DOOM2 miniwad "BARBARA & REGGIE'S CASTLE MASSACRE"

[SupremeBioVizier]

https://www.moddb.com/games/doom-ii/downloads/barbara-7-reggies-castle-massacre

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       B A R B A R A & R E G G I E ' S C A S T L E M A S S A C R E
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Title                   : BARBARA AND REGGIE'S CASTLE MASSACRE
Filename                : CASTLEMASSACRE.WAD
Release date            : ___ 2023
Author                  : SUPREME BIO VIZIER

Misc. Author Info       : artist from TX

Description             : YOU ARE BARBARA (from the night of the living dead) 
                          inside the castle you come across Reggie (from the movie PHANTASAM)
                          there is no explanation as to why you both are in a castle filled with the undead
                          you both keep meeting up, here and there as you search for a way out
                          doom marines are within the castle as well and are aware of you both
                          the castle has kept you from rest and seems to be alive
              as with most humans you make a mistake, and sleep with Reggie awaking into map07
                          what is it like to grow as a family amongst evil

Additional Credits to   : support from viewers like you, Thank you.
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Other works by author: 

https://www.moddb.com/games/doom-ii/downloads/my-park

                        * What is included *

levels                  : 09
sprites                 : replaced
textures                : new
Sounds                  : new mix
Music                   : various
Dehacked/BEX Patch      : yes
Other files required    : made with zdoom in slade3 for GZDOOM

------------------------* Play Information *--------------------------------

Game                    : DOOM2
                          made with zdoom in slade3 for GZDOOM

map mapxx               : map01 castle up on the hill - castle level three keys
                          map02 castle room2 - passive level, death = exit
                          map03 castle room3 - low health start, slaughterfest exit "the world is free"
                          map04 some shit of an oubliette - arena map, two main keys, barrels of fun 
                          map05 conciousness is an illusion - repurposed trap level, slaughterfest, two keys
                          map06 big drains equal big guts - map with a drain theme, three keys, repurposed joke map
                          map07 yonder windlass - repurposed joke map, no keys, instructions are to run, ends miniwad
                          map08 world inside a world a world apart - trap level, joke map...ends game play, (SECRET EXIT)
                          map09 castle massacre showcase - displays items created/used for the BRCM miniwad

Difficulty Settings     : baby face & skull - easiest gameplay
                          RECOMMENDED - balanced gameplay
                          not recommended - you will not survive  
                          (deep in the heart of texas)
                          (deep in the heart of tejas)

------------------------* Construction *------------------------------------

Base                    : zdoom/DOOM2
Build Time              : 3 months
Editor(s) used          : SLADE3    
Known Bugs              : n/a
May Not Run With        : n/a
Tested With             : GZDOOM

method                  : map desgin based on abstract level desgin
                          repurposed amatuer map construction 
                          if it looks like DOOM2 then why bother
                          random affined lines based around one texture

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Edited October 28, 2023 by SupremeBioVizier

[RED77]

that was... interesting

[SpaceCat_2001]

I'm scared to touch it

[Shakariki Heisenberg]

YO WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK IS THIS.

seriously what is like going on with this
are you okay? 

Edited October 4, 2023 by Shakariki Heisenberg

[General Roasterock]

Just played through the first map. I am genuinely unnerved as to what goes through your head and pray for god to give your soul mercy.

[Li'l devil]

lmao, wad straight out of the asylum

[Gaia74]

Internet was a mistake

[SupremeBioVizier]

I don't see it this way, interesting.

Hope y'all make it to map09

Edited October 5, 2023 by nocisum

[kaleb.]

This is the Doom equivalent of graphorrhea/hypergraphia, what the hell

Edited October 5, 2023 by kaleb.

[riktoi]

Played through it in full! Was a bit unfortunate that there seems to be no music (or at least music that GZDoom was capable of playing), but I did enjoy it.
I would put it in the same category as ARCHIE.wad just because of the surreal nature.

Edited October 5, 2023 by riktoi

[SupremeBioVizier]

1 minute ago, riktoi said:

Played through it in full! Was a bit unfortunate that there seems to be no music (or at least music that GZDoom was capable of playing), but I did enjoy it.
I would put it in the same category as ARCHIE.wad just because of the absolute surreality of this.

That's unfortunate, there is music...maybe your volume in the options menu was turned down? Thanks for playing! I'm going to work a tad more on the wad, then release it on to moddb, thanks again for the response.

[roadworx]

this is actually really good, i love how unnerving and surreal the whole thing is; it's also surprisingly not as difficult to navigate as it would seem at first glance. i do wanna know tho, what's the source for the background audio in map01?

