GRID.wad - A procedurally generated wad using wadc

[Snaxalotl]

Hello! A little while ago I stumbled across an interesting editor called "wadc" which is a programming language that generates doom maps by writing code rather than hand drawing lines. While it is very clunky at first there is a lot of potential here, just within a few days of figuring out how it works I made a very basic map generator.

 

Here is a download link to three different maps and the sourcecode

https://www.mediafire.com/file/dsiv41a5wwgg5c6/GRID.zip/file

-GRID.wad: limit removing wad with a more interesting shape, playable out of the box in any limit removing port

-80x80.wad: an 80x80 grid with about 5k monsters, it breaks every node builder I tried. Works in gzdoom or if you open it in ultimate doom builder then test with a limit removing port (no saving allowed with this method)

 

-BIGBOX.wad: the biggest box I could make that didn't completely crash the application, nodes couldn't be built properly so it requires gzdoom or the method listed above
 

This post isn't just about the maps though, I wanted to show to what is possible in wadc even at a basic level. While these maps aren't particularly interesting on their own I wanted to share because of the method used to create them, and because wadc deserves more attention.

[Andrea Rovenski]

this looks super rad, will definitely fire this up at some point in the future. bookmarked!

[Doomkid]

I never knew what this tool was truly capable of.. Eating my words of calling WadC crazy all that time ago. So keen to see what else you do with it, Snax.

[Devalaous]

iirc 10 Sectors has a map from this tool in one of the secret slots

[Pezl]

I almost went deaf after punching with my fist in "80x80.wad" and "BIGBOX.wad", I had volume on like 20% in doom and yeah, painfull. But nice and impressive to see! I wonder how good can you make normal map with this program

[baja blast rd.]

alternate title: Adventures of Square episode 3

 

 

[Doomkid]

3 hours ago, baja blast rd. said:

alternate title: Adventures of Square episode 3

 

Sandwedge and I were desperately trying to convince her to name it "an Adventure of Squares" lol!