Try to recreate Doom 2 from memory! (Finished)

[Engired]

Beta Release (Version 1): D2TWWRI.zip

 

 

For archival purposes:

Spoiler

 

I know it has only been a fortnight but I think we're pretty much all ready to do this.

Below are some sections, be a mapper and a composer, only a mapper, or any combination. I don't care.

 

Spoiler

You get the 2nd hardest task in this project.

Pick a level, and just comment that you want that level. As long as you are first, you get that map.

Recreate it from memory, try your best not to cheat, and good luck.

 

Here are the rules:

1. No joke maps.

2. You can only look at the original map once or twice, and play it the same amount of times.

3. Do not cheat and copy the whole level. We will know.

4. You can copy a single room if it is far too hard to do. It is understandable, I have done it.

5. Do not argue, if you missed out on a map, please just choose another one. I know no one will, but still.

6. Build it for limit removing. Make sure to test it out in Crispy Doom before submitting.

7. No custom anything. Skies, music, anything.

Hopefully that covers everything.

Difficulty and all that does not matter, just do them if you want to.

 

You can only select up to 2-3 maps, remember that other people will want to join.

Give some funny name to go along with it when you submit.

But most importantly, have fun with it.

Here's all the people who have joined, and the map slots associated with them:

1 - Origamyde
2 - ViolentBeetle
3 - Chainie
4 - Skronkidonk
5 - Doomkid & Thiccyosh
6 - Kloki38
7 - lokbustam257
8 - ThiccYosh
9 - Blast_Brothers
10 - Fiendish
11 - ThiccYosh
12 - galileo31dos01
13 - Kloki38
14 - Lokbustam257
15 - RileyXY1
16 - Kloki38
17 - DFF
18 - forgettablepyromaniac
19 - Fryuko
20 - Dexiaz
21 - Engired
22 - Fiendish
23 - T.Will
24 - MundyC
25 - RastaManGames
26 - Pistoolkip

27 -
28 - Fryuko
29 - Wavy
30 - Death Bear
31 - Dexiaz
32 - Worriedidiot

33 - Dexiaz

 

E1M10 - Dexiaz

 

Spoiler

Sorry for not having much, but this is not a total conversion project.

 

Do all the textures if you want to, but consider other people.

Just these four textures need to be done from memory:

HELP
TITLEPIC - StalkerBlade
CREDIT (Just credit ID, not anyone from here.) - Wavy
BOSSBACK (No using the icon of sin textures. There's no fun in doing that!) - Kasin

INTERPIC - Kasin

 

Just submit them here when you are done, and I'll put it in the project.

You can use anything but the icon of sin textures in helping you complete the textures.

Also be serious.

You can only look at the textures 2 times, try not to look at them and copy. Just look, and then close it.

 

Spoiler

You have the hardest task.

We'll be doing both Doom 1 and Doom 2 from memory. Focus on Doom 2, but we will be doing Doom 1 too.

 

Rules:

1. Only listen to the song at most 3 times.

2. Make sure it works properly in game before submitting.

3. Midi only. Release an mp3 or ogg version separately. Not that there's much point in doing that.

 

Just let me know what songs you are doing. Do as many as you want, with consideration for other people.

I'll put your name next to the songs when you let me know.

 

Alright, here are all the songs. Let me know if I've missed any.
Doom 2:

Running From Evil - Korp and Cammy
The Healer Stalks - SynDoom
Countdown to Death - Pcorf, Cammy
Between Levels - Korp
DOOM - Dexiaz
In the Dark - Engired
Shawn's got the Shotgun - Cacodemon187
The Dave D. Taylor Blues - Mxbobbie49
Into Sandy's City - ZeMystic
The Demon's Dead - Dexiaz
Waiting for Romero to Play - VisionThing, and Forgettable Pyromaniac (Map18)
Message for the Archvile - BeefGee
Bye bye American Pie - Cammy
Adrian's Asleep - Dexiaz and LPad
Getting too Tense - Robo_Cola
Opening to Hell - LPad
Evil Incarnate - LPad
The Ultimate Challenge/Conquest - Matacrat
Doom 2 Title Theme - BeefGee or Redoom
Doom 2 Intermission Theme - Matacrat
Text Screen Music - LPad or Matacrat

