Tivauri (six maps, WIP)

[yakfak]

this is a NANOWADMO thing

Spoiler

all levels and the status bar made this year
two tunes made this year plus many made last year

credits so far:
wollymammoth for MIDI AMP utility
ribbiks & danne for the lettering (with permission)
bethesda's Daggerfall for all the new prop sprites (slightly edited by me in some cases)
joe-ilya for pointing out a skip in MAP03 which i still haven't fixed lol

using:
xwe
a mix of gzdb and dbx
cubasis and wolamp
paint.net and psp
dfall pack explorer lol

 

this is for doom 2, meant to evoke naive but 90s hard gameplay
weirdness is primary, no attempts at balanced arena combat are present in this WAD whatsoever
secondary objective is to make a personal level set that i can write a long story for in the text file

 

 

looking for feedback on whether levels are broken and, if you use prboom+, whether the midis are the correct volume, work on headphones, work on speakers etc.
i don't care if you can't find the secrets or you beat map 2/3 in five seconds flat or you find the levels hideous

 

recommended playback is in prboom+ with complevel 9 and with default general midi patches for the music

 

 

 

test wip version 1 here

contains four maps and all new music

 

to do:
finish map 02's music (40% done) and snip a new title theme from it

finish map 05 (10% done)
finish map 06 (50% done)

new splash screen, logo, victory, text and credits screen (0% done lol drawing is really hard)
 

(zekhmet isn't dead or anything i just had a burst of mapping energy!)

Edited October 25, 2019 by yakfak

[Vorpal]

Hope to put this one through the grinder on Sunday, thanks for sharing!

[Ribbiks]

Always in the market for stuff like this. great maps! In order of preference: 4 > 1 > 3 > 2

 

 

ztivWIP1_fda_rbk.lmp.zip

[yakfak]

1 hour ago, Ribbiks said:

Always in the market for stuff like this. great maps! In order of preference: 4 > 1 > 3 > 2

 

 

ztivWIP1_fda_rbk.lmp.zip

 

good work :3 you destroyed map 04 really, just letting the mastermind chill out in the centre of the map the whole time haha

stuff i noticed needs fixing:

map 02 - needs stronger hints as to why all the keycards disappeared lol. it has some jim flynn-ish progression probs like mandatory lifts which are a bit too hidden combined with some absolute punishment mechanics for no real reason. not apologizing for that cos i love weird magic maps but it did look frustrating for someone else. there should just be some doom mapper's shorthand for This Is An Experimental Mess that I can insert. "hey, at least you can just leave the map" TM zan-zan-zawa-veia 2015

map 03 - can delete the invulnrosphere (and some of the obstacles need updating cos they were off theme)

map 04 - might need to find a way to reduce sniping spots from outside the main area? could place obstacles to dissuade picking off the mastermind.

 

map 01 seemed fine, i like the way you did all the fights in that big silo/server room for fun, it's a really gentle intro if you play it pessimistically

[SleepyVelvet]

I like these maps.

Tough but interesting.

here's 50 mins of me flailing around and dying, for data's sake :)

noisy_ztivWIP1.zip

[maxmanium]

I really like this. The map and music design remind of times when I was a kid where I would play a game and have no idea what I'm doing or how to progress, but nonetheless still enjoying the experience.

[yakfak]

7 hours ago, NoisyVelvet said:

I like these maps.

Tough but interesting.

here's 50 mins of me flailing around and dying, for data's sake :)

noisy_ztivWIP1.zip

 

thanks for the demos! :D map 3 and 4 really treated you badly haha there were just projectiles in the air going in all directions the whole time

i liked you creating yr own secrets in the main room of map 01, sorta wish that could be rewarded somehow

[yakfak]

this'll probably be slightly delayed while i get some drawing practise in, i definitely wanna make a new title screen and things like that. enjoy the other nanowadmo projects while i procrastinate for many years <3

[Catpho]

Hey yakfak, the link is dead. Can Tivauri be resurrected along with the download :o

[yakfak]

I worry that this file exists at least one laptop ago x3 will rummage for it

there's a slightly later build where I finished MAP 05 and had a decently-developed build of MAP 06 but they were uh
even less user-friendly than MAP 02 is here. I think I would detest hearing any reactions to them at all lol

 

it's more likely that this is the last release, hope I can find it somewhere

[Alper002]

I did happen to download this at some point, when the link worked!
Don't remember much about how I thought about it, but I'm happy I still have the file around:
ztivWIP1.zip

Though one quick and fun peek (playing each included map saveless until I died) made me a little jealous of MAP02's verticality.

[Catpho]

alper is cool but I still wanna see m5 :D I'll fda it on ITYTD if I have to!

Edited April 4, 2023 by Catpho