Exemplary Maps
The following maps are chosen by official DDNet testers. Each of these maps displays great mapping practices that testers look for in new releases, and new mappers are encouraged to look at these maps for inspiration. (Note that this doesn't exist as a mapping "hall-of-fame", but rather as a reference for new mappers).
To see a map in the editor, join an empty DDNet server, vote the map (/map <mapname>), then enter the editor (Ctrl+⇧ Shift+E), then select File -> Load current map.
Co-op Maps
Novice
Sunny Side Up by Ravie: ★★★☆☆
- Very balanced and simple parts. Contains great flow and spacing. Well-made, themed design.
Moderate
Sunny Land ★★✰✰✰ (very "cozy" "vanilla" t0 moderate map)
Stargazing ★★✰✰✰ (good for t0, very good flow, spacing, few tricky but not complicated parts)
Dubush ★★★★✰ (cool drag part map)
Silk Touch ★★★★✰ (cool drag parts map, VERY good flow)
Borace ★★★★★ (the only decent ddracish moderate gores map?)
Brutal
Naufrage 2 ★★★✰✰ (good spacing, very good fillers for team 0 runs. the most popular t0 map back in the days)
Lockdown ★★★★✰ (cool edgehook drag parts. nice fillers. good map for t0 / team / 2p runs)
Milthird Core ★★★★✰ (cool edgehook drag parts)
Epinephrine ★★★★★ (faily tricky map full of cool "setup parts")
Barren ★★✰✰✰ (very cool and creative drag parts map. this map is so cool that it inspired lot of people and started a wave of "barrenlike" maps)
Aim 9.0 - 11.0 (iconic edgehook maps, good edgehook parts, good fillers, good for 2p / t0)
Back in the days 1 - 3 / Back in Time 1, 2 / (iconic team 0 hh maps, good spacing, well thought t0 parts)
Stronghold 1 - 4 (iconic hh maps like bitd, but with simpler parts)
Nostalgia ★★✰✰✰ (very nice to play as 2, not too hard but not that easy either)
Stay Alive ★★★★★ (lot of faily but creative parts, satisfying to play)
w3na ★★★✰✰ (one of the best 3p maps,really fun with friends)
Behemoth ★★★★★ (really creative 4p map quite good map to play 4+ tees)
blur ★✰✰✰✰ (good for a 1st brutal finish,pretty faily but short)
Flux ★✰✰✰✰ (really nice beginner map aswell)
Narcissistic ★★★✰✰ (really faily parts but very nice to play as 2, good midrange brutal)
Redefined ★★★✰✰ (really good drag parts,really well mapped 2p map)
Sooth ★★★★★ (imo one of the best 5* brutal maps, really unique parts,the faily parts are really creative aswell)
WoodDivision V ★★★★✰ (pretty fun drag map, creative edgehook parts)
Insane
Binary ★✰✰✰✰ (very creative drag parts map with all existing weapons)
Tatooine 2 - Good "weapons race" map, perfect for 2p or bigger teams.
Grim Reaper - One of the most iconic maps on DDNet due to the faily fillers & creative drag parts.
1AndOnLyLife - Long and faily "hammerhit" map perfect for bigger teams.
Aimateur - Creative map focused on drag parts with edgehooks
Heartcore II - Hard and faily map focused on drag parts with edgehooks
Justice 2 - One of a kind map. Many thought out parts that takes a lot of thinking to do.
New Generation II - Unique "hammerhit" map focused on "co-op" parts
Not Naufrage 4 - A lot of really good "back and forth" parts commonly seen in the Naufrage series.
Adrenaline 4 - Iconic map due to the long length and kill tiles throughout the map. Not necessarily the hardest parts but the kill tiles makes it very thrilling to play
Ravillion - One of the top "barren like" maps. Many really good and creative drag parts
Solo Maps
Solo
Cavity by тυx: ★☆☆☆☆
- Solid parts with great spacing and flow. Sticks to basic tiles and uses them in clean ways. Well-made, simple design.
Impetuous by Ravie: ★☆☆☆☆
- Uses a tune gimmick in a creative and interesting way, with themed yet simple parts. When incorporating tunes into a map, try to keep the tune settings simple and create complex parts through gameplay instead of creating complex tune settings to force complex gameplay. Well made design.
Moventer by Themix: ★☆☆☆☆
- Solid parts with great spacing and flow. Sticks to basic tiles and uses them in clean ways. Well-made, simple design.
Replay by Im 'corneum: ★☆☆☆☆
- Creative gameplay idea with solid parts.
Caverun ★★★★★ (one of the best 5* solo maps,uses all weapons very creatively)
Rocket Challenge ★★★✰✰ (really good rocket map)
acq ★★✰✰✰ (quite easy solo with really cool tele mechanics)
Canyon ★★★✰✰ (really unique parts, a little faily but not too hard)
entanglement ★★★★✰ (quite challenging gameplay with really creative ways to use weaps)
Equity [Easy] ★★✰✰✰ (quite fun simple solo map)
Masquerade ★★★★✰ (quite long map but a lot of variety in parts, good challenging map)
Piston ★★✰✰✰ (really good for learning push sg / tele laser, really unique gameplay)
Weapon Finals ★★★★★ (the parts have really good flow and they are very creative)
Mud ★✰✰✰✰ (really nice and simple 1* solo, very good for beginners)