A Restriction-Themed Mapsets / Maps List (Better organized now, plus a WIP Excel doc!)

[Arrowhead]

***EDIT - 2023-10-20: This list will now include single-level restricted maps, also. Feel free to make suggestions in the thread.***

 

 

I am a HUGE fan of mapsets / community projects that are made under major restrictions. I believe our community's creativity best shines when there are mapping restrictions applied - it really makes you think outside the box.

 

Some of the more common restrictions include, (but are not limited to) map size, file size, sector amount, linedef amount, limitation of texture usage, number of monsters, limitation on variety of monsters, and thing amount - although I'm sure there are a lot more possible that we haven't seen yet.

 

I am excluding packs such as community projects that only require you to use a certain texture / resources pack, as that would bloat this list by a massive size. I am also not including mapsets like 1994 Tune-Up Community Project, or the Doom - The Way id Did series - as there are no concrete restrictions here other than 'improve 1994 maps' - and 'make a level in the fashion id would'. I don't consider these strict restrictions, unlike the examples I provided above.

 

My goal of this thread is to accumulate as many examples of restriction-themed mapsets that I can. I do this in the hope that it'll be easier for future users to find mapsets of this nature - without having to needle-and-haystack the entire Doomworld website / archives.

 

I don't doubt there are some recent projects I am unaware of.

 

Any other mapset suggestions that I am missing would be greatly appreciated!

 

Speedmap sets are NOT to be included, unless there is an additional restriction being applied.

 

LIST:

 

MAP PACKS:

__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
FILE SIZE

Spoiler

32 in 64kb
32kb MegaWAD
The 64kb Challenge

The 96kb Challenge
The 128kb Challenge

 

GRID SIZE LIMITATION

Spoiler

Gridlock 64

 

ITEM / HEALTH SELECTION RESTRICTION

Spoiler

Hundreds and Thousands

NH4

NH5

NH666v2

NH7v4

No Health

Pepper
What Is Health?

You Have 1 HP

 

LINEDEF AMOUNT

Spoiler

10 Line Genocide

100 Line Christmas
100 Lines
100 Line Massacre

200 Line Massacre
512 Linedefs of /vr/
900 Deep in the Dead
1000 Line Community Project
1000 Line Community Project 2
1000 Line Community Project 3
Bytesize
Doom 404

Down Under

Four Zero Zero
MAYhem 1500
Mercuria
RU100lin
Theresa 666
Zone 300
Zone 400

 

MAP SHAPE

Spoiler

Hellevator
Skulltiverse

 

MAP SIZE

Spoiler

1024 Sized MegaWAD

1024-4: Directors Cut

10Tomb4

1k1k
2048 Units of /vr/
2048 Unleashed - pcorf Community Project 2
Bijou Doom
Claustrophobia 1024
Claustrophobia 1024 2
Confinement 256
Confinement 256 - The Mystery of Scrapped Concepts
Confinement 512
Confinement Community Project
Congestion 64
Congestion 192
Congestion 384
Congestion 1024
Congestion 1024 - ABC Edition
Could You Would You in a Box

Doom 2 In a Nutshell

Halvung 1024

Hell on Earth: Super Tiny Edition
Katamori 1024 - Episode 1

Katamori 1024: The Lost Era

Liberate 1024
MAYhem 2048 aka MAYhem 2014
Plutonia 1024 - The Plutinya Experiment
SC-384
Titan 1024
Zero Tolerance

 

MONSTER AMOUNT

Spoiler

10 Levels: 10 Monsters Each
10 Monsters
20 Heretics Community Challenge
20 Monster Challenge
30 Monsters Challenge
32 Piece Cliptucky Fried Chicken Special!
50 Monsters
E.M.'s 10 Monster Pack

 

