Wretched Flesh (5 boom-compatible levels)

[HALFCOOL]

Wretched Flesh is a set of 5 boom-compatible (-complevel 9) maps. The .wad includes a dehacked file that makes the combat slightly faster paced. All of the maps are mostly linear. Combat ranges from cramped brawls to wide open skirmishes. Difficulty options are implemented. Levels should take around 20-30 minutes to beat blind, although the last map takes longer. Any feedback is welcome.

 

IWAD : Doom2
Map format : Boom
Ports tested with : dsda-doom 0.24.3 and GZdoom 4.7.1
Jumping/crouching will break progression, freelook should be okay.

 

Download : https://www.doomworld.com/idgames/levels/doom2/Ports/v-z/wretchedflsh

 

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Again, any feedback is welcome!

[NuMetalManiak]

Very good levels! Nice linear gameplay and I didn't run into any bugs. Last level was a bit confusing with the switches at one point but I figured things out eventually.

[LadyMistDragon]

demo of the first map. And that's probably all I'm doing;P. That was a laaarge map. Is it safe to assume that difficulty remains essentially constant?

lmd_wretch_01.zip

Edited July 23, 2022 by LadyMistDragon

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On 7/20/2022 at 2:54 PM, NuMetalManiak said:

Very good levels! Nice linear gameplay and I didn't run into any bugs. Last level was a bit confusing with the switches at one point but I figured things out eventually.

Thank you for the reply. I spent a while making those switches unable to break the map. It's a whole voodoo doll contraption.

 

7 hours ago, LadyMistDragon said:

demo of the first map. And that's probably all I'm doing;P. That was a laaarge map. Is it safe to assume that difficulty remains essentially constant?

lmd_wretch_01.zip

Thanks for the demo, couple of close calls in there. The later maps do get more difficult. I tried to make a linear difficulty curve.

[LadyMistDragon]

Just now, HALFCOOL said:

Thank you for the reply. I spent a while making those switches unable to break the map. It's a whole voodoo doll contraption.

 

Thanks for the demo, couple of close calls in there. The later maps do get more difficult. I tried to make a linear difficulty curve.

Thanks for that. I had to wonder since it clearly was getting quite dfficult at the end. What kinds of environments are in the later maps?

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22 minutes ago, LadyMistDragon said:

Thanks for that. I had to wonder since it clearly was getting quite dfficult at the end. What kinds of environments are in the later maps?

MAP01 is a city map

MAP02 is some type of concrete facility that works with molten magma

MAP03 is on the outskirts of the city at twilight

MAP04 is a hellish office complex

MAP05 is a tech-base taken over by flesh, or flesh-base

[sandwedge]

Hey just played the first couple levels no commentary, really enjoyed them!  A fair amount of challenge without being too overwhelming, large levels with lots of nice detail and some cool setpieces!  The lava fight in the second level is quite memorable to me, as resources start to open up over time along with tons of monsters all around you!  Would like to finish these sometime! :)

 

 

 

Edited July 31, 2022 by sandwedge

[sandwedge]

Played the last 3 maps on a couple streams, this is one of my favourite mapsets I've played that's seen so little response, which is a shame.  Excellent, spicy gameplay with tasteful dehacked changes, lots of visual flair, exciting lock-in encounter design without feeling samey.  Each map was constructed with certain themes in mind, and I got a kick out of the final map which had monsters and items catapulting around in fun ways.  Definitely check this out if you missed it, but I might suggest turning down to HMP unless you want something very challenging with lots of cramped lock-in encounters.

 

(linked to timecodes)

 

Maps 3 and 4:

 

 

Map 5:

 

 

[Xymph]

The CWILV map names are in reverse order from those in the DEHACKED/UMAPINFO lumps. How bizarre...