PUSS XXIV: Lover’s Quarrel

[myolden]

This thread was for development, hop on over to the release thread for the most up to date version of the WAD: 

 

Original Post:

 

[Art by @dashiefrickintyan]

 

Hello all you Lovers! Welcome to the twenty fourth edition of the Pineapple Under the Sea Speedmapping Series organized by myself and @Peccatum Mihzamiz. This month’s project is all about love and Valentine’s Day. We have compiled an extensive resource pack that includes:

         New and original textures and sprites by @Peccatum Mihzamiz

         Compiled textures from OTEX, CC4, Makkon, and more!

         A new palette featuring an extended pink range by myself

         Customized rocket launcher, plasma gun, BFG, and fist sprites

         A custom status bar by @Danlex

         An M_DOOM logo by @BluePineapple72

         An intermission screen by @muumi

         And a fancy titlepic by @dashiefrickintyan

 

But alas, Love is hard, and you and your partner seem to be having a quarrel. Sometimes the best way to solve a quarrel is to fight through it! And so this month we’re making deathmatch maps, with single player monsters included (like Bourgeois Deathmatch did). We’d love to see what kind of romantic setting you’d like to deathmatch in, whether it be lush green fields overgrown with flowers, fancy marble hallways adorned with paintings, or a heart-filled tunnel of love. Tips on making a Deathmatch map can be found further below.

 

 

 Each mapper gets 6 hours of mapping time. After this time is up you are allowed to decorate the place some more, sprucing up the place for Valentine’s Day.

 

 After you’ve finished your Deathmatch map, make a single player version of it as well. Copy your entire map and paste it right next to the Deathmatch map. Remove Deathmatch stuff, add single player monsters and player starts, remove or add some stairs, walls, introduce keys and doors to make progression in your map, etc.. There is no time limit for this. Open up Bourgeois Deathmatch in the editor to see what we mean.

 DOOM 2 IWAD

 

 Limit removing format. Doom: Doom 2 (Doom format). Complevel 2. Since this map is targeting amongst others multiplayer ports, advanced trickery such as Mikoportals is unfortunately not allowed. Your map has to run well in ports like Zandronum.

 Jumping and crouching are not allowed. Mouselook is optional, but maps need to be beatable without mouselook!!!

 

 Co-op starts and difficulty settings are mandatory. The time needed for balancing difficulty levels and adding co-op features does not count towards your maximum mapping time. Please avoid softlocks on co-op.

 

 Preferably your map will feel Valentinesy. Making an E1M1 remake with these resources is cool and all that, but try to let you imagination shine and make a setting that touches upon love.

 You must use the resources provided. https://www.dropbox.com/s/ac5gps798qy69ct/Lovers_Quarrel_Resource_v7.wad?dl=0

 

 You must use a custom MIDI, whether that be from the resource pack or somewhere else. Make sure your MIDI does not trigger copyright stuff on things like YouTube and Twitch!

 Maps are due either in the related discord channel or in this thread by Tuesday the 31st at 11:59 PM PDT.

 

 ***OPTIONAL***: Pick a partner and ask them to be your Valentine! Make a map with a partner. This can be done in any way you choose, so long as your combined time does not exceed the total time limit. Make a layout and have your partner detail it, or each of you make half a map and stitch them together. Anything is possible with the power of love! Tag your partner in a message in this thread and ask them to be your Valentine.

 

Decay has written a superb essay on making good, interesting and pretty Deathmatch map. We highly recommend you have a read!

 

 

After that we recommend watching Doomkid’s excellent video on the subject.

 

 You can download the resource pack here: https://www.dropbox.com/s/ac5gps798qy69ct/Lovers_Quarrel_Resource_v7.wad?dl=0

 

 Let us know if you have any requests or tips for the resource pack: we might add those should we see fit.

 

 A sneak peek at some of the stuff in the resource:

 

Spoiler

 

 

 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.  

