Data Fortress (Original Map)

[Dee Legit]

An original map I've been working on for the past month. Data Fortress takes place in an old rundown castle that has been converted into a makeshift techbase.
 

>>>DATAFORTRESS.zip<<<

 

Google Drive Mirror

 

*Screenshots*

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*Map Info*

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* 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 #                   : Map01
Single Player           : Designed for
Cooperative 2-4 Player  : Player starts only
Deathmatch 2-4 Player   : No
Other game styles       : None
Difficulty Settings     : Yes

* Construction *

Base                    : New from scratch
Build Time              : 1 Month
Editor(s) used          : Ultimate Doom Builder
Known Bugs              : N/A
May Not Run With        : Engines that don't support UDMF
Tested With             : GZDoom 4.10.0 and GZDoom 4.8.2

 

 

*Texture and Music Authors*

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: Textures: 
- OTEX1.1 by "Ola Bjorling (ukiro)"
- some textures ripped from Knee-Deep in KDiZD by Esselfortium
- Text textures made with Doom Text Generator by eevee
                          
Music:
Menu: In a Blaze of Glory by Jimmy Paddock
MAP01: Coal by Jimmy Paddock (Modified to loop better) 

 

 

Edited June 24, 2023 by Dee Legit

[Wo0p]

Ooooooooh! This looks cool :) Will play right away! Rawr!

[watto3699]

Looks awesome, think I saw some of your work on the play-test discord. Looked good then and looks good now, can't wait to give it a crack!

[Dee Legit]

The feel when you notice misaligned textures in your own darn screenshots 🙃

Edited June 24, 2023 by Dee Legit

[Degree23]

Played on UV and very enjoyable. If you find the BFG there's maybe a bit too much ammo around for the final fight, but otherwise balance seemed good.

[Wo0p]

14 minutes ago, Degree23 said:

Played on UV and very enjoyable. If you find the BFG there's maybe a bit too much ammo around for the final fight, but otherwise balance seemed good.

 

Played also on UV and indeed super enjoyable! I did also find the BFG because I loved the maze as it kind of reminded me of some older puzzles in the ancient Medieval game or some such. 

 

Two minor things if I may. So my first run (Where I died horribly) I went the red key path first and ended up in the maze eventually with just the shotgun (Having completely missed the Super Shotgun like a moron) and facing off against two *Redacted* at the same time. Oof that was a crazy difficulty spike. If there were a few pillars to hide behind in that small lava area around the guarded teleporter I think that would give some of us players that like to take in the scenery a chance to run away. 

 

The other thing was at the red area. You can blast the imps from behind the windows up top without them ever shooting at you. I think this is just some weird quirk of the engine along with monsters needing to take a few steps before shooting. That behaviour can be alleviated with "+ALWAYSFAST" I should think.

 

Otherwise. Fantastic scenery, nice ramp up of difficulty (Aside from a few personal instances), excellent eye for detail. I especially liked the long sight line through the computer room to the blue key. Lovely little player tease and just looks great overall. Only unfortunate visual thing I found was this:

 

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Do you HAVE to change anything based on what I said? Haha no. As I said, they're inconsequential, but I'm a perfectionist so I wanted to point them out if you're like me and hadn't noticed :)

 

An arbitrary 9/10 ^_^

[Turbo Saber]

Awesome map! The visuals are very pretty and the layout is fun to navigate (the secrets were actually pretty fun to figure out too). Played on HMP but I'm gonna run through it again on UV.

 

Also, found a way to get out of bounds near the exit. The gap between the rock walls here is big enough to fit through.

[Biodegradable]

Awesome map, Dee!

 

 

[Delisk]

Really impressive map

 

 

[LadyMistDragon]

I was running low on time and that's why I didn't finish. Pretty exciting stuff though!

 

 

[Just a guy]

This map is fantastic, thanks for sharing. Nice, cohesive visuals and layout. Ran through it on HMP, got 94% kills and only 30-something % secrets. I really enjoyed the hedge maze, and there are tons of fun little loop-backs throughout the map that make you think, "ah, so that's where that goes." Very fun; would recommend.

[Clippy]

I was pretty sleepy when I played this and @Biodegradable intentionally made me do that big fight without the BFG lol - cool map!

 

 

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