PUSS XVIII: Rowdy Rudy: REVENGE OF THE SPEEDDEMONS [BETA V1 OUT NOW!]

[BluePineapple72]

 

 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~  ANGRY AGAIN! ANGRY AGAIN! ANGRY AGAIN!  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 

 

Greetings and Salutations! Welcome to Pineapple Under the Sea Speedmapping Eighteen!

 

After a pretty brutal ass-kicking from Rowdy Rudy last year, the Infamously Quick Cabal of Privatized Military Personnel, otherwise known as the Speeddemons, have been skulking about looking for a new hire to make a better abbreviation for their group name. Seriously, it doesn't even remotely fit. IQCPMP?? 

 

Anyways, while they were messing around on Linkedin looking for that marketing schmuck, they figured they needed to try and take over the world again on account of the fact that they're outta money, and since they're all misanthropic and hate humanity and all. Dashing out of their cave bases in the Mayan ruins of the Araya rainforest, the Speeddemons have quickly and brutally forced the planet Earth into a chokehold by occupying many of our major cities and fast-food restaurants.

 

Only one person can stop them... ROWDY RUDY JONES! doom's very own action created by the illustrious @Doomkid! 

 

Grabbing his mercenary rifle, Rudy cracks his neck and wipes his brow to set off and eliminate the Speeddemons threat once and for all!

 

We will be using a gargantuan resource pack containing 2500 textures from AquaTex, COMTEX, NightmareTEx, Cagetex, and DUKE NUKEM! The Rowdy Rudy 2 enemy set and weapons have been ported over, as well there are a dozen or so new decorative things for you to use with your map. Read this below to see what things are available.  

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Decorations:
Shootable Fire Hydrants

Shootable Fire Extinguishers
New Trees
New Dead Trees
MISC Foodstuffs
Wastebins
Junk Piles
Traffic Cones
A singular chair:

 

 

Enemy Roster:

 

Zombieman - 40 HP

 

Shotgunner - 60 HP

 

Plasma Guy - 60 HP (replaces Spectre)

 

Chaingunner - 80 HP (replaces WolfSS)

 

Flamethrower Guy - 80 HP (replaces Keen)

 

Rocketman - 120 HP (replaces Hell Knight)

 

Psycho Imp - 150 HP (replaces Arachnotron)

 

 

Blood Demon - 180 HP

 

Toxicacodemon - 400 HP

 

Flame Caco - 600 HP (replaces Pain Elemental)

 

Mini Mastermind - 500 HP (replaces Chaingunner)
(Height: 56 / Diameter: 96 / Drops Chaingun)

 

Flying Mastermind - 2000 HP (replaces Spiderdemon)
(Height: 100 / Diameter: 200)

 

Of course, many of the classic enemies remain untouched:
Imp - 60 HP
Lost Soul - 100 HP
Revenant - 300 HP
Mancubus - 600 HP
Archvile - 700 HP
Baron of Hell - 1000 HP
Cyberdemon - 4000 HP

 

 - Maps must be created in 10 hours or less. 

View the General Speedmapping Guidelines below to see how we time our maps at PUSS.

 

 - Maps must be set on Earth (or near Earth).

Each map should be a unique place that the Speeddemons have occupied. Perhaps a fastfood restaurant? Or maybe an airport? Who knows! It’s up to you to create a “realistic-ish” location that seems to evoke something of the real world. Use doomcute to the best of your ability to really sell the location to the player. Lean into environmental storytelling HARD!

 

 - Maps must be action packed powertrips.

So no long winded atmospheric levels, nor any nut crushing Gazebo-esque levels. Short, sweet, punchy and fast. You’re here for a good time, not a long time. Imagine you're a film maker directing the latest Schwarzenegger blockbuster. Make a pun-worthy filmtastic, testosterone fueled, bicep-pumping, good time

 

 - Each map must have at minimum two major combat arenas.

