Demon's Souls Map Pack v1 update

[schkorpio]

 

 

Old Teaser Video On Youtube (screenshots below)

 

 

Download maps only https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/mqtf19ge18a8w8lxv3qum/DEMSOLMapsV1.wad?rlkey=sip7fuzpqze9jpeerdjccggym&dl=0

 

Download Full mod pack, gzdoom, textures, maps etc ready to go (just add your Hexen.Wad file into the iWADS folder and run the batch file)  https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/e6wmh3wldbsw14hp3hzho/GZHexenDemonsSoulsMaps.zip?rlkey=yl6fomcac0etg2obfdiwyh8g5&dl=0

Also try it with Wrath of Cronos, Hexarcana, Brutal Hexen RPG etc

UDMF for Hexen
I've only tried it in ZDoom so far, but it probably will work with most source ports, I don't do anything that's not native to Ultimate Doom Builder.

Update

Well it's been nearly two months since I first started working on this - I've come to the realization that this might take me a while, so I will start releasing updates each time a map is made. But there is about an hour's worth of gameplay now in just these 5 maps depending on which mods you like to you use.

Having said that, if anyone out there is inspired to contribute to this project by all means don't let me hog it all -  there's another 5 episodes that need to be mapped, it might be a fun community project!

 

Progress:

 

• Nexus - 90% 
• World 0-1 Tutorial area  1 - Fully Playable  beta
• World 0-2 Tutorial area  2 - Fully Playable  beta
• World 0-3 Tutorial area  3 - Fully Playable  beta
• World 1-1 Gates of Boletaria - Fully Playable  beta
• World 1-2 The Lord's Path - Fully Playable  beta 
• Wolrd 1-3 Inner Ward 0%
• Wolrd 1-4 The King's Tower 0%

 

 

 

Credits
Also special thanks to ChubzDoomer, Bridgeburner  on youtube, and all of the folks on the forums here for making tutorials and answering my noob questions about mapping. This is my first ever set of maps for anything Doom related, although I have created some stuff in Unity, Half-life and original Quake in the over the last 30 years or so. Ultimate Doom Builder is simply amazing. It took me about a week or two to get my head around it and get a good workflow going but it is really designed for maximum output once you get going! I never feel like I'm fighting the editor, I'm just creating, so thank you everyone who is involved in that project!

 

 

 

Edited December 16, 2023 by schkorpio

[NaliSeed]

Link keeps sending me to this very same page, lol. 

[schkorpio]

1 minute ago, NaliSeed said:

Link keeps sending me to this very same page, lol. 

oops, let me fix that now :D

[schkorpio]

4 minutes ago, NaliSeed said:

Link keeps sending me to this very same page, lol. 

OK fixed sorry about that lol :)

[DoomGappy]

This looks amazing. I have a friend who is crazy about dark souls, but I can't play it for anything. Going to try to convince him to try this with me.

[Lila Feuer]

Ambitious but noble, I hope this will eventually get finished! I never had a PS3 or a PS5 so I watched LPs of the original and remake of Demon's Souls back to back so I could see what I missed/missing.

[watto3699]

Incredible work, mate!

[Walter confetti]

Amazing stuff! Great to see such a big interest in Hexen recently...

[Lippeth]

Cronos and Boletaria together at last! It makes sense in a lot of ways with the hub layout of each game.

 

The intro stages evoke the feeling of Demon's Souls very well, with lots of detail and atmosphere. I had to celebrate reaching the Nexus by jumping off a high point to keep my world tendency from going dark. 10/10

 

Good luck on the project, it looks great so far!

[NaliSeed]

Lol, I'd forgotten how lame the ZDoom notification sound for secret areas is until I found the one secret in the first map. Feels kind of weird having secret areas in Hexen, but it's a very welcome addition. 

[schkorpio]

Thanks very much for playing, and for the feedback everyone!

I've added an updated trailer and two new maps - which are much much bigger than the previous 3, so there is quite a lot more to do now. Enjoy :)

[Kenon]

Beautiful map pack, I liked it. The levels are spacious to explore, which is very cool.  

I reached Heresiarch, but after killing him, the message "p_startscript: unknown script 80" pops up and nothing else happens.

[schkorpio]

On 12/15/2023 at 2:08 AM, Kenon said:

Beautiful map pack, I liked it. The levels are spacious to explore, which is very cool.  

I reached Heresiarch, but after killing him, the message "p_startscript: unknown script 80" pops up and nothing else happens.

Glad you enjoyed it!

 

That's currently the end of game - it supposed to say "thanks for playing" after Heresiarch dies, but I've obviously done something wrong with the script haha.

[ClumsyCryptid]

Oh no, the thread dormant message.

 

I hope you're still working on this, oddly enough I've been slowly piecing together a Dark Souls demake on my end.

 

This looks fantastic.