 

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

 

 Bug fixing after your time limit has passed is for fixing bugs, not adding new areas to your map. Your bug fixing phase should be spent balancing thing placement and fixing any potential gameplay errors, such as texture misalignment or soft locks. We’re generally okay with you sending me as many fixes as you make, as long as these fixes don’t overhaul any major sections of your map outside of culling/modifying monsters. You’re not supposed to be mapping after your time is up, you’re supposed to polish what you have. This time period is where we think you should add difficulty settings and add any fixes for co-op softlocks.

 

 There is no cap to how many maps you can submit to this event. 

 

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

 

 For submissions, please post in this format:

 

Map Name: [ X ]
Author: [ X ]
Music: [ Song + Author ]
Sky preference: Blue, Pink or Sunset? [Custom sky is optional and can be added with MAPINFO for sourceports which support this feature]
Format: [ X ]
Difficulty Settings: [ X ]
Build Time: [ X ]

Valentine: [Who you made the map with, if applicable]
Comments: Include here a short description of what your map is all about really. We'll (probably) be creating short map descriptions for each map for release at the end of the month, so this will help us.
Screenshots:

 

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

 

Here are some midi links:

Midi Site Link Megathread

James Paddock Music

Doomkid MIDI pack

Tristan Clark MIDI pack

 

 

Deep in our chest beats the heart of Pineapple Under the Sea Studios. Come join our Discord Server! It is a neat community of mappers that occasionally participate in mapping events. Whether you're a fresh little imp or a mapping Icon (of Sin), we welcome ALL to participate in these events to foster and grow their mapping abilities, and just plain have fun creating for this immortal game! We've got a steady team of returning mappers, but are ALWAYS looking for more people to come splash some hot soapy water around with. 
 

PAST EVENTS:

@MemeMind's Musical Mapping

@ViolentBeetle's Solar Struggle

ViolentBeetle's Skulltiverse

ViolentBeetle's Hellevator

Hot Potato

Line in the Sand

 

PUSS SERIES III:

TRICK & TEAR THE LIVING DEAD

HELL YEAH!

 

PUSS SERIES II:

Spoiler

 

PUSS XIX: Dead Mappers Tell No Tales

PUSS XVIII: Rowdy Rudy in...Revenge of the Speeddemons

PUSS XVII: Pandemonium Speed Weeks

PUSS XVI: Pac-Man Doom

PUSS XV: Mysterious Mayan Madness

PUSS XIV: 12 MORE Days of Doommas

PUSS XIII: TH1RT3EN

PUSS XII: Trick and Tear 2

PUSS XI: Anniversary Under the Sea

 

 

 

PUSS SERIES I:
 

Spoiler

 

PUSS X: The Summer of Slaughter

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

PUSS IV: 12 Days of Doommas

PUSS III: Boss Battle Bonanza

PUSS II: TRICK & TEAR I

PUSS I: September Under the Sea

 

 

 

 

Edited February 18, 2023 by myolden

[BluePineapple72]

@Death Bear Will you be my valentine?

[Death Bear]

5 minutes ago, BluePineapple72 said:

@Death Bear Will you be my valentine?

Hell yeah!

[King Know-Nothing]

Psyched for this! Already got ideas brewin'.

[Amiga Angel]

I really liked the doomkid video.

 

Not sure if Im gonna map for it but I did this today so far...

 

[Peccatum Mihzamiz]

@Jaska Will you be my Valentine? 😊

[Jaska]

2 hours ago, Peccatum Mihzamiz said:

@Jaska Will you be my Valentine? 😊

 

Sure! I've never done anything in such short timelimit but let's see!

[OverflowingMocha]

Map Name: [ Canyon of Love ]
Author: [ LGmaire ]
Music: [ "Blossom Haze" from Sonic Mania ]
Sky preference: [ Blue. ]
Format: [ Limit-Removing. ]
Difficulty Settings: [ Yes. ]
Build Time: [ 1 hour and 49 minutes. ]
Valentine: [I found this "LGmaire" guy on doomworld and thought he'd be a good valentine, so big thanks to him.]
Comments: Very fun map to work on. Originally I just wanted to make a sort of pink temple but ended up making this. I'm very happy with it.
Screenshots and Download:

 

LGLover_02_v2.zip

 

Edited January 13, 2023 by LGmaire
Map has been updated.

