Earthless: Prelude - On Doom Classic Unity port and /idgames.

[Jimmy]

 

Name: Earthless: Prelude
Map Format: Vanilla Doom
Ports Tested: Chocolate Doom 3.0.0, Crispy Doom 5.3, Eternity 4.02.00, GZDoom 4.5.0.
IWAD: doom2.wad
Map(s): MAP01-12
Par Time(s): None set
Music: doom.wad, doom2.wad, tnt.wad
Gameplay: Single play/co-op
Difficulty Settings: Yes
Multiplayer Placement: Yes
Build Time: Since initial idea in late 2019, technically. Mapping actually started in July 2020.
Textures: jimmytex.wad
Requirements: No jumping or crouching (enforced). Freelook allowed.

 

Download "Earthless: Prelude":

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"EARTHLESS" is the spiritual successor to my Ultimate Doom megawad "Deathless", which was released in 2018.

 

A full megawad for Doom 2 is planned which will, as is now common, be 32 levels spread across 6 episodes. As a taste of what's the come, I will soon be releasing the version entitled "Prelude", containing twelve levels. Included in this package are Episodes 1 and 2 in their entirety, followed by an additional two maps from Episode 3 as a bonus.

 

Stay tuned for the eventual full megawad!

 

...

 

Oh, were you expecting a story here? Uhh, alright.

 

The demons have stolen the Earth, leaving humanity... earthless. Go on, then - get it back already.

 

Credits for resources:

@Fuzzball for skies and sprites!

 

Playtesters:

@Bridgeburner56

@Major Arlene

@Tarnsman

@Baratus

 

Map list:

"Contact: Lost"

MAP01: Central

MAP02: Dark Breed

MAP03: Degenerator

MAP04: Rendering

MAP05: Cassandra Complex

 

"The Hanged Gardens"

MAP06: Eden At War

MAP07: Foughtress

MAP08: Silence Broken

MAP09: Skyopolis

MAP10: The Judas Tree

 

"Realm of the Weeping"

MAP11: Painways

MAP12: Empress

 

Full map list to come, once the full megawad is released.

 

If you aren't following me on Twitch, I have been mapping pretty frequently for this project as of late.

Go give me a follow!

 

EDIT 22/07/21: As of today this mod has been officially sanctioned by Bethesda!

Here's their article plus interview with me.

 

Edited October 17, 2021 by Jimmy

[Silhouette 03]

I love( and envy) your ability to create such detailed and fine layouts out of mostly Vanilla textures, Jimmy. I can't wait for the full release, as Deathless was an absolute joy to play.

[dmslr]

Skillsaw. Xaser. Jimmy. Same vibe as here:

https://mobile.twitter.com/doom_txt/status/1094382795273564160

[DSC]

Work looks excellent, just like I've come to expect from you Jimmy! Damn, you really need to desserve a break someday...

[Endless]

Here, have a Cacoward already. This looking gud.

[ReaperAA]

The absolute madman comes with a new "..less" named project.

 

What's next? Shameless?

Edited March 15, 2021 by ReaperAA

[A.o.D.]

1 minute ago, ReaperAA said:

The absolute madman comes with a new "..less" named project.

 

What's next... Shameless?

 

 

The next one is "Assless" featuring the deflated posterior of the 2016 Cyberdemon.

[SOSU]

1 minute ago, ReaperAA said:

What's next? Shameless?

More or less i hope :)

 

Wow Jimmy how do you come up with so many map ideas xD

[Egg Boy]

You're uhhh just gonna drop this bomb on us? Aight.

[cannonball]

Will there ever be a day where Jimmy is “Mapless”?

Good screenshots, nice and clean.

[Noiser]

YES!

[Walter confetti]

Great!

[kwc]

Hell yeah
 

Spoiler

 

 

[Omniarch]

First Heartland, then Epoch and now this!? The Doom community's on fire right now!

[SiFi270]

I hope this doesn't mean Episode 5 of Deathless is abandoned. But if it does, this will be just as good to have.

Edited March 15, 2021 by SiFi270

[Major Arlene]

Earthtone Antichrist Thing :D

Very excited for ya Jimmy, can't wait to see how it comes out. :3

[Mr Masker]

Nice to see a spiritual succesor to Deathless for Doom 2. I enjoyed Deathless a good amount so I hope this is also good fun.

[Antkibo]

2021 is shaping to be the Doomworld's All-Star year, featuring all of our favorite authors from previous years. Keep up the good work Jimmy!

[Redneckerz]

Would it actually work to summon the @sponge and say this has to be added to the Unity port at release?

 

You know Jimmy is just announcing this so it gets a shot at this year's Cacoward :P

 

(And rightfully so. Its going to be crowded at this year's awards with the metric fuckton of quality that will get released and has been released already.)

 

Some big shoes to fill though! Deathless has been a staple of the new generation of classic map sets, so there is a challenge to be had.

 

 

[ZeMystic]

Great now I have to put off playing all the other wads in my list when this comes out. Thanks jimmy!

[Rudolph]

YES! YES! YES!

 

Deathless was fantastic and has since become my go-to Ultimate Doom vanilla mapset. However, I am slightly puzzled: are those six five-level episodes going to be separate like the Ultimate Doom episodes? If so, then what about the two secret levels?

Edited March 15, 2021 by Rudolph

[Jimmy]

@SiFi270 Nope, I definitely intend to get back to that thing as soon as I'm able. I blocked out almost everything before QuakeCon 2019 (I speedmapped it all on the flight to America no less!), so it's a long time in the making, but there hasn't been a really convenient time for me to knuckle down and properly flesh the maps out yet.

 

@Redneckerz The Unity port is one I'm targeting for compatibility and I've been talking with Sponge for a good while now about this exact project. Looks very likely to happen in the near future.

 

@Rudolph I'll still be using the same naming convention, i.e. MAP01-32, so both secret levels will be accessed via MAP15 and MAP31, as per usual.

[Alexo]

Looking forward to this! I hope the mapping is going well, haven't stopped by the stream to save spoils. :)

I have been having a lot of fun running deathless lately in the Unity Port. E2M7 is a complete lottery for speedrunning the IL, but you should be proud of that achievement with the maps design allowing this. Hope to have this one routed and running a few days time after release, especially for unity. Best of luck! :)

[Jimmy]

Haha, awesome E2M7 run dude, that made me smile. :D

[ironicmoustache]

This has made my day. Possibly even week. Maybe even month.

[Biodegradable]

Oh boy, new Jimmy megaWAD inbound! So fucking HYPED!

[Doomkid]

Lookin' good Jimmy!!

[Rudolph]

@Jimmy Out of curiosity, when you talk about five-level episodes, are we talking about separate episodes as seen in Valiant and Eviternity?

 

Or is it just your way of referring to clusters of episodes separated by an intermission text screen?

Edited March 16, 2021 by Rudolph

[Jimmy]

Correct - they'll be selectable from the main menu in ports that allow for episodes to be defined in Doom 2.

[Glowylikesdoom]

cant wait for this honestly, it looks so great!