Trick and Tear - October Speedmapping (WAD OUT NOW)

[BluePineapple72]

Picture credit goes to @aletheos eberlain

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HALLOWEEN IS HERE!!! 

 

Corpses shift and groan, pumpkins begin to glow,

and the witch, abominable, insipid is brewing a cauldron of the most vile liquid;

all in preparation for the witching hour.

These ghouls and ghosts all have one sinister plan: play Doom WADs tonight. Within the machinations of their frightening arsenal, they have conjured up Trick & Tear, a 9 map speedmapping project containing the terrifying works of nine mappers destined to frighten even your bones!

 

WAD File: Trick & Tear - idgames
Port: GZDoom

       - Jumping/Crouching Disabled

       - Freelook Optional

       - Dynamic Lights recommended

IWAD: DOOM2 - Map01-09

Resources: Compiled in wad file. Credits in README file.
Comments: Mapset created as part of a monthly speedmapping series. Rules/gimmicks mappers followed are in the original post (SEE BELOW)

 

MAPLIST:

 

Map01: “The House” - @RonnieJamesDiner

The pattering of rain echoes above. There is something sinister hidden within the dusty halls of this old mansion;  you’re the unlucky soul doomed to find it.

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Map02: “Atrocities in the Dust” - Lorenz0
Within a deep fog, there lies an abandoned building. Nothing good awaits you inside. Only dust and death.

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Map03: “Rigor” - @Austinado
You enter a castle look-alike, and what is this? Petrified revenants? What are these screaming awful lost souls? Spiders with bloodthirst? Is time to get out of this place...and you have to do it...with Rigor.

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Map04: “Sanatorium” - @Weird Sandwich

The old abandoned sanatorium lingers as a spectre of a vile past.... and now you've been brought here by forces unknown.

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Map05: “Undead Reception” - @Pierrot

"You've been invited to a Halloween party at a sumptuous mansion, but it turns out your hosts are the Undeads and you are their meat!"

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Map06: “A Suffering Mind” - @LateNightPerson

You awaken in a hospital, head aching from your troubled mind. The walls shift and change as your synapses rot. The illogical meets the mysterious as your mind breaks down...

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Map07: “Sinkhole” - @Blue_Juice_

There is something under the forest. Evil once again finds itself in the UAC’s beakers and test tubes. The corpses will not rest. Plunge deep into the earth as you unravel the mystery of the sinkhole.

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Map08: “The Manor of the Duplicitous Demiurge”  - @BluePineapple72

People used to live here. Great feasts were held in the great dining hall. Large parties danced within the foyer. No longer. This house is only home to ghosts… and worse. 

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Map09: “No Thuns” - Fveisti_ 

Real men use fists not thuns

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This event was a blast to put together. I'd like to give the biggest of thanks to all of the wonderful mappers for contributing to this project and the moderators of my discord for helping guide this event and those to come.

 

Tune in Sunday to face November's Speedmapping event: BOSS BATTLE BONANZA!!!

 

CHANGE LOG:

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11/4/2020 - Version 4

• Map 06 updated to version 1.3
  • Fixed spectre teleport trap and other minor maze changes on Map 06 

 

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!!!

ORIGINAL POST:
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WELCOME TO TRICK AND TEAR!

 

~ In the dead of night, you wipe blood from your tired face and see the dark orange sky above you. The forest is thick and bloody. Groans and moans bicker at the moon. Something moves about the trees as you ready your weapon. The witching hour... is here~

 

Greetings everyone! On my discord server, I am hosting monthly speedmapping events to give folks some nice little challenges to flex their mapper muscles. This month, things are getting spooky in the dreaded Pineapple Under the Sea!

 

Until midnight of October 28th, you will be challenged to submit a map that will frighten even your fears! (any bug fixes will be due the 29th. A final release is planned for Halloween 2020

The rules are as follows:

- 8 hour time limit (non-consecutive)

- Monsters are limited to imps, revenants, cacodemons, lost souls, pain elementals, specters, Arch-Villes and the plethora of custom monsters added in the resource
      + The Ghost Revenant

      + The Tortured Soul
      + The Forgotten One
      + Psychic Soul
      + Poison Soul
      + The Trite
      + And last, but certainly not least: Zombie Fodder (Currently inaccessible in the builder, I'll look for a solution)

- Maps must be made with as much scare factor as you can muster. Make your players feel worry at every corner they take. These maps are supposed to be tense.

