Balls of Steel Community Project (-cl21) 21 maps (Idgames!!)

[David Asaad]

Welcome to Balls of Steel Community Project!

 

Tested in DSDA Doom 0.24.3. Complevel 21

 

21 maps by various authors. Thanks to all mappers and playtesters!! 21 maps symbolizes complevel 21
 

MAP01-16, 31-35 which adds up to 21 as in complevel 21

 

These maps are pretty difficult with lots of slaughter gameplay, but difficulties were implemented. (Mostly for complevel 21!!)

HNTR is something that can be enjoyed by casual players (mostly, no promises for secret maps 33-35)

HMP is usually a toned down UV

UV ramps up to extremely challenging at times.

 

Map design philosophies in the main maps include: kind to blind players, balance for players who dont find secrets, balance between routes, mappers are competent at beating their own maps. Lots and lots of playtesting... (on complevel 21

 

Have (complevel 21) fun!

 

https://www.doomworld.com/idgames/levels/doom2/Ports/megawads/boscp

Map list:

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TITLE: "Heart of fire" - Castlevania (NES)
INTERMISSION MIDI: "No limits" by dannyPHTM

 

MAP01 - Balls to the Wall by El Inferno 
Midi: 279 by negatronica (Abandon Map 08)

 

MAP02 Don't Feed the Fish by Miracle Water 
Midi: Puyo Puyo - "Brave of Puyo Puyo", sequenced by A-S-H

 

MAP03 Spawn System S1 by Knifeworld 
Midi: "Technoparchment" by Varis Alpha (TNT midi pack text screen)

 

MAP04 Cosmic Array by Rayziik 
Midi: "Alien Power" by Yuzo Koshiro (Streets of Rage 2)

 

MAP05 Oh, Grape. by SoBad
Midi: "Black Acid" by Josh Whelchel (Original composition) https://open.spotify.com/album/6qrRSPBNBEVpeEcZOBY070

 

MAP06 Symmetrical Nightmare by Jacek Bourne
Midi: Hysteria by Muse

 

MAP07 Stairbuilder Fuckery by Nefelibeta
MIDI: Toad MAP 09

 

MAP08 - A Void Dance by decino
Midi: "Dude, Movie Poster" by decino

 

MAP09 Excess Nuclear Materials by Nirvana and Benjogami
MIDI: "techno shithead" by msx2plus

 

MAP10 Predator by A1s
Midi: eflast by ribbiks (Wormwood IV Map 04)

 

MAP11 Steel of Inferno by El Inferno 
Midi: midi cover of "The Same" by Dark Tranquility

 

MAP12 Steel Within, Steel Without by Dan
Midi: "Take these pills and be who you are" by jmickle (mutiny map08 / haste 06)

 

MAP13 dogshit2 by Brendondle
Midi: Camilla Rhodes by between the buried and me (Flotsam Map 04)

 

MAP14 Catalyst by Dan
Midi: Jester - Elysium

 

MAP15 Land of Riches and Purple by A1s 
Midi: "And into the forest I go, to lose my mind and find my soul" by dragonfly (Alien vendetta midi pack MAP 05)

 

MAP16 Legend of the Black Wall - by El Inferno and A1s
Midi: Legend of the Black Sun by Knightrider of Doom

 

MAP17 Credits by A1s
MIDI: "Dawn Over a New World" by Dragon Force sequenced by Knightrider of Doom

 

MAP 31 - Nuts of Steel by El Inferno
Midi: midi cover of "Slither" by Opeth

 

MAP 32 - Toilet of the Bruh by A1s
MIDI: "Pokemon Tower" from Pokemon red/blue

 

MAP 33 - Not Dimensions Map 03 by A1s
MIDI: Opposing Bloodlines by NICH3 (Cover of Bloodlines from Castlevania Dracula X on SNES)

 

MAP 34 - Infinite Heat Machine by Benjogami
MIDI: "Oxygene, Pt 2" by Jean-Michel Jarre

 

MAP 35 - Jack Builds a Techbase by Xulgonoth and Benchy
MIDI: Palace of Shadows from Stonekeep

 

Complevel 21 Screenshots:

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Edited January 10, 2023 by David Asaad

[brendondle]

my map is dogshit

 

2

 

was fun mapping for this, thanks for peer pressuring me to make a map right before the deadline :)

[Ennello]

You bet I'll be playing this right away!

