PUSS XXXI: TRICKING & TEARING @ WARPSPEED [BETA V2.2]

[BluePineapple72]

 

 ~~~~~~~~~  I WANT TO BELIEVE  ~~~~~~~~~ 

 

Hey folks! Got a beta here! Over the next few weeks maps will be updated to fix any found bugs, add some visual polish, and to ensure beatability/balance. Three maps do not have MIDIs yet and some levels need sky transfers added. A UMAPINFO has not been implemented as of BETA 1. 3 maps need to be finished: one is mine.

 

MAP01 Intro Map (unfinished) - @Death Bear

MAP02 They Watch - @raddicted

MAP03 All Your PUSS are Belong to Us - @DynamiteKaitorn

MAP04 To Serve Man - @DFF

MAP05 Beef Impact - @muumi

MAP06 Forest Factory - @CBM

MAP07 Unidentified Parking Lot - @Scionox

MAP08 Beyond the Event Horizon - @LateNightPerson

MAP09 Circles part 1 - Death Bear

MAP10 Circles part 2 - Death Bear

MAP11 Circles part 3 - Death Bear

MAP12 Launch Base - Muumi

MAP13 Gas Station - @LGmaire

MAP14 Swamp Things - @Blexor

MAP15 Home Invaders - @NecrumWarrior

MAP16 Abducted - Scionox

MAP17 The Phantasmic Operahouse - Late Night Person

MAP18 96 Quite Bitter Beings @myolden

MAP19 Arrival @Silhouette 03

MAP20 Bogus Backcountry - @Egregor

MAP21 Scared in Small Town Square - Egregor

MAP22 AREA 69 - Nevada Research Facility - Egregor

MAP23 I Saw Drones - @SirPootis

MAP24 The Exhibit - A Worrisome Warlock

MAP25 Ol' Caves - @Chuckles_troll

MAP26 Secrets Revealed - Scionox

MAP27 Moo 2 It - @Peccatum Mihzamiz

MAP28 Attack of the Giant Heads - NecrumWarrior
MAP29 Extraterrestrial Harvest - BluePineapple72

 

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Greetings and Salutations earthlings!

I’ve just plunged my green spindly fingers into this hoomahn’s brain and have started using it as a vessel to type messages to you… FROM OUTER SPACE! I’ve even gotten one of my other alien pals to hijack some bear to co-lead this INVASION FROM THE VASTNESS OF... OUTER SPACE!

THE HORROR! THE HORROR! 

 

We’re coming for your leaders and bureaucracies you filthy Hoomahns! Right after we take over this here speedmapping series that is. We’re gonna start our invasion of your pathetic world by commandeering this so-called “Tricking and Tearing” sub-series you Hoo-Mahns have mapped for once or thrice before and we’re going to transmogrify it the only way we (the aliens) know how! AT WARPSPEED!

 

Unlike you disgusting Hoo-Mahns who require petulant things such as gasoline and sexual validation, we (special thanks to @Egregor, @Lina, @muumi, @Peccatum Mihzamiz, @LGmaire, anyone I missed) aliens were able to provide for ourselves a handsome resource pack with which we can conquer worlds! Including yours!

 

See how pitiful and dull all of your earthly browns and greens are in contrast to our vibrant dark pinks and bright pinks? Being the naturalists that we are, there are a few different species of cow in the pack (right cow and left cow) in addition to an exploding "Evil Cow!" We’ve even replaced your precious Commander Keen with one of our spawnling’s eggs (which will be important for gameplay gimmickry). 

 

Since you’re gonna get comfortable with these Ancient Alien textures you might as well get comfortable with these new rules your new masters are putting in place.

 

 

 6 Hour Map Timer - You have 6 hours to brush out the layout and map design of your level. I’ll accept detailing overhauls after you post your level, but I won’t accept startan boxes and super barebones initial submissions that you intend to detail later. At 6 hours you should have a pretty good idea of what your final level should look like, but changes may come whether they may be in visuals or in balancing (see PUSS mapping guidelines below)

 

 Format Information: We’re working in Boom format with Doom 2. That means your level must be beatable without jumping/crouching and mouselook disabled. Make sure that your level works in PRBoom comp-level 9.

