Shatter Earth - Beta (Gameplay mod) v0.4

[Cascade]

NOTE: Gameplay still not fully fleshed out and are to be changed and looking for feedback

To simply put it, doom but with mining. A basic gameplay mod that replaces pickups (Only ammo and health so far) as mineral nodes as well as changing the arsenal that utilizes the minerals gathered. The gameplay gives you the handy pickaxe made to crack and collect deposits for your ammo. As minerals are gathered you will use them as ammunition for your armaments.

This is only an early version and I will be looking for feedback (Balancing) on this current state. I might accept some suggestions as well.

DOWNLOAD:

ShatterEarthv0.4

Changelog:

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0.4
-Faster weapon switching
-Added Omen

-Added Omenstone (replaces cells)
-Added Armor
-Sulfur bomb deals higher damage on rocks

-New remedium sprites (from red to green)
-Updated hud to include keys
-File includes a downgraded version (for compatibility)

0.3
-Added pickups

0.2

-Max health 125 to 150
-Bolt damage 42 to 50
-Slag damage 6 to 8
-Slag deals higher damage on dynamite barrel
 

-new smoke sprites
-slight visual changes

 

ARMAMENTS:

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Only 4 (so far)


Pickaxe
Hard hitting tool to crack rocks and stones. Deals higher damage against rocks.


Arbalest
Carefully handcrafted for quality and precision. Primary launches bolts of pure lead, Alternative blasts spread of lead.


Blast Furnace
A composite tool to lay waste of slags. Primary continuously fires volleys of slag, Alternative launches sulfur bombs.


Omen
An unclassified "staff" uses up Omenstones rather than mana. Primary shoots a vomit of bright red beam.

MINERALS & MISC:

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The rocks the pickaxe was made for to hit! Ammos and health have been replaces with minerals and deposits.


Lead
Raw lead used as ammunition for arbalest bolts and pellet. Replaces shells and cells


Coal
Unrefined coal fuel for blast furnace. Replaces clips


Sulfur
Sulfur used to fire sulfur bombs. Replaces rockets


Remedium
Can be easily identified by their glow and green hue. These crystals are used for healing. Replaces health pickups


Omenstone
Contains traces of unholy mana. Replaces cells


Iron set
Finely crafted, great for negating damage. 1 piece replaces green armor, full set replaces blue armor


Dynamite Barrel
Explodes when shot. Deals great damage on rocks

NOT IN GAME YET

Gold
We're rich!

SCREENSHOTS:

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Map: Eviternity

 

Edited April 10 by Cascade
new update v0.4

[TommyGalano5]

OH! definitely playing this 

[Matt Eldrydge]

Fun little mod! My only suggestion so far is to maybe make the pickaxe have a faster select speed or having a hotkey for quickly smashing rocks.

 

Other than that, I feel like the arbalest's primary fire could do some more damage since it seems to more or less replace the shotgun? I do believe I had to two tap zombies with it.

 

Looking forward to whatever else is brought to this mod. :)

[Baratus]

Really like how this is shaping up. I would suggest you raise the Blast Furnace primary's damage output, since it should be at least as powerful as the Doom 2 chaingun since it fires rather slow projectiles instead of hitscans. In fact, all of the weapon's damage values could be raised slightly.

Could you make barrels take double damage from Blast Furnace projectiles since they would be ignited? Or make it so that the Blast Furnace explosive projectile can blast apart ore deposits? I know that the pickaxe is the dedicated mining tool, but explosives can be used to mine, by my logic.

Interested to see how this mod develops!

 

 

[Lonespacemarine]

The minerals run away from me 

[Cascade]

Thank yall for trying out the mod and the feedbacks, will be uploading an update in the future
 

2 hours ago, Lonespacemarine said:

The minerals run away from me 

As for this, I'm still trying to get the 'magnet' pickup effect right lol
 

[Lonespacemarine]

56 minutes ago, Cascade said:

Thank yall for trying out the mod and the feedbacks, will be uploading an update in the future
 

As for this, I'm still trying to get the 'magnet' pickup effect right lol
 

You're trying to make a follow effect like the one from minecraft. Good job.

[Doomenator]

 

[Cascade]

 

18 hours ago, Doomenator said:

 

Yoo this is neat

[Cascade]

Now updated to v0.4 also new weapon

[Lonespacemarine]

Finnally, Minor doom 

Ahem 

Mine minerals

[TwelvNighn]

40 minutes ago, Lonespacemarine said:

Finnally, Minor doom 

Ahem 

Mine minerals

nahh bro be wildin out
 

[Lonespacemarine]

2 hours ago, TwelvNighn said:

nahh bro be wildin out
 

Ahem, do not resist 

[Dondlo]

Finally Minecraft in Doom but you can actually mine now, no crafting tho :(

[Redead-ITA]

I have some gripes on the menu and Hud, the menu feels like it's going outside my screen, while my Hud feels squashed in the center.

can't get a Screenshot of the menu so have the one for the Hud.

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[Cascade]

On 5/22/2024 at 3:51 AM, Redead-ITA said:

I have some gripes on the menu and Hud, the menu feels like it's going outside my screen, while my Hud feels squashed in the center.

can't get a Screenshot of the menu so have the one for the Hud.

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Noted. The 'squashed' hud is pretty intentional to keep info close to the center but I might reduce that

[Scileboi]

The weapons so far are pretty good. But I would suggest working more on the mining mechanic. While it´s a cool idea as it is now they´re just pickups with extra steps and don´t really add anything interesting gameplaywise. Maybe add different durabilities, have certain minerals be mined faster with certain tools. Maybe make rocks emit a positive status effect aura so there is a meaningful decision to breaking or not breaking minerals. There is a lot that can be done with it.