LUNACY (on idgames!) (cl-9, UMAPINFO)

[Death Bear]

 

PUSS 25: LUNACY (Release 1) (idgames)
by Pineapple Under the Sea Studios, Led by Death Bear
CL-9, UMAPINFO, Tested in PRBOOM+ 2.6 and DSDA-DOOM 0.26.1!
44 maps of Cheesy Lunarbase Goodness!
3-Hour Speedmaps created in February 2023!

 

Lunacy is a wild journey to the moon and back! Pineapple Under the Sea Speedmapping Series welcomes back our hero from Mapping at Warpspeed, Zorglo Blaskowicz IX, on another Skillsaw-inspired quest to defeat the enemy aliens encroaching on the cheese production facilities of Luna, and to ingest as much dairy as possible. In a challenge to create cheese-filled, Lunar-themed Techbases in 3 hours or less, 27 of us collectively constructed 42^** maps in the time limit! We had a lot of fun with this, and we hope you enjoy playing! The last cheese in the universe calls to you! Will you answer?

 

 

These maps were created in Boom Format for cl-9 play; and were tested in PRBOOM+, DSDA-DOOM, and GZDOOM. Due to the volume of submissions (and a personal need to add flavor text for "story"), we have included a MAPINFO/ UMAPINFO. Maps contain difficulty settings and co-op starts. Thank you to all our in-dev and Beta playtesters! As always, thank you to all the event staff who contributed their time and efforts to making this a great experience, and an extra thank you to everyone who helped me through the development process! Apologies for the delay, but here we are. We've made it to the moon. Please let me know if you find any bugs that we didn't catch!

 

Testers: @Napsalm, @Vile, Meanor, @fuGue_tv, @Stabbey, @Insaneprophet

Trailer for Beta 2 (YouTube)
Dev Thread (Link)

MAPLIST

Mainline Maps

Spoiler

MAP01 - Fly Me to the Moon - Death Bear
MAP02 - Get That Cheddar - Death Bear
MAP03 - Lactose Facility - @Lina
MAP04 - Gorgonzorglo - Lina
MAP05 - Gouda-Arboretum - @muumi
MAP06 - Sapphire Station - Heich (@DynamiteKaitorn)
MAP07 - Give Me Cheese or Give Me Death! - @Cheesewheel
MAP08 - Outpost Brie - @notTyrone
MAP09 - Moonrunner - @Silhouette 03
MAP10 - Cheese Processing - @Awall
MAP11 - To Brie or Not to Brie - Shadow Sparkle and Death Bear 
MAP12 - Cheese String Theory - @Captain Toenail
MAP13 - Space Edamator - Muumi
MAP14 - Mooo Base - Muumi
MAP15 - Can't See the Forest for the Cheese - Death Bear (Secret Exit to MAP42)
MAP16 - Dark Side - Silhouette 03 
MAP17 - Cheesy Does It - Captain Toenail
MAP18 - Muenster Mash Extravaganza - @United VirusX
MAP19 - The Crater Escape - @Stabbey
MAP20 - One Last Breath in the Dark - Phoenyx and Death Bear
MAP21 - Cheese-Crater - @LGmaire and Death Bear
MAP22 - Copernicus Crater Research Facility - Site 2 - @Egregor
MAP23 - New Moon - Silhouette 03
MAP24 - The Cheese Wiz Incident - notTyrone
MAP25 - Halls of Cheese - Shadow Sparkle and Death Bear
MAP26 - The Aliens Stole My Cheese! - Unicorn Skull and Death Bear
MAP27 - The Cheese Machine - Doomcat and Death Bear
MAP28 - But a Chin of Gold - @Peccatum Mihzamiz
MAP29 - The Hands of Feta - Chipmunk 
MAP30 - The Fall of the UAC (Intermission) - Death Bear
MAP31 - Cheese Vault 0-17 - @SergeantAnger
MAP32 - Asiago F*ck Yourself - Egregor
MAP33 - Prying Open My Cheese Eye - @Terrcraft
MAP34 - A Grate Journey - @CyberosLeopard
MAP35 - Lunar Prison Break - @LateNightPerson
MAP36 - They Denied She Was Even Dutch - @ViolentBeetle
MAP37 - Ricotta Zone - @Large Cat
MAP38 - Galactose Intolerance - @Weird Sandwich
MAP39 - To Boldly Go Where No One Has Provolone - @BluePineapple72
MAP40 - The Last Cheese in the Universe? - Death Bear and BluePineapple72
MAP41 - Moonfall (Credits) - Death Bear 

 

