravity Generator moved to the AI's former place by Steelpoint.
• 2014-10-12 Atmospherics overhauled, the Atmos system is set up in a logical tree-like pattern by Steelpoint.

2015

• 2015-10-25 Atmospherics is again overhauled, being moved from a tree-shaped setup to a circular setup, mostly inside of maintenance by WJohnston.

Major Changes (2018-2021)

2018

• 2018-4-11 Psychiatrist's Office, Gift Shop and Paramedic Staging Area added and the Gateway removed by Nichlas0010.
• 2018-4-30 Telescience removed by GrayRachnid.
• 2018-6-9 Secways and labor camp teleporter removed by ThatLing.
• 2018-8-1 Bar randomisation added (the default box bar, the trek bar and the spacious bar) by Nichlas0010.
• 2018-8-21 Nanites lab added by McDonald072.
• 2018-10-9 Atmos got a huge mapping rework by Ktlwjec and Partheo.
• 2018-10-12 Wardrobes replaced with vendors by Ktlwjec.
• 2018-10-17 Piping moved to layers by Nichlas0010.
• 2018-11-9 Vacant commissary added by Ktlwjec.

2019

• 2019-11-22 Xenobiology maintenance bridge randomised between maintenance and space by Asv9.
• 2019-12-11 Firelocks and shutter changes added in preparation of the new atmos system.

2020

• 2020-02-15 Reworked medbay! The observation room is now public by Hopek.
• 2020-03-10 Added 9 new variations to dorms by Hopek.
• 2020-04-28 Service gets their own security guard by wejengin2.
• 2020-06-06 Moves the ai into sat and comms into the center by wejengin2.
• 2020-07-04 Cryopods by JamieD1.
• 2020-09-11 Complete boxstation medbay map rework by wejengin2.
• 2020-11-14 Atmospherics to Turbine Shortcut by fatalEYES.
• 2020-11-14 Robotics Refresh V2 by fatalEYES.

2021

• 2021-04-10 Janitor office betterization by wejengin2.
• 2021-04-13 Adds a Gallery to the Library and Places the Sec Service Outpost at Escape by alao3alao3.
• 2021-04-25 Xenobridge always starts connected by wejengin2.
• 2021-10-23 Expands aux base construction to include a place for building shuttles by nmajask.

Maps on yogstation
	In Rotation	BoxStation, ManateeStation, IceMeta, NVS Gax.
	Not In Rotation	DeltaStation, EclipseStation, KiloStation, OmegaStation, RuntimeStation.