 

 INVASION! - This month’s theme is ALIEN INVASION! Aesthetically, your level must focus on the contrasting texture sets of the eclectic Earthy textures, comprised of textures from Redneck Rampage, Blood, Lost Civilization and more, against Skillsaw’s famous Ancient Aliens texture pack. The mapset will take place in good ‘ole fashioned small-town USA where farmer Joe and his buddies who work at the nearby diner and gas station live. Make great use of the wilderness textures to help sell the next rule…

 

 THE HORROR! THE HORROR! - Given it’s the Halloween month, the gameplay and ‘mapfeel’ of your map should evoke more of an atmospheric and creepy vibe. Maps must be set at night or at sunset with lots of (BOO!) surprise enemies and a general atmosphere of dread. Given too we have a bunch of kooky alien textures, let the rule above about contrasting map elements allow you to homage corny alien movies from the 60s with their cardboard sets and puppet stringed man-eaters. I’ll also ask that you pick an appropriate midi too.

 

 EGGS! The objective of your map must be to purge the infestation. How? Commander keen is now an egg! Your map must have at minimum two Keen Eggs, and something within your map must have a door (could be on a voodoo track) with tag 666 attached to it that you need to kill all of the keen-eggs in order to progress.

 

 Hard 100 monster limit. Ooh! What a doozy! There’s a lot you can do without that many enemies. This is also a ‘no slaughter’ rule. 

 

 Survival horror! Make health/ammo a commodity the player has to search for. Don’t necessarily starve them of ammo, but be very conscious about resource placement in that players are gonna be worried about the alien shotgunner around the corner. Will be something I’ll help you iron out during playtesting.

 

 Co-Op Starts are mandatory. Difficulty settings will also be mandatory. However, a caveat is that I’ll allow you to submit a level without difficulty settings provided that you send a version with them later. I’ll also add that balancing a level’s difficulty settings won’t knock your timer down.

 

 OPTIONAL - Build a UFO that you can board!

 

 OPTIONAL - Non Linear level! Since you have to root out an infestation, might as well make the player work for it and look for them eggs eh? Try placing a bunch of branching paths the player has to take in order to complete their task. Even better if it loops back in on itself, allowing for multiple different ways to beat the level.

 

 Maps are due to Death Bear and I either in this thread or my discord on Sunday October 29th 2023 at 11:59 PM EST.

 

 

Your mapping time can be nonconsecutive.

 

Your timer will only go down when you are mapping (actively placing lines, things, adjusting visuals etc.). Speedmaps will be under the honor rule. Neither you nor I can prove if a map went over the time limit or not, but trained eyes can see what is and is not a speedmap. If you cheat, people will notice.

 

Any time in Slade used to give a custom sky, midi, etc. is outside of your mapping time.  

 

I would recommend spending some time looking over the texture pack before you begin mapping, so that you don’t waste time scrolling. 

 

Once your time is up, before you submit your map if you haven’t beaten your map, please spend time to verify that your level is beatable. I break this rule all the time and the community hates me for it.

 

Speedmapping? Infinite detailing?

The time limit for PUSS projects is to light a fire under the mapper’s ass, inspiring you to make something awesome in a short amount of time. It is meant to help hone efficiency and prevent scope creep or magnum opus syndrome. With your 6 hour time limit, you should develop a map that you’d be content to submit to a speedmapping project, as if there was no extra detailing time. It should have all major areas, follow all rules, and have gameplay implemented. Future updates can be used to develop on detailing, add non-playable area detailing, apply feedback, balance gameplay, and polish progression and atmosphere. 

 

TLDR; layout, general gameplay, and visuals in 6 hours - visual refinement/detailing/monster balancing in however long it needs.

 

Map submissions must include a builder screenshot of the layout you came up with after 6 hours and then a screenshot of the map you refined from it. I'm OK with you submitting a map before you refine it if you need feedback/suggestions.

Here is an example from PUSS 22:

 

There is no cap to how many maps you can submit to these events.

 

Any bug fixing/map changes are due to me 1 week after I upload the final playthrough video of the last submission.

 

For submissions, please post in this format:

 

Map Name: [ X ]

Author: [ X ]

Music: [ Song + Author ]

Sky: [ X ]

Difficulty Settings: [ X ]

Build Time: [ X ]

Comments: [X]

Screenshots:

 

IMPORTANT LINKS:

TRICKING & TEARING @ WARPSPEED - Resource Pack (PUSS31_TT4.wad)

ADDITIONAL LINKS:
Midi Site Link Megathread
James Paddock Music
Doomkid MIDI pack
Tristan Clark MIDI pack - Fun fact! Old PUSS threads used to have Clark's last name spelled with an e! @Tristan pinged me about it and I had forgotten to fix it for months harhar!

 

 

 

Far off the coast of the Zorglonian megacluster is a starsystem of mappers on a collision course for Earth! We welcome mappers from the furthest edges of the gamma quadrant to the bending arms of the Alpha! Even if you're just getting your Identified Flying Object off the ground, The Pineapple Under the Sea exists to help ferment an infestation of mapper-itis! Got ideas or questions you wanna bounce around about this project? Want to learn how to invade a planet? Feel free to touch down and ask away!

