Title: Arcane Dimension 1.80
Date: 2020-11-01 01:45

I [previously wrote]({filename}/games/arcane_dimension.md) about how much [Arcane Dimension](http://www.simonoc.com/pages/design/sp/ad.htm)
is awesome. Guess what, there is a new version!
It comes with a [ton of new features](http://www.simonoc.com/files/ad/ad_v1_80p1changelog.txt) if you want to base
one of your map on top of it, as well as a *chaos* mode if you want to 
refresh the original maps. Speaking of maps, there are also four new
ones:

- Ak-Alakha, by [Andrey Saenko](https://twitter.com/pulsar_noise), a mishmash of a lot of different quake levels
  stapled together without much regard for logic nor geometry, in the style of
  [M. C. Escher ](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M._C._Escher), resulting in a
  weirdly albeit extremely pleasant disorientating journey.
- Grendels' Blade, by [Simon OCallaghan](http://www.simonoc.com/), a *classic looking* quake map, with a
	big sword in the middle of it, I didn't find it super-spectacular to be
	honnest.
- Nyarlathoteps Sand Castle, again by Simon OCallaghan, a deep Egyptian tomb,
  with interesting textures, a lot of unexpected verticality, and heaps of
	sand.
- Tears of the False God, by [Benoit Stordeur](https://bal.artstation.com/), the star of the update in my
	opinion: an incredible convoluted structure with water cascades, tons of
	secrets, and the most amazing exteriors that I've seen in quake. Definitely
	one of my favourite quake map.

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With this update, Arcane Dimension continues to be, in my opinion, the best map
pack for quake, where most of them are excellent in every way, be it from a
technical point of view with flawless level designs, artistically with lights
and textures that don't look like they're being used in quake, but also
innovative with new gameplay mechanics and surprising items. It's one of the
most pleasant experience I've had video-game wise.

To play it, get a copy of the [original quake](https://www.gog.com/game/quake_the_offering),
[quakespasm](http://quakespasm.sourceforge.net/download.htm) to play in
comfortable conditions, and shove [arcane dimension](http://www.simonoc.com/pages/design/sp/ad.htm) next to
it: you're ready to go!

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