MONSTER SELECTION LIMITATION

Spoiler

1 Monster MegaWAD (1 Monster)
2 Enemy Community Project
Cyberdreams
MAYhem 2013

PORTION OF LARGER LEVEL

Spoiler

Angry Quilt
Angry Quilt 2
Czequisite Corpse
Exquisite Corpse

Tribute Quilt

 

PRE-DETERMINED GEOMETRY

Spoiler

Mosaic

 

SAME GEOMETRY EACH LEVEL

Spoiler

ARCADE

Phouse: The Great Arena

 

SECTOR AMOUNT / ROOM AMOUNT

Spoiler

2 Sectors
5 Rooms of Doom
10 Sectors
10 Sectors 2
MAYhem 2020 - Something Something Hindsight
Moderator's Nightmare - 2 Sectored Trash
One Sector Collection

 

SIDEDEF AMOUNT

Spoiler

Fastest Shovels 4

 

TEXTURE LIMITATION

Spoiler

1 Bad WAD
50 Shades of Graytall
April Fools STARTAN Maps of Any Quality

DIY

Firerainbow

I CANT GIVE YOU ANY THING
Monochrome Mapping Project

Oops! All Greyboxes!
Texture Extravaganza Community Project
The 10x10 Project

THEME AROUND A NAME / SONG

Spoiler

Doom 2 - In Name Only

Doom 2 - In Name Only [Russian variation]

Doom 2 In Song Only

Doom 2 In Spain Only

DOOMKID.WAD
Literalism

Musical Mapping
Solar Struggle

The Healer Stalks

Ultimate Doom In Name Only

 

THEME RESTRICTION

Spoiler

Boaty McBoatwad

Dark Scythe
Doomjà-Vu

Eviltech

Oops! All Techbase

PUSS V: Clandestine Castle Crashing

PUSS VI: IMPERFECT HATRED

PUSS XV: Mysterious Mayan Madness

PUSS XXI: Trick & Tear The Living Dead

Switcheroom

Switcheroom 2

Th1rt3en

 

VERTICE LIMITATION

Spoiler

v64

 

WEAPON SELECTION LIMITATION

Spoiler

No Pockets Doom

 

MULTIPLE RESTRICTIONS:
 

MANY

Spoiler

Limit Buffet

PUSS IV: 12 Days of Doommas
PUSS XIV: 12 MORE Days of Doommas
PUSS XXIII: Mappin' Round the Doommas Tree

The Dime Birthday Level Collection

Ultimatum

 

1 TEXTURE, 1 FLAT

Spoiler

1x1

 

3 FLATS, 3 TEXTURES, 3 MONSTER TYPES

Spoiler

3x3
3x3: Take Two

 

10 TEXTURES, 2048x2048 MAP SIZE

Spoiler

Ten Community Project

 

40 SECTORS, 4 MONSTER TYPES, NO SSG

Spoiler

The Modest Mapping Challenge

 

40 SECTORS, 5 MONSTER TYPES

Spoiler

Modest Mapping 2: Wretched Coven

 

LINEDEF AMOUNT, THING AMOUNT

Spoiler

128 Linedefs, 64 Things

 

MAPSLOT x10 = MONSTERCOUNT, OR 160 THINGS

Spoiler

MAYhem 2016

 

THEME RESTRICTION + MAPSIZE RESTRICTION (> 3072 X 3072)

Spoiler

Theme-gawad

 

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SINGLE MAPS:

 

1 TEXTURE, 1 FLAT

Spoiler

Wood5Flat5

 

1 TEXTURE, UNLIMITED FLATS

Spoiler

Wood5forLife

 

GRID SIZE

Spoiler

2^8

 

ITEM / HEALTH RESTRICTION

Spoiler

 

NH3

No Future Hope

 

 

MAP SIZE

Spoiler

1024-1.wad
1024-2.wad
1024-3: Marine Goes To Hell
1024 x 1024 The Building

1024 Units of Suffering
An Evening Stroll in Venice

Angel's Asylum

Bloodhard
Bunker 1024
Burning Fane

CARTU
Claustral
Daemonic Martello 1024

Dead Starport

dm_flooded

Doubts Even Here
Dwarf Town
Egregor1
Fanta Factory
FORTRESS 1024
Gloomy Sewers 1024
Happy Frickin Birthday 40oz

