the 'first floor' is usually the one above the ground floor

could also be specified with direction? eg. 'south-facing balcony' 

I believe that numbering of floors is not the same in the UK and the US. Stateside, the numbering begins with the floor at ground level, the floor above the ground level is the second floor, and so on. In the UK, the floor at ground level is just called the ground floor and isn't numbered, then the floor above that is the first floor etc. 

Rj - in England yes. In various other countries floor 1 is the ground floor. 

Yeah, like Preach says. 

there's a very visible gold key in there just call it the bloody gold key balcony. :P 

 

but it seemed a little too obvious, so i presumed the context was a message stating something like "the gold key is located on the balcony" 

when you realize more than half of the people who will ever play the map have already seen this screenshot 

let's make up a new word for this architectural feature. it will be our own jargon for awhile, but eventually, the whole world will know of it.

I submit for consideration:

Front Roofcony

Due to it being a roofed balcony in the front of the building. 

From Indian archtiecture

http://www.flickr.com/photos/mimanza/8279944986/
http://www.columbia.edu/itc/mealac/pritchett/00routesdata/1800_1899/britishrule/jharoka/jharoka.html 

"the room from the screenshot that was discussed on func"? We'll all know what you are talking about then. More than if you use some weird word that nobody understands like "Jharoka" :) 

Don't make maps where you have to tell the player the result of a button press with a message. 

gets my vote. From this day forward, every map or game I make will contain a Front Roofcony. 

The roofcony is actually on the rear of the bulding. GK balcony would make it very obvious, too obvious in my view, besides sounding kind of silly. Well, and I suppose even if I called it that, you'd still not find it and stumble about lost and confused, so posting this screenshot as a hint was probably the optimal solution already! 

If naming is still an issue; is there any special view/landmarks opposite the balcony, some kind of purpose it was made specially there? "Ocean View Balcony" or "Garden Side Balcony" ?

I prefer Negkony myself, actually. B) 

It's called a fucking cupola. 

 

A cupola is just a dome-shaped ceiling.

Can't I just add a little goatee and call it Balcony? 

Well, I came across the word in Lovecraft, then looked it up.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cupola

Half-cupola?

Or, of course:
the room from the screenshot that was discussed on func 

and put in a damned force-field 

I'd have to agree that it's looking very bright and clean right now. 

Ceiling texture is in progress? Shot looks smooth and pleasing to me. Clean is fine. 

Can't I just add a little goatee and call it Balcony?

surround it with ugandan children and call it the BalKony! 

French flag on the Mailboxy.

trigger_ambient_sound with "neg-cocek.wav" on the Balkany. 

I mean, how do you say that!?

NEG-KE-ONY
NEK-GONY
NE-KEK-GONY