These arenas are gonna be the biggest battles in your map. Set pieces if you will. This will be a true test for you to construct interesting major engagements. I recommend you play around with the enemies and how different structures can change the dynamics of a fight.

 

 - One battle must have at least one surprise ambush escalation encounter.

You’re story tellers, add drama and conflict to these battles as they escalate and transform around the player. Maybe some enemies breach the wall with an explosion and flood in? Maybe a wall opens up halfway through revealing additional reinforcements.

 

 - Maps must be mostly non linear. While I’m encouraging city maps, they aren’t required, and I hope you do a better job than Doom 2’s city levels. Really try to give the player the feeling that they are able to explore and ‘liberate’ a civilized sector from the Speeddemons. (I say “mostly non-linear” because I’m fine if there is a clear-cut point A to point B, but I want the player to be able to mix up how they walk that path).

 

 - **OPTIONAL** A secret that changes the sequence of events that unfold in an arena.

For example, what if you find a pump that removes the nukage from the arena, or what if you found a switch that changes the platform structures in an arena, providing more cover for the player?

 

 - **OPTIONAL** Berserk Spree room.

It’s a classic

 

 - **OPTIONAL** Submit to me a very short paragraph that will introduce your level. Set the stage for us as to what the story is for your map. Check out March of the Speeddemons to get an idea of what this is.

 

+ Maps must be built with the Doom 2 IWAD

Map format is optional, but your map must be beatable in GZDoom. Voodoo mappers beware, some of your trickery may break in advanced ports! 

 

+ Maps must be built with Jumping/Crouching and Mouselook DISABLED

 

+ Resource usage is REQUIRED. NO STEALTH ENEMIES! You'll have to provide your own skies. Oh btw, Custom Skies are required.

 

*** YOUR MAPS WILL BE DUE ON JULY 27th 11:59 PM EST *** 

Upload your map either to the ROTS channel on my discord server or to this thread. A date before the end of the month will see a pk3 compiled with each qualifying map ordered in chronology of submission. 

 

 

Your mapping time can be nonconsecutive.

Your timer will only go down when you are mapping or playtesting. Speedmaps will be under the honor rule. Neither you nor I can prove if a map went over the time limit or not, but trained eyes can see what is and is not a speedmap. If you cheat, people will notice.    

 

Any time in Slade used to give a custom sky, midi, etc. is outside of your mapping time.     

 

I would recommend spending some time looking over the texture pack before you begin mapping, so that you don’t waste time scrolling.

I've included a .txt file for texture hotkeys to help you filter through all that madness.     

 

Once your time is up, if you haven’t beaten your map, please spend time to verify that your level is beatable.

 

AFTER YOUR TIME LIMIT IS UP:

As a general rule, I'm comfortable with you going back into your wad and picking at it's bones to make sure everything is neat and tidy. Minor texture changes, bug fixing, and thing placement overhaul are fine by me. Excluding special cases, I do not want you building new rooms/sectors after you've already submitted a map to me. The time limit isn't to challenge you to make a map quickly, it's to light a fire under your ass to create something truly cool with a deadline. PUSS is still a speedmapping series, so maps won't be perfect cacoaward level masterpieces, but I would still like for mappers to spend the time polishing maps they have sent to me.

 

There is no cap to how many maps you can submit to these events. 

Like last year, I'm encouraging you do 'sequel levels' for your submissions. i.e. You have a MapXX and a MapXX2, both following the same conceptual continuity.

 

Any bug fixing/map changes are due to me 1 week after I upload the final playthrough video of the last submission.

 

 

 For submissions, please post in this format:

Production: (map name) [ X ]
Director: (Author) [ X ]

Soundtrack: (Music) [ Song + Author ]

Backdrop: (Sky) [ X ]

Media Format: [ X ]

Rating: (Difficulty Settings) [ X ]

Production Time: (Build Time) [ X ]

Location Built:

Synopsis: (Story. This is Optional)

Director's Comments: Include here a short description of what your map is all about really. I'll (probably) be creating short map descriptions for each map for release at the end of the month, so this will help me if I haven't had the chance to play it. 

