Viperbird's HL2DM Mapping Contest Progress Update

We're 4 months into Viperbird's HL2DM Mapping Contest with only 2 months remaining before the judges start the review process and decide the winners. Viperbird has put together the video below to give you a couple of glimpses at what our contest participants have cooked up so far.


Some amazing work not just from the creators of these stunning maps but also some top-notch editing skills by our good friend and contest host Viperbird!

For your convenience I've put together an alphabetized list of all the map entries with the map author's name and description of their work below.


DM_Alcys_Map
By: AlcyToronto
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A four-sided, symmetrical arena conceptually derived from the classic aim_arena. Gameplay and the flow are enhanced by the four-way underpass, the upper walkway that crosses the map, and the 8 teleporters. Warm lighting and texturing, thanks also to the beautiful RealWorldTextures by TopHattWaffle.

DM_Belisarium
By: Mr. Spectate
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Deathmatch inside a football arena!

DM_Focus
By: ryker
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A map set in a lambda bunker heavily inspired by the Lambda Core chapter in Black Mesa.

DM_GhettoQuad
By: SALOPOWER
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Quiet backyard somewhere in Kiev's neighborhood.

DM_Interdimensional_Institue
By: feedays
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A museum set in a world rid of Combine rule in a rebuilt Southern California Institute chronicling the Technology of Alien Flora and Fauna as a result of the Resonance Cascade Event.

DM_Katsura
By: haymaker
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This map's inception predates the contest by a long way; it's currently over a year old and was never designed to support match play. Various improvements have been made with the valuable advice of participants on the mapping contest discord.

DM_Moray_Final
By: x. syn
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This is a resuscitation of an old project. Everything is running with an open sheet. The size is increased almost 3 times. New textures and rethinking..

DM_Nakagin
By: wang retzky
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Map set in the former Nakagin Capsule Tower in Tokyo following an earthquake.

DM_Neo
By: haymaker
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Very early alpha stage, mostly placeholders. This is based on the same original layout as dm_katsura but will have much less visual clutter and more room to move.

DM_NMS_Station
By: Mr. Spectate
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Inspiration from NMS & Thanks to https://twitter.com/RasagalVII

DM_POWERUP
By: SALOPOWER
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A familiar area to Half-Life fans, without the Gargantua of course.

DM_Shimbashi
By: wang retzky
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Map set in the cramped shopping district around Shimbashi Station.

DM_Uplink
By: haymaker
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Very loosely inspired by the standalone classic HL1 episode "uplink", released 1999. Features a health overheal to 150 with a logic flip to collect healthpacks to 150 if you run the healthcharger to 0. Armor charger works in reverse - collect batteries beforehand and they will be credited on top of the 100 the armor charger can supply.

DM_Uprising
By: 11chickenWing11
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REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE.

DM_Xenarium
By: SALOPOWER
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An arena set in a plane of existence connecting two or more dimensions.

Map Entries Not Featured

  • DM_Awoken - Fenix
  • DM_Battery - ryker
  • DM_Killbox_Awesome - Extronox
  • DM_Maurice_1 - Maurice
  • DM_Maurice_2 - Maurice
  • DM_MrSpectate3 - Mr. Spectate
  • DM_Sarnath - Fenix
  • DM_Scribble - ninjins
  • DM_UsedAndAbused - fenix
  • DM_VerticalVengeance - fenix
  • DM_Woodland_Skirmish - Expunges

News Discussion (2)

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  • feedays
    honestly a fan of all these maps! way to go everyone! 2 months left!
  • Viperbird
    Thanks GLeagues for all of this! Appreciate our partership! These maps are awesome!