Simulacrum RC2 | 32 MBF21 maps by muumi and myolden

[myolden]

 

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Simulacrum is a set of 32 maps in MBF21 format by @muumi and @myolden. This set starts modestly but steadily climbs into challenge and slaughter territory in the later maps. Difficulties and Coop are implemented. Target source port is DSDA-Doom, your mileage may vary in other ports. No jumping/crouching.

Map Order

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01 - Elegy [myolden]
02 - Life's Journey [muumi]

03 - Marrow [myolden]

04 - Visage of the Past [muumi]

05 - Grandma's House [muumi]

06 - Starspawn [myolden]

07 - Lament of the Last Refuge [muumi]

08 - Heartless [myolden]

09 - Temple of the Dying Sun [muumi]

10 - Throne World [muumi]

11 - Mirebough [muumi]

12 - Clockworks [myolden]

13 - Lycosidae [muumi]

14 - Deathmask Divine [myolden]

15 - Aether Sanctuary [muumi]

16 - Ambrosius [myolden]

17 - Corpora [muumi]

18 - Concrete God [myolden]

19 - Madness at the Core of Time [myolden]

20 - The Base Reality [muumi]

21 - Evisceration Plague [myolden]

22 - Alpine Halls [muumi]

23 - Wired Depths [myolden]

24 - Grand Spectrum [muumi]

25 - Manor of Infinite Forms [myolden]

26 - Den of the Piquerist [myolden]

27 - Nihility [myolden]

28 - On Stirring Seas of Salted Blood [myolden]

29 - Kaltenhalt [muumi]

30 - Simulacrum [muumi and myolden]

31 - Smolsistance [muumi]

32 - Such is the Wrath of the Thrice-Angered Manatee [myolden]

MIDIs

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01 - Infection by AD_79

02 - Broken Mirror by Tristan Clark

03 - Hourglass by AD_79

04 - Digital Nomad by AD_79

05 - Run Like Smeg by Lee Jackson

06 - Moon Harvester by AD_79

07 - Eternal Breath by AD_79

08 - The Occultist by Tristan Clark

09 - Constant Source of Running Water 1 by Muddy

10 - Ludum Part V by Tristan Clark

11 - Pollutants by Jimmy

12 - Sludgehammer by AD_79

13 - Heliophobe by AD_79

14 - Forbidden Area from Castlevania: AoS

15 -Diaphragm by AD_79

16 - Satellites for Lunch by AD_79

17 - The Curtain by Jimmy

18 - Foul Lunar Presence by AD_79 [bespoke]

19 - Necrocosmic Alchemical Apparatus by AD_79

20 - Arrival by AD_79

21 - Emergent Divinity by AD_79

22 - Polar Night by Tristan Clark

23 - Native from Gubble

24 - Reality Distorter by Korp [bespoke]

25 - Ensnared by AD_79

26 - Abysswalker by AD_79

27 - Paleblood Waltz by AD_79

28 - Lunar Eclipse by AD_79

29 - When the Sun Won't Rise Anymore by Petter Mårtensen

30 - The Year of the Vanishing Sun by AD_79

31 - Goin' Down the Fast Way by Lee Jackson

32 - Golden Silver from Gunstar Heroes
Title Screen - Emergence by AD_79

Intermission - Kneel Before the Writhing Altar by AD_79

Text Screens - Dream Dweller by AD_79

Cast Screen - The Last Sunset by Tristan Clark

 

Screenshots

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Credits

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• Titlepic, interpic, text screen backgrounds, animated skies, and mirror sprite by @muumi
• Logo by @BluePineapple72
• Endoom screen by @Peccatum Mihzamiz
• Misc. textures and edits by @muumi and @myolden
• HUD by @Ludi
• Palette by @myolden
• Bespoke MIDI for map 18 by @AD_79
• Bespoke MIDI for map 24 by @Korp
• Playtested by @taviow, @OverflowingMocha, @Egg Boy, @Ludi, @Death Bear, @Bobby :D, @AD_79, and @ZeMystic
• Dead Caco sprite by @Lina
• Invuln palette by @Danlex
• Textures taken from CC4 and LostRes
• Plasma sound from Doom 3
• Tree sprite from Hexen
• Grass Sprite from Ancient Aliens

 

Bonus Content:

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Trivia

• Map 3 was originally going to be a part of Altars of Madness, but was cut and eventually re-worked for this mapset
• Map 4 was the first map muumi made specifically for this project
• Maps 8, 19, 21, and 23 were originally created for the now cancelled Altars of Madness 2 and were recycled into this project
• Map 11 was originally made for a since abandoned solo muumi project
• Map 14 was the first map I made specifically for this project
• Map 20 is loosely based off Hell Revealed map 11
• Map 29 is loosely based off Hell Revealed 2 map 29
• The cat hidden in the beginning of map 30 is mine. His name is George Lucas and he is a massive baby
• The portal sequence at the end of map 30 was inspired by map 28 in Hardfest 2 by taviow
• Map 31 is a completely original concept, do not steal
• This project started in January of 2023, but work was not a constant as we often took breaks for months at a time.
• The title of this WAD was suggested by muumi. Lucky for me there happened to be a song of the same name by an artist I really liked!
• The text screens are all taken from lyrics of the songs I named my maps after (except for map 32, which is taken from 'myolden' by Black Sheep Wall)

 

As always, I name my maps after songs. Here's a playlist of the tracks I've used:

 

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Edited June 9 by myolden

[Raith138]

Screenshots look great, may have to play this.

