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Advanced engine needed  : DSDA-Doom, GZDoom
Primary purpose         : Single play
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Title                   : MAYhem 2025: The Tomb of Dotriacontagon
Filename                : MAYhem25.wad
Release date            : 08/25/2025
Author                  : A bunch of mummy's boys (and girls)
Email Address           : [redacted] (Obsidian's email address)
Other Files By Author   : Varies by author
Misc. Author Info       : A loose collection of proteins

Description             : Twenty-eight maps made in the month of May, split
                          into four episodes that the player can visit via
                          a series of hub maps. The theme for this year was
                          Egyptian maps, with mappers being restricted to 
                          using the 32x32 grid in their editor of choice.

Credits to              : Id Software for Doom II
                          SirJuddington for SLADE3

Additional Credits to   : A comprehensive list of credits is included. Be
                          sure to check it out and give props to all the
                          awesome people who made this project a reality!

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* Maplist *

======HUB======
Author: Obsidian
Music: None

======Episode 1: Within the Burning Sands======

E1M1: Warm Welcome
Author: Dragonfly
Music: "Desert Smuggler" by Dragonfly
 
E1M2: Dusted Cavern
Author: DynamiteKaitorn
Music: A MIDI of "Underground" from Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow

E1M3: The Soul Siphon
Author: Quietus
Music: "Hatshepsut" by Jimmy 

E1M4: Traps and Treasures
Author: JJBoren
Music: "Stealth" by Dan Froelich

E1M5: Tomb of Gordon ﻿Ramses
Author: Fletcher`
Music: "Chapel 3" from Hexen

E1M6: Ifrit's Gauntlet
Author: VanaheimRanger
Music: "Arrival" by AD_79

E1M7: Crumble
Author: Whumptus
Music: "Tar Puddle" by Korp

======Episode 2: The Lament of Ishtar======

E2M1: Tunnels of Apophis
Author: VanaheimRanger
Music: "The Collector" by Jimmy
 
E2M2: Just Go!
Author: Malignant
Music: A MIDI of "Neon Knights" by Black Sabbath

E2M3: Buried Estuary
Authors: Mango and AD_79﻿
Music: "The Incessant Flow of Time" by stewboy

E2M4: Son of the Drowned
Author: Timilyo80
Music: A MIDI of "Stone Temple" from The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask

E2M5: Hollowed, Forgotten
Author: Matt Eldrydge
Music: "Last Rites" by Lippeth

E2M6: Breeze of the Desert
Author: Pierrot
Music: "Rusty Bridge" by stewboy

E2M7: Sequestered Sanctuary
Author: TheV1perK1ller
Music: "Decade" by esselfortium

======Episode 3: To Stride Bravely into the Duat======

E3M1: Dreaming Egypt
Author: General Rainbow Bacon
Music: A MIDI of "Cool at Heart" by Tangerine Dream
 
E3M2: Tomb Raider
Author: ByrntStarOEI
Music: "Mysteries of Egypt" by Jimmy

E3M3: Heart of Gold
Author: Exl
Music: "Pendulum" by Psyrus

E3M4: The May Valley Civilization
Author: Worm318
Music: "Polyrhythmic Pong" from Age of Empires

E3M5: Beit Shel Shedim
Author: CrazedCleric
Music: "Land of Abel" by Mark Klem

E3M6: A Step Shu Far
Author: Salmon
Music: "Crystal Field" by Korp

E3M7: Lost in Blue
Author: Roofi
Music: "Oasis" by Snaxalotl
       "Sarcophagus" by Snaxalotl
       "Of Flesh & Fission" by Snaxalotl

======Episode 4: Dotriacontagon's Last Gambit======

E4M1: Tomb of the Forgotten
Author: Luisinho
Music: "Void" from Hexen
 
E4M2: The Disdain of Unas
Author: Obsidian
Music: "Argentrock Isle" by Nenad Vugrinec

E4M3: The Central Fire of Sacred Memory
Author: paymentplan
Music: "Sawtooth" by Wilster Wonkels

E4M4: Pit of Arteries
Author: knifeworld
Music: "Eclipse" by Psyrus

E4M5: Dissection
Author: Gothic
Music: "Shhh, the Shadows Are Near" by decino

E4M6: Angband
Author: FlyingGoner
Music: "We Are All Waiting" by Psychedelic Eyeball

E4M7: Hawktuah of the Ancients
Author: Synami
Music: "Spore" by Syphus

Title music: "Mystified" by Tristan Clark

Level clear/regular intermission music: A MIDI of "SA-X Arrival Theme" 
                                        from Metroid Fusion

Secret intermission music: A MIDI of "Fossil Roo" from Final Fantasy IX

E4M7 secret intermission music: A MIDI of "Walk Like an Egyptian" by The
                                Bangles

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* What is included *

New levels              : 37
Sounds                  : Yes
Music                   : Yes
Graphics                : Yes
Dehacked/BEX Patch      : Yes
Demos                   : Empty DEMO# lumps
Other                   : UMAPINFO, MUSINFO, ANIMATED, SWITCHES
Other files required    : None


* Play Information *

Game                    : Doom 2
Map #                   : MAP01-MAP38
Single Player           : Designed for
Cooperative 2-4 Player  : Player starts only
Deathmatch 2-4 Player   : No
Other game styles       : None
Difficulty Settings     : Yes


* Construction *

Base                    : New from scratch
Build Time              : All maps were made in the space of one month.
                          Compiling took about 2 months.
Editor(s) used          : Doom Builder X, Ultimate Doom Builder, SLADE3, 
                          Paint.net, DoomTools
Known Bugs              : As of version 4.14.2, the episode names do not 
                          properly show up in GZDoom when traversing the
                          hub maps. This has been reported to the 
                          maintainers of the source port and may be fixed 
                          in future versions.
May Not Run With...     : Any ports that don't support MBF21 functionality


* Copyright / Permissions *

Authors may NOT use the maps contained in this file as a base for 
modification or reuse. They may however use the other resources contained
in the file, so long as they credit the authors of those resources 
(which are documented extensively in the included Credits textfile) and, 
depending on the amount of resources used, Obsidian (who compiled and 
edited the resources for this project).

You MAY distribute this file, provided you include this text file, with no
modifications.  You may distribute this file in any electronic format (BBS,
Diskette, CD, etc) as long as you include this file intact.  I have
received permission from the original authors of any modified or included
content in this file to allow further distribution.

* Where to get the file that this text file describes *

The Usual: ftp://archives.3dgamers.com/pub/idgames/ and mirrors