 

Pineapple Under the Sea Speedmapping on Doomwiki
 

PUSS SERIES IV:

PUSS XXX: Quick N’ Dirty

PUSS SERIES III:

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PUSS XXIX: Hot Soapy Water

PUSS XXVIII: Quoth the Raven

PUSS XXVII: Perpetual Torment

PUSS XXVI: Clandestine Castle Crashing 2

PUSS XXV: LUNACY

PUSS XXIV: Lover's Quarrel

PUSS XXIII: Mappin' Round the Doommas Tree

PUSS XXII: The Chilling Winds of Dis

PUSS XXI: TRICK & TEAR THE LIVING DEAD

PUSS XX: HELL YEAH!

 

 

PUSS SERIES II:

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PUSS XIX: Dead Mappers Tell No Tales

PUSS XVIII: Rowdy Rudy in...Revenge of the Speeddemons

PUSS XVII: Pandemonium Speed Weeks

PUSS XVI: Pac-Man Doom

PUSS XV: Mysterious Mayan Madness

PUSS XIV: 12 MORE Days of Doommas

PUSS XIII: TH1RT3EN

PUSS XII: Trick and Tear 2

PUSS XI: Anniversary Under the Sea

 

PUSS SERIES I:

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PUSS X: The Summer of Slaughter

PUSS IX: Mapping at Warpspeed

PUSS VIII: Speed Squared

PUSS VII: Rowdy Rudy in... March of the Speeddemons!

PUSS VI: Imperfect Hatred

PUSS V: Clandestine Castle Crashing

PUSS IV: 12 Days of Doommas

PUSS III: Boss Battle Bonanza

PUSS II: TRICK & TEAR I

PUSS I: September Under the Sea

 

ADDITIONAL EVENTS:

@MemeMind's Musical Mapping

@ViolentBeetle's Solar Struggle

ViolentBeetle's Skulltiverse

ViolentBeetle's Hellevator

Hot Potato

Line in the Sand

Edited November 13, 2023 by BluePineapple72
Beta 2.2

[Death Bear]

We are honored to be co-running this event while under control of this large furry animal. It's time to take over this pitiful planet...and to set the record straight on who and what we actually are...as opposed to those foolish paper mâché monstrosities that some of your leaders are passing off as us. The sky IS falling! Prepare yourself, hoo-mahns! The time has finally come!

[MemeMind]

I AM disappointed in you PUSS! 

ANOTHER Alien themed wad?????

YOU guys have NO originality!!!!

 

Spoiler

Sarcasm

 

[Bloo]

Any chance I could help with some midis for this project?

[BluePineapple72]

1 minute ago, Bloo said:

Any chance I could help with some midis for this project?

Absolutely! What did you have in mind?

[Bloo]

Just now, BluePineapple72 said:

Absolutely! What did you have in mind?

 

I've just been in a composing mood so whatever is available for me to do honestly. 

[Blexor]

This is the first Trick & Tear event that I've been present for, so I'd definitely like to try and contribute something for it. Also in general I'd like to contribute to more of these events going forward. Since Dis, I've skipped over a number of them for one reason or another, and looking back I kind of regret that. Let's see if I can't make at least one map for each event over the next year.

 

Anyway, I've been looking at the resource pack since last night and I think I have a level 'theme' figured out. I'll start sketching a rough layout tonight or tomorrow and hopefully hit the editor sometime within the next few days.

[Death Bear]

1 hour ago, Blexor said:

This is the first Trick & Tear event that I've been present for, so I'd definitely like to try and contribute something for it. Also in general I'd like to contribute to more of these events going forward. Since Dis, I've skipped over a number of them for one reason or another, and looking back I kind of regret that. Let's see if I can't make at least one map for each event over the next year.

 

Anyway, I've been looking at the resource pack since last night and I think I have a level 'theme' figured out. I'll start sketching a rough layout tonight or tomorrow and hopefully hit the editor sometime within the next few days.

Great to hear, Blexor! Look forward to it!

[Egregor]

Edited October 3, 2023 by Egregor

[Raith138]

I will see if I can cook something up...

Also, is there a texture to be used for keen doors?

It would help for consistency and would make it obvious where to go to when you kill the eggs.

Edited October 3, 2023 by Raith138

[Peccatum Mihzamiz]

10 hours ago, Raith138 said:

I will see if I can cook something up...

