The AQ2World Team is happy to host a Map Jam in celebration of AQ2's 25th Anniversary!

What is a Map Jam?

This "jam" is an event that invites mappers from all communities for voluntary participation in creating new maps for Quake II, specifically Action Quake II / AQtion. It differs from a contest in that this is not a competition, it's a collab! These maps can be a part of the AQtion release in Steam after the submission date is ended and will be distributed to the various map sharing sites all over the web.

Are there prizes?

No prizes this time around, this is all glory! There will be categorical winners such as "Best Looking Map", and so on, but this is a collaborative effort, and we all win when we get some great maps in the rotation. Category winners will be announced in Discord, as a Steam announcement and in the forums once voting ends.

I've never mapped before, or I've never mapped for Quake II, how can I get started?

I suggest heading over to the Quake Mapping Discord and ask in the #quake2 channel for assistance. Common tools for Quake II/AQ2 Mapping:

• Trenchbroom (interactive map editor)
• [url=https://ci.appveyor.com/project/EricWasylishen/ericw-tools/build/artifacts (for compilation/vis/lighting)
• Wally (for converting textures/testing .wal files)
• GIMP or your favorite image editor (for texture editing)

I'm in! What do I need to do!?

Head over to the forums and check out this post for more details. Join the AQ2World Discord and jump in #maps-models-skins channel for lively banter and map chat!