Rise of the Abyssal (Single level TC)

[Night Falls]

Note: Development on making this a full length TC has ceased, it's way too time consuming to work on to feasibly continue development, and I've moved on to other projects. So as of now RotA is just one (decently lenghted) level.

 

Intro
Somewhere, sometime in the past, a civilization was formed around a mysterious energy source which allowed them to create technology that would not be possible otherwise. Then, when the civilization began to flourish, the animalistic species unique to the land became organized and waged war against them.

And then someone shows up on the shore, carrying nothing but a note in an unknown language.

Gameplay
Rise of the Abyssal is a more tactically focused total conversion featuring overhauled combat, monster behaviors, new puzzle mechanics, etc.
You can now kick monsters over to leave them vulnerable or get them temporarily out of your way, and slash staggering demons with a demonic dagger to regain health.
The combat flows kind of like a fast paced dance, dashing around things, kicking, stabbing, shooting, and slashing.
You no longer have medkits, and must instead protect your health with vitality: armor that takes 100% of damage taken. As mentioned above, the main way to regain health is through the demonic dagger.
You're weapons include a versatile sword which delivers a continuous series of swings and slashes, a bow that you pull back and fire, an unconventional crossbow that can fire up to four bolts in a row with dynamic reloading, triggerable explosives and bait for monsters.

Monsters have a wide range of unique behaviors, from dodging to lobbing props at you to breathing jets of flame while chasing after you. Every enemy is unique, and most of them are much smarter than a standard Doom demon.

 

Trailer

 

 

Outdated screenshots

Spoiler

 

DOWNLOADS:

(requires Doom 2 for the time being)

The standard .ipk3 for all you who are familar with GZDoom:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/15XGCdvnDbO_fdM1esnDvlEcrMYf_k2wJ/view?usp=sharing
Standalone version with preconfigured GZDoom engine for people unfamilar with GZDoom:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1pE6cMXxJjKzNCtHfOQ3BQ6rG5Ll-iDRv/view?usp=sharing

Edited October 29, 2021 by Night Falls
Updated the game and it's links

[ShadesMaster]

Looks promising! The extensive use of GZdoom-isms is of note, and they're used to good effect. Reminds me of Minecraft in a good way, but clearly isn't limited to 90 degree walls. I wonder what other environments are planned for this.

[sugarwater]

This looks really cool. The setting Reminds me of the caves from Skyrim or Oblivion in a good way.

[Redneckerz]

I finally got wind of this and i am glad to see @Night Falls making a thread for it after discussing this on ZDoom.

 

Sadly it was posted just right when the search would come up, so yeah.

 

Mappers of all lands, unite for this project. It oozes potential and it looks absolutely stunning.  I dare say, Caco Nominee worthy material.

[Rex705]

This looks amazing I hope to see more of this. If you have the skills help this project out people!

[Night Falls]

After a couple months of delay, the playable demo is finally released!
It includes a singleplayer level, a deathmatch map, and a level to showcase everything not included in the singleplayer level.

A few things are still unfinished in the demo, but that's almost entirely graphics and sound. Most of the stuff in the showcase map are still using placeholder graphics, but almost everything in the singleplayer map is in it's finished state.

Edited August 15, 2020 by Night Falls
Accidentally omitted the word 'demo'

[taufan99]

Looks amazing, like a combination of Tomb Raider, Quake, and Terminator: Future Shock. The music is also worth mentioning.

[Redneckerz]

This definitely needs a lot more LOVE.

(As in attention, not as in quality of the TC)

[Night Falls]

Update: Fixed some bugs, and made a few changes to the demo map. Also replaced the lupine sounds with original ones.

[Night Falls]

New update released!
Rebalanced the crossbow and made it less clunky
Made crossbow ammo easier to see
added arrow trails
improved the demo level based on player feedback
difficulties weren't actually ready yet, so they've been disabled for now
and also fixed a handful of bugs.

[Night Falls]

Another new update released!

Compressed all sound effects, making the file size fairly smaller

Changed the monster staggering algorithm so that monsters will flash red more often the lower your health is

Clarified the details of how the fatality dagger works

Fixed lupines still using doom demon sounds sometimes

[Night Falls]

Version 1.3.1:
Maybe potentially fixed a bug I can't test where the "Use WASD to move" doesn't go away on some mobile ports. As an added bonus, on PC it will go away if you push W, A, S, or D instead of just W.

[Night Falls]

Version 1.4:
The crossbow is now semi-automatic, so it should be less of a pain to use
The waterfall is prettier
Fixed some corrupted sound effects
Rebalanced some things

[Night Falls]

A new update should be releasing in a day or so that addresses the issue of the boss fight at the end being way too cramped for it to be very fun by moving it into a brand new arena-type area at the end of the level, as well as a bunch of little things that should make for a better experience:

 

-Ogre fireballs and arrows shot by possessed archers are now slower, slow enough to dodge more easily
-The crossbow fires it's bolts with 100% accuracy and reloads automatically after running out of bolts
-Added ambient sounds in more places
-Removed the fog in some outdoor areas and increased the brightness for better visibility
-A few enemies in the demo are set to ambush in order to make some of the encounters less overwhelming

 

All that's left is for me to finalize the new boss arena and this update will be released!

[Night Falls]

The update described above has been released in addition to several small changes. The changelog is in the above comment.

[Night Falls]

Though it's been almost a year since I last updated this, here's an update that changes somethings:
-reworked the crossbow again so that it functions as originally intended (it's somewhere between your typical carbine and pulse rifle functionally)
-made the part in the engine room with the catwalk easier to jump across
-added a little surprise just before the final boss
-replaced the message asking for help with the project with a message saying that this project is basically no longer in development

[Rex705]

Dang this looks really cool sad to see it no longer in development.

[Night Falls]

Update:
-The changes to the crossbow weren't actually in the file sent with the last update, this has been fixed
-Fixed the reincarnations in the boiler room being stuck in the ceiling
-I found out what DEFCVARS is and have included one of those instead of using a hacky .bat file for the standalone version