Twisted Reality (Hexen - Gzdoom only)

[Zedonk]

Story intro:
Something is wrong here. Very very wrong. Nothing makes sense. Why does nothing make sense?

Twisted Reality is a Hexen map for Gzdoom (only) that takes place during Korax's occupation of Cronos.  It contains a new weapon and a few modifications to some of the enemies.

Download link: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/p0eb02z0p7in3b6/AABRaN3mYNSsaeQ0AY_c6ZWAa?dl=0

Old versions:

v1.0:
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/50fk6en1r6gyzgu/AAARqQ1OqZpKahRSmhqyL-y-a?dl=0

 

Play information:
This map is very hard on skill 5 so I recommend playing on a lower skill if it is on your first time.
Must play on Gzdoom (tested on 4.6.0).
Singleplayer only.
My recommended settings is to play using mouselook with autoaim turned completely off but feel free to play with whatever feels comfortable.
Jumping is mandatory.
Crouching has been disabled.
To skip the intro, press the jump key.

I mapped in GZDoom Builder in udmf format.

This wad contains a single level that will probably take somewhere between 30 minutes to 2 hours depending on the skill of the player.

There are no puzzles and to give anything else away would be a spoiler.

 

Screenshots:

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These are spoilers for the map so read at your own peril!

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Known bugs:
The rotating walls can cause gzdoom to crash but it seems to happen randomly
Resurrecting will cause the death wyvern turret to go permanent inactive.

 

Changelog:
Noticeable changes:
Death wyvern projectiles move slightly slower and do less damage on lower difficulties
Hardest no longer grants +%50 extra ammo
Green chaos serpents fire 'prediction shots'
Maulotaurs are no longer immume to splash damage but they are immune to the death wyvern's projectiles.

 

v1.1:

Fixed a bug where skill 5 wasn't appearing if you picked a random class.

 

v1.0:
Made skill easy easier.
New secrets have been added.

 

v0.5:
Wad and resources combined into one file
You no longer have to kill the 2 death wyverns to enter the final fight section.

 

v0.4:
In the final fight arena, spawned the area right in front of the exit to make it more obvious where to go.  Also textured the exit portal yellow to distinguish it a bit.
The rotating death walls now start swinging before you open the door.
Added a new secret area!
Some of the korax face walls which open up to reveal the death wyvern turret now open up a bit more slowly.
Made some of the pits no longer insta-kill.
Lowered some of the walls in the big cave area to stop the death wyverns getting stuck as easily.
Difficulty settings

 

v0.3:
There is now an epic final battle.
Improved the outro text.
Increased the delay before the death wyvern attacks you.
Added lots of secrets.
Added Ambient sounds

 

v0.2:
Death Wyvern projectiles do 1/0.5/0.25/0.125 times as much damage on skills 5/4/3/(2 and 1)
Added a moving platform on lower difficulties to help break the death wyvern projectile stream in front of one of the portals
Prevented an infinite cascade of portals which was reported to cause lag.
Amended the outro text to read better (there could still be improvements but eh).

 

 

For credits see the enclosed text file.

Edited July 24, 2021 by Zedonk

[Emmanuelexe]

Nice, looks cool, i will play this one, downloaded! :)

Edited July 8, 2021 by Manhs

[Zedonk]

Thanks!  Hope you have a good time :)

[ABearInThaWoods]

Had a chance to test an early version of this map. I hadnt played much Hexen before but its a really fun map. Lots of trippy effects and tough fights. I'll have to give the final version a play when i have some time.

[Zedonk]

There shouldn't be that many changes from the version you played Bear and thanks for the feedback you gave!  I really appreciate it : )

[ShadesMaster]

 

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Good stuff, here!!!!

Edited July 11, 2021 by ShadesMaster

[Zedonk]

Thanks for playing, man! :D

[Komenja]

This is a really cool map! Lot of neat teleporter tricks and traps. Has an old school TTRPG dungeon feel that I haven't much of in Hexen maps. Nice job, dude!

[Zedonk]

Thanks for playing!  I'm very happy to hear that you enjoyed it : D

[Suitepee]

https://youtu.be/JY_JNrbwXHA

 

My playthrough starts at 2:41:00. My first ever Hexen wad playtest, was fun.

[Zedonk]

Thanks very much for playing it. :D  I'll make sure I'll watch it tomorrow!

[Zedonk]

I've watched your playthrough Suitepee and I very much enjoyed watching you play.  Turns out I forgot to add the skill 5 difficulty setting to the random class selection screen so thanks for catching that : D.