Industrial Outpost
Ivano: 1024

Jaws 1024
Jaws 1024 #2
jet01
Mt. Erebus 1024
neg_!ke's 1024 Map for Doom II
Nongrato 1024

nt1024.wad
Null Space Junior
Outpost 2048
Proyect 1024

Quartzite Quarrel
Radial Ascension
Rf 1024

Senators of Volition
SPACESHIP 1024
Titanium Tide 1024 - Gold Editon!
Tower 1024
Twisted Metal 1024
UAC Research Vessel #1024

What is this?........A Siege for Ants?
Xenus: Lost Base

 

SAME GEOMETRY EACH LEVEL

Spoiler

Nine Circles

 

SECTOR AMOUNT / ROOM AMOUNT

Spoiler

Sector66

 

VERTICE LIMIT

Spoiler

Casting of Bones

 

Edited November 24, 2023 by Arrowhead

[Shawny]

2 space limitation projects
(DISCLAIMER - I was part of the mapper team.)
 

 

(Note - have no idea why the link shows random feedback picture from page 3.)

Edited September 21, 2022 by Shawny
Note added

[Arrowhead]

3 minutes ago, Shawny said:

2 space limitation projects

Thank you! I will add these to the list! :)

[Endless]

Are speedmaps considered? If so, you can add anything that has been created with a time limit, such as the ASS, the Scythe series, Speed of Doom, and a lot of speedmapping series.

[Arrowhead]

Just now, Endless said:

Are speedmaps considered? If so, you can add anything that has been created with a time limit, such as the ASS, the Scythe series, Speed of Doom, and a lot of speedmapping series.

Hmmm, speedmaps will not be included, unless there is an additional restriction being applied.

 

Thanks for bringing this up, I will clarify the main post.

[Thelokk]

 

[Gez]

https://www.doomworld.com/idgames/levels/doom2/Ports/megawads/tcp - ten textures per map, 2048x2048 size restriction

https://www.doomworld.com/idgames/levels/heretic/Ports/20hcc - 20 Monsters, but for Heretic

 

Oh, and I guess this would count, too? Forced layout. https://doomwiki.org/wiki/Doomjà-Vu

Edited September 21, 2022 by Gez

[Arrowhead]

6 minutes ago, Thelokk said:

 

Perfect, thank you! I knew I was missing some more recent ones.

3 minutes ago, Gez said:

xhttps://www.doomworld.com/idgames/levels/doom2/Ports/megawads/tcp - ten textures per map, 2048x2048 size restriction

 

Great, I will add this one as well! Thanks, Gez!

 

EDIT: Added Doomja Vu :)

Edited September 21, 2022 by Arrowhead

[RonnieJamesDiner]

Literalism was a fun one!

[Arrowhead]

Just now, RonnieJamesDiner said:

Literalism was a fun one!

I somehow forgot that one existed - very unique concept. I've added it to the list. :)

[Walter confetti]

3 x 3 take two

Bytesize

32 in 64 kb

Modest Mapping

Modest Mapping 2

512 lines of /vr/

10 x 10 community project

v64

E. M. 10 monsters pack

100 lines massacre

1024 seized megawad

Plutonia 1024: The Plutinya Exeriment

April Fools STARTAN Maps of Any Quality

Mayhem 2048

10 monsters

Mercuria

Cyberdreams

1 bad wad

Katamori 1024

Titan 1024

1024 ABC Edition

[Arrowhead]

Just now, Walter confetti said:

 

Awesome, thanks so much, Walter!

 

Lots of stuff I haven't even heard of! :)

[Gez]

1 hour ago, Arrowhead said:

EDIT: Added Doomja Vu :)

Haha, I kept adding stuff in edits before I got the notifications that you had seen the post as it was.

