As expected for October, this Mapathon will send a shiver down your spine! Embrace the supernatural and make a spooky scary map.

Introduction

Mapathons are relaxed events where you can make some small innovative maps, following a given theme. This event is designed for participants of all skill levels! Whether you're brand new to mapping and hoping to learn, or a veteran wanting to try something new, we hope you'll have fun in this Mapathon!

This event is proudly hosted by the Garry's Mod Mapping Community a new Discord community designed to help unite GMod mappers of all skill levels. It's the perfect place to get help with tricky problems, or show off your projects!

Join our Discord!

Previous Submissions

Check out the submissions from previous GMC events! Click here for a workshop collection of previous Mapathon & Collaboration projects we've done.

Guidelines

You're welcome to map for any Garry's Mod gamemode that you know of! You might like to make a TTT, Murder, or Sandbox map.

If you're interested in the genre, you might also want to try making a Horror map in this Mapathon!

This Mapathon will run for most of October, from October 6th until October 27th. Alterations to submissions are allowed until our playtesting session, which will take place on October 31st.

We're a fairly casual event, so our list of guidelines is pretty simple:

• Your map should follow the theme
• Multiple submissions are allowed
• Collaboration is allowed
• Custom content should be packed
  • Your map should try to follow the Paranormal theme (woo spooky ghosts)
  • Collaboration is allowed, as well as multiple submissions
  • Maps should not have been started before the Mapathon
  • No updating submissions after the deadline (some exceptions may be granted for bugfixes)

Custom Content

Custom content is great for maps! Our goal is to have maps in this event be as accessible as possible. Please do your best to follow these recommendations:

• You're welcome to use custom content from any game or source (with reasonable credit given)
• CS:S content does not need to be included with the map (but it'd be nice, especially for smaller gamemodes)
• All other content should preferably be packed into the map, or at least included in the workshop submission
• Try and keep filesizes reasonable where possible - disk space is precious

Judging

Maps will be given a score of 60, based on the following equally-weighted categories:

• Presentation: does your map look good? Have you made interesting design choices?
• Theme: how well does your map suit the theme? Try being creative - everything from layout choices to gameplay features can help!
• Innovation: is your map something unique? Add interesting features and fun gameplay mechanics!

Judges will be announced at a later date, depending on submissions.

Playtesting

We will run playtesting sessions for Australia and Europe. These playtesting sessions will be held on October 31st, for maximum spookiness.

Prizes

Prizes will not be given if there are less than 10 entries. Multiple submissions will not receive multiple prizes. Prize pool may change before the deadline.

We'll be doing a fun prize pool:

• 1st place: $25USD
• 2nd place: $20USD
• 3rd place: $10USD

Maps that successfully scare FluffyXVI during playtesting will win an awful cheap horror game, just for fun.

Submission

Maps should be submitted to the Steam Workshop before the deadline. If you need help, feel free to ask in the Discord server.

Submissions should be posted, along with a screenshot, into the Discord server where possible. It is strongly recommended that you join the server, but if you're sure you don't want to, you can contact FluffyXVI on Steam with submissions instead.