Pacifist Paradise Secret Santa, a Boom-compatible "not-so-Christmas" Christmas wad - Now on idgames!

[Meowgi]

Pacifist Paradise Secret Santa (ppss.wad) is a 34-map Boom-compatible "Christmas wad" that is decidedly not Christmas themed. The concept was to post preferences for the kinds of maps you like to play, then mappers were assigned to map for one another based on those preferences. Then we did a secret santa "unboxing" where mappers got to see their recipient play their map and also play the map made for them. All maps were made in a two-week timeframe, and map styles range from "Relaxing Exploration" to "Chill slaughter" to "the utterly deranged and/or puzzles that make you utterly deranged". Merry Christmas!

 

The entire mapping and wad creation process was held in the Pacifist Paradise Discord Server, which I have a link to somewhere around here...

 

Recommended port: DSDA-Doom complevel 9

 

Screenshots:

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Maplist:

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MAP01    : Tread Lightly
Author   : Emperor SPOON
Gift for : Peccatum Mihzamiz
Music    : Chill of the Night by Emperor SPOON

 

MAP02    : The Abominaballad
Author   : D0M0
Gift for : Emperor SPOON
Music    : cloudshaping by Ribbiks

 

MAP03    : but to have a love of that color
Author   : Peccatum Mihzamiz
Gift for : D0M0
Music    : Trouble by Bloo

 

MAP04    : The Complex Eaten by Snow
Author   : RedBoule
Gift for : DeafPixel
Music    : Golden (from Celeste) sequenced by LPad

 

MAP05    : Blood Red Boulevard
Author   : NiGHTS108
Gift for : RedBoule
Music    : Funky Stars by Quasar of Sanxion sequenced by Jimmy Paddock

 

MAP06    : Iced-In Canyon
Author   : DeafPixel
Gift for : NiGHTS108
Music    : In a Snow-Bound Land from DKC2

 

MAP07    : Weitengrone Underground
Author   : osminee
Gift for : DuckReconMajor
Music    : Funky Stars by Quazar of Sanxion (mod)

 

MAP08    : The Alchemist's Stronghold
Author   : Berubaretto
Gift for : osminee
Music    : Vacant Lot from Resident Evil

 

MAP09    : "Wowzerz!"
Author   : Andrea Rovenski
Gift for : Berubaretto
Music    : game18 from descent

 

MAP10    : Semi-Cybernetic Nightmare
Author   : DuckReconMajor
Gift for : Andrea Rovenski
Music    : Megaman X Vs. Zero Nightmare - Sequenced by: ShadowMan.eXe

 

MAP11    : HoursDaysMonthsSeasons
Author   : General Roasterock
Gift for : msx2plus
Music    : SINHALE by Zan-zan-zawa-veia

 

MAP12    : balls
Author   : riktoi
Gift for : General Roasterock
Music    : Beloved Tomboyish Girl from Touhou 6, sequenced by Gyana Ren

 

MAP13    : Fanfiction Lemonade
Author   : el inferno
Gift for : riktoi
Music    : Girders by Jimmy

 

MAP14    : Deckerbone Valley
Author   : Nefelibeta
Gift for : el inferno
Music    : Map04's music from Summer of '69

 

MAP15    : Taiga
Author   : Ravendesk
Gift for : Nefelibeta
Music    : That's where I belong by Beyond

 

MAP16    : Nocturnal Bottleneck Hypothesis
Author   : 4shockblast
Gift for : Ravendesk
Music    : String Attack! by Stephen Rippy from Age of Empires

 

MAP17    : Everlasting Snow
Author   : raddicted
Gift for : 4shockblast
Music    : Assessment by Progbass92

 

MAP18    : MODWALL3 my beloved
Author   : Petyan
Gift for : raddicted
Music    : loc_n6.mid by ribbiks

 

MAP19    : Grandpa and dad got into a drunken brawl and ruined everyone's weekend. same thing every time
Author   : dashiefrickintyan
Gift for : Petyan
Music    : If only it were a sea of beer by Dune

 

MAP20    : She Could Almost Touch the Sky
Author   : Phoenyx
Gift for : dashiefrickintyan
Music    : its_cold_up_here by Ribbiks

 

MAP21    : Spectral Carmine
Author   : Knifeworld
Gift for : Phoenyx
Music    : MAP01 MIDI from The Mind Asylum

 

MAP22    : Blood Toll
Author   : Dan
Gift for : Knifeworld
Music    : Hell's Furnace by Tristan Clark

 

MAP23    : Cold Leftover Wings
Author   : tonytheparrot
Gift for : Dan
Music    : Confusion by xtd

 

MAP24    : Peak Revealed
Author   : Monsieur E
Gift for : tonytheparrot
Music    : Dark Groove from Jazz Jackrabbit 2

 

