We're back again! Time for more ugly smelly moldy deadly sewers.
Start: February 22, 2026
Deadline:March 16, 2026 (3 weeks) March 21 (4 weeks)
Make sure to check the included docs.html, the FGD descriptions in Trenchbroom, and the readme file for an overview on all of the mod's features.
In case you aren't going for a base-themed map, you can turn the Alkaline-customized id1 monsters (such as the Ogre, Death Knight, Scrag, Fiend and Vore) into their original-looking versions either on a per-entity basis, or globally through a worldspawn setting.
Also feel free to abuse of water - dynamic liquids may come in handy. You can turn any solid brush entity into a fully functional water or slime or lava volume, be it a door, a train, a func_bob, even a func_wall. Check the docs for more details.
If you use any of the devkit's standalone assets, make sure to include them into your submission as well. Custom assets may go into subfolders named after you or your map (for example,
Maps should be named sj3_author.
Map names must be all lowercase, no spaces, and only contain alphanumeric characters, dash and underscore.
Changelevel trigger must point to
Start: February 22, 2026
Deadline:
Progs
Alkaline 1.2.4 devkit. Get it here: https://github.com/fabiolimamp/alkaline/releases/tag/1.2.4Make sure to check the included docs.html, the FGD descriptions in Trenchbroom, and the readme file for an overview on all of the mod's features.
Theme
Sewers. You're not limited to base or tech-themed sewers - you can set your map in a medieval castle's sewer if you want.In case you aren't going for a base-themed map, you can turn the Alkaline-customized id1 monsters (such as the Ogre, Death Knight, Scrag, Fiend and Vore) into their original-looking versions either on a per-entity basis, or globally through a worldspawn setting.
Also feel free to abuse of water - dynamic liquids may come in handy. You can turn any solid brush entity into a fully functional water or slime or lava volume, be it a door, a train, a func_bob, even a func_wall. Check the docs for more details.
Wads
No restriction.Assets
You may use any custom sounds, models, skyboxes and music you please. The Alkaline devkit comes with various assorted models and sounds to help you get you going.If you use any of the devkit's standalone assets, make sure to include them into your submission as well. Custom assets may go into subfolders named after you or your map (for example,
sound/bmfbr/mysound.wav or progs/bmfbr/mymodel.mdl) to avoid name clashes with other mappers. If you're using any of the included assets you can use their original paths as well.Submissions
Send your map through DM on Discord, or on the Slipseer thread.Maps should be named sj3_author.
Map names must be all lowercase, no spaces, and only contain alphanumeric characters, dash and underscore.
Changelevel trigger must point to
start (all lowercase).
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