Screenshots: Put your vacation photos here.

 

I only need the .wad file of your map. Compiling your submission with the resources is unnecessary for this event.

 

IMPORTANT LINKS:

ROTS Resource Pack

Mek's Box O' Skies

ADDITIONAL LINKS:

Midi Site Link Megathread

Rowdy Rudy's Revenge

Rowdy Rudy 2: Powertrip!

James Paddock Music

Doomkid MIDI pack

Tristan Clarkee MIDI pack

 

Hidden underground and secured beneath six 12 inch steel doors is The Pineapple Under the Sea. It used to be underwater but the Speeddemons stole our oceans. Whether you're a new mapping recruit or a chiseled mercenary veteran, this server welcomes you! We are always in need of fresh bodies to throw at the front lines of the mapping wars. 

 

Home to the Pineapple Under the Sea Speedmapping series, the server has housed a warm community of mappers who are ready willing and able to try new things in the map-o-sphere.

 

If you need advice on using the resource pack, advice for your map, or playtesting, feel free to stop by!

 

 

A quick update for current outstanding PUSS events: The final version of Speed Squared is almost ready; I just need a minor update sent to me for one map. Summer of Slaughter is very close to release too, I just need to finish and wrap up the credits map before it's ready for launch. Pandemonium's first compilation is set to arrive very shortly and Mysterious Mayan Madness also only needs one map and a brush up of the credits map. Anniversary Under the Sea just needs new menu graphics (and playtesting). The longest one out will be Mapping at Warpspeed since I'm focusing on all the rest.

 

Given my schedule and the work needed, I imagine multiple of these wads will be releasing in July, which is exciting.

 

PAST EVENTS:

@MemeMind's Musical Mapping

@ViolentBeetle's Solar Struggle

ViolentBeetle's Skulltiverse

ViolentBeetle's Hellevator

Hot Potato

Line in the Sand

 

Pineapple Under the Sea Speedmapping:

PUSS XVII: Pandemonium Speed Weeks

PUSS XVI: Pac-Man Doom - Version 1 out now

PUSS XV: Mysterious Mayan Madness - Version 1 Coming Soon

 

The 2021 PUSS Collection:

PUSS XIV: 12 MORE Days of Doommas

PUSS XIII: TH1RT3EN - Now on idgames!

PUSS XII: Trick and Tear 2  - Now on idgames!

PUSS XI: Anniversary Under the Sea

PUSS X: The Summer of Slaughter - Final Version Coming Soon

PUSS IX: Mapping at Warpspeed

PUSS VIII: Speed Squared

PUSS VII: Rowdy Rudy in... March of the Speeddemons!

PUSS VI: Imperfect Hatred

PUSS V: Clandestine Castle Crashing

 

The 2020 PUSS Collection:

PUSS IV: 12 Days of Doommas

PUSS III: Boss Battle Bonanza

PUSS II: TRICK & TEAR I

PUSS I: September Under the Sea

 

Edited August 2, 2022 by BluePineapple72
EDIT 2: Clark EDIT 1: Tristan Clarke MIDI pack added to links

[DukeOfDoom]

I'd like to try. :) 

[Death Bear]

LET'S GET ROWDY AGAIN! WOO!!!

[NeedHealth]

I'll see if I can do something

[BluePineapple72]

I forgot to mention: for this event I am comfortable with mappers coming to me with requests to use certain textures. It'll be a limited number, but if you need something very very specific that this resource doesn't provide I'll be willing to work with you given the caveat that you speak to me BEFORE you start mapping with any additional textures.

[Doomkid]

Oh HELL yes!

[Hitboi]

I wanna try to contribute to this!