[Wyrmwood]

The Angry Quilt wads count? Mappers were restricted to a square of the map each.

[Obsidian]

The most shameless of plugs.

[Walter confetti]

Since you take Literalism in consideration, why not adding Doom 2 in name only and Solar Struggle to the list?

[Clippy]

If @Obsidian plugs then I'll share this since it fits

 

map # = monster count

 

was actually quite fun to tinker with

 

 

[Arrowhead]

2 hours ago, Wyrmwood said:

The Angry Quilt wads count? Mappers were restricted to a square of the map each.

I would say this counts! Good suggestion.

1 hour ago, Obsidian said:

The most shameless of plugs.

Totally fine to plug your own stuff here - I must have missed this MAYhem somehow...

1 hour ago, Walter confetti said:

Since you take Literalism in consideration, why not adding Doom 2 in name only and Solar Struggle to the list?

Done. :)

1 hour ago, Clippy said:

 

I'll have to get around to playing those, Clippy!

[Worm318]

5 hours ago, Arrowhead said:

Hmmm, speedmaps will not be included, unless there is an additional restriction being applied.

 

ASS includes maps that had to adhere to at least one theme out of two (sometimes three or four). Sometimes it was a visual or gameplay theme (e.g. "train map", "sectors in specific shapes" or "usage of silent teleports"), not sure if those counts as restrictions described in OP, but there are sessions that enforced strict limitations like ASS67 that included "1024x1024 player space", "10 sectors or less" and "100 lines or less" as themes.

[Arrowhead]

1 hour ago, Worm318 said:

 

ASS includes maps that had to adhere to at least one theme out of two (sometimes three or four). Sometimes it was a visual or gameplay theme (e.g. "train map", "sectors in specific shapes" or "usage of silent teleports"), not sure if those counts as restrictions described in OP, but there are sessions that enforced strict limitations like ASS67 that included "1024x1024 player space", "10 sectors or less" and "100 lines or less" as themes.

Thanks for making me aware of this. I'll have to at some point go through all the readmes, and find the ones that have restrictions other than just the 'time to make the WAD'.

 

I think they're up to 70 now, if I remember correctly?

 

Anyway - thanks for the info. :)

[ImproversGaming]

This is brilliant, great idea. It is a nice showcase as I was not aware of all of these.

A small suggestion would be to order the list (like by type or alphabetical or both). Thanks.

[Dusty_Rhodes]

9 hours ago, Arrowhead said:

I think they're up to 70 now, if I remember correctly?

69, actually. We finished that recently and it's the last ASS wad for the time being.

[Arrowhead]

6 hours ago, ImproversGaming said:

This is brilliant, great idea. It is a nice showcase as I was not aware of all of these.

A small suggestion would be to order the list (like by type or alphabetical or both). Thanks.

Fully intend on it - I'm just waiting for a little more data, and then I'll start that process. :)

[Walter confetti]

More that i forgot:

Zone 300

Zone 400

One Sector Collection

Confinement Community Project

[Arrowhead]

7 hours ago, Walter confetti said:

One Sector Collection

This is one I've never heard of! Sounds experimental. :)

[knifeworld]

"2 Enemy Community Project" where mappers are limited to 2 monster types!

 

[Arrowhead]

17 minutes ago, knifeworld said:

2 Enemy Community Project

Nice!

 

Didn't know about this one!

 

Thanks! :)

[Arrowhead]

I've categorized and alphabetized the list now! Take a look at the original post!

 

Still a little bit of work to do, but as before, if you notice any mistakes or missing packs, please alert me in this thread!

 

Thanks! :)

[Pierrot]

Hell on Earth: Super Tiny Edition by the author of Bijou Doom

The russian variation of Doom 2 - In Name Only (not fully released though)

Edited September 28, 2022 by Pierrot

[yakfak]

good resource, thanks for including Theresa! :))))