MAP25    : Frozen Cave
Author   : brendondle
Gift for : Monsieur E
Music    : Crawling Vermin by Psychedelic Eyeball

 

MAP26    : To Brendondle With Love
Author   : Cynder_Thief
Gift for : brendondle
Music    : Power Rangers Theme

 

MAP27    : The Real Dude Souls Starts here
Author   : cassis
Gift for : Cynder_Thief
Music    : City Lights in the Black Strait

 

MAP28    : ẶẶẶẶẶẶẶẶẶẶẶẶẶẶẶẶẶẶẶẶẶẶẶẶẶẶẶẶẶẶẶẶẶẶẶẶẶẶẶẶẶẶẶẶẶẶẶẶ
Author   : besus
Gift for : cassis
Music    : CAFO - Animals as Leaders

 

MAP29    : 17 kilometres 'til Freedoom
Author   : deat
Gift for : besus
Music    : gmc.bonus from Terry's Big Adventure by Alistair Brimble (converted to MOD)
Paris 1939 by dreamer
Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick by Ian Dury & The Blockheads
Donauwellen (Waves of the Danube) by Iosif Ivanovici
Yamma Hardcore v2 by Antti 'Heatbeat' Mikkonen
prboom-plus.exe 2.6.66 converted to 22khz mono raw audio (reconverted to FLAC because dsda-doom doesn't like PCM wave files for music)
Dragon's Legend by Koto (cover by Nighthawk)
That's Amore by Dean Martin
Deceit from Freedoom Phase 2 by Julian Hope
game14.hmi from Descent (HMI2MID conversion)
Scupping Around by Antti 'Heatbeat' Mikkonen
Denied Love by Benni 'emax' Petersen
Hungarian Dances No. 01 (Allegro molto) by Johannes Brahms
TrueCurrentscapo2.mid by TheGroovitron (stolen from ultimate-guitar.com)
belligerent math (xapplesaucex.mid) by TheGroovitron (also stolen from ultimate-guitar.com)
yoinks by ribbiks
All of Me (Boy oh Boy) by Sabrina Salerno (arranged by Arcady Sayamov Samara)
NEURORAK by Zan-zan-zawa-veia
sic em boy by ribbiks
Starburst Apocalypse by KoD83
Suspense (Remix) by SilentZora
The Odyssey by Symphony X (arranged by Simone Mularoni)
Evil In You by Kalmah
Malinkova by Verasy (arranged by Tchernjak Alexander)
Abyss by DJ Taka (re-arranged by ribbiks)

 

MAP30    : SEIGE5.WAD
Author   : akolai
Gift for : deat
Music    : pillow.it by distance & lackluster at

 

MAP31    : shepherded
Author   : msx2plus
Gift for : akolai
Music    : Forests by John Pfeiffer

 

MAP32    : Merry Christmas (Credits)
Author   : Meowgi
Music    : Silent Night

 

MAP33    : Merry Christmas Pacifist Paradise
Author   : Maribo
Gift for : Pacifist Paradise
Music    : sol_battle016.mid by soleil

 

MAP34    : dominoes
Author   : Ravendesk
Gift for : Meowgi
Music    : hazzardous_horns by randall

Additional Music Credits:
Title       : Jingle all the way (Country Jingle)
Intermission: We wish you a merry christmas
 

 

Special thanks to:

@Kinetic, who came up with the idea 
@Ravendesk, who managed all things resources

@dashiefrickintyan for the custom INTERPIC

@Peccatum Mihzamiz for the ENDOOM

 

BOWNLOAT:

Pacifist Paradise Secret Santa on idgames

Edited December 30, 2023 by Meowgi
idgames link

[roadworx]

first

[El Juancho]

Merry Christmas doome

[besus]

pls play this its not a meme

[Monsieur E]

finally after many winters a good wad 

[tonytheparrot]

I am so honored to be the 5th person to comment on this legendary thread







 

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Seriously, play this RN

 

[Emperor S P O O N]

Oh, hell, yea, so glad to be a part of this wad.

Happy Holidays, everyone!

[TJG1289]

This is a seriously cool idea! Gonna have to check it out. Is it obvious when playing the maps what the preferences are? It would be cool to have the preference listed for each map too. 

[Terrcraft]

Warmonger hellhole known Satan when?

[Peccatum Mihzamiz]

[insert witty remark here, that is appropriately supportive of others and faux self-depricating enough to get upvotes while being generally uplifting of the project and the other mappers and project leads]

 

Fuck yeah! @Emperor S P O O N's map might be the first map ever gifted to me and I could not have wished for something better! Like many mappers, they took my wishes and spent uncounted hours slaving over the perfect realization. It's a megawad of unexpectedly high quality that by all rights should not be able to exist but does. A testament to good vibes and bonkers mapping skills!

[Petyan]

I would definitely recommend playing some parts of the wad with -complevel 17.

