Her Love Just Washed Away (Boom, one map, idgames)

[Maribo]

Love is so confusing.

 

This is a Boom-compatible slaughter map with copious use of HOMs and BFG. I would highly suggest playing in a port with a software renderer, as the HOMs will not show up properly in hardware renderers like OpenGL. There are no difficulty settings and there will not be. I made this for me, but maybe other people will get something out of it as well.
This map is final and has already been sent off to idgames, there will likely be no further changes.

 

Copy of idgames upload txt:

Spoiler

===========================================================================
Archive Maintainer      : n/a
Update to               : n/a
Advanced engine needed  : Boom-compatible
Primary purpose         : Single play
===========================================================================
Title                   : Her Love Just Washed Away
Filename                : hljwa.wad
Release date            : January 14 2023
Author                  : Maribo
Email Address           : [redacted]
Other Files By Author   : some maps in D5DA, D5DA2, Junk Food, Full Moon 2

Description             : Love is so confusing.

Additional Credits to   : 32in24-15 tex for additional graphics
                          BPRD for the midi
                          General Roasterock, Master Medi, Xyzzy, Ravendesk, rd,        Nefelibeta, Sneezy McGlassFace
                          for playing when I first posted it.
===========================================================================
* What is included *

New levels              : 1
Sounds                  : No
Music                   : Yes
Graphics                : Yes
Dehacked/BEX Patch      : No
Demos                   : No
Other                   : No
Other files required    : None

* Play Information *

Game                    : Doom 2
Map #                   : 01
Single Player           : Designed for
Cooperative 2-4 Player  : No
Deathmatch 2-4 Player   : No
Other game styles       : None
Difficulty Settings     : Not implemented

* Construction *

Base                    : New from scratch
Build Time              : a few hours
Editor(s) used          : UDB + Slade
May Not Run With        : Anything non-boom compatible or without a software
                          renderer
Tested With             : DSDA-Doom v.025.x

* Copyright / Permissions *

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons
Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. To view a
copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/

You are free to copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format;
and remix, transform, and build upon the material. If you do so, you must
give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if
changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way
that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use. You may not use the
material for commercial purposes. If you remix, transform, or build upon the
material, you must distribute your contributions under the same license as
the original.

* Where to get the file that this text file describes *

The Usual: ftp://archives.gamers.org/pub/idgames/ and mirrors

 

HOM's don't play nice with screenshots, apologies.

 

Original version

 

idgames

Edited October 22, 2023 by Maribo

[Andromeda]

2 minutes ago, Maribo said:

Release date: January 14 2022

Should be 2023 right?

[Maribo]

Just now, Andromeda said:

Should be 2023 right?

Correct, I have brain lag for the first 6 months of the year. I'll fix that.

[SleepyVelvet]

Here's an unsuccessful FDA: noisy_hljwa_fda.zip

 

I actually like visually and geometrically taxing levels, so keeping mental track of stuff like the HOM pillars is a welcome.  I may have sold my own soul a long time ago, but I presumably do appreciate the bits of melancholy poetry here too...

[Thelokk]

Surprisingly approachable, given the number of enemies. Took me a few tries, granted, but the HoMs actually worked in my favor sometimes: with the right amount of movement, I could 'color' them and keep track of where they were. 

 

Also, HoM + BFG = Doomguy as a painter. Please allow me to share a screen that, for some mysterious reason, really pleases me: 

 

Spoiler

 

 

 

Edited January 14, 2023 by Thelokk

[Andrea Rovenski]

very nice. Relaxing midi, too :) here's a 7:02 uv max. keep making maps!

 

 

herlove-702.zip

[thelamp]

I got past the first room, mostly thanks to luck and then died immediately and rage quit lol. This map is above my pay grade, I'm a n00b

 

After seeing Andrea's video I think I understand what was wrong about my approach, gonna take another run at this sometime

 

 

edit:

 

Edited January 15, 2023 by thelamp
i took another run at it

[Maribo]

Thanks for all the footage and plays everyone, whether you enjoyed it or hated it.

idgames upload is here, there will be no further updates to the map itself. See you next time. <3

[SleepyVelvet]

On 1/14/2023 at 2:02 PM, NoisyVelvet said:

I may have sold my own soul a long time ago, but I presumably do appreciate the bits of melancholy poetry here too...

Oh wow, I didn't even play through to end yet.  Accidental double meaning.  I was too busy psychoanalyzing the fact that the player inevitably gets washed away by viles after a lot of previous hard work and scrambling.  Thank you again for making the map and also for making me feel cool and badass.

Edited January 15, 2023 by NoisyVelvet

[ryiron]

This is beautiful, disorientating, serene, and chaotic. Thanks for sharing. The ending is ... I hope you are doing ok Maribo.

 

Managed a uv-max in 7:01

 

 

he01-00047.zip

[LadyMistDragon]

Well, that was brief

lmd_lovewashed.zip

[KeaganDunn]

A pretty fun experiment! Forgive the first minute or two, I forget to turn on the actual point of the map.

 

Love is indeed a complicated mess at times. Hope you're doing well, Mari!

 

 

[ryiron]

I did a ridiculous thing.

 

hljwa01f00015.zip

[Maribo]

Hi. Here is an updated version of this WAD with graphics and music replacements - hljwa.zip

 

I've learned a lot about mapping and resource editing since making this map and I wanted to return to it and give it a makeover, just because it still means a lot to me, even if it's a very rough and rudimentary work. I had no idea how to do any of that back when I made it, I just wanted to make a map and didn't care much else about presentation or the fact that it still used the default title screen and midi, lol. The map itself is completely untouched, nodes were not rebuilt and any existing demos should sync with no issue.

 

Here is the original. I've sent off the new version to idgames and I plan on getting 4shock to replace the version on DSDA afterward, but I'll also keep the original available in this thread, for all it's worth.