"Reload Magazine in cooperation with Slipgate Sightseer will hold a Quake MiniMapJam in the first week of September (9/1 - 9/7)! This jam runs concurrently with Reload's current Kickstarter and the top three maps will be featured in the magazine! So flex your mapping muscles and show us what you can come up with - you have one week!"
Requirements
- Jam will be on the Copper mod (get it here)
- Single entry per person, fresh map from scratch
- Any texture theme allowed
- No copyrighted music
- If you wish to use custom music, reserve your track## in this thread
- Map must exit to start.bsp
- Name your map reload_author
- Place info_player_coop points
- Compatibility with Quakespasm or derivatives (Ironwail, vkQuake, etc)
- Get your map tested!
- DM to me on discord (markiemusic)
- Post your final map in this thread
For this, head over to the Quake Mapping discord server and participate in the Reload Jam channel in the mapping events tab.
For Newcomers
- If you are new to the Quake Mapping scene, dumptruck_ds has created a very useful series of videos to help get you started with Trenchbroom. Playlist link here.
- This jam is running on the Copper mod which offers many quality of life features such as trigger spawned monsters and autosave functionality, so it is recommended to use. However, if using the mod's feature set seems like too much for a first outing, you can still make a vanilla map and it will work just fine in the pack. Just be sure to playtest it in Copper anyway as the mod makes some gameplay tweaks that could affect your final product.
- Map jams in the Quake community are all about having fun and not competition. Don't be afraid to make mistakes or worry about making the "perfect" map.
