BoxStation
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BoxStation (formerly known as tgstation) was first made public in the year 2011 by "The Old Coders" but if we were to credit one person with its creation, it's likely to be Errorage. The preceding map was the Goonstation's Devstation/Ovary Station/Uterus Station, which was supposedly the origin why SS13 is described as a "nonsensical metal deathtrap".
The Beginning
In the beginning, Security was much smaller because of the Prison Wing was located in an off-station satellite (then called Prison Station) just a bit north-west of the Brig. Science Department 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 Department as well, and Xenobiology held metroids. Robotics was part of the Engineering department at the time.
Changes
Science, Medbay, and the Brig went through the most significant changes throughout development.
Medical Department
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Supply Department
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Science Department
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Engineering Department
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Security Department
Especially the Brig, due to the decision to merge Prison Station with the rest of the Brig. We had "Donut Brig" (above) but it was horrible as prisoners were able to circle the warden's office and evade his captors for an absurd length of time. It wasn't until around later that Ikarrus started contributing to the codebase and put this one together using Flazeo's design (below). After Ikarrus got fed up with how Security Department occupied such a disproportionate amount of station real estate, he went and implemented his own, more efficient design, which you'll recognize as the one we currently (summer 2014) use. The new Prison Wing was originally Flazeo's idea.
Command Department
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Other Parts of the Box
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Current Situation
Over the years, Ikarrus more or less took the leading role in BoxStation's development and at this point, there probably isn't an area on station that wasn't designed or at least modified by him. BoxStation continues to be the most popular map of SS13 across many servers.
Timeline of the Best Moments
2011-2-8 - tgstation.2.0.1.dmm is seen live for the first time on a /tg/station server!
??? - Robotics moved to the starboard side, next to Science Department.
??? - Mint was removed.
??? - Prison Station (off-station prison satellite) was removed.
2011-7-10 - Virology separated.
??? - Mailroom went out of business and was renamed to Delivery Office.
2011-9-18 - Washing machines added.
2012-1-16 - Telecommunications added.
??? - Telecommunications was moved from the Telecomms Satellite to the center of the station and AI was moved to the Science Department.
2012-12-20 - Departmental Security added.
2013-2-24 - AI moved back to the center of the station and Telecommunications moved to near Engineering.
??? - HoP's Office moved from the starboard side of Bridge to the port side.
2013-11-2 - Labor Camp was added.
2013-11-9 - Telescience was added.
2014-3-21 - Gravity Generator was added.
2014-4-20 - AI was moved to the new AI Satellite and Gravity Generator moved to the AI's former place.
