Cantankerous Crater of Cataclysmic Calamity! [Now on ID Games]

[Clippy]

TRY IT HERE --> https://drive.google.com/file/d/1SWNGU8dDq_l-KO-Otgfxl7Vb1dlmxOup/view?usp=sharing

 

CLIFFS:

 

-Doom 2 format - limit removing - tested in crispy & Gzdoom
- No jump or couch - freelook is fine, your call
- all difficulties, multiplayer & deathmatch for some reason
-- 99 monsters UV and probably quite hard
-- 69 monsters medium and a less oppressive challenge maybe
-- 42 on easy, comes with soothing ointment

 

 

Screenshots:

 

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Cantankerous Crater of Cataclysmic Calamity! Do you like big holes that you have to climb out of while fighting hoards of monsters? Who doesn't! Give er a try and prepare to die! etc

 

Music is from Rise of the Triad ... I forget the name of track, hopefully someone can identify it (please do)

 

Special thanks to @Dannarchy for testing this for me pre release! Look for his new map coming soon to a Doomworld theater near u

 

And feedback is welcome thank you all good times

 

TRY IT HERE --> https://drive.google.com/file/d/1SWNGU8dDq_l-KO-Otgfxl7Vb1dlmxOup/view?usp=sharing

Edited February 18, 2022 by Clippy
Fried Chicken Friday!!! WOOOOO

[evil_scientist]

10 hours ago, Clippy said:

- No jump or couch

But I want to play sitting on the couch :( 

 

 

Tricky little map! I like it how you start at the bottom and have to work your way up the pit. The layout reminds me of those scary open-pit mines.

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And also the amazing weird fiction story "The People of the Pit" by A. Merritt.

 

The Cyberdemon fried my ass :D I will have to give this a second try once I calm down a bit. It's rather challenging for my skill level.

 

I must say, those little pyramidal piles of meat (yuck!) help a LOT! Very useful cover.

[Biodegradable]

Fuck you and your ground nipples! ;^P

 

 

[thiccyosh]

I played on UV with dsda-doom.

 

Oh damn, a fine looking map with some evil surprises and DoomCute pizza! This map is short and small, however uses its space to its fullest by placing monsters on cliffs and kinda uses Doom's janky collision by placing those piles of guts to sometimes fling you back to the bottom of the pit, which is a 'mild' inconvenience. The map itself reminds of the Chasm with its brown rocks, metal and lots of goo spread across it with some platforming (known as my arch nemesis) and ambushes. This map doesn't really punish you when you spring ambushes as it gives you enough powerups and weapons to tank through them most of the time, really the only difficulty spike on UV is at the start the first time you meet the Archie with its Chaingunner meatshield. Not even the Cyberdemon was that threatening as you will have the plasma with more than enough ammo once you're there. You can even get an overkill secret invuln if you're that scared of him.

 

Overall, not really that difficult once you've seen the traps but still this map is worth your time.

 

I give this map 4.5 out of 5 couches.

 

Have a nice day.

[Soulless]

This is another short map that screams for a speedrun, It can be done way better though, you will see in the vid.

Love the pizza detail from your previous map, thats some Clippy lore right there haha.

Im glad I could find all the secrets this time around.

If I had to change anything, that would be dropping a couple more of arachnotrons up there, It felt a bit random.

By the way, really cool map names lately, catchy!

Good times.

 

 

Edited January 29, 2022 by Soulless

[Stabbey]

Another very clever map from Clippy. I really should try making some maps which are strange or gimmicky to fuel my creativity. The first time I played I got all the way up to the red key trap before dying. My later attempts took more attempts and saving the game. I eventually got all the secrets and items. Very good use of Doom's movement physics to make very efficient use of the space.

 

EDIT: I saved the Invulnerability for the red key trap - instead of the Cyberdemon - and that worked out pretty well.

Edited January 29, 2022 by Stabbey

[Sneezy McGlassFace]

Dude you're killing me!! Literally. What a crazy, crazy map. Moving those little platforms under pressure is cool, and love the overall abstraction. It's just a stream of consciousness. Doom's great at that. Secrets as well hidden as ever. 🍗🍗 good times

[Sectorslayer]

9 hours ago, Biodegradable said:

 

Fuck you and your ground nipples! ;^P

 

⚠️ Strong language 😏

[Synami]

Missed out a monster and half the secrets on UV with saves, had a fun time even if I died quite a bit. Must say though, I dread those flesh piles.

 

Bonus points for the pizza.

[LadyMistDragon]

I was cursing the spots where you seemingly have to straferun because I can not Doom platform to save my life. At least the only secret I didn't find the removal of the  the block behind the bookcase.