[Death Bear]

Director: Death Bear
Production: "Fight Another Day"
Media Format: UDMF
Soundtrack: "The Anthrax Solution" by Varis Alpha
Backdrop: From Mek's (WRKSKY11)
Film Time: 9.5 Hours plus Post-Production (Balancing)
Rating: UV only, atm. Will be amended to fit other ratings soon.
Cast: 250 (UV)
Tropes: Multiple Arenas, One is multi-stage, Non-linear-ish, Secret that changes the sequence a bit, Berserk Spree
Flikflubs: May need more ammo. There's a decoration that is glitching in the resource pack rn, but I'm keeping it. May need to play with the lighting a little on the flickering. I need to make a script for the final arena; but everything seems to work.
Synopsis: To come, but since it's MAP01, I'm pretty sure it doesn't matter. 
Director's Comments: Ruined Base with Nukage. This was fun! Hope you enjoy!
 

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Edited July 8, 2022 by Death Bear

[BluePineapple72]

 

Part 1 of my video playthrough of the WAD

Featuring Map01 by Death Bear

[FEDEX]

Hi @Death Bear ! No download link ?

Edited July 8, 2022 by FEDEX

[Death Bear]

19 hours ago, FEDEX said:

Hi @Death Bear ! No download link ?

What do you mean? It was there the whole time. Right? R I G H T ! ? ! ?
*wink wink*
Thought I had linked it and didn't double check. I updated the OP. Thanks for the catch.

[muumi]

Director: Muumi
Production: "Rudy Goes to Hell"
Media Format: Boom
Soundtrack: "Breakthrough" by Jimmy
Backdrop: From Mek's (HCLDSKY5) and FLAME 0-59 by Muumi
Film Time: ~9 hours
Rating: UV only for now
Cast: 420 
Synopsis: Chicken cage of terror! Speeddemons have taken over the hottest and awesomenest theme park in Sandy's City, Thirteenland! Well actually, its kinda shoddy cash crab taking use of the new popular thing. Dunno why everybody cares so much about the mute guy's ventures anyway, he is never gonna be as cool as Rudy. People say that the planetarium show is incredible realistic thought, should atleast check that out!
Director's Comments: Doom cute theme park with lots of thirteen references! Also there is a boat. 

 

rudy_goes_to_hell.zip

screenshots:

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[Doomkid]

This is probably the first time I’ve ever thought “man, that screenshot of chairs looks so interesting”. But it does!

[MemeMind]

Production: Houston Station

Director: Mememind

Soundtrack: Heretic, Hero and 1st Movement of the Odyssey| Halo 2 Soundtrack| MIDI by vgmusic.com B

ackdrop: STARETH3 Meks Box O Skies

Media Format: UDMF

Rating: (Difficulty Settings) Will be added in by testing

Production Time: 9 Hours (1 Left for additions from testing)

Location Built: Space Station orbiting Earth

Synopsis: The Return of the speed demons was a surprise for Rowdy Rudy, and Rudy knew nothing. They say knowledge is half the battle, and Rudy needs some knowledge. An old military friend is now a top Admiral in the UAC and should know a few things. He is located on Houston Station, a safe place to talk. Rudy doesnt know that the station has been compromised....

Director's Comments: A big reference to Cairo Station from Halo 2. Alot of ACS is used. Plus some AI marines help a bit, to make it feel like Halo.

 

houstonstation.zip

Screenshots: 

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Edited July 9, 2022 by MemeMind

[FEDEX]

Hi @MemeMind , no download link? Or it's an WIP? (The description in your post is full, detailed, complete.. this is why i'm asking)

[BluePineapple72]

1 hour ago, FEDEX said:

Hi @MemeMind , no download link? Or it's an WIP? (The description in your post is full, detailed, complete.. this is why i'm asking)

Both his and DB's map were posted to my discord server with links to the wad.

 

I'm sure both of y'all forgot to link it, but for future reference to any submitters please post a link to your wad in this chat so that folks like FEDEX and any other doom players will be able to play your map and help us provide feedback.

[Daytime Waitress]

2022? More like twenty twenty-RUDE!

 

@muumi, this theme park felt like the perfect merger of Rudy's balls-out gameplay and a Build-style "attempt at a real place". The cacarousel and... whatever the hell it was you posted with the chairs... were just the cherries on top. I love how you included a parking lot and placed all the mooks behind counters, too - fukken adorable.