[OverflowingMocha]

Map Name: [  Seashell Castle ]
Author: [ LGmaire ]
Music: [ "Max Don't Have Sex With Your Ex" By E-rotic. (Taken from UDMX MAP15 if you're wondering.) ]
Sky preference: [ Sunset. ]
Format: [ Limit-Removing. ]
Difficulty Settings: [ Yes. ]
Build Time: [ 1 Hour and 20 minutes. (Not including the CO-OP/SP version, that took me another hour.) ]
Valentine: [Myself. :)]
Comments: Very proud of this one! I have done deathmatch maps before, I even have an unreleased set of almost 11 DM maps, but the only public DM maps I've done are for the Vesper DM Community Project. So I'm glad to participate in another Deathmatch CP.
Screenshots and Download:

 

LGLover01_v1.zip

[myolden]

Map Name: Join Me In Death
Author: myolden
Music: Going to default to whichever resource midi is in the map slot this ends up in.
Sky preference: No preference.
Format: Doom 2
Difficulty Settings: Not Yet.
Build Time: 2 Hours.

Valentine: n/a
Comments: Just a quick map to get into the groove. Singleplayer map is included.

Screenshots: 

Spoiler

 

[Worriedidiot]

Map name: Love Refinery

Authors: Worriedidiot & Norb

Music: "Sanctuary" by AD_79

Sky preference: Blue

Format: Limit-removing

Difficulty settings: Yes

Build time: ~3,5 hours (not including singleplayer/coop balancing)

Valentine: @Norb

Comments: Hopefully we understood the assignment. Not much to say. A janky lil' map set in a big marble love fortress (?). Went a bit slaughter-y with the singleplayer bit but I hope that's not an issue. 

Love.zip

[Norb]

yay

[Blexor]

Sure, I wouldn't mind lending a hand on this one. I may have only made two deathmatch arenas that were stapled onto otherwise single-player maps before, which--as far as I'm aware--no one has ever played on, but I won't let minor details like that stop me from acting like I have any idea what I'm doing.

 

^{(Also, small point, but wasn't the last event numbered 22? What happened to PUSS XXIII?)}

[myolden]

1 minute ago, Blexor said:

Sure, I wouldn't mind lending a hand on this one. I may have only made two deathmatch arenas that were stapled onto otherwise single-player maps before, which--as far as I'm aware--no one has ever played on, but I won't let minor details like that stop me from acting like I have any idea what I'm doing.

 

^{(Also, small point, but wasn't the last event numbered 22? What happened to PUSS XXIII?)}

 

PUSS XXIII was this event here, which only ran for a couple of days:

 

[Blexor]

16 hours ago, myolden said:

PUSS XXIII was this event here, which only ran for a couple of days:

 

Ah, well that explains it. Carry on.

 

Quick question, though: Is is alright to use any of the base Doom II textures in our maps? I couldn't help but notice that the resource pack has waterfall textures but no water flats (outside of the purple and pink ones).

[BluePineapple72]

1 hour ago, Blexor said:

 

Ah, well that explains it. Carry on.

 

Quick question, though: Is is alright to use any of the base Doom II textures in our maps? I couldn't help but notice that the resource pack has waterfall textures but no water flats (outside of the purple and pink ones).

Vanilla textures are always ok to use. The only rule with them really is to make sure they’re aesthetically applicable, which is always really just a taste based thing. If you can make startan work then go for it. 
 

Like for puss 22 for example since we were making hell cavern maps there was a soft ‘don’t use startan etc.’ rule, but shit like fireblu, SFLR_6, or any of the marble textures were fine

[myolden]

1 hour ago, Blexor said:

 

Ah, well that explains it. Carry on.

 

Quick question, though: Is is alright to use any of the base Doom II textures in our maps? I couldn't help but notice that the resource pack has waterfall textures but no water flats (outside of the purple and pink ones).

