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Title:	Breach
Filename:	levels/doom2/Ports/a-c/breach.zip
Size:	9.82 MB
Date:	12/30/17
Author:	Viggles
Description:	Sprawling techbase medley with surreal interludes in hell. Assume the usual twaddle about teleportation research gone awry. This was an exercise in using the original Doom 2 textures and specials to build something very modern: with intricate spaces, long vistas and a bunch of half-assed environmental storytelling. Inspired by No Rest for the Living, Visions of Eternity, Vaporware Demo and Metroid Prime. (This represents about half of the map I had planned before I hit the seg limit; I may finish the second half at some point before the Earth finally plunges into the Sun.)
Credits:	Music by Conelrad: http://conelrad.co.uk Jani Saarijärvi for playtesting and invaluable design advice. The Doomworld forums for playtesting and vital criticism. My wife, for her unending patience.
Base:	New from scratch
Build time:	About 5 months spread over 1.5 years.
Editor(s) used:	Doombuilder 2, GZDoomBuilder 2.3, Slade 3
Bugs:	Slow loading and poor performance in Doomsday. A few slime trails here and there.
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Advanced engine needed  : Strong limit-removing (>32k seg limit)
Primary purpose         : Single player
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Title                   : Breach
Filename                : breach.wad
Release date            : 2017-12-29
Author                  : Viggles
Email Address           : [redacted]
Other Files By Author   : Brigandine (2017 Cacoward winner) and a handful
                          of enthusiastically bad deathmatch wads from the
                          early 90s.
                          
Misc. Author Info       : I’m an iOS developer for a living and make
                          Boxer (http://boxerapp.com), a DOSBox emulator
                          port for OS X. This was my first Doom map in
                          about 20 years.

Description             : Sprawling techbase medley with surreal interludes
                          in hell. Assume the usual twaddle about
                          teleportation research gone awry.

This was an exercise in using the original Doom 2
                          textures and specials to build something very
                          modern: with intricate spaces, long vistas and a
                          bunch of half-assed environmental storytelling.
                          Inspired by No Rest for the Living, Visions of
                          Eternity, Vaporware Demo and Metroid Prime.

(This represents about half of the map I had
                          planned before I hit the seg limit; I may finish
                          the second half at some point before the Earth
                          finally plunges into the Sun.)

Additional Credits      : Music by Conelrad: http://conelrad.co.uk
                          Jani Saarijärvi for playtesting and invaluable
                          design advice.
                          The Doomworld forums for playtesting and vital
                          criticism.
                          My wife, for her unending patience.

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* What is included *

New levels              : 1
Sounds                  : No
Music                   : Yes (OGG format)
Graphics                : 99% vanilla plus a couple of all-black textures
Dehacked/BEX Patch      : No
Demos                   : No
Other                   : No
Other files required    : None

* Play Information *

Game                    : DOOM2
Map #                   : MAP01
Single Player           : Designed for
Cooperative 2-4 Player  : Player starts only
Deathmatch 2-4 Player   : No
Other game styles       : No
Difficulty Settings     : Yes
Play Notes              : Moderate difficulty and designed for rambo-style
                          play, so don't be shy. Mouselook not required.
                          Jumping disabled in ZDoom ports to prevent some
                          sequence-breaking. (Sorry!)

100% completionists: there are several areas
                          you cannot return to after leaving them. These
                          areas contain no items however, and any monsters
                          you encounter within them will always get killed
                          or follow you out.

* Construction *

Base                    : New from scratch
Build Time              : About 5 months spread over 1.5 years.
Editor(s) used          : Doombuilder 2, GZDoomBuilder 2.3, Slade 3
Known Bugs              : Slow loading and poor performance in Doomsday.
                          A few slime trails here and there.
May Not Run With        : Vanilla/Chocolate Doom, insufficiently
                          limit-removing ports.
Tested With             : ZDoom 2.7.1, GZDoom 1.9.1, Zandronum 3.0alpha,
                          Doom Retro 2.5, PrBoom+ 2.5.1.5,
                          Eternity 3.34.37, Doomsday 1.15.0

* Copyright / Permissions *

Authors MAY use the contents of this file as a base for
modification or reuse.  Permissions have been obtained from original 
authors for any of their resources modified or included in this file.

You MAY distribute this file, provided you include this text file, with
no modifications.  You may distribute this file in any electronic
format (BBS, Diskette, CD, etc) as long as you include this file 
intact.  I have received permission from the original authors of any
modified or included content in this file to allow further distribution.

* Where to get the file that this text file describes *

Web sites:
http://washboardabs.net/doom/breach/breach-latest.zip

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* Version History *

idgames release (2017-12-29):
- Music by Conelrad: http://conelrad.co.uk
- New titlepic.
- Obsessive-compulsive texture realignment.
- Tidied up fussy architecture.
- Made automap more readable.

beta4 (2015-12-28):
- Tweaked some encounters to increase challenge.
- Reduced health, armor and ammo on UV.
- Tore out some geometry for better mobility.
- Reworked an annoying do-or-die jump in Hell.
- Made elevators less glitchable.
- Fixed overloud moving sectors.
- Switched around a couple of secrets.
- Sundry fit-and-finish improvements.

beta3 (2015-01-26):
- Redesigned many encounters to make them more interesting and challenging.
- Added more ammo back in to compensate for higher UV/HMP difficulty.
- Revised central chamber to improve mobility and guide the player better.
- Made rocket launcher pickup more obvious.
- Switched from ZDBSP to ZenNode to fix egregious slime trails in PrBoom+.
- Reduced bumpiness of piston room floor.
- Cosmetic fixes and detailing improvements.

beta2 (2015-01-15):
- Fixed broken elevators, exit door and berserk trap in PrBoom+.
- Fixed floating things and misaligned textures in PrBoom+.
- Fixed soul sphere secret in PrBoom+ and Eternity.
- Fixed pickups and decorations that had incorrect difficulty levels.
- Fixed a few slime trails.
- Prevented lost souls from triggering player teleport trap.
- Corrected music and level name in PrBoom+.
- Reduced health and ammo on UV.
- Tweaked encounter balance a little.

beta1 (2015-01-14):
- First release

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