Done!: 21/21

 

Doom 1:

At Doom's Gate - Korp
The Imp's Song
Dark Halls - VisionThing (Not Completed)
Kitchen Ace (And Taking Names)
Suspense - mxbobbie49
On the Hunt
Demons on the Prey
Sign of Evil - Engired
Hiding the Secrets
I Sawed the Demons
The Demons from Adrian's Pen - SynDoom  (Not Completed)
Intermission from DOOM
They're Going to Get You - VisionThing (Almost Completed)
Sinister
Waltz of the Demons - VisionThing (Almost Completed)
Nobody Told Me About id - Korp
Untitled (E2M9, E3M1)
Donna to the Rescue - LPad
Deep into the Code
Facing the Spider
Doom 1 Title Theme
The End of DOOM
Sweet Little Dead Bunny - Bofu

 

New section! Text!

Spoiler

 

Here's the ones from mistylear19 so far:

 

Final Message:

"The horrible visage of the icon crumbles before you. As you pump the final rockets into its brain, its tentacles flail about with its dying breath, destroying most of Hell. You wonder where bad people will go when they die, now?

You climb back up out of the pit of Hell to look upon the devastation of your planet. You guess you better call the humans that are left back down to Earth. You figure fixing Earth will be a Hell of a lot more fun than ruining it was."

 

Map 31:

"Congratulations, you found the secret level! But something seems wrong; this corner of hell seems different, somehow. Like it wasn't built by demons... just who the Hell are the denizens here? And why does it seem so familiar...?"

 

Map 32:

"Congratulations! You found the Super-Secret level! You better blaze through this one!"

 

Map 6:

"You have wandered deeply into the infested starport. Ahead of you stands a bastion of hell, a fortified zone. The only way you can save the remaining humans of Earth is to blast your way through. You take your weapon in hand. This should be easy."

 

O of Destruction:

You did it! You won! As you press the switch that holds Earth's population hostage, you sit back and sigh. Your only neighbors are now demonic creatures and converted humans. You're content with waiting for death, knowing that you saved humankind. 

However, before you can let yourself enjoy your victory, a message comes crackling through from the ship you just set free. "We have found the origin point of the demon invasion! It's in the heart of your hometown, close by. You can make it there and stop this invasion." With a heavy heart, you pick up your weapon and return to the fray.

 

Nirvana:

You have wandered deeply into the heart of the corrupted city. However, you don't see a way to close the portal on this side. You grit your teeth as you make your way into the portal. There has to be a way to close it on the other side. What do you care if you got to go through Hell to get to it?

 

I'm not sure if there's anymore, but if there is, just make sure not to cheat.

 

Good luck! Hopefully I haven't asked for too much! And hopefully I haven't made any mistakes while writing this!

If there's too much going on, we'll try to complete as much as we can, then make a new thread later.

Deadline is 1/10/2021 (AEST) (DMY) but it may change! Composers have until midway through the same month just because they have more work to do.

 

Edited January 2, 2022 by Engired

[Engired]

I have taken Map21 already. Just in case anybody else wanted to know.

[TheNoob_Gamer]

I did not realize you would start up a new thread that soon lol, right after that comment on the CP tips topic.

Can't wait to see what people will make of this!

[Devalaous]

The recreate the music from memory part sounds promising. Heh. 'sounds promising'

[Origamyde]

Woah, a spiritual sequel to "Doom The Way We Did" ? I'm excited as hell to join in !

 

I would love to participate as a mapper, and make a new rendition for MAP01 B-)

[Somniac]

I'm in, for a map and one, maybe two songs. Just not sure which ones yet.

[ViolentBeetle]

Was hoping for this.

I wanna do MAP02. I have pretty good memory of areas, I think, but poor recollection of their relative position.

[Somniac]

Could somebody point me towards an appropriate MIDI sequencing software? I've made covers of Doom music before in a DAW with virtual instruments, but not in the .MID format that the game typically uses. Will I need a soundfont too? 

