MAYhem 2022 - MEMENTO MORON (On IdGames!)

It's MAYhem time, bay-bee! That zany project where a bunch of schmucks make a megawad's worth of gimmicky maps in a month! We've traipsed from Eternal Doom to Orange is the New STARTAN to that one Megaman-themed one that we don't talk about (shhhhh) and now we finally find ourselves here in the year 2022. And with this iteration, MAYhem officially turns 10! So what better way to celebrate this step forward than by promptly spinning on our heel and looking back?

Yes, this installment of MAYhem pays homage to the great projects that came before: the humble slaughtery origins of Hell Revealed, historically amusing swansongs like Requiem and the mad genius of STRAIN - all of these projects and more have inspired the community onward to greater heights over the years and this year's MAYhem will be a celebration of those very accomplishments. To this end, I have dubbed this project "MAYhem 2022: Memento Moron": no matter how learned you may be in the ways of mapmaking, always remember that you're an idiot who could always stand to learn more from the days gone by.

The Rules and Such

• We are mapping for Doom 2 in Boom format (complevel 9). Test your maps in the appropriate source port with the appropriate compatibility level please.
• Difficulty settings and co-op starts need to be present in your map.
• This is the big one: your map needs to be inspired by a map from the megawads and community projects of yore. How you do so is up to you: whether you want to use a map's central gimmick, have a fondness for the atmosphere or just yearn for a particular sort of gameplay style, anything goes.
• Except plagiarism. That doesn't go.
• If you need a reference for what qualifies, click here for the 10 Years of Doom articles and go through the years to see the megawads released. If you have more specific queries, feel free to ask here in the thread.
• This bit isn't mandatory, but a little blurb to go along with your map talking about your inspiration would be very much appreciated. Beyond giving context to your submission, it also gives me something to add to the textfile when all is said and done and a lot of old community megawads would include cute little blurbs with the map information in the textfile. :P
• The cutoff point will be Alien Vendetta: any maps after then will not be in consideration. Sorry Scythe fans!
• Your resource pack is here: this is a medley of textures by Iikka Keränen, Esa Repo and the good folks behind the esteemed Malice TC for Quake, with some skies by Mechadon to complete the set.
• Custom textures can be added to your submission, albeit with 2 stipulations:
  • Don't go too crazy. :P
  • Make sure you check the permissions of the textures you use: not all of the old megawads allow their textures to be used freely and I'd prefer to keep everything above board.
• The deadline is May the 31st at 11:59pm, Yankee Time Zone (Y). You can find a countdown timer here if you need it. The deadline has been reached! From here on out it's bugfixing and compiling: watch this space for the release of MAYhem 2022!

Public Releases

• Version 0.1 (Beta)
• Version 0.2 (Beta)
• Version 0.3 (Beta)
• Version 1.0 (Polished)
• Version 1.1 (Polished)
• Version 1.2 (Polished)
• Version 1.3 (Polished)
• Version 1.4 (Polished)

Big List o' Mappers

• E.M. - I Hate The Antichrist (MAP24: Diehard from Memento Mori)
• Xulgonoth - Callisto Mansion (Titan Manor from Master Levels)
• Roofi - The Sound of Muzak (MAP04: Garden Terminal and MAP08: The Jail from Hell Revealed)
• NoReason - Yet Another Day in Hell (MAP13: Last Look at Eden and MAP29: Temple of Fear from Hell Revealed and MAP29: Fire Walk With Me from Alien Vendetta)
• gabirupee - Pinho Sol (MAP02: Rusty Rage, MAP03: Cargo Depot and MAP06: Hillside Siege from Alien Vendetta)
• Lizardcommando - Cavern Research Facility (MAP10: Clear for Death from Memento Mori 2)
• A2Rob - Withdrawal (MAP04: Seclusion from Alien Vendetta)
• Kain D. - Memento Mourn (MAP31: World of Wonders: The Planet of Living Rock and MAP32: World of Wonders: The Sea of Radioactive Waste from Perdition's Gate)
• Salmon - Hillside Dweebs (MAP06: Hillside Siege from Alien Vendetta)
• General Rainbow Bacon - Mayhem Revealed (contains a reference to MAP01: Into The Gate from Hell Revealed, reminiscent of the style)
• Obsidian - Sumptorium Steel (MAP02: Sacrificium from Requiem)
• Cannonball - Beam me up Möller (MAP01: The Teleporter from Memento Mori)
• Large Cat - A Man Shunned (MAP10: The Mansion from Memento Mori)
• Danlex - Veteran's Entry (MAP25: Beginner's End from Eternal Doom)
• Roofi - The Flowing Station (MAP02: Gateway Lab from Hell Revealed)
• Scypek2 - High Revoltage (MAP04: Phobopolis and various unnamed maps from Revolution!)
• Dac - Caco Ball Torture (MAP07: Unusual Friendship and MAP32: ...From My Friend from Cyberdreams)
• Hitboi - Resorting to Plan B (MAP15: Last Resort from Requiem)
• NokturnuS - Concrete Cult (MAP05: The Canyon and MAP06: nataS ot etubirT from Requiem)
• Pegleg - Third Step from Chaos (MAP13: Pandemonium II from Obituary)
• NeedHealth - Could be Worch (various unnamed maps from Trooper's Playground and the 1997 version of Eternal Doom)
• Bdubzzz - Paralyzing Odds (MAP14: Overwhelming Odds and MAP15: Bulls on Parade from Alien Vendetta)
• Dusty_Rhodes - File Under Futile (MAP17: The Black Towers from Hell Revealed and various unnamed maps from Memento Mori)
• Worm318 - Eternal Deathmatch of the Spotless Mind (MAP01: Erazer: Seek and Destroy and MAP06: Author Room from British WADpack Season 11 and MAP08: Plague from E X E C U T I O N)
• Argent Agent - Simutech Inc. (MAP29: Brutality from Icarus: Alien Vanguard)
• KUBA18i - 90s Cyberspace (various maps from HacX, Eternal Doom, Maze War, Requiem, etc)
• galileo31dos01 - Gore Systerna (MAP25: Cesspool from Memento Mori)