[Clippy]

Thank You so much everyone for your interest and replies so far

 

I will come back when I have time to properly respond to you all

 

I gotta rest up now super snow in Canada will be shoveling all day tomorrow

[Clippy]

Thank you so much everyone for playing! After days of shoveling I finally have a chance to sit down and write you all:

 

@evil_scientist lol I had no idea I wrote couch - I was on a recliner at the time. Glad you like the concept, I think it came to me in a dream - the premise of working your way out from the bottom - I also thought it would be cool to jump back in. Glad you liked the meat pyramid I seem to be getting mixed reception on that lol

 

@Biodegradable your vid was absolutely hilarious LMAO - so sorry for making yet another frustrating map buddy but I am thankful you are always up to the task ... on ULTRA VIOLENCE. "Get well soon" ... "what is this, a map for someone who is sick?" LOL - the "ground nipples" are you call them - I was not expecting them to have such a profound effect on the experience. Honestly I had a hard time detailing a map of this design, a crater - so I started drawing flash things at the bottom. I drew a 5 tier flesh cake of sorts and copied it all over. Glad you liked the megasphere secret. Hope your desk is ok I can't afford to buy you a new one if you pound it while playing my map hehe. Your commentary was awesome when you get flustered you say some creative and funny shit lol - overall hope you had fun conquering this messterpiece

 

@thiccyosh Glad it works in dsda doom, I know the flesh piles added extra linefefs. The pizza was a memory from my last map - I hate platforming too but I couldn't figure a way to make the map work without it so I tried to make manageable platforms - I never was truthfully happy with the difficulty here I couldn't figure out how to make it mesh well but am happy to hear you found it ok - thanks!

 

@Soulless - so happy to see a vid from you again, and with super charge! I actually think super charge makes this map MUCH better to play, less grindy - super charge is just so damn cool - The arachnotrons were there to be a bit of a problem for when you grab the suits or red key - that damn hell knight got away on you - good times thanks again

 

@Stabbey Thanks for playing buddy - I can't help myself and always have to include some kind of gimmick or gimmicks - the invlun is there to use how you like I am always interested how ppl approach my map. Kudos

 

@HrnekBezucha - Thanks for the chicken legs and comments - a stream of consciousness is a good way to describe this - I never jot things down or make notes - I keep vague ideas in my head and just hope for the best when mapping haha

 

@sectrslayr lol

 

@Synami Wonder which monster got away on ya - and saves are encouraged on my crazy maps especially on blind UV - pizza is awesome

 

@LadyMistDragon I tried to make the platforming accessible because I usually suck at it myself - but from playing insane amounts of doom I tend to strife constantly and not realize it - I hope it's not mandatory here and if it is sorry bout that! PS most ppl seem to miss that when you reach the tippy top, the entire acid waterfalls turn to stairs. If you are talking about the bookshelf secret, it's required to look at the pizza to access it (stupid I know)

 

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Thanks so much everyone for playing - no bugs it seems so will let it marinate some more & allow more comments before I do my full reveal / send to ID games

[Pezl]

holy cow i should play this on easy difficulty, looks hard

[Pezl]

Hey Clippy! I played your map and it was fun,

I got into bad situations druing my playthrough.

Nice atmosphere and secret placement. I found 4/6 of them (I spent some extra-time finding them before i ended the level)

That cyber trap scared me lol

Short maps are always the best!

 

I used mod called SmoothDoom for better experience

 

Sorry i wasnt able to record video, my pc is not the best but i still got some screenshots:

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my ending stats

[galileo31dos01]

Cool map, although not a fan of this particular ROTT midi. My standout bit was the silent spectre appearing in time to coop with an early archvile, the dream team. I found all the secrets, the megasphere on the random libraries was clever. It's only missing a cwilv00 for ports without mapinfo like crispy.

 

This and MMM introduced me to your style, hope to see more crispy-friendly stuff from you!

[Clippy]

@Pezl Thank your for playing, yes this map is quite hard on UV - kudos on beating it hope you had fun - no worries about vid but am happy you tried it

 

@galileo31dos01 I love rott music so much, maybe too much - I never know what music to use honestly. Great job finding the secrets and thanks for the compliment re megasphere secret, I got mixed reactions to that one haha - not familiar with Cwilv00 I should look into it --- and I do plan on making more maps that work in Crispy!

[bobbotron]

Didn't get all of the way through it yet, lot of fun! Just started playing doom again, was looking for a fun WAD and this didn't disappoint. Love the start and the pit level design.

[bobbotron]

I enjoyed the demonic pizza!

[Clippy]

@bobbotron thanks for playing! The pizza is a memory from my other recent map, Pizzeria of Peril - now on ID games! It's a much better map I think and less mean haha

 

 

[Noyemi K]

Great map, pretty challenging too. I was pretty glad that I saved my cells for the last encounter, because nothing puts a caco-cloud down more efficiently than a stream of plasma. For the whole first part of the map it really did feel like a scramble to make it up as efficiently as possible, then putting down the cyberdemon and grabbing some secrets rewards you with a much more forgiving latter half.

 

The unique stage design is complemented by some genuinely nice-looking bits and a cool skybox
 

^{Also amused at the library pizza from your map Pizzeria of Peril}

I give this map a rating of "morning joe", because I sure am awake now!

[Clippy]

@Noyemi K thank you so much! I think we're ready for my reveal / upload to ID games :)

[azerty]

Here is my playtrough  I know you already saw it but I am still going to post it lol

 

[Clippy]

@azerty thank you! 

 

I will share my vid as well! 

 

 

 

Off to ID games!

[Clippy]

Just in time for Fried Chicken Friday -  see this has now been accepted to ID games!

 

https://www.doomworld.com/idgames/levels/doom2/Ports/a-c/bighole

[princetontiger]

playing now!

 

edit: so much to play this morning!!!

Edited February 18, 2022 by princetontiger

[Astro X]

Hey, man! I'm slowly catching up :)

 

This time a UV-MAX blind run omg can you believe it

 

 

Edited March 2, 2022 by Astro X

[Clippy]

@Astro X nice to see you back. Great work on this map and finding the secrets that was fun to watch - going through my backlog of maps eh - good times 🍗