[Engired]

1 minute ago, VisionThing said:

Could somebody point me towards an appropriate MIDI sequencing software? I've made covers of Doom music before in a DAW with virtual instruments, but not in the .MID format that the game typically uses. Will I need a soundfont too? 

https://openmidiproject.osdn.jp/index_en.html

This is the most popular one that I know of. Microsoft has a built in midi soundfont for Windows. Anarcho is always a good replacement though, assuming you can change it.

[Worriedidiot]

I wanna do MAP32. It should be easy enough to make... hopefully

[lokbustam257]

I take MAP07 because... yeah.

Edited August 1, 2021 by lokbustam257

[lokbustam257]

and maybe MAP08? i kinda remember that map

 

[Somniac]

23 minutes ago, Engired said:

https://openmidiproject.osdn.jp/index_en.html

This is the most popular one that I know of. Microsoft has a built in midi soundfont for Windows. Anarcho is always a good replacement though, assuming you can change it.

 

Thanks! I'd like to provisionally claim the following tracks:

 

The Demon's Dead

Waiting for Romero to Play

 

Dark Halls

Waltz of the Demons

 

 

 

 

[Dexiaz]

Ok, this time I'll catch this.

 

Sign me for Map 20.

[roadworx]

my memory is absolutely horrendous...

 

...which is why i wanna take map10, cuz it'll be funny to see just how bad it really is xd

[omx32x]

im gonna try to make ring of death this may be a bad idea since i never made a map but hey i have to start somewhere

[Engired]

4 minutes ago, omalefico32x said:

im gonna try to make ring of death this may be a bad idea since i never made a map but hey i have to start somewhere

Would that be circle of death?

[Doomkid]

Ahh damn, Map08 is an all time favourite of mine, but since it’s taken, I’ll do Map05. I’m way more familiar with Doom2’s maps, so I think I’ll have a much easier experience than last time around.

[omx32x]

7 minutes ago, Engired said:

Would that be circle of death?

yup and i dunno how i messed that up i guess thats a great start if i cant even remember the name of the level lol

[Worriedidiot]

I was completely bored, so I did MAP32

 

Name: Gross

Difficulty settings: Yes

Coop: Yes

Deathmatch: No

Ports Tested: GzDoom, Crispy Doom

MAP32_Memory.rar

[SilverMiner]

I'm taking map13 to map

[Teo Slayer]

Before there was Ultimate DOOM from memory, now DOOM II? Perfect

[Chainie]

Taking map03 to map

[Origamyde]

My job with Map01 is basically done. I only need to fix a somewhat annoying issue with P_LoadSectors (if anyone got a tip regarding that, I'll take it !) before submitting it on this topic.

[Biz!]

May I take map30 and MAP31, those maps are in the back of my head.

[Biz!]

oh, also made a budget title thing

title mid.zip

[Blast_Brothers]

You know what? Why not. I'll do MAP09.

[MundyC]

Give me MAP15 and MAP24. I probably won't start work on them until September, mind.

Edited August 1, 2021 by MundyC

[Origamyde]

I've been trying for hours to find a workaround for MAP01 so that it would work on Crispy Doom as well, but I haven't managed to do it properly.

 

@Engired Is it still valid if I release my rendition on this topic, despite it not being compatible with CD ?

[Somniac]

I wanted to share this quick demo I knocked up of the MAP18 music. 

 

https://www.dropbox.com/s/lwbk4jkwxmt9mjy/MAP18demo.mp3?dl=0

 

Yes, it is an MP3. Honestly, I took one look at Sekaiju and wanted to run a mile. This was done in Reaper using Roland's Sound Canvas plugin with the SC-55 sound bank. I did not listen to the track before making this and its about 90% accurate in my estimation. Some bits need a bit more work and tightening up. I took the liberty of using synth strings for one part to sort of shake up the instrumentation a bit. I've spent a while today banging my head against programs I don't find intuitive, I just know Reaper and it works for me. 

 

Ideally, I would be able to export the MIDI information and it would be readable by both SLADE and in-game. I anticipate that this is probably not possible....correct looping is one thing that comes to mind, as there are slight trails at the end. If that fails I guess I'm gonna have to put in the work to learn a new sequencer. 

 

Anyway sorry for rambling but just wanted to share some progress!