Form vs. Content (WIP megawad): E1 and E2 ready for testing!

[nicolas monti]

Project: Intended to be a 3 episode megawad, no time schedule

Game: Doom /U Doom

Port: any limit removing

 

https://www.mediafire.com/file/wjbnp4e4vuwio99/FCE2BETA.wad/file

 

Maps so far:

 

E1M1: yerba mate

E1M2: shot in the dark

E1M3: acid house

E1M4: qudrilaterals of pain

E1M5: monorail

E1M6: sky seed

E1M7: devil's design

E1M8: black star

E1M9: paranoid

 

E2M1: bellatrix

E2M2: procyon

E2M3: eridanus

E2M4: auriga

E2M5: gliese

E2M6: puppis

E2M7: patna

E2M8: orion's key

E2M9: zeta reticuli

 

 

Edited October 17 by nicolas monti

[Firedust]

Nice! Getting strong Favillesco vibes from this! What's the reason behind the project name though?

[TMMMS]

awesome news but if i may suggest itd be neat if you could record more video walkthroughs of your maps since some of them feature secrets that can be pretty tricky to figure out!

[nicolas monti]

11 minutes ago, Firedust said:

Nice! Getting strong Favillesco vibes from this! What's the reason behind the project name though?

 

thanks! There are 4 favillesco episodes but I guess people generally refer to the alpha ones.

I don't get very meaningful with names, I think of form vs. content as an analogy of layout vs. gameplay, I tend to focus on layout and then to make gameplay to work with that specific layout, some mappers plan it the opposite way.

[Firedust]

Oh, I know there are 4 Fav episodes, I replay those every year! Thanks for the explanation regarding the name, I never would've guessed.

[97th Century Fox]

Oh man I was just talking about you in another thread and you drop this soonafter! I'm eager to give this a spin once I get the time!

[nicolas monti]

20 minutes ago, Firedust said:

Nice! Getting strong Favillesco vibes from this! What's the reason behind the project name though?

 

I may, I think this time there are some easier secrets though

[nicolas monti]

5 minutes ago, 97th Century Fox said:

Oh man I was just talking about you in another thread and you drop this soonafter! I'm eager to give this a spin once I get the time!

 

thanks man, I made the whole episode in 15 days, I'm kind of burned out, I'll take a little breath for E2

[TMMMS]

ive never seen those imp sprites before are they from the id vault?

[nicolas monti]

34 minutes ago, TMMMS said:

ive never seen those imp sprites before are they from the id vault?

 

They're from a 1995 wad and they are also used in doom3 smiley head safari, I e-mailed the author to credit him but no response, it's been 29 years, who knows..

[FEDEX]

Exitos como siempre Nico querido, estoy seguro que va a ser otro megawad exitoso 👍

[nicolas monti]

On 9/24/2024 at 1:07 AM, FEDEX said:

Exitos como siempre Nico querido, estoy seguro que va a ser otro megawad exitoso 👍

 

Gracias brother, es trabajo duro pero vale la pena cuando uno hace los mapas como a uno se le da la gana sin seguir trends XD

[netcurse2000]

Are you using custom weapons in this megawad?

[nicolas monti]

14 hours ago, netcurse2000 said:

Are you using custom weapons in this megawad?

 

Not really, just the alpha sprite replacement for the weapons, lost souls, enemy fireballs and the cheap xeno-imp 1995 replacement!

Edited September 30 by nicolas monti

[nicolas monti]

E2 is ready!

 

https://www.mediafire.com/file/wjbnp4e4vuwio99/FCE2BETA.wad/file

[97th Century Fox]

Nice, I'll delve into this one once I finish Solve et Coagula!

[97th Century Fox]

Just played through episode 1. The atmosphere is great like always, with my favorite maps in that regard being monorail and paranoid. 

However, the gameplay got really difficult for me at times, mainly because of the abundance of shotgunners (I was playing on HNTR btw). It seems I have a harder time with your Doom 1 wads in general, as Solve et Coagula was also more of a grind for me. Either way, I'll leave episode 2 for another time, since I've gotten quite burned out. Can't lie though, those E2 screenshots do look really interesting. Anyways, good luck with making Episode 3!

[nicolas monti]

On 10/21/2024 at 10:05 AM, 97th Century Fox said:

Just played through episode 1. The atmosphere is great like always, with my favorite maps in that regard being monorail and paranoid. 

However, the gameplay got really difficult for me at times, mainly because of the abundance of shotgunners (I was playing on HNTR btw). It seems I have a harder time with your Doom 1 wads in general, as Solve et Coagula was also more of a grind for me. Either way, I'll leave episode 2 for another time, since I've gotten quite burned out. Can't lie though, those E2 screenshots do look really interesting. Anyways, good luck with making Episode 3!

 

thanks man! yes, the shotgunners are the star of E1, E2 differs a bit in terms of texturing and geometry, it also adds extensive use of teleports.

now working on E3 but with a slower pace, just 7 maps to go!