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diff --git a/gridwar/init.lua b/gridwar/init.lua
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+local MAP_NAME = "GridWar"
+local DEATH_BARRIER_Y_OFFSET = 12
+local RESPAWN_Y_OFFSET = 2
+local AIR_LIGHT_LEVEL = 3
+local MESSAGE_INTERVAL = 600
+
+
+local gridwar_messages = {
+    "You can never reach the ground",
+    "Headache?",
+    "I feel I am in heaven",
+    "Don't confuse direction",
+    "Am I in heaven?",
+    "The void calls to you",
+    "Reality bends around you",
+    "Which way is up?",
+    "Gravity is just a suggestion",
+    "Lost in the grid...",
+    "The platform knows your thoughts",
+    "Time moves differently here",
+    "Are you still falling?",
+    "The lights whisper secrets",
+    "Nothing is as it seems",
+    "Welcome to the endless maze",
+    "The grid remembers everything",
+    "Footsteps echo in eternity",
+    "Your shadow has left you",
+    "The air tastes of electricity",
+    "Distance is an illusion",
+    "Something watches from below",
+    "The patterns repeat forever",
+    "Can you trust your eyes?",
+    "The platform shifts when you sleep",
+    "Echoes of forgotten battles",
+    "The void has infinite patience",
+    "Your reflection lies to you",
+    "The grid dreams of escape",
+    "Falling upward is still falling",
+    "The silence is deafening",
+    "I don't feel gravity",
+    "In a dream",
+    "I feel light"
+}
+
+local message_timer = nil
+
+local function send_atmospheric_message()
+    if not ctf_map.current_map or ctf_map.current_map.name ~= MAP_NAME then
+        return
+    end
+
+    local message = gridwar_messages[math.random(#gridwar_messages)]
+
+    minetest.chat_send_all(minetest.colorize("#FFAA00", "◊ " .. message .. " ◊"))
+end
+
+minetest.register_node("ctf_map:glowing_air", {
+    description = "Glowing Air",
+    drawtype = "airlike",
+    paramtype = "light",
+    light_source = AIR_LIGHT_LEVEL,
+    walkable = false,
+    pointable = false,
+    diggable = false,
+    buildable_to = true,
+    air_equivalent = true,
+    drop = "",
+    groups = {not_in_creative_inventory = 1}
+})
+
+
+local world_bound_pos1, world_bound_pos2 = nil, nil
+ctf_api.register_on_new_match(function ()
+    if ctf_map.current_map and ctf_map.current_map.name == MAP_NAME then
+        minetest.after(0, function ()
+            world_bound_pos1 = ctf_map.current_map.pos1
+            world_bound_pos2 = ctf_map.current_map.pos2
+        end)
+
+        local function schedule_next_message()
+            if ctf_map.current_map and ctf_map.current_map.name == MAP_NAME then
+                send_atmospheric_message()
+                message_timer = minetest.after(MESSAGE_INTERVAL, schedule_next_message)
+            end
+        end
+        message_timer = minetest.after(120, schedule_next_message)
+    end
+end)
+
+ctf_api.register_on_match_end(function ()
+    if ctf_map.current_map and ctf_map.current_map.name == MAP_NAME then
+        world_bound_pos1 = nil
+        world_bound_pos2 = nil
+
+        if message_timer then
+            message_timer:cancel()
+            message_timer = nil
+        end
+    end
+end)
+
+minetest.register_on_player_hpchange(function(player, hp_change, reason)
+    if reason and reason.type == "fall" then
+        if ctf_map.current_map and ctf_map.current_map.name == MAP_NAME then
+            return 0
+        end
+    end
+    return hp_change
+end, true)
+
+-- teleport barriers
+
+local function is_below_death_barrier(player)
+    if not world_bound_pos1 then return false end
+    return player:get_pos().y < world_bound_pos1.y + DEATH_BARRIER_Y_OFFSET
+end
+
+local function respawn_player_at_top(player)
+    if not world_bound_pos2 then return end
+    local pos = player:get_pos()
+    local new_pos = {x = pos.x, y = world_bound_pos2.y - RESPAWN_Y_OFFSET, z = pos.z}
+    player:set_pos(new_pos)
+end
+
+minetest.register_globalstep(function ()
+    if ctf_map.current_map and ctf_map.current_map.name ~= MAP_NAME then
+        return
+    end
+    for _, player in ipairs(minetest:get_connected_players()) do
+        if is_below_death_barrier(player) then
+            respawn_player_at_top(player)
+        end
+    end
+end)
diff --git a/gridwar/map.conf b/gridwar/map.conf
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+game_modes = return {"classes","nade_fight","classic"}
+barrier_area = return {pos1={z=0,x=0,y=0},pos2={z=222,x=222,y=60}}
+teams = local _={};_[1]="flag_pos";_[2]="enabled";return {purple={[_[2]]=true,[_[1]]={z=207,x=207,y=31},pos1={z=222,x=222,y=0},pos2={z=111,x=111,y=60}},blue={[_[2]]=true,[_[1]]={z=207,x=15,y=31},pos1={z=222,x=0,y=0},pos2={z=111,x=111,y=60}},green={[_[2]]=true,[_[1]]={z=15,x=15,y=31},pos1={z=0,x=0,y=0},pos2={z=111,x=111,y=60}},orange={[_[2]]=true,[_[1]]={z=15,x=207,y=31},pos1={z=0,x=222,y=0},pos2={z=111,x=111,y=60}}}
+chests = return {{amount=100,pos1={z=114,x=6,y=13},pos2={z=216,x=108,y=55}},{amount=100,pos1={z=6,x=6,y=13},pos2={z=108,x=108,y=55}},{amount=100,pos1={z=6,x=114,y=13},pos2={z=108,x=216,y=55}},{amount=100,pos1={z=114,x=114,y=13},pos2={z=216,x=216,y=55}}}
+phys_jump = 1
+phys_speed = 1
+size = return {z=222,x=222,y=60}
+map_version = 3
+enabled = true
+name = GridWar
+phys_gravity = 1
+initial_stuff = return {"default:pick_stone","ctf_ranged:pistol_loaded","default:stick 5","default:cobble 99"}
+author = mpixel
+hint = 
+license = CC BY-SA 4.0
+others = 
+treasures = default:stone_with_mese;1;3;1;0.15;1;default:stone_with_iron;1;5;1;0.2;1;default:glass;50;99;2;0.3;1;
+skybox = none
+enable_shadows = 0.26
+start_time = 0
+time_speed = 1
+
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