Also, is there a texture to be used for keen doors?

It would help for consistency and would make it obvious where to go to when you kill the eggs.

Looking forward to your map(s)!

We do not have a unified texture for keen doors or anything like that. Different mappers will probably come up with unique scenarios, which will result in a nice and possibly eclectic set. I can imagine that some mappers will want progression towards the eggs to more obvious than others. I do not think that not having an overarching door set will take away from the experience.

If you feel like it, I think you are welcome to make a custom texture, advertisting the location of the eggs. Please let us know if you have any other thoughts on this :)

[DynamiteKaitorn]

Map Name: All your PUSS are belong to us!
Author: Heich AKA DynamiteKaitorn
Music: Forbidden Area - Castlevania: Aria Of Sorrow
Sky: the default RSKY1 of the resource pack
Difficulty Settings: Yes - some enemies don't appear on the other difficulties
Build Time: 4 hours 30 minutes
Comments: Wasn't fully sure how to make it spoooopy so I kinda just went with a mild halloween vibe.
Screenshots:

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Pumplekinsies UwU

 

Oi! Get offa ma farm! >:(

 

It's meal time... :o

 

Pipes ahoy! Don't faaaaalll! ;)

 

https://www.mediafire.com/file/okpj3bw6h98zcku/All_Your_PUSS_Are_Belong_To_Us.zip/file

[Suitepee]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PNZ_iu5tD2U

 

Just thought of this as a random suggestion for the intro midi to this mapset. Seemed like it could be useful for something Doom-related.

Edited October 8, 2023 by Suitepee

[BluePineapple72]

3 week warning for mapping! I've also updated the resource pack to version 2. Has some minor changes. I'll need to adjust the Keen egg to not be stuck to the ceiling. Map with him as if he is on the ground.

[NeilForshaw]

3 hours ago, BluePineapple72 said:

3 week warning for mapping! I've also updated the resource pack to version 2. Has some minor changes. I'll need to adjust the Keen egg to not be stuck to the ceiling. Map with him as if he is on the ground.

 

Ahh cool. I was wondering about the keen egg :s 

[BluePineapple72]

 

7 minutes ago, NeilForshaw said:

 

Ahh cool. I was wondering about the keen egg :s 

 

I'll likely put out an update tonight after work since it is fairly important to have the egg on the ground for you mappers. I just forgot to throw it into this latest resource update. Likewise I forgot to add the second submission by @DynamiteKaitorn. Map02 by @raddicted is in the current resource file however.

[BluePineapple72]

Howdy folks, just updated the resource pack with some new stuffs. Mainly some thing fixes like some unblocking obstacles.

 

V3 Download

 

This is also a two week warning for the event closure. Get those maps in!

Edited October 15, 2023 by BluePineapple72

[muumi]

Map Name: Beef Impact
Author: Muumi
Music: Paleblood Waltz by AD_79
Sky: mship from resource
Difficulty Settings: yes
Build Time: around ~4 hours
Comments: spooky farmhouse with lots of terrifying cows

 

Download

 

[Scionox]

Map Name: Unidentified Parking Lot

Author: Scionox

Music: "Overlooked Hotel" from Blood

Sky: RA_SKY1 from the pack(sky transfer)

Difficulty Settings: Implemented

Build Time: 6 hours for map + however much time(didnt count) for polish/balance after

Comments: Survival horror-ish+resource management and combat puzzle elements

Screenshots:

Spoiler

Download: UnidentifiedParkingLot.zip(Incl. pre-polish version)

[LateNightPerson]

Map Name: Beyond The Event Horizon
Author: Late Night Person
Music: "Lost Communications" (Original Composition)
Sky: default
Difficulty Settings: yes
Build Time: 5 3/4 hours
Comments: Kinda rushed parts of it, you can clearly tell where it was rushed lol. Spooky techbase map that ends with a hell maze with a teleporting cyberdemon. Where you're going, you won't need eyes to see.

Fun fact: there is only a single, hidden medkit on uv. Have fun surviving!

eventhorizon.zip

[Peccatum Mihzamiz]

I playtested most of the submissions up until now. The VOD is up over here.

[BluePineapple72]

FOUR DAY WARNING FOR SUBMISSIONS!!!

[muumi]

Download

 

Map Name: Launch Base
Author: Muumi
Music: Monolithic Creatures by Velvetic
Sky: from resource
Difficulty Settings: Yes
Co-op Starts: Yes
Build Time: ~about 5.5 hours
Comments: Towering alien base. They are preparing something big here.

[DreadWanderer]

Hot damn, Zorglo is back baby!!!!