 

A quick note: due to palette changes some of the vanilla resources may be a little miscolored. If you find any that have issues let me know and I can fix them and upload an updated resource.

[Blexor]

2 hours ago, BluePineapple72 said:

Vanilla textures are always ok to use. The only rule with them really is to make sure they’re aesthetically applicable, which is always really just a taste based thing. If you can make startan work then go for it. 
 

Like for puss 22 for example since we were making hell cavern maps there was a soft ‘don’t use startan etc.’ rule, but shit like fireblu, SFLR_6, or any of the marble textures were fine

 

Okay, I follow. In the meantime I've been using the purple water texture for my map, and the results are surprisingly aesthetic:

Just need some palm tree decos and we'll be in business.

[Peccatum Mihzamiz]

8 hours ago, Blexor said:

Just need some palm tree decos and we'll be in business.

Perhaps I'll make some nice palm trees for a 'Lovers on the Beach' project in 2024 or 2025. We'll see ;)

[Decay]

This looks like a really neat and unique DM project, best of luck! If I see a single symmetrical arena I will be immensely disappointed.

[OverflowingMocha]

On 1/5/2023 at 1:02 PM, Decay said:

This looks like a really neat and unique DM project, best of luck!

 

Thank you! I'm really glad to hear that from you, I love your Deathmatch stuff!

 

Quote

If I see a single symmetrical arena I will be immensely disappointed.

 

Lmao.

 

Anyways, here's another submission:

Map Name: [ PUSSC (Pineapple Under my Sweet Sodden Crush) ]
Author: [ LGmaire ]
Music: [ I used the resource pack's MAP28 midi. I don't know who made it or the name of the original song... ]
Sky preference: [ None. ]
Format: [ Limit-Removing. ]
Difficulty Settings: [ Yes. ]
Build Time: [ Exactly 2 hours. ]
Comments: Originally called "Underwater Erotica", I thought the name was good but I wanted something better, also yes this is a map set in an underwater cave.
Screenshots and download:

 

LGlover03_v1.zip

Edited January 7, 2023 by LGmaire

[muumi]

download

 

Updated to v2 with single player

 

Map name: Daisy Island

Author: Muumi

Music: City in the Sky by Muddy

Sky preference: Blue

Format: Limit-removing

Difficulty settings: no

Build time: ~5.5 hours for dm arena

 

Edited January 8, 2023 by muumi
updated to v2

[Captain Toenail]

Map Name: Cupid's Crucible

Author: Captain Toenail

Music: La donna è mobile by Giuseppe Verdi

Sky preference: Blue

Format: Limit-removing

Difficulty Settings: Yes

Build Time: 6 hours (dm arena)

 

Spoiler

 

 

CT_Cupids_Crucible_v2.zip

Edited January 7, 2023 by Captain Toenail

[Peccatum Mihzamiz]

Map Name: From Pecca With Love

Author: Peccatum Mihzamiz

Music: From Russia With Love by Lionel Bart

Sky preference: None

Format: Limit-Removing

Difficulty Settings: Yes, including co-op.

Build Time: Less than 4 hours to get the architecture down, but quite a bit more decorating and adding single player. Adding single player took much longer than I thought it would.

Comments: My first Deathmatch map ever. I usually make bigger maps so it was a challenge for me to make something smaller and interconnected. Happy with it.

Screenshots:

Spoiler

 

File version 3, download
Changelog v2:
-added one extra monster to the end of the map on HMP
Changelog v3:
-Change the title and added a new musical track

Edited January 11, 2023 by Peccatum Mihzamiz
version 2 and 3

[Peccatum Mihzamiz]

Map Name: Like a Knife Cutting Through Water

Author: Peccatum Mihzamiz & his partner

Music: "Bohemian Like You" by The Dandy Warhols

Sky preference: blue probably

Format: Limit-Removing

Difficulty Settings: Yes, including lots of co-op stuff.

Build Time: 5 Minutes sketching, about 5 hours for the architecture, then an insane amount of time sprucing up the place, and then a day making the single player stuff.
Known issuus: This map makes extensive use of extra textures that will be added to the next version of the texture pack. So don't play it until we release version 8 of the resource pack!