Secret and Bonus Maps

Spoiler

MAP42 - In tender hands, she held the moon - Lina (Enter from secret exit in MAP15)

MAP43 - Disasterpiece - @myolden (Enter from only exit in MAP42)
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MAP44 - Copernicus Crater Research Facility - Site 1 - Egregor (Enter from secret exit in MAP30)

 

**^{MAP41 is a credits map, and we don't count that in a time limit, usually. MAP44, our bonus map, was created in 11 hours, but it's included in its entirety.}

 

A personal note, everyone. I have not had more fun mapping for and playtesting through a mapset as I have this one. I had been wanting to have a moon-themed event for a while, and don't think I could ask for more. I had a blast leading this project...and look forward to the sequel planned for February 2024. I hope y'all will join me!

Until then, be on the lookout for several more backlog releases from Pineapple Under the Sea, as well as new monthly events! Huzzah!

Edited July 14, 2023 by Death Bear

[TJG1289]

Played through the first 3 maps, and they're pretty cool! That 3rd map got surprisingly hard. The look of these maps have been top-notch so far, and those cheese textures are pretty silly. Definitely looking forward to playing the rest!

[Death Bear]

Just sent a quick hotfix as I somehow messed up all instances of a texture in the wad...fortunately, this texture was only used twice, and both times in my MAP01 and 02, so I updated that. 
 

9 minutes ago, TJG1289 said:

Played through the first 3 maps, and they're pretty cool! That 3rd map got surprisingly hard. The look of these maps have been top-notch so far, and those cheese textures are pretty silly. Definitely looking forward to playing the rest!

Thanks! There are certainly a few challenging ones in here, but I think with the hard monster limit I put on it, it doesn't get too bad.

[Terminus]

It ain't gonna slide down easy, if it ain't cheesy!

 

Lovely screenshots, quality content as always from you guys. Will definitely play this soon.

[SergeantAnger]

I am glad of being part of this project!
I was a little out from Doom in the past months but I always return. Maybe in the next months I will be part of the mapping team of PUSS again!

So many amazing maps made by all the team, congratulations to everyone. Stay cheesy!

[Rudolph]

Wait, I am confused: is a spacesuit required to survive in exterior areas or not? At first, I noticed I was taking damage without it at the beginning on MAP01, but as soon as I entered the teleporter, I appeared to be fine. Is it there just for show?

Edited June 12, 2023 by Rudolph

[Death Bear]

1 hour ago, Rudolph said:

Wait, I am confused: is a spacesuit required to survive in exterior areas or not? At first, I noticed I was taking damage without it at the beginning on MAP01, but as soon as I entered the teleporter, I appeared to be fine. Is it there just for show?

Outside Lunar areas are damaging, yes.

[Rudolph]

7 hours ago, Death Bear said:

Outside Lunar areas are damaging, yes.

Then how come the area you get teleported to is not? I went ahead and rushed to the cheese without grabbing the space suit and I stopped taking damage. Do the areas with cheesy surfaces not count as outside areas?

Edited June 12, 2023 by Rudolph

[Death Bear]

2 hours ago, Rudolph said:

Then how come the area you get teleported to is not? I went ahead and rushed to the cheese without grabbing the space suit and I stopped taking damage. Do the areas with cheesy surfaces not count as outside areas?

Correct. Cheese-only areas should not be damaging. That isn’t an oversight, and that’s why I did it that way in the first map.

[Auron]

Whoooa looks cheesy! And I love it! Gonna try this out later today. I really love the PUSS series!  Congrats on the RC1.

[BluePineapple72]

Ayyy!!! Everyone give a big ass congratulations to @Death Bear and the team for wrapping this bad boy up!!

 

By the way, giving a congratulations to the team means I get some congrats too cause I’m on the team. Gotta beg some to get some if you know what I’m saying. 
 

Regardless, Lunacy is a top shelf delivery from our team and I am super proud to have seen it finally earn its own release thread! The backlog shortens HUZZAH!!! 

[Rudolph]

2 hours ago, Death Bear said:

Correct. Cheese-only areas should not be damaging. That isn’t an oversight, and that’s why I did it that way in the first map.

Oh, okay. I was just confused for a moment, because cheesy areas still look like they are in open air (no pun intended).

 

Keep up the good work!

[baja blast rd.]

Cheese is the best moon theme

[TJG1289]

Sorry for the rad suit tint, but I believe this should be red not yellow since the door uses the red key (map 09). Only issue I've seen so far.