[nobleflame]

This looks siiick! 
 

Perfect for the Christmas holidays 😁

[Firedust]

"kind to blind players"

 

looks at screenshots

 

yep, I am definitely going to figure out how to survive those fights on the spot xD

[Meowgi]

Can't wait to get my balls handed to me on a steel platter! Congrats on the release!

[Peter]

Playing this is going to drive me crazy. I'm looking forward to it.

[besus]

jesus balls snake shit, boscp just dropped

[knifeworld]

Hell yes! Had a ton of fun mapping for this :D

[i suck at nicknames]

ayo congrats on the release David :))

[Dimon12321]

It's a shame "Balls of Steel" is not associated with Duke Nukem, but whatever.

[Dan87]

Good shit. Was really fun mapping for this project :)

 

Hope everyone enjoys it!

[Red Recluse]

Grinder of demonic currently appreciate. 

[TheShep]

neat

[Jacek Bourne]

Excellent!

[Catpho]

Saw the opening trap of map02 and thought it would be good way to wake myself up in the morning. Ended up energized beating the whole thing. Good fun and great work from Miracle Water (who i presume is making their public debut?) on all aspects.

The deh changes and monster ecounter philosophy feel at once well thought out and inevitable for the genre, yet also like slaughter reaching untold heights of memery. No complaints so far.

Edited December 17, 2022 by Catpho

[dashiefrickintyan]

balls of balls

[Kinetic]

Congrats on the release! For those just discovering this wad for the first time, anticipate rocket launcher fun and light sequences!

[SoBad]

7 hours ago, Catpho said:

Good fun and great work from Miracle Water (who i presume is making their public debut?) on all aspects.

MiracleWater was also responsible for CUTRUN.wad (which is excellent)!

[Nirvana]

"kind to blind players"

[Meowgi]

Part one of my playthrough. I switched between HMP and UV but landed on HMP because much hard. Forgive my mald:

 

 

Edited December 17, 2022 by Meowgi

[Red Recluse]

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[Isthmuses]

Really enjoying this so far!

 

Currently testing RC2 and both MAP10 and MAP 33 are lagging so hard that they are unplayable for me. I’m using GZDoom 4.10.0 on an M2 MacBook Air.

 

Also, I noticed that the key messages don’t seem correct. In MAP01, for instance, the gold skull switch has a message about needing the *blue* skull. Screenshot attached.

 

Hope that’s helpful as you get close to a final release.

 

Overall really loving the project!

 

 

[Meowgi]

Part 2:
 

 

Awesome set overall guys!

[Isthmuses]

PS, You might want to update the death messages for the custom enemies!

 

 

dn’t 

 

Edited December 20, 2022 by Isthmuses
image didn’t attach first time

[Red Recluse]

On 12/21/2022 at 1:37 AM, Isthmuses said:

PS, You might want to update the death messages for the custom enemies!

 

 

dn’t 

 

Bruiser hell.

[Xymph]

In the idgames upload, BoSCP_EXTRAINFO.txt is lacking map authors for map10, 12 and 15. Had to look them up in the OP.
 

A general observation applying to many projects: incomplete/inconsistent documentation of maps and soundtracks makes it difficult/frustrating to keep the wiki up-to-date.

 

[David Asaad]

50 minutes ago, Xymph said:

In the idgames upload, BoSCP_EXTRAINFO.txt is lacking map authors for map10, 12 and 15. Had to look them up in the OP.
 

A general observation applying to many projects: incomplete/inconsistent documentation of maps and soundtracks makes it difficult/frustrating to keep the wiki up-to-date.

 

Oh sry

[Red Recluse]

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[NuMetalManiak]

what do I do on MAP13 nothing is happening when I press switches.