Comments: Like a Knife Cutting Through Water, from the Korean 칼로 물 베기 (kallo mul begi). It refers to an unbreakable relationship. It's not possible to cut and separate a liquid like water with a knife. So when you see a couple going through a rough patch but you are certain that they will mend their relationship, you can use this idiom.

I sketched out the map with my partner (the first time she ever made a thing for Doom) and then I went to work. It was amazingly tricky to make an open river valley that still has lines of sight that work in Deathmatch. I hope I succeeded. I limited the use of the chaingun and shotgun to negate the sniping shenanigans that would ensue otherwise.

Screenshots:

Spoiler

File download

[Peccatum Mihzamiz]

Dear people, you can find version 8 of the resources here, including the nine already submitted maps. Any testing would be most welcome! Complevel 2 / Doom (strict).

I had a short look myself at all of the maps and actually got a bit emotional. It's beautiful folks, amazing! <)

Map list:
MAP01 - “Seashell Castle” - @LGmaire

MAP02 - “Canyon of Love” - @LGmaire

MAP03 - "Join Me In Death" - @myolden
MAP04 - "Love Refinery" - @Worriedidiot and @Norb

MAP05 - "Daisy Island" - @muumi
MAP06 - "Cupid's Crucible" - @Captain Toenail

MAP07 - "PUSSC (Pineapple Under my Sweet Sodden Crush)" - @LGmaire

MAP08 - "From Pecca With Love" - @Peccatum Mihzamiz

MAP09 - "Like a Knife Cutting Through Water" - @Peccatum Mihzamiz and partner

Edited January 12, 2023 by Peccatum Mihzamiz

[Phoenyx]

@Petyan Wanna be my valentine? <3

[Petyan]

@Phoenyx sure ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

[OverflowingMocha]

On 1/2/2023 at 7:24 PM, LGmaire said:

Map Name: [ Canyon of Love ]
Author: [ LGmaire ]
Music: [ "Blossom Haze" from Sonic Mania ]
Sky preference: [ Blue. ]
Format: [ Limit-Removing. ]
Difficulty Settings: [ Yes. ]
Build Time: [ 1 hour and 49 minutes. ]
Valentine: [I found this "LGmaire" guy on doomworld and thought he'd be a good valentine, so big thanks to him.]
Comments: Very fun map to work on. Originally I just wanted to make a sort of pink temple but ended up making this. I'm very happy with it.
Screenshots and Download:

 

LGLover_02_v2.zip

 

 

The map has been updated now.

Here are the changes for v2:

Singleplayer/Co-Op updates:

-Added more Rocket ammo

-Added Co-Op monsters

-Moved starting positions to be looking at the Rocket Launcher

-Made the sector for the soulsphere a secret

-Raised the teleporter to the Soulsphere so it's more noticeable

DM updates:

-Added small details to the BFG switch cave ceiling

-Added some ammo

-Added stairs that lead to the BFG switch cave

-Added a lift that leads to the soulsphere path

-Moved the BFG to be closer to the switch

-Raised the teleporters to make them more noticeable 

[Peccatum Mihzamiz]

We now have an intermittent Deathmatch server up and running with the latest compilation of maps. Look for [TSPG] PUSS: Lover's Quarrel.

Version 9 of the resources. An updated resource pack with new extra switches, some of them custom made by @muumi! Also a few other small texture and sprite changes and additions.

The first 10 maps thus far submitted to the project are also in this resource pack, plus updated version of all of them (though the music in MAP06 will change). @Napsalm tested the first 9 maps yesterday (thank you!) and a VOD of that stream can be watched here.

Know issues: at least one of the switches doesn't animate. This will be fixed.
Because I have included 10 maps in this resource pack, the first 10 MIDIs are all specifically assigned to those maps and should not be considered as part of the future Valentine's Day MIDI pack. If you're missing a few songs I recommend you have a look at version 7 of the resources, that still has all of them.