(Now on Idgames!) Cavern Of Duality - A surreal cave map!

[DoktorDeth]

I'm back with another map! I got an unfinished map I did from 2017/18 (One of the first attempts at mapping I ever made) and I finished it and gave it a major overhaul and now it's done! It is a surreal, changing cave, (hence all the texture differences)
Name: Cavern of Duality (DualCave.wad)

Map Format: Doom: Doom 2 (Doom format)

Ports Tested: GZDoom

IWAD: Plutonia 

Map(s): MAP01

Music: freemidi.org for the midi. The midi is Descent by Fear Factory. https://onlinesequencer.net/3422024# for the intermission midi
Gameplay: Single play

Difficulty Settings: Yes

Multiplayer Placement: no

Build Time: 2 weeks (to finish and overhaul the old version)

Textures: A Few From Plutonia  Requirements: Plutonia IWAD for waterfall textures.  

Final Version changes:

Spoiler

The green armor has been moved to the start of the level. There is even more ammo on all difficulty settings. The ending door had a problem where the back side couldn't be opened, but the front side could, so if you wanted to go back for ammo or secrets and the door shut on you, you were forced to press the exit switch. This was fixed. Updated combat! (The room in the 2nd screenshot is more chaotic now) The red key is a bit more useful now!

 

Idgames link: https://www.doomworld.com/idgames/levels/doom2/Ports/d-f/dualcave

 

dualcave(1).zip

Edited January 1 by GreenSlayer

[Bri0che]

Seems like I did not found a secret that I could had with the yellow (or was it red ? I don't remember and I'm colorblind, sorry) key, but anyway it was an entertaining map !

 

 

Edited May 1, 2023 by Bri0che

[DoktorDeth]

31 minutes ago, Bri0che said:

Seems like I did not found a secret that I could had with the yellow (or was it red ? I don't remember and I'm colorblind, sorry) key, but anyway it was an entertaining map !

 

 

Thanks for the feedback and the video! I'm glad you had fun playing it!

Spoiler

 

The red key is in one of the doors of the room where you found the berserk. Sorry if it was confusing, as the door kinda hides behind one of the bloodfalls.

 

 

[TheCyberDruid]

Not a bad map, but that the switch that opens the exit is on the other side of the map is more than just a little confusing.

[DoktorDeth]

41 minutes ago, TheCyberDruid said:

Not a bad map, but that the switch that opens the exit is on the other side of the map is more than just a little confusing.

I just realized that is a bit of a problem. I will update this and make it more accessible. Thank you for the feedback!

[LadyMistDragon]

Nice map! Didn't exactly seem particularly Plutonian at first but ammo was TIGHT. And my various mishaps toward the end failed to help matters. Pretty nice though!

 

One eztra note: I only ended with 89 percent kills because I iddt'd and found nothing alive. But that may have been a good thing! Not sure how I could've fought an extra 16 enemies though, even if I'd been more careful with the shotgun.

 

 

 

Edited May 1, 2023 by LadyMistDragon

[Degree23]

Ammo feels ridiculously tight. I ran out, and then ran into an Arch Vile, where I died. There definitely needs to be more ammo. Also, the Green Armor could do with being much earlier in the map. I found the secret MegaArmor before I found the Green Armor, which rendered it basically useless, and I was on low health for a lot of the map so some armour would have come in handy.

 

Otherwise seems to play pretty well. Nothing majorly wrong, a few minor tweaks would probably improve it.

[DoktorDeth]

2 hours ago, LadyMistDragon said:

Nice map! Didn't exactly seem particularly Plutonian at first but ammo was TIGHT. And my various mishaps toward the end failed to help matters. Pretty nice though!

 

One eztra note: I only ended with 89 percent kills because I iddt'd and found nothing alive. But that may have been a good thing! Not sure how I could've fought an extra 16 enemies though, even if I'd been more careful with the shotgun.

 

 

 

Thanks for the video! I appreciate the compliments!
 

 

1 hour ago, Degree23 said:

Ammo feels ridiculously tight. I ran out, and then ran into an Arch Vile, where I died. There definitely needs to be more ammo. Also, the Green Armor could do with being much earlier in the map. I found the secret MegaArmor before I found the Green Armor, which rendered it basically useless, and I was on low health for a lot of the map so some armour would have come in handy.

 

Otherwise seems to play pretty well. Nothing majorly wrong, a few minor tweaks would probably improve it.

Thanks for the feedback! I'm sorry if you found it frustrating. I'll be paying a lot more attention to ammo and health balancing in the future.

[DoktorDeth]

2 hours ago, TheDuckXD said:

Good map, had issues with ammo but was able to go back to a previous area and find some.

Thank you! I'm glad you found it enjoyable!

[Clippy]

Well I played it 

 

Map is technically sound but I got confused a few times haha . Had a hard time remembering how to get back to the exit after finding blue key

 

It also seems some pivotal assets or weapons are hidden in Secrets or bizarre backtracking situations like needing red key to find the rocket launcher by the time I got there I was already done 

 

I assume the other secret I missed was probably another weapon I could have had but yeah if you're hiding weapons or making them hard to get then players could experience a boring lack of weapons

 

Anywho hope this videos entertaining haha