Hell Keep - Revamped

[Kan3]

                                                                           

 

They (Hell) Keep coming! ^{That was a terrible joke for you.}

 

Beware folks, this is not the Hell Keep you all know and love, E3M1, but it is its cousin from console doom!

Still the first level of the Hell episode, I wanted to give this map a bit of a kick... as usual... even though I feel like I went a tiny bit too far with the "sky", but I had to make a proper keep! Come on! No one likes flat, blend and boring fortresses!

I also went slightly too far with the scripting thing perhaps, but I wanted to make a combination "lock" for one of the secrets :D do not ask me why, I just felt like it.

 

First things first, as always, thanks to PlayStation Doom TC for the original map, music and sounds! I also used the door sounds from Heretic cause they sound so much better for what I had in mind!

 

This time the goal was to make a real fortress, or at least something that can give that impression and I think I properly rendered what a hell keep should feel and look.

For the aesthetics I took inspiration from Destiny 2 (the "Shadowkeep" on the Moon), because of all that red that's present in this map.

Since I remember this map being quite hard pistol start and quite harsh with ammo, I decided to keep these main points in this revamp, so, if you want an advice, do not waste bullets on the wrong dudes :*

^{(Oh, I reworked the majority of the secrets, traps and progression routes, so, maybe it's better if you forget the old hell keep)}

 

 

The usual (and more) changes I made to make it feel even better (hopefully):

• Reduced Lost Souls hp.
• DECALDEFS for torches, candles and health and armor bonuses.
• Nightmare Spectre and Nightmare Imp.
• New metal flats, lava fall, banner textures.
• Breakable poles and lamps.
• Archviles can be targeted by other monsters.
• Extinct tall red torches.
• Wood door sounds.

 

Some of these changes has been directly ported from my megawad D.N.A., link below.

 

 

Here's the screenshots:

BEFORE:

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I had to use "Bright" mode to take these.

AFTER:

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Here's the info:

• Game : Doom 2
• Port : GZDoom 4.10 (it uses GZDoom features, so it shouldn't be compatible with anything else)
• Map Format : UDMF
• Map # : MAP01
• Single Player : Designed for
• Cooperative 2-4 Player : Player starts only (I actually cannot test it for cooperative, so I don't really know how it works)
• Difficulty Settings : Every Difficulty Implemented 
• Jump : Not Allowed
• Crouch : Not Allowed
• Freelook : Optional
• Base : MAP17 PsxDoomTC
• Build Time : 2 weeks
• Editor(s) used : Ultimate Doom Builder, Slade3
• Render Mode (suggested): Hardware Accelerated
• Sector Light Mode (suggested) : Doom
• Known Bugs : Visual glitch in the lava ponds area, on top of the high step with the icon of sin texture

 

Here's the map: HELL KEEP REVAMPED

 

I hope you like it and feedback and critics are always welcomed!

 

More Revamps here:

• Hell Gate Revamped
• Redemption Denied Revamped
• Club Doom Revamp
• The Marshes Redone
• Twilight Descends Redone
• The Mansion Redone
• Threshold Of Pain Redone

 

My Megawad: Declared New Apocalypse

Edited January 19, 2023 by Kan3
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[TheCyberDruid]

Love the visuals in this map :) Some good traps and for a rather short map it feels well balanced in terms of exploration and combat. The music adds a nice touch to the atmosphere. Well done!

[wuunds]

This rocks. Actually this FUCKS. I adore every bit of detail put into this, there wouldn't be enough words to describe how good this map looks. It's just simply amazing.

[Kan3]

5 hours ago, TheCyberDruid said:

Love the visuals in this map :) Some good traps and for a rather short map it feels well balanced in terms of exploration and combat. The music adds a nice touch to the atmosphere. Well done!

Thank you! That's a great relief, cause usually I'm more generous with ammo and I was afraid of having messed things up x)

 

5 hours ago, arsenalchan said:

This rocks. Actually this FUCKS. I adore every bit of detail put into this, there wouldn't be enough words to describe how good this map looks. It's just simply amazing.

You're too kind, sir :D Really appreciate you liked it!

[Delisk]

This is very impressive!

The only things that would made it even better would be to have be longer... But then I know how much work had to be done for this so I cannot complain.

 

 

[Kan3]

5 hours ago, Delisk said:

This is very impressive!

The only things that would made it even better would be to have be longer... But then I know how much work had to be done for this so I cannot complain.

 

Thanks a lot, mate!

That's because I stick to the original map project x) ^{(and because I'm a little lazy too)}

 

(Sorry about the combination thing, I made you lose a bit of time) 

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The sequence is observable on 4 walls (that are the only that have that texture in the map) placed in a room :E