Deadline Announced! [Community Project] Pandora (Shovelware MegaWad) - All Slots Taken

[Endless]

Map name: Monument to Old
Map slot: MAP05
Author: Endless
Build time: Like an actual week of actual build time, spread across 2 months or so.
Tested with: Crispy Doom, Doom Retro and GZDoom.
Deathmatch: Yes
Co-op: Yes
Known bugs: None that I know of.
MIDI: Chasing the Dragon by Tristan Clark.

 

 

Monument to Old.zip

 

 

Edited May 18, 2022 by Endless

[Gibbon]

Oh boy endless has done it!

[Walter confetti]

Looks wonderful

[Dusty_Rhodes]

On 5/17/2022 at 10:59 PM, Endless said:

Map name: Monument to Old
Map slot: MAP05
Author: Endless
Build time: Like an actual week of actual build time, spread across 2 months or so.
Tested with: Crispy Doom, Doom Retro and GZDoom.
Deathmatch: Yes
Co-op: Yes
Known bugs: None that I know of.
MIDI: Chasing the Dragon by Tristan Clark.

 

 

Monument to Old.zip

 

 

Wonderful gif my friend

[Gibbon]

Oh shit it is a gif!  I’ve been on my phone and didn’t notice it.

[Gibbon]

ok so I've added MAP05 by ENDLESS to the new basewad (now at version 2.2).  I'm going to get started now on the custom DOS executable with hardcoded levelnames, inter-text and episode text.  I've already half done the MAPINFO lump for this too.

 

Since there is roughly just over a month left.  I'm starting to put the finishing touches on it.

 

NOTE: If there are still maps unfinished / not submitted by JUNE 10th, I will re-open those slots to whoever wants them.  Since this project 'WILL' be finished by the deadline and not a second later.

Edited May 25, 2022 by Gibbon

[Dusty_Rhodes]

1 hour ago, Gibbon said:

 I'm going to get started now on the custom DOS executable with hardcoded levelnames, inter-text and episode text.

Oh man that sounds awesome! Is there a way to make sure it won't launch if it doesn't if the PWAD isn't in the directory? It'd be neat to not even have to write a .bat or type in "-file" every time.

[Gibbon]

54 minutes ago, Dusty_Rhodes said:

Oh man that sounds awesome! Is there a way to make sure it won't launch if it doesn't if the PWAD isn't in the directory? It'd be neat to not even have to write a .bat or type in "-file" every time.

There is and I will simply hardcode -file to be used as default and 'only' against the pandora.wad file.  Additionally, I'll disable the iwad parameter and hardcode it to DOOM2.WAD.

Edited May 25, 2022 by Gibbon

[Shibainumaster]

Damn,just checked the deadline,i may upload my map 22 soon.

[Walter confetti]

Did i remember wrong or @Large Cat didn't made already a map for this project and posted here? Something slightly Plutonia themed?

 

Also, why MAP13 isn't in the main map set as well?

[Gibbon]

16 minutes ago, Walter confetti said:

Did i remember wrong or @Large Cat didn't made already a map for this project and posted here? Something slightly Plutonia themed?

 

Also, why MAP13 isn't in the main map set as well?

 

map13 isn't done..  is it?  I've been watching closely and I have not noticed MAP13 being commented and submitted.  Usually I look for quotes or a mention so I get notified.

Edited June 1, 2022 by Gibbon

[Walter confetti]

It's been one of the earliest done, iirc

 

EDIT: Here, also he/she replied to you in March 29

 

And this one is the map Large Cat made for the project, i remembered it correctly!

Edited June 1, 2022 by Walter confetti

[Gibbon]

8 minutes ago, Walter confetti said:

It's been one of the earliest done, iirc

Oh dear :D

 

I'll get that fixed

[Gibbon]

MAP13 is added and a new basewad is available

[Large Cat]

@Gibbon It looks like my MAP23 hasn't made it into the base wad or completed maplist. Is there something I need to do with or change about my submission before it's ready to go in, or is this just an oversight? If you need the map, my post is here.

[Walter confetti]

I've also noticed that @Jaccident map isn't in the list, but since it's a beta version of the map, i guess it's ok that it's not in the main pack?

 

Anyway, it's here .

[Gibbon]

1 minute ago, Walter confetti said:

I've also noticed that @Jaccident map isn't in the list, but since it's a beta version of the map, i guess it's ok that it's not in the main pack?

 

Anyway, it's here .

Yeah, once it is not a beta anymore, then it will be included.  Seems a lot of the missing maps was because I missed them due to no mentioning of me, so it ended up getting lost in the comments :)

 

MAP23 is now added and the basewad is updated

[Gibbon]

@thiccyosh @Wavy @PasokonDeacon @Shibainumaster @Jaccident @Jark @Paf @Astronomical @SilverMiner

 

Any updates about your maps?  Would you be able to have them done by June 15th?

[Wavy]

1 minute ago, Gibbon said:

Would you be able to have them done by June 15th?

Maybe. I haven't felt too motivated to do any mapping at all and I honestly haven't even started, but I have had several ideas for my map since I last replied, and given that the maps don't need to have the highest of quality, making a map in two weeks shouldn't be hard at all.