      + Don't worry too much about making a horror map. All that really matters is the theme; each map is supposed to be 'scary.' But if you can't make horror maps, don't              feel obliged to do so.

- Custom skies are allowed, as long as they are orange ;) 
- Custom Music is recommended
- Prominent use of blood and bloodfalls
- Oh, and the most important final rule: have fun!

Target port is GZDoom - Map Formats are flexible, but keep in mind; custom enemies are defined with DECORATE (I'm no programmer, but apparently this causes major issues with some ports/formats. I'm not sure. Either way, GZDoom is the selected port.)

 

Custom Resources attached are required for use in this challenge. Included are the Blood and Gothic texture packs, a modest amount of spooky props, and a cute little group of handpicked monsters ripe for your frightening. This is the version 3 file: http://www.mediafire.com/file/pqo5xaak1fbzvml/T%26T_Resource_v3.zip/file  

 

Old WAD Resource: (kept here for archival purposes):

 

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Outdated resources
v2: http://www.mediafire.com/file/3pv21vfptxsxyp9/T&T+Resource+v2.zip/file
v1: http://www.mediafire.com/file/4i9cvo024b91wp7/Trick_and_Tear.wad/file 

Discord: https://discord.gg/zJA2X2g

While not mandatory for this challenge, joining will make communicating to each mapper much easier. It will also allow you to share your progress, give feedback to others, and potentially join future events!

Edited July 31, 2021 by BluePineapple72
Deadline extension

[BluePineapple72]

For submissions, please post in this format:

Map Name: [ X ]
Author: [ X ]
Music: [ X ]
Sky: [ X ]
Format: [ X ]
Difficulty Settings: [ X ]
Comments:

Screenshots:

Edited October 2, 2020 by BluePineapple72

[Steve88]

Hell yeah trick or tear is going to be SICK. Let the blood guts and gore COMMENCE!

[BluePineapple72]

Here is a shot of my submission in progress for this competition.

[Biodegradable]

Halloween-themed mapping project? Hell yeah, fam. Bring on the spooks! :^)

[Zolgia108]

i am in of course, i am a creep myself so why not!

[BluePineapple72]

Just now, Zolgia108 said:

i am in of course, i am a creep myself so why not!

Awesome! I’m looking forward to seeing your map!

 

I thought I should also mention to anyone reading that your 8 hours are non consecutive, so you could theoretically spend 30 minutes a day across 16 days to submit a map

[Austinado]

Man...im really really thinking on givin a go...i will will think a little more...

[CBM]

Hey! I have never been part of a halloween community project and its for GZDoom... Count me in!

 

Can my level feature a picture of my ORANGE cat?

 

Wish Id seen this thread sooner :D

Edited October 14, 2020 by CBM

[Zolgia108]

57 minutes ago, Austinado said:

Man...im really really thinking on givin a go...i will will think a little more...

cmon m8! let's work together for once!

[Zolgia108]

@Austinado a bird told me that if you map for the project then archviles will be allowed just for the two of us.

[BluePineapple72]

2 hours ago, Zolgia108 said:

@Austinado a bird told me that if you map for the project then archviles will be allowed just for the two of us.

Alrighty... I think Archies are spooky enough. I'll edit the main post to include them within the roster.

Also, the Zombie Fodder added in the resource uses Zscript and is currently inaccessible in the builder; I'll look for a fix to this when I get the chance.


Edit: I've expanded the rules to allow for maps that don't technically fit within the 'scary' rule. All you have to worry about is making a scary themed map; if you can't make a horror map then don't worry. Just make a map that looks like one.

Edited October 14, 2020 by BluePineapple72

[Austinado]

Alright then...im freakin in.

 

:D

[Soulless]

Oh man, I would love to participate, but im in the proccess of testing my latest map, (big one), and you know how it goes, getting really tired.

If I finish it before planned and I still have time I might give it a go, but thats best case scenario. Anyway Ill be vigilant for the upcoming creations of anyone participating.

Pretty cool screenie @BluePineapple72!

