SCF Posted April 1 (edited) Has this ever happened to you? You're at a party, and all the cool people are talking about Doom. You're a bit of a Doom afficionado yourself, so you try to join in, but then someone brings up the influential slaughter wad Sunder. Everyone starts discussing the intricate fights and foreboding architecture. When you sheepishly mention that you haven't played it, they all look your way with sneers on their faces. Shunned for the rest of the night, you return home sad and alone. It's not your fault. You really do want to play Sunder, but you're a busy adult with a job and a family. You don't have time to play maps that take 50-100 hours each to beat. Well, my friend, I have the solution for you: Sunder For People Who Don't Have Time To Play Sunder Get the full Sunder experience in just a fraction of the time! All of the action, with only 10% of the average monster count! The maps range from a few minutes to 15-20 minutes long. Play it now, and next time you're at a party, you'll have just enough Sunder knowledge to impress everyone with your analysis of the combat encounters. Format: Boom (+umapinfo for map names/skies)Tested in: dsda-doom 0.26.0Difficulty Settings: No time for thatCredits: All original maps by @Insane_Gazebo. All resources copied from Sunder (See the enclosed text file for more detail). All maps foolishly created from scratch, using Sunder only as a reference. Idgames Download Disclaimer: This wad is meant for entertainment purposes only. Author cannot be held responsible for any social, emotional or physical damages caused by pretending you played the real Sunder. Smaller maps does not necessarily mean easier, and a smooth difficulty curve cannot be guaranteed. Screenshots (with Sunder side-by-side comparison) Spoiler Edited July 28 by SCF 86 Share this post Link to post
apichatpong Posted April 1 (edited) Really funny "april's fool" ! Quickly revisited some "classic moments" and the feeling is opressive but not in the same way as in original sunder ! Nice doctor evil and mini-me couple ! 2 Share this post Link to post
apichatpong Posted April 1 The furnace is, from what I saw, a peak in the equilibrium between hommage and trolling, bravo ! 1 Share this post Link to post
NecrumWarrior Posted April 1 (edited) I have played Sunder many times, including five this month alone. I just use Chaos Control to freeze time so I can kill all the enemies. But sometimes I find myself wanting more frozen time for polishing my guns. Thanks to you I can play Sunder in even less time than I already was. This WAD gets the Shadow the Hedgehog Seal of Approval™. Edited April 1 by NecrumWarrior 5 Share this post Link to post
NuMetalManiak Posted April 1 To be quite honest. I need this. Between the work schedules having me work most of the day, evenings, nights, evenings, midnights, evenings, evenings, and worst of all, EVENINGS, this is important for me. 3 Share this post Link to post
Jinxie Posted April 1 As the resident Sunder enthusiast, I have to say I expected a silly April's Fool wad with truncated levels made by rearranging the maps in the original WAD and was instead met with a great cross of Sunder and Haste, keeping the spirit and key landmarks of the original wad while scaling down the size and making fights that are at times a fresh take that feels so right. I can wholeheartedly recommend this to everyone who's looking for short and sweet slaughter experiences, newcomers who are scared to tackle the beastly original WAD, or even just fans of the OG Sunder :D What a wonderful homage Spoiler PS: Abandon when? :^) 6 Share this post Link to post
Yousuf Anik Posted April 1 For real? I only beat few maps many years ago, let alone completed playing all the maps. So this is definitely going to be good for someone like me! 1 Share this post Link to post
Grain of Salt Posted April 1 This is great, I love it. Spoiler The end of 02 is perfect 2 Share this post Link to post
suzerduzer Posted April 3 I thought this would be just a shitpost but it honestly rules. I want more mini mapsets like this for other wads. 6 Share this post Link to post
jmac Posted April 3 I've only played the first couple maps at this point, but so far this is great. I found a softlock in map 2, at the tunnel entrance that looks like a mouth. It's pretty easy to accidentally fall in between the tongue and teeth, and if you do, there's no way out. Spoiler 1 Share this post Link to post
Solarn Posted April 3 So the joke is that it's a really high quality micro-slaughter wad. I love it. 4 Share this post Link to post
Xaser Posted April 4 Shoulda titled it "SNDR" :P I love how each map is perfectly recognizable, on top of being Actually Good(tm) to play. How to correctly make jokewads in 2024. 8 Share this post Link to post
slowfade Posted April 4 It's actually pretty incredible. Great work. Still can't beat any of the fights. How long did you work on this? 50-100 hours per map? ;) 2 Share this post Link to post
LVENdead Posted April 4 God I freaking love this. I haven't really played too much of Sunder (I don't have enough time!) but I've idclev'd through all the maps multiple times and good lord these tiny versions are just so cute. And "Honey Mommy" got a cackle out of me. 3 Share this post Link to post
CacoKnight Posted April 4 (edited) I thought this was a complete joke and a fake wad, loaded it and it's actually damn fun. So, thank you for this.. NOW DO ALL THE OTHER SLAUGHTER WADS ! 1 Share this post Link to post
ReaperAA Posted April 6 As someone who never played Sunder precisely because of how massive the maps are, this is great to see. 1 Share this post Link to post
Pottus Posted April 6 I really liked Sunder when it was first released but then the maps just got stupid and lost enjoyment viability. 0 Share this post Link to post
Satellalite Posted April 7 I'll definitely give this a shot once I completed (most of) Sunder. It looks really adorable from the previews! 1 Share this post Link to post
taviow Posted April 10 Hello, I've been playing through this and been impressed with the way you managed to capture the essence of each of the maps (although I'd argue the crusher room in 17 was an integral part of its identity :P). I have a small bug report on map18, I think your 242 control sector for tag 5 has the wrong ceiling height set. Unless the HOM that is currently showing up there is intended, the correct ceiling height for that control sector was supposed to be 384 instead of 128. Congratulations on this release, went way above and beyond a simple april fools joke. 1 Share this post Link to post
ElPadrecitoCholo Posted April 10 @SCF Fantastic set of maps. An experience that will never be repeated with me :) 2 Share this post Link to post
lunchlunch Posted April 18 This is very much my cup of tea, thank you. 1 Share this post Link to post
SCF Posted July 27 I've updated the wad with some small fixes for the issues people have reported. This should only affect maps 2 (softlock) and map 18 (cosmetic fix). The same version should also be up on idgames as soon as it's accepted. 0 Share this post Link to post
SCF Posted July 28 Aaand it's up https://www.doomworld.com/idgames/levels/doom2/Ports/megawads/sfpwdhttps 6 Share this post Link to post
NuMetalManiak Posted July 30 Worth mentioning that MAP31 has no secret exit to MAP32 and you go to MAP16. The original map had no normal exit by comparison. 1 Share this post Link to post