Counterattack is a 7-map mini episode for Doom II. Each map was designed to be played from pistol-start; continuous play is fine but will make the play through much easier. This map set originally started out as a single map contribution to the Vinesauce map contest held in 2016 by Joel "Vargskelethor". The map in question (MAP02) was started on in early September, and finished on September 9th. Afterwards, I officially started the project on October 10th (shortly after finishing MAP04).
My goal with this project was to exercise with the Doom II texture assets, and to create some maps for practice. All maps use stock Doom II textures (aside from skies and minor extras). The maps are medium-to-large in size and have many different paths that you can take. Replayability was a design goal I tried to aim for. Difficulty is somewhat middling, but should ramp up a bit towards the end.
Also note that you shouldn't use jumping or crouching in these maps. It has been disabled in ZDoom, but some ports will still allow it.
Legacy of Heroes is a Boom compatible episode for Doom 2 with 11 levels. The maps use the textures from Eternal Doom and the themes for the most are fantasy oriented. The maps also feature a more adventurous style and the level progression was made to make feel the episode like a continuous journey. Some levels are very long and all of them were desgned with pistol starts in mind.
As once listening to Annihilator and playing one old game, I thought: what if I make mountains hovering in space that will shimmer with the colors of the rainbow? As a result, having threatened for one year and one month to some extent, I realized what I had planned. It was difficult for me alone to do everything, and so I called for help TheSkyBug, who made weapons, some monsters, and a bunch of different trifles, and also ZZYZX, who made a new lighting system. Big thanks to them. Also thanks to ChaingunnerX, DOOMGABR, Dagamon, VladGuardian and other people for help of various kinds - without you this wad would come out much later.
Like my last mapset, Shadows of The Nightmare Realm, the premise is inspired by H.P. Lovecraft. The story takes place many years before Doom 1, and revolves around a man (NOT the Doomguy) who is on vacation and is out enjoying a day of hunting while his wife and infant son are at home. After a long and boring day, he starts walking back to his car, only to discover a ravine that wasn't there before. Feeling an unusually strong urge to find out what lurks beyond the ravine, he jumps down into it and heads out into the dark, foggy forest night. The rest of the story is told in the level itself through additional (skippable) text.
Umbra of Fate an experimental map, where I tried to push the type of gameplay that I personally enjoy to the limit rather than trying to include something for everyone. So expect an emphasis on dark, spooky areas; intense colored lighting; an emphasis on fights with a smaller number of tough enemies; a mix of Quake, Doom 64, and Doom 3 inspired map design; and interesting boss fights. It's
The map is about a marine who must infiltrate a UAC Corporation large base because there are indications that dangerous secret experiments related to portals and Satanism are taking place. The protagonist is hidden in a truck of the UAC that goes to the complex getting to enter without major problems. But once inside the facilities he realizes that something terrible has happened there, it seems that he is not the only unexpected visitor...
Vae Victus II is an all new level set for Doom 2 utilizing new graphics and music. The episode consists of 7 levels of varying themes and difficulty. The first Vae Victus was an attempt to honor the traditional gameplay of Alien Vendetta and other classic megawads; however, VV2 is a more balanced approach that provides challenging battles without the swarms of roaming enemies. The architecture is improved over last year's offering, and is more refined in it's concept and design. I am a classic doomer at heart, so I decided to keep this wad compatible with every source port that allows for limit removing. Co-op play is also supported, as are difficulty settings. In addition, every map can be beat from pistol starts.
A different kind of experience, focused more on puzzles and individual encounters.
It is a remake of the first Phocas Island. I decided to do a remake because I felt
the first one was lacking in areas and was rushed towards the end. It features large
multi-path levels, with lots of scripting, not even one original monster (although some
are only slightly modified from the original).
A large map for the original Doom that uses a huge amount of scripting and ZDoom features while attemptimg to retain classic and fast paced Doom action.
map01: mainly rusty metal, tech; map02: clean tech base, a bit hellish
Your mission: Seek three mystical skulls. Use their collective power to destroy the Source of Evil.
Notes: I recommend to play map02 from pistol start. No jumping.
These are my two maps "Thunderpeak powerplant" and "Termination" from the recently released Zpack community project!
Since there seem to be quite some interest in it, I decided to release those two maps as a standalone project.
After making a large map with slopes, scripts, all new resources and whatnot, I felt like making something very basic.
Also used this opportunity to get some maps that were gathering dust finished and released; a very old episode 2 project (although I have released e2m1 of that project before as e2m1er.wad), and a project for EDGE that got to 1½ levels (Rust). The maps were converted to use vanilla resources only (except for the sky).
E2M5-E2M9 however are brand new levels for this release. The wad is tested to be vanilla compatible, though during mapping it has mainly been tested with ZDoom for convenience's sake. Also found to work with Eternity. But as it is vanilla compatible, any port should work.
A 3-key Collector style map. Pretty standard fare, with a heavy emphasis on traps and arenas, and a lite-slaughter finale. This map is intended to be challenging. All monsters/weapons are vanilla.
There are only 2 modes, (UV) and (HMP and lower). UV is the intended experience, but the HMP-lower version is there if you're looking for an easier run.
This map had several sources of inspiration, but the biggest one were the Nether Fortresses in Minecraft (both visually and mechanically). I always wanted to make a Doom map that had the sensation of finding one of these in the Nether, especially with the idea where the environment is as dangerous as the denizens lurking within. That said, there are no teleports if you fall off any of the ledges into the chasm. Basically: You fall, you die.
16-ish Boom compatible levels. ZDoom based ports will have to level warp in order to access the secret levels, since Map14 sends you to the EndDoom screen. BOOM ports can access these maps regularly from Map15.
A vanilla-compatible mapset created for NaNoWadMo 2019. It tells the story of three people and the different challenges they face trying to survive and save each other after the research facility they're stationed at is struck by a hellish invasion...