[Blexor]

Map Name: Swamp Things (t&t@ws_blex_v1.0.zip)

Author: Blexor

Music: "Maridia ~ Sandy Desert" from Super Metroid

Sky: RSKY1

Difficulty Settings: Yes

Build Time: Yes

(But more seriously: 6hrs for base layout, probably about another 6-10 hrs for initial testing/fixing, And almost certainly another 15-20 hrs for re-texturing, detailing and general clean-up)

Comments: A spooky ol' romp through the swamp. Find and destroy 5 alien eggs to dissolve the bio-matter blocking the way to the UFO. Board that sucker and find a switch to overheat the engines, but be aware: Those pissed-off martians probably won't let you leave so easily.

 

Capturing the atmosphere on this one was a little bit tricky but I'm generally happy with how it turned out. I leaned into under-powering the player to try and amp up that 'dread' feeling. Before secrets, you can only acquire the single-barrel shotty, chaingun, and chainsaw. Ammo and health I made a bit tight as well, and while I myself can finish the map without running out completely, others might find UV a little too scant. I encourage players to respect Mr. Eager Beaver.

 

Wasn't sure amount the midi choice, at first. I mean I love me some Soupa Meatroid, but I only put it in there as a "this will do for now" pick. Over time, though, it kind of grew on me. I used my incredible midi-editing skills (joke) to make it loop better, as it originally faded-out.

 

Final thing to note: There are technically 7 secrets on this map, but 2 of them I left unmarked since they're missable. You can progress to a point where it is no longer possible to acquire them (at least not without some creative arch-vile kiting), and since I thought I'd be kind to 100%-ers, they're not tagged. Unless you're fixing to get 100% of the items, too, and uh... if that's the case then I guess you're f'd.

 

Screenshots:

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Here the map at exactly 6 hours in:

 

And here's what the map looks like now:

 

[SleepyVelvet]

On 10/1/2023 at 12:00 AM, BluePineapple72 said:

 Format Information: We’re working in Boom format with Doom 2. That means your level must be beatable without jumping/crouching and mouselook disabled. Make sure that your level works in PRBoom comp-level 9.

I recall some of the previous PUSS's I've checked out being UDMF and sorts.  I operate in the boom-osphere, so if Boom is the case sometimes, I'll have to keep close tabs on these in the future as to not miss out.

[NecrumWarrior]

I finally wrapped up work on this map. This month was pretty busy for me so I expect this may be the only map I submit. A real shame because this texture pack is fun.

 

Map Name: Home Invaders

Author: NecrumWarrior

Music: Lost in Place by Lippeth

Sky: SKYAA_03

Difficulty Settings: Partially implemented

Build Time: 5 hours 45 minutes

Comments: This map leans heavily into using Boom's silent teleport to simulate floor-over-floor, but I also made the transition very obvious as a way to play up the B-movie aspect. I am pretty happy with it, but it needs some detail work.

Download: https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/3rc5pl77zrpd2zh8vojz5/INVADERS.wad?rlkey=uiwmu51y9pyzd4cd5rb2m3vgh&dl=0

Screenshots:

 

I do have another idea though, if I can find the time.

[BluePineapple72]

1 hour ago, NoisyVelvet said:

I recall some of the previous PUSS's I've checked out being UDMF and sorts.  I operate in the boom-osphere, so if Boom is the case sometimes, I'll have to keep close tabs on these in the future as to not miss out.

Have a gander at our Doomwiki, you’ll see a good number of our PUSS events are Boom compat. Majority of our Series III events are boom (September 2022-August 2023). 

 

I enjoy Speedmapping in boom more and compiling is easier, so it’s likely to be the format we’re gonna be making the most events with in the foreseeable future. 

[Scionox]

Map Name: Abducted

Author: Scionox

Music: "Floghorn" by Lee Jackson

Sky: RA_SKY1 from the pack(sky transfer)

Difficulty Settings: Implemented

Build Time: 6 hours for map + however much time(didnt count) for polish/balance after

Comments: Tight shotgun combat w/ some survival horror elements

Screenshots:

Spoiler

Download: Abducted.zip(incl. pre-polish ver.)

[myolden]

Map Name: 96 Quite Bitter Beings
Author: myolden
Music: Paint the Town Red by Jimmy
Sky: SKYTT49
Difficulty Settings: Yes
Build Time: 5 hours 30 minutes
Comments: Spooky farmhouse. I plan on doing some more detailing but I wanted to get this submitted before the deadline.
Screenshots:

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96 Quite Bitter Beings.zip

Edited October 27, 2023 by myolden