[Jaccident]

1 hour ago, Gibbon said:

Any updates about your maps?  Would you be able to have them done by June 15th? 

I wasn't sure if I was supposed to fix up my map or not, there are some balancing issues and door fighting things that would be nice to fix but I wasn't sure if that goes against the shareware vibe or not. Fixing it up will give me something to do on my breaks though, so I'll give it a go.

[SilverMiner]

1 hour ago, Gibbon said:

Would you be able to have them done by June 15th?

In the early days of this project I decided to take the opportunity and get my brother to build a map for this. It turned out boring as hell, typical 90s and nothing special (I certainly can't doubt that he's as creative as I am, he just hasn't gotten past the energy barrier for Doom mapping to become his hobby that would get him out of a lot of bad habits). So he didn't get hooked by Doom, dropped the map, and I've been trying to continue growing his piece of sectors, but irl stuff told me that there were projects that needed more attention. In general, I used to work quite long on this kind of maps to stuff them with loads of technically cool vanilla stuff. Maybe by August I could make a finishable version.

[Gibbon]

8 minutes ago, SilverMiner said:

In the early days of this project I decided to take the opportunity and get my brother to build a map for this. It turned out boring as hell, typical 90s and nothing special (I certainly can't doubt that he's as creative as I am, he just hasn't gotten past the energy barrier for Doom mapping to become his hobby that would get him out of a lot of bad habits). So he didn't get hooked by Doom, dropped the map, and I've been trying to continue growing his piece of sectors, but irl stuff told me that there were projects that needed more attention. In general, I used to work quite long on this kind of maps to stuff them with loads of technically cool vanilla stuff. Maybe by August I could make a finishable version.

That's fine, the deadline is July 1st so August wouldn't be possible.

 

18 minutes ago, Jaccident said:

I wasn't sure if I was supposed to fix up my map or not, there are some balancing issues and door fighting things that would be nice to fix but I wasn't sure if that goes against the shareware vibe or not. Fixing it up will give me something to do on my breaks though, so I'll give it a go.

Oh you submitted one already!  I'll go back and re-read the comments

Edited June 2, 2022 by Gibbon

[SilverMiner]

1 hour ago, Gibbon said:

That's fine, the deadline is July 1st so August wouldn't be possible.

Ok, maybe I might make it before that date, but we still have a significant number of people who should cook something by the time as well. So I think the deadline might likely have to be extended :)

[thiccyosh]

3 hours ago, Gibbon said:

Any updates about your maps?  Would you be able to have them done by June 15th?

 

It's already done.

 

https://wadhosting.com/Wad/9EA1F3EB99EF61901362F8BEFD4B97F86F51F01E

 

(I hope the link doesn't break)

[Gibbon]

10 minutes ago, thiccyosh said:

 

It's already done.

 

https://wadhosting.com/Wad/9EA1F3EB99EF61901362F8BEFD4B97F86F51F01E

 

(I hope the link doesn't break)

Aha, maybe that is how I missed it.

 

Consider it added

Edited June 2, 2022 by Gibbon

[Shibainumaster]

4 hours ago, Gibbon said:

@thiccyosh @Wavy @PasokonDeacon @Shibainumaster @Jaccident @Jark @Paf @Astronomical @SilverMiner

 

Any updates about your maps?  Would you be able to have them done by June 15th?

Hey,don't worry my map will totally be done by June 15th. I made the main layout back when i first joined,i'am a little busy with my own projectcurrently,but the map will still be made in time.

[Jaccident]

3 hours ago, Gibbon said:

Oh you submitted one already!  I'll go back and re-read the comments

 

I've just made some changes that I think improve the level, you can get the new version here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1M9f5kjcgTIkKbxYm8BRodTGW49-zWuSV/view?usp=sharing

(I think I've fixed all the bugs in this one but I only just finished working on it so I may have missed something)

 

 

Edit: I found another bug, give me a minute to fix it

Edited June 2, 2022 by Jaccident

[Jaccident]

@Gibbon Hopefully the bug should be fixed now, a door wasn't working so I just replaced the door with a walk over action at a different point. Sorry for the delay. New fixed file here: NEVERMIND

 

So I came back this morning to do a final test of everything and found a few small bugs, like archviles being able to open the door to their enclosure, so I fixed those and the new file is here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1G3lMfUKpk_v-Xx-ooW2VNHxGbqRG9aqV/view?usp=sharing

 

I'm really bad at names but I figure the map needs a name of some variety, so I'm going to call this The Long Forgotten Abyss (idk if I'm being too critical of it but the name seems a tad cringy. oh well.)

Edited June 17, 2022 by Jaccident
I didn't want to spam the thread but the map needed updating

[Dusty_Rhodes]

@Gibbon, considering what @SilverMiner mentioned, would you want me or someone else to run the project when you're too busy to do so? I'd be happy to help out. 

[Jark]

11 hours ago, Gibbon said:

@thiccyosh @Wavy @PasokonDeacon @Shibainumaster @Jaccident @Jark @Paf @Astronomical @SilverMiner

 

Any updates about your maps?  Would you be able to have them done by June 15th?

 

I will most likely, though I thought the deadline was:

 

Quote

5. Deadline: July 1st 2022

 

No matter, it should be done on time regardless, here's a screenshot:

 

Spoiler