It forces both clever use of the tools provided, but also makes both the player and the map author think about the roles each enemy plays, and how best to utilize them in a claustrophobic space. Restricted micro-mapping like this is a popular choice among retro FPS modders in general, with the Doom community doing amazing things within similarly small spaces in the likes of rf_1024. While the nature of each map may differ wildly, it all feels like trench warfare. These maps may be tiny, but that doesn't mean they're going to be over in a flash, with enemy spawns and clever use of 3D space forcing you to loop around each playfield multiple times before the exit will present itself. While many of Arcane Dimensions' maps are famed for their enormity (in the case of the final map, The Forgotten Sepulcher, a new engine build had to be released just to enable a map of that scale and complexity), the Xmas Jam boils it all down to its punchiest, most concentrated form. Built using Arcane Dimensions' bag of tricks, it offers 11 new levels from 11 different creators, all adhering to a single restriction: the level must fit (roughly) within a tiny space, 1024 Quake map units cubed, approximately three seconds travel time across. Xmas Jam: 1024^3 is the latest group project to come from the quietly industrious func_msgboard mapping community. We've previously covered Quake mega-mod Arcane Dimensions, which has become a cornerstone of modern Quake mapping thanks to its slew of new gameplay features, enemy types and weapons going a long way to refresh the formula of Id's cyber-gothic classic without diluting its breakneck pacing and drum-tight combat loops.

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