[Peccatum Mihzamiz]

I love the by now patented @muumi trees. They always liven up the place. Or should I say 'deaden' ;) ?

 

[BluePineapple72]

*** ATTENTION ALL COMBATANTS ***

This is a two week warning! Submissions for Revenge of the Speeddemons will close on July the 27th! If you'd like your map to be included in the final wad be sure to participate before it's too late!

Edited July 14, 2022 by BluePineapple72

[Anarkzie]

For my general Doom education how do you make maps that utilise resource packs like the resource pack you have included here? I tried making a map using the resource pack in Doom Builder but the add resource button does not allow me to locate it.

[BluePineapple72]

24 minutes ago, Anarkzie said:

For my general Doom education how do you make maps that utilise resource packs like the resource pack you have included here? I tried making a map using the resource pack in Doom Builder but the add resource button does not allow me to locate it.

 

Simple! At the top of the add resource tab is the option to locate PK3 files to use as resources, which ROTS is compiled as.

[Anarkzie]

@BluePineapple72 Oh my god, it was literally just the next tab, lol. Thank you!

Edited July 21, 2022 by Anarkzie
Typo

[BluePineapple72]

8 minutes ago, Anarkzie said:

@BluePineapple72 Oh my god, it was literally was just the next tab, lol. Thank you!

You're very welcome!

[myolden]

Production: Three Bedrooms in a Good Neighborhood

Director: myolden

Soundtrack: The Ace of Sevens by Jimmy

Backdrop: CTYSKY08

Media Format: UDMF

Rating: Will add after testing

Production Time: 8 Hours

Location Built: Rudy's home

Synopsis: Amidst the demonic invasion of earth Rudy hears a rumor that the speed demons are after his most prized possesion: a limited edition Skulltiverse replica key he bought last summer. Furious, he hopped in the nearest vehicle he could find - an abandoned bus - and sped towards his home. There was no way he would let those demon jerks steal his PWAD memorabelia! Rudy pulls up to the driveway just as the bus breaks down, only to find that the demons have changed the locks!

 

Those bastards are gonna pay!

 

Director's Comments: Don't let the stripped down detailing fool you - this was a pain in the ass to make. A whole ass house out of 3d sectors, complete with 3d sector doomcute furniture. What was I thinking? A few hours left to touch some things up, I may try to add some furniture throughout the house when I implement balance changes, but for now this map has broken my brain lol. Also of note: some weirdness with enemies waking up early due to the 3d floors, not sure what to do about that.

 

Three Bedrooms in a Good Neighborhood.zip

 

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[BluePineapple72]

SUBMISSION CLOSE IN 1 WEEK! 

 

DON'T GET CAUGHT WITH YOUR PANTS DOWN!

[DynamiteKaitorn]

Production: Woodland Workshop
Director: Heich AKA Dynamite Kaitorn
Soundtrack: Raneforus [Jazz Jackrabbit]
Backdrop: Some hazey gray sky
Media Format: GZDooM 2 (Hexen Format)
Rating: Yes. Some enemies are missing on lower dififculties.
Production Time: 5 Hours 28 Minutes? (I know I have a little bit over 4 and a half hours left)
Location Built: Forest
Synopsis: After wiping the sweat off his forehead, Rudy heads to an old friend's house, deep in the woods. Little did Rudy know, this was an ambush.
Without much time to prepare, he hid behind a small rock, just as the demons set up fort in what was once his best friend's home.
"Dang it! It's those frickin' demons! I'm gonna make them pay for kidnapping my friend!"

 

Director's Comments: I built this whole map in literally 1 sitting...

