Generating words out of the UAC logo texture

[fraggle]

letters.wad is a level containing a hallway of words made entirely out of cut-ups of the UAC logo from SHAWN1. The WAD contains no custom textures.

 

 

 

The WAD file is entirely generated by a Python script that constructs all the linedefs with just the right lengths and X offsets. Only certain words can be generated with this technique because I've only been able to generate certain letters. For example it's possible to make 'L' and 'J' from the two sides of the 'U' in the logo, but it's not possible to make "N" or "S". The source code is here:

 

https://github.com/fragglet/uacletters

 

The contents of the WAD are free to use, so if you'd like to use this to write "LOL" on the wall of one of your levels feel free to copy/paste.

 

An earlier version of the WAD got posted to doom_txt and some of the reactions are pretty funny:

 

 

[Maggle]

Awooca isn't even a real word! That's cheating!

[Jon]

Lol

 

This would have been an interesting application of WadC!

 

actually probably Liquorice since you could ingest a dictionary directly which WadC could not 

Edited May 10, 2020 by Jon

[Dark Pulse]

Damn it, you are THIS close to kwyjibo.

[taufan99]

Now let's see if this can handle some copypastas (at least the shorter ones).

[Job]

Cloaca getting some much-needed love, I see. 

[Gokuma]

That's pretty sweet.   Also, here's a useful texture made of lettering from the load of Doom Art Romero released:

I have linedefs divided into 16 length sections with 24 tall surfaces and offset each character appropriately.

Edited May 10, 2020 by Gokuma

[plums]

This is great :)

 

You can get a rough F out of the A, though it's definitely not as nice looking as other letters.

 

 

If you let yourself use y- offsets you can use the bottom part of the U to make it a bit nicer, as well as for some more letters, but I get the appeal of doing it with x-offsets only. The shading between segments is off, so again still not quite as nice looking.

 

 

 

edit: I see doom_txt already had an F. I guess if you go one column at a time you could improve it still...

 

Edited May 10, 2020 by plums

[SilverMiner]

I see this script uses a wad editing lib. Where can I get it?

[Maximum Matt]

On 5/10/2020 at 11:03 AM, Maggle said:

Awooca isn't even a real word! That's cheating!

Awooca Doom.  Someone get on that

[plums]

K and X. You could probably adapt the X into an H.

 

    

[Jon]

On 5/12/2020 at 10:06 AM, SilverMiner said:

I see this script uses a wad editing lib. Where can I get it?

 

 

https://github.com/devinacker/omgifol

 

[SilverMiner]

At last, thanks

[Redneckerz]

In game UAC/Hellfitti has become a reality.

 

Now it would be fun if Hellspawn like the Imp or Grunt start spraying their ''mark/tag'' everywhere around a map. Something like ''Henry The Hellspawn was here'' or ''Ingrid the Imp is AASTINKY!''

 

This raises some interesting questions though:

• Would hellspawn be British, like Fraggle?
• How would Imp's spray their words around the wall if all they can do is launch fireballs?

TLDR:

I am so confused by this contraption.

[Linguica]

This is a good example of the web / darkweb disconnect, as @Scuba Steve on Discord has since figured out all 26 letters and some punctuation to boot.

 

all-letters.zip

 

So I did the obvious thing and made a WAD with (most of) the Navy Seal copypasta.

 

 

navyseal.wad.zip

 

There is another copypasta I am aware of but I will leave it as an exercise for the reader.

[Maes]

Couldn't you make an "N" or "M" (or any other letter which requires a single middle stroke) by abusing 1-px wide textures and playing with Y-offsetting the bottom, middle part of the letter "U"?

Edit: after watching that video, this technique could still be used to e.g. make a cleaner 'H' and 'T'.

Edited May 13, 2020 by Maes

[Jon]

On 5/10/2020 at 9:43 AM, Jon said:

Lol

 

This would have been an interesting application of WadC!

 

actually probably Liquorice since you could ingest a dictionary directly which WadC could not 

 

I shouldn't have done this (especially this late at night) but here's an homage implementation in 60-ish lines of Haskell (using Liquorice)

https://github.com/jmtd/liquorice/blob/master/examples/shawn.hs

 

[Sgt. Major Kiwi]

cool, I want it, but my pc cant hold enough stuff for me.

[P41R47]

On 5/13/2020 at 11:11 AM, Linguica said:

This is a good example of the web / darkweb disconnect, as @Scuba Steve on Discord has since figured out all 26 letters and some punctuation to boot.

 

all-letters.zip

 

So I did the obvious thing and made a WAD with (most of) the Navy Seal copypasta.

 

 

navyseal.wad.zip

 

There is another copypasta I am aware of but I will leave it as an exercise for the reader.

Just Poetry on the wall, perfect!

Edited July 1, 2020 by P41R47

[Reisal]

I can see this being used for easter eggs and things like "Thanks for Playing!"