[BluePineapple72]

Thank you very much @Soulless! There is always November's event if you feel like skipping this one.

Also, to everyone else: I've updated the resource to include the Zombie Fodder enemy, who was previously not in the builder due to ZScript weirdness.

 

BIG UPDATE FOR RESOURCE PACK: 

In order to use the zombie fodder enemy defined in ZScript, you will have to load GZDoom.pk3 as a resource. This is incredibly simple and I will instruct you on how to do so. When loading a new map, you can add resources; from this page you have three options: From WAD File, From Directory, and the one we want From PK3/PK7. Click the latter and then navigate to the folder where you keep GZDoom installed. From there you will find a pk3 file of GZDoom. Select it and make sure to exclude this resource from the testing parameters.

 

With all of that done, you should have access to the Zombie Fodder enemy.

 

(I may eventually make a third version if I convert this enemy to Decorate to prevent you all from jumping through so many hoops, but for now this band-aid will do. Keep an eye on this thread for that resource.)

Apologies for the inconvenience, but I've updated the resource to version 3, this version doesn't require gzdoom.pk3 as a resource, as the ZombieFodder enemy has been converted to DECORATE.

Here is resource version 3: http://www.mediafire.com/file/pqo5xaak1fbzvml/T&T+Resource+v3.zip/file

Big thanks to @RonnieJamesDiner for converting the ZombieFodder Zscript to Decorate

Edited October 15, 2020 by BluePineapple72

[Austinado]

Is it mandatory to have more than UV skills?

[BluePineapple72]

1 hour ago, Austinado said:

Is it mandatory to have more than UV skills?

No. Since you’re speedmapping, I’m more concerned with your building of the level; taking time to change enemy placements based on difficulty is fine, great even, but I think making it mandatory would take away from some mapper’s much needed time to make the level. 

[CBM]

I have the perfect level that can serve as a base for a halloween themed village by using the T&T resource wad.

Edited October 15, 2020 by CBM

[BluePineapple72]

6 hours ago, CBM said:

I have the perfect level that can serve as a base for a halloween themed village by using the T&T resource wad.

Feel free to use the resource with credit, but since the map in question was already pre built, it can’t qualify as a submission for the event

[CBM]

3 hours ago, BluePineapple72 said:

Feel free to use the resource with credit, but since the map in question was already pre built, it can’t qualify as a submission for the event

ah ok then I will do another from scratch then instead

[OliveTree]

sure ill give this a shot

[OliveTree]

Question: are you allowed to use the other demons as non-enemies? as in, are they allowed to be present in the map at all even if the player is not able/supposed to fight them?

[BluePineapple72]

15 hours ago, EtherBot said:

Question: are you allowed to use the other demons as non-enemies? as in, are they allowed to be present in the map at all even if the player is not able/supposed to fight them?

You can, if they don’t count towards the monster total. Decorative enemies are perfectly fine methinks

[Soulless]

So, I took a look into the textures, monsters etc, and I started a little something (just for 30 min), but It might end in nothing.

Depends on how much free time I have this next week.

 

[RonnieJamesDiner]

Download: https://www.dropbox.com/s/r658maf1vnpre2k/TheHouse_1.0.zip?dl=1

 

Map Name: The House
Author: RJD
Music: Custom soundscape (credits in zip)
Sky: none
Format: UDMF
Difficulty Settings: no
Comments: Relies heavily on sound/music, so please turn those up for the best experience. Dynamic lights should also be on. Big thanks to @Tango for playtesting.

Screenshots: I posted a few bigger shots here: https://www.doomworld.com/forum/post/2204431

 

Edited October 18, 2020 by RonnieJamesDiner

[Soulless]

Just played "The house", Outstanding, just spechless.

Spooky and raw atmosphere at its best. Menacing 1st entry I would say, really hard to top,

hope im wrong and this event ends with a marvelous set of maps.

 

 

 

[RonnieJamesDiner]

@Soulless Thanks for the kind words, really glad to hear you enjoyed it! 

[Koume]

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Edited October 19, 2020 by Koume

[Koume]

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Edited October 19, 2020 by Koume

[Duvupov]

Edit: mistake

Edited October 19, 2020 by Duvupov