Screenshots: 

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Enjoy the experience! 

https://www.mediafire.com/file/w0agt07vzq5ncxz/WoodWork_v1.zip/file

[Engired]

Production: Seaside Demolition

Director: Engired

Soundtrack: Dewford Town - Pokemon RSE

Backdrop: STARSKY1 (Mek's Box o' Skies)

Media Format: UDMF

Rating: Only UV right now

Production Time: 7-8 hours

Location Built: Small getaway next to the ocean

Synopsis: After all that has transpired, Rudy could only want a break; and what's better than a small coastal getaway. Unfortuantely the demons have also got to it, and the once alive area has since become abandoned. The UAC also happened to send a message, noticing that Rudy was in the general area. It read as such, "There's a building home to the demon teleporter that's allowing them to easily take over this area. There are some charges that can blow up the building that haven't been activated yet, they should work."

 

Guess it's not a time for a break anymore.

 

Director's Comments: A small coastal area. Your goal is to blow up a building. Hopefully the gameplay's okay. Most of the time was just getting scripts working. There's about 400-500 lines of ACS after all, even after pointing out that it is very unoptimised. It works though... Also, it was originally meant to be at daytime, but I couldn't find a good sky texture. If anybody knows a good realistic sky texture, let me know. It probably just needs more health though.

Screenshots:

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SeasideDemolition.zip

Edited July 25, 2022 by Engired

[horselessheadsman]

Production: Skyscraping

Director: Horselessheadsman

Soundtrack: Adon's Stage from Street Fighter Alpha by Capcom

Backdrop: by plums

Media Format: GZDooM 2 UDMF

Rating: three difficulty settings: easy/medium/hard

Production Time: 10 hours

Location Built: suspicious skyscraper

Synopsis: "Spoust Aerial; Even the name sounds suspicious. The intel pukes agree, as high-ranking Speed Demons have been covertly
tracked going to and from the Spoust Skyscraper. Whatever they're planning, Rudy has been sent to do what he does best(
which isn't watching hockey) and clear this particular hotspot."

Director's Comments: The starting lobby should be fairly recognizable to anyone who's watched classic action films.

Originally, I'd intended for this to have a 'part deux' level following it, but the time just wasn't there to do it.

Screenshots:

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Skyscraping-v2.rar

 

Edited August 10, 2022 by horselessheadsman
Finished version 2 of map

[BluePineapple72]

When the story takes it's twist: it releases Beta version 1 of REVENGE OF THE SPEEDDEMONS!

 

WAD File: Revenge of the Speeddemons.pk3

Author: Various, compiled by BluePineapple72

IWAD: Doom 2

Port: GZDoom (Hardware Accelerated video mode recommended)

Resources: Various texture packs and monsters - Compiled in wad
Comments: MegaWAD created as the eighteenth edition of the PUSS series. Maps are ordered in chronology of submission. Rules/gimmicks mappers followed are in the original post (SEE BELOW).

 

Maplist:
TITLEMAP - "Reckoning" - BluePineapple72
MAP01 - "Fight Another Day" - @Death Bear
MAP02 - "Rudy Goes to Hell" - @muumi
MAP03 - "Houston Station" - @MemeMind
MAP04 - "Three Bedrooms in a Good Neighborhood" - @myolden
MAP05 - "Woodland Workshop" - Heich AKA @DynamiteKaitorn
MAP06 - "Seaside Demolition" - @Engired
MAP07 - "Skyscraping" - @horselessheadsman

 

Still some bells an whistles to be added, but nothing too crazy. I'm in the  middle of apartment hunting right now and I'll be starting a new job soon so I've been short on time to work on my level. Sometime in the middle of August I do expect this wad to leave beta. HOWEVER, with 7 maps I am interested in possibly opening up map submissions at a later date. I want to see who is interested in making levels before I commit the PUSS schedule to anything.

 

Regardless. There's something even more exciting going on over there! Ooh! Shiny new things!

 

 

Until next time folks ,o7

 

Edited August 2, 2022 by BluePineapple72

[myolden]

Did a playthrough of Beta v1, here's the videos:

 

 

@Death Bear

@muumi

@MemeMind
@DynamiteKaitorn

@Engired
@horselessheadsman