Please give way to oncoming traffic. Hypnagogia is an abstract map heavily inspired by shadgrimgrvy’s works. Continue your journey through Somnolence City. Fight, explore and puzzle your way through ever changing locales and try to make sense of things as you travel towards a looming, but unknown threat.
Make your way through the zombie-infested town, to assault a Combine stronghold.
Total Downloads: 9639th April 2022
16 Comments
and 10 recommendations, most say "Play It Later"
CrossoverVille 2 is the theme of the second challenge in the Hammer Cup 2022 – again in collaboration with Map Labs!
The original CrossoverVille asked mappers to combine Half-Life with another game. But CrossoverVille 2 is broader – combine Half-Life with any other piece of media. Movies, games, music, art, opera – it’s all on the table. I suppose things like billboards and podcasts are too, knock yourselves out. So this new challenge kind of serves as a sequel to MovieVille as well!
This challenge runs for a full 3 weeks, with entries due on Sunday, March 27th. Get mapping! (But at least you have a bit more time for this challenge!)
Bonus maps (which can’t win but are judged and scored) are accepted for 4 days after the normal due date. Note that bonus map entries are not eligible for The Hammer Cup prizes!
Mix Half-Life and another piece of media – movie, game, etc. The crossover is totally up to your interpretation – location, art style, gameplay – anything, really.
Here’s the official announcement (click for full version):
And if you’re not already there, join the Map Labs Discord for good discussion & a great mapping community.
The deadline for submission is Sunday 27th March 2022. Bonus maps are accepted for another 4 days after that.
Submit maps using the Submission Form.
5th March 2022 1 Comment
The Hammer Cup is back! In mini form!
I’m pleased to announce The Hammer Cup 2022 in collaboration with Map Labs! Of course, RTSL and Map Labs have partnered on a couple of Ville challenges in the last few years – but this is the all-new (mini) Hammer Cup!
Three consecutive Map Labs challenges make up The Hammer Cup 2022 – one each in February, March, and April. Note that the first and third are Test Tubes (shorter challenges of 1-2 weeks). The themes and details for each challenge will be announced on the start date as usual – and dates are subject to change.
| Start | End | |
| DeceptionVille (Test Tube) | Friday 11th February | Sunday 20th February |
| CrossoverVille 2 | Sunday 6th March | Sunday 27th March |
| EscapeVille (Test Tube) | Friday 13th May | Monday 23rd May |
Entrants will receive points for each challenge they enter – each of the challenges will be judged and scored as usual for all the Map Labs challenges. At the end of the event, the best 2 scores from each entrant will be totaled, and the 3 entrants with the top total scores will win the grand prizes listed below. Note that this means you don’t have to enter all 3 challenges, since only your best 2 will contribute toward the combined event score. Note that bonus map entries are not eligible for The Hammer Cup prizes!
5th February 2022 1 Comment
Well I skipped a year, but given that 2022 is now upon us, here’s a new General Chat! Let’s hope 2022 has better things in store for all of us!
What are you looking forward to? For my part, more Half-Life mods, of course! I’m keeping an eye on things like The Core, Dark Matter, Signal Lost, and THWL Tower Source.
And Operation: Black Mesa just got added to Steam, so hopefully that’s not too far away. Oh, and FMPONE’s addon for Alyx, Levitation is looking really sharp!
For my part, I hope to consume a little less and create a lot more in 2022. And post some more mods! What about you?
1st January 2022 48 Comments
The Story begins in your neighbourhood on Halloween night. You find a very old book which manages to start you off on a scary and dangerous journey through a strange land where monsters roam and thrive!
Can you survive Swiss Cheese’s Halloween Mod?
Note: This version includes the patch from Swiss_Cheese as well as the Steam improvements from malortie released in 2017.
Total Downloads: 1,51924th October 2021
9 Comments
and 6 recommendations, 3 say "Play It Now!"
Here’s a collection of a handful of maps from longtime RTSL member (and Ville mapper!) ihonnyboy (Abraham Lee). It’s a bit of a hodgepodge of maps in various states, including some dev textures – and at least one you might recognize from an old mapping challenge. But they are all playable and worth a look, if not perfectly balanced. Enjoy!
Total Downloads: 1,71720th August 2021
11 Comments
and 9 recommendations, most say "Play It Now!"
Southernmost Combine is an alternate epilogue to Half-Life 2: Episode 2, in which Gordon Freeman is sent back in time to the 1980s to stop a Combine recon deployment happening in the southernmost land of the world. There are a few deviations in gameplay mechanics (more tactical and slow paced, no gravity gun, inventory) but it´s still Gordon fighting the combine and rebels helping him to achieve it. This is a small episode consisting of a varied set of locales with unique art made specifically to bring Source to the look of the South American region in the 1980s.
Updated March 2025 with version 1.5.1, the “Super Ultimate Edition.”
Total Downloads: 2,51110th August 2021
22 Comments
and 17 recommendations, most say "Personal Favourite"
Half-Life, Uplink, and more.
Uplinked is a series of eleven maps that aims to be an extension to “Forget About Freeman!”. Uplinked takes place between the original maps, hence it can be started from “Forget About Freeman!” or “Black Mesa Inbound” like the original game. The general premise is the same as the Half-Life demo, Uplink (tune the transmitter to gain access to Lambda Complex). Locations vary from Uplink or Half-Life Alpha inspired to completely original ones. Be aware that Uplinked has more puzzles compared to the original game, therefore might require more thinking.
Total Downloads: 2,57726th June 2021
32 Comments
and 15 recommendations, most say "Play It Now!"
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Total Downloads: 8702nd October 2022
6 Comments and 5 recommendations with no significant bias