Edited June 18 by Raith138

[DaRkWeZ]

Congrats on the release, it looks neat

[ProfBloom]

I'm excited to play this!  The screenshots look gorgeous.

[Death Bear]

A year and a half in the making. Hope y'all enjoy this! Hell yeah! LET'S GO!!! HYPE!!!

[HiMyNameIsChair]

This looks siiick!! lets gooo!

 

[Peccatum Mihzamiz]

The unholy crossover between Sunlust and Piña Colada is finally here! None shall escape the gravity of Simulacrum!

[OverflowingMocha]

Proud of playtesting this from start to finish, an absolutely wonderful collab. Hope everyone has the best time with Simulacrum! :D

[TheShep]

holy mother

[BluePineapple72]

7 minutes ago, Peccatum Mihzamiz said:

The unholy crossover between Sunlust and Piña Colada is finally here! None shall escape the gravity of Simulacrum!

We call that a Tequlla Sunrise round these parts

[Ludi]

Thanks as always for having me on! Have fun y'all, this one's a doozy.

[Not Jabba]

I almost forgot to give you a react because I was trying to put my eyeballs back in my head.

Edited June 6 by Not Jabba

[Firedust]

Ain't no fucking way. Another quality mapset? Already? Damn. Club Penguin never rests.

 

You have excellent taste in metal btw, it feels nice to recognise so many not-so-well-known bands.

 

Anyway

 

LETS FUCKING GO

[SirPootis]

YOOOOOO new myolden and muumi maps! Hell yeah!

[Arena Chess]

Ooooh very interesting... Those screenshots grabbed my attention. Will have to give it a go as soon as soon as possible.

[Decay]

sheeeeeit looks great! Sad there's no reference to Baudrillard or the desert of the real in the map names.

[Egregor]

Dayum!

[LVENdead]

Fun fact - myolden toyed with the names "Conjure Celestial" and "Finger of Death" for this WAD as well but ran into copyright issues when WOTC showed up to his house and threatened to pin him to the wall with an immovable rod if he didn't change the name. He stuck it to them by choosing "Simulacrum" which is too generic to copyright, ultimately having the last laugh and apparently creating what looks to be an absolute banger of a WAD that I, as it so happens, can't fucking wait to play.

[myolden]

3 minutes ago, LVENdead said:

Fun fact - myolden toyed with the names "Conjure Celestial" and "Finger of Death" for this WAD as well but ran into copyright issues when WOTC showed up to his house and threatened to pin him to the wall with an immovable rod if he didn't change the name. He stuck it to them by choosing "Simulacrum" which is too generic to copyright, ultimately having the last laugh and apparently creating what looks to be an absolute banger of a WAD that I, as it so happens, can't fucking wait to play.

 

Everything in this post is 100% true.

[taviow]

10 minutes ago, LVENdead said:

Fun fact - myolden toyed with the names "Conjure Celestial" and "Finger of Death" for this WAD as well but ran into copyright issues when WOTC showed up to his house and threatened to pin him to the wall with an immovable rod if he didn't change the name. He stuck it to them by choosing "Simulacrum" which is too generic to copyright, ultimately having the last laugh and apparently creating what looks to be an absolute banger of a WAD that I, as it so happens, can't fucking wait to play.

 

You left out the part where myolden and muumi got attacked by manatees. Suffice it to say that they almost didn't make it, so it's a miracle this project got finished.

[Crusador560]

I will 100% be playing this. Amazing work! :)

[BluePineapple72]

Not to take up more space on this thread, but I have to take the time to get a little sappy with my feelings towards this mapset here:

 

Although I have yet to finish it, I feel like this is a doom collaboration that was just meant to be. Myolden and Muumi's mapping styles compliment eachother so well that a full megawad from both is to my perspective a championship-belt worthy arena match of face punchingly beautiful maps. Myolden's very poignant and carefully unfolding maps contrast so well with Muumi's adventurous and freeform levels that this wad should prove to be a very remarkable experience (and as I've played several of these levels, I'm not wrong).

[Shepardus]

MAP24 is about the coolest thing I've seen in the Doom engine.

[Scuba Steve]

I'm placing a moratorium on new megawads. All releases must be five maps or less.

[Novaseer]

megawad with myolden's name on it is really well made: volume 864895 or so

[DreadWanderer]

1 hour ago, LVENdead said:

Fun fact - myolden toyed with the names "Conjure Celestial" and "Finger of Death" for this WAD as well but ran into copyright issues when WOTC showed up to his house and threatened to pin him to the wall with an immovable rod if he didn't change the name. He stuck it to them by choosing "Simulacrum" which is too generic to copyright, ultimately having the last laugh and apparently creating what looks to be an absolute banger of a WAD that I, as it so happens, can't fucking wait to play.

 

It's not that it's too generic to copyright, it's that there is no original at all.

 

😎

[Egg Boy]

Congrats on the release. You know this wad is good because it has resistance is futile 2.

[Guff dotD]

The pink ranges pop out so well (especially on the caco & pinkies), that I thought I had night light turned off (I have the orange tint thing turned on in my computer settings at all times).

[DarkStormYT]

Thank you for this myolden, can't wait to play this!!!

 

[General Roasterock]

The first eleven maps have been some of the best Doom I've played this year, possibly longer. Your formula on Doom core and quality (executed as fast as you do on top of that!) is a stalwart impenetrable defense, and Muumi's ideas have rocked what I believed to be tired tropes in the forms of big canyon maps (like holy shit Mirebough). So far, so fantastic.