[Meowgi]

11 minutes ago, TJG1289 said:

This is a seriously cool idea! Gonna have to check it out. Is it obvious when playing the maps what the preferences are? It would be cool to have the preference listed for each map too. 

I think I am going to do this before we submit to idgames. Not sure whether it should be in the main text file, or a separate text file. Thoughts?

[riktoi]

I made 2.94117647% of this

[Terrcraft]

Linking this bonus map here. Includes some optional umapinfo trickery to inject it into the episode.

 

[DeafPixel]

Good Wad! (but not GOODWAD)

[TheShep]

this appeared rad yesterday. might spin it down the road.

[knifeworld]

I loved mapping for this!

[DuckReconMajor]

Everyone did a fantastic job and I had a wonderful time! You're doing yourself a disservice if you don't at least give these a try.

[Kinetic]

the wad turned out great! Looking forward to demoing a couple maps in the near (1 day-never) future! Raddicted's map looked especially good to me.

[NiGHTS108]

Definitely my favourite community project I mapped for this year, and maybe just in general. Had a great time with this, thanks everyone!

[TJG1289]

23 hours ago, Meowgi said:

I think I am going to do this before we submit to idgames. Not sure whether it should be in the main text file, or a separate text file. Thoughts?

I guess if they're short enough they can go in the main file, but if they're pretty descriptive, they can be a separate file. I don't think it really matters too much.

[Bredd]

On 12/26/2023 at 3:08 PM, Meowgi said:

I think I am going to do this before we submit to idgames. Not sure whether it should be in the main text file, or a separate text file. Thoughts?

 

I would love to see this just so people can see what Deat had to work with

[plums]

This looks pretty fun, would also like to see a list of preferences per map, though I guess most should be obvious when you play them.

 

BTW MAP30 music credit, Distance and Lackluster are the same person, he went by both names for a while.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lackluster

[Andrea Rovenski]

wowzerz!, cool wad

[Napsalm]

There's a lot of love in these maps. A wide range of different styles to cater to different players too! If you don't like a map, definitely move on to the next, there'll be something you will like in this

[deathz0r]

On 12/27/2023 at 3:35 PM, Kinetic said:

the wad turned out great! Looking forward to demoing a couple maps in the near (1 day-never) future! Raddicted's map looked especially good to me.

come on kinetic I have a dominoes reference I know you love domino03

 

9 hours ago, Bredd said:

I would love to see this just so people can see what Deat had to work with

I had a blast working with the absurd checklist that was dumped by @besus

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though I still need to play Station Y

On the flip side, I absolutely love what @akolai had pulled off with my request. The crackpot theories I was making up with the first puzzle when streaming it were approaching the level of @SaladStream's POOGERS MAP29 playthrough.

[Meowgi]

The text file has been updated with the "Prompt" and Mapper's Notes for the idgames release. Once it has been accepted there, I will update the OP. (Speedrunners should re-download it at that point due to a small change to MAP01 causing nodes to be rebuilt)

[Meowgi]

Now on idgames! Thanks to everyone who participated, and Happy New Year Doomworld!

[Zalewa]

Hey, @Peccatum Mihzamiz, got a question. What's the idea for this fight in MAP03? I'm just getting hammered from all sides, as the moving pillars in the middle don't provide enough cover. Should I just wait for the exit door to open without even starting the fight, since this is possible?

[Peccatum Mihzamiz]

1 hour ago, Zalewa said:

Hey, @Peccatum Mihzamiz, got a question. What's the idea for this fight in MAP03? I'm just getting hammered from all sides, as the moving pillars in the middle don't provide enough cover. Should I just wait for the exit door to open without even starting the fight, since this is possible?

 

It is indeed a tough fight, for me as well. For me personally getting up close and taking out the archviles immediately works out best. The closer you get the less trouble the imps above are with regards to autoaim. I have also seen people taking out the arachnos first and with that pressure being gone, focus on the archies after that. The pillars actually do offer enough cover from the archviles at all times, at least when I playtested it and in the footage I've seen from all the other playtesters. Keeping the pillars, archies, arachnos and mancubi all in your head at the same time is complex business. Perhaps just focus on the arachnos from behind a pillar, and if the pillar lowers run to the other pillar? All the while slightly moving to evade the mancubi. There is also a way to cheese the fight:

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stand in the doorway and rocket the arachnos and mancubi from there until the fight is easier.

With Doom, after having seen many different people stream the same arenas with different approaches I have the following thought in general for fights: try something radically different and assume it's you, not the map. I've seen so many people play one way, and just die dozens of times instead of stopping for a bit, being quiet, and thinking over what thing they could be doing differently. Not saying this is you of course :) .

Hope you find a way to beat this fight and have fun at the same time, thanks for playing, all the best! :) And I put difficulty settings in the map for a reason, so consider those as well perhaps. I personally love playing on other difficulties besides UV.