[CblBOPOTKA]

Played the first eight maps so far and must say this is hard mapset. Atm my favorite is map05. Love that feeling of motion when you're being forced to not stay at one place - it forces you to act recklessly sometimes ;) Will continue to play

[Daytime Waitress]

Been on a big Doom break, but I think this is precisely what's needed to ease myself back into the fold: balls-out, goofy, and more than a little bit spicy. You could tell it was gonna go hard when Shotgun Shwarma was the intermission theme. Big thanks to the bear of death and his woodland associates for this delightful slice of melty, lunar goodness.

 

I'm only a couple of levels deep (HMP, just finished the first cyber fight), but I felt compelled to do a video review nonetheless. I'm no Biomechanical, Sandwich or Stapley Stapleford, so apologies if this is a little rough:

 

Spoiler

 

 

[Keyboard_Doomer]

Hello,

 

we're going to play up to MAP23 on Thursday Night Survival today.

The session starts 9 hours from the time of this reply and you can expect it to be fairly active for 4+ hours.

[Hebonky]

Cheez-it moon :)

[LadyMistDragon]

MMM, cheesy

 

 

[S3M_XM]

I've finished all the maps except for the secret ones earlier today. Been enjoying the speedmaps!

Upon starting from DSDA-Doom, a list of P_InitSwitchList messages popped up in the prompt:

P_InitSwitchList: unknown texture SW_MARX1
P_InitSwitchList: unknown texture LOVESW1
P_InitSwitchList: unknown texture LOVESW2
P_InitSwitchList: unknown texture LOVESW1W
P_InitSwitchList: unknown texture LOVESW2W
P_InitSwitchList: unknown texture OSWTCHC1
P_InitSwitchList: unknown texture OSWTCHD1
P_InitSwitchList: unknown texture OSWTCH01
P_InitSwitchList: unknown texture OSWTCH02
P_InitSwitchList: unknown texture REDSW01
P_InitSwitchList: unknown texture REDSW02
P_InitSwitchList: unknown texture SW1GOTH2
P_InitSwitchList: unknown texture SW2GOTH2
P_InitSwitchList: unknown texture SW1ADEL
P_InitSwitchList: unknown texture SW2ADEL
P_InitSwitchList: unknown texture SW1HELL
P_InitSwitchList: unknown texture SW2HELL
 

[CblBOPOTKA]

Secret map (map42) is something, it literally blew my mind. But after i figure out what actually trying to say author, i was delighted by how it is consistent and logical map.

[LadyMistDragon]

 

[TJG1289]

Found this untextured platform in map 16. A small, very specific nitpick for progression in this map as well: Since I play continuous, I came from the secret maps with full shells and didn't try to pick up the SSG at the start. I then became very confused to why I couldn't get out of this starting room. I spent a good couple of minutes trying to figure out what was going on. Turns out, grabbing the SSG opens some stuff. Again, small nitpick that only a small percentage of players would probably experience. 

[LadyMistDragon]

 

[ProfBloom]

Played the first half of this on stream yesterday, had a total blast!  Really amazing work, everyone, looking forward to continuing.

[NightFright]

Widescreen statusbar incoming.

 

lunacy_wide.zip

[LadyMistDragon]

Muumi's map was a bit long for me, so in the meantime....

 

 

[DemoGorgonZola]

Playlist of my playthrough of "PUSS XXV: Lunacy" (currently as of July 7th there's 6 maps, I'm releasing them 3 a day every other day up to August 2nd when the journey ends) - link... 

 

@Death Bear Additionally, I run across a few cases of missing monsters, twice monsters didn't teleport from monster closet (MAP15 and MAP34), and one curious case of a Rev that got MIA during a fight (got stuck inside a pillar), details - screenshots and a vid in the "spoilered" section below.

Spoiler

Map11 To Brie or Not to Brie - Shadow Sparkle and Death Bear
- run across a case of missing monster, Revenant on a pillar disappeared right after 5 minute mark mid-fight, went looking for the monster later at around 8:00

- managed to replicate it once more but only once, it doesn't happen every time

Link to video with the MIA Revenant:

 

Map15 Can't See the Forest for the Cheese - Death Bear
- several monsters didn't teleport from monster closet

MAP34 - A Grate Journey - CyberosLeopard
- several monsters didn't teleport from monster closet

 

[Death Bear]

2 hours ago, DemoGorgonZola said:

Playlist of my playthrough of "PUSS XXV: Lunacy" (currently as of July 7th there's 6 maps, I'm releasing them 3 a day every other day up to August 2nd when the journey ends) - link...

I appreciate that. I'll take a look into these.

[LadyMistDragon]

Just played a new map of this