 

15 minutes ago, riktoi said:

I would put it in the same category as ARCHIE.wad just because of the surreal nature.

archie is a great comparison actually. it's very similarly eerie

Edited October 5, 2023 by roadworx

[riktoi]

16 minutes ago, nocisum said:

That's unfortunate, there is music...maybe your volume in the options menu was turned down? Thanks for playing! I'm going to work a tad more on the wad, then release it on to moddb, thanks again for the response.

I have my music cranked to max. I'm running GZDoom 4.7.1, and I get this message in console whenever I load a map:

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Unable to load: Unable to identify as music

Not really sure if my GZDoom being out of date could be the culprit. I did not try any other versions.

[roadworx]

is the softlock at the start of map05 intentional?

[Sneezy McGlassFace]

Truly one of a kind experience. Very charming.

[SupremeBioVizier]

34 minutes ago, roadworx said:

is the softlock at the start of map05 intentional?

The invincibility sphere at player start allows you to see the switch where the red key is, the red key door is located down the hall in the room between the two yellow light posts

[SupremeBioVizier]

39 minutes ago, riktoi said:

I have my music cranked to max. I'm running GZDoom 4.7.1, and I get this message in console whenever I load a map:

Not really sure if my GZDoom being out of date could be the culprit. I did not try any other versions.

I will look into this, thanks!

 

26 minutes ago, Sneezy McGlassFace said:

Truly one of a kind experience. Very charming.

Really appreciate it.

[Shakariki Heisenberg]

i dont even believe in god and have never been religious in any capacity but after playing this wad i started praying to god lol

[Owly]

This was either the best WAD that I've ever played or the worst. I'm not sure, but it was very unique and I will certainly remember this one

 

Thanks for uploading

[DannyMan]

I played it and it's like a successor to lilith.pk3

[SupremeBioVizier]

7 minutes ago, DannyMan said:

I played it and it's like a successor to lilith.pk3

That brings a smile to my face, thanks. Did the music/sounds for each level work for you? 

[DannyMan]

1 minute ago, nocisum said:

That brings a smile to my face, thanks. Did the music/sounds for each level work for you? 

 

Yeah it probably worked, not sure if the glitching monsters are intentional but the starting music gave me a eerie impression

[SupremeBioVizier]

11 minutes ago, DannyMan said:

 

Yeah it probably worked, not sure if the glitching monsters are intentional but the starting music gave me a eerie impression

Cool, yeah the shapeshifting monsters was an idea that ended up being pretty fun to make.

[Bedingungsl.Grundeinkommen]

Looks very interesting to me.

 

Two questions:

 

1.) I think it only tells you to enable crouch and freelook (compared to Vanilla Doom), but am I supposed to enable jump as well? Otherwise I get stuck in a shallow pit on the first map already, if I'm correct.

 

2.) I want to experience this the way it is intended, so I downloaded the latest GZDoom for a fresh install and I got two errors when loading this WAD:

 

Unknown patch 'S3DUMMY' in texture 'S3DUMMY'
R_InstallSpriteLump: Bad frame characters in lump SLIME09

 

Are you getting these, too? Does it even make a visible difference?

 

Thank you.

[SupremeBioVizier]

4 minutes ago, Bedingungsl.Grundeinkommen said:

Looks very interesting to me.

 

Two questions:

 

1.) I think it only tells you to enable crouch and freelook (compared to Vanilla Doom), but am I supposed to enable jump as well? Otherwise I get stuck in a shallow pit on the first map already, if I'm correct.

 

2.) I want to experience this the way it is intended, so I downloaded the latest GZDoom for a fresh install and I got two errors when loading this WAD:

 

Unknown patch 'S3DUMMY' in texture 'S3DUMMY'
R_InstallSpriteLump: Bad frame characters in lump SLIME09

 

Are you getting these, too? Does it even make a visible difference?

 

Thank you.

Yes you will need to jump, crouch and freelook.

the messages while you load the game "unknown patch and spritelump error" are from a dummy slade image and a texture I ended up not using, none of which effects game play.

Thank you for point these things out, as I will try to polish this up for a final release, for now it should be a solid playthrough without any softblocks or errors.

[Bedingungsl.Grundeinkommen]

24 minutes ago, nocisum said:

Yes you will need to jump, crouch and freelook.

the messages while you load the game "unknown patch and spritelump error" are from a dummy slade image and a texture I ended up not using, none of which effects game play.

Thank you for point these things out, as I will try to polish this up for a final release, for now it should be a solid playthrough without any softblocks or errors.

 

Thank you very much for clarifying! :) The whole idea and concept is really cool.

[Beetle]

Are you okay? Is everything fine at home? 

[Yukes von Faust]

...Please, somebody, Wake me up from this fever dream (actually a nightmare).

[OpenRift]

Those screenshots are utter c r u s t

[THEBaratusII]

If a mental asylum was a Doom WAD, this would be it.

 

10/10