Update on New Maps (2024-12-24)

[Enjay]

even though I put the whole bollocksing shite together.

Have you been spending time in the UK?

[Rex Claussen]

Have you been spending time in the UK?

Not recently. But I have been re-reading John Constantine: Hellblazer, which is mostly set in the UK, with the primary characters being British, Irish, and Scottish. Hence, the "native" parlance.

[Rex Claussen]

Update on January 19, 2021

The overhaul of the original 5 maps of Paranoia is well on its way to completion. [Didn't I say that before? But this time it's not a deep fake.]
The 4 Xen space maps are still where they were as of my last update.
I have more-or-less completed 3 maps in The Deimos Syndrome expansion pack, with plans to do at least one, possibly two, more maps.

At one point I considered having the Deimos expansion pack serve as the Blue Shift episode. However, because the expansion pack uses DooM weapons & ammo, this won't work.

[Ed the Bat]

In regard to using Doom weapons or monsters... the code for them all exists in GZDoom, so if we continue with the ipk3 method (which is still not exactly a hard requirement), we'd just need to include sounds and graphics. We could perhaps come up with some alternative resources, like from Freedoom (just as an example; I have mixed feelings about using them wholesale), or our own creative ideas for replacements.

On the other hand, if you're really set on them looking and sounding like the actual Doom weapons, we can scrap the ipk3 idea and go back to using Doom2 as the iwad.

[Rex Claussen]

No, I'm not really set on anything specific, such as using weapons that look and sound like in the original DooM. The idea of using DooM weapons, as I mentioned in the Deimos thread, was to follow Graf Zahl's suggestion. We can easily improvise as necessary, as long as we retain the behavior of the original weapons. In fact, when I developed Paranoia ZDooM had no support for DECORATE or ZScript. Therefore, I used Half-Life weapon graphics (and, perhaps, sounds as well, but I don't remember). The behavior remains unchanged. This can easily be the path we take, as it will allow us to have an IPK3

[Rex Claussen]

Update on May 29, 2021

I have been struggling to stay motivated, and didn't touch a GZDooM map editor for 2 months (although I did get sidetracked into a vanilla DooM project for a bit). I am mostly back on track and have been cleaning up the first 5 maps (loosely based on Paranoia). The effort turned out to be far larger and more complicated than I anticipated, but the basic logic of each map and the mission as a whole are in place. I have some cleanup map work and I need to put in the gameplay, after which it will be ready for play-testing.

Completing the 4 Space Station & Xen World maps are next on my agenda, although I was having a lot of fun doing the DooM-in-Half-Life maps and I might do those first.

To summarize:
Maps 24-27: All mapping and logic complete; gameplay needed
Map 28: Cleanup mapping remains; gameplay needed
Map 29: This overly-ambitious space station is exactly where it was over a year ago
Maps 30-31: Xen Moons - all mapping & logic done; gameplay needed
Map 32: Xen Temple - exactly where it was over a year ago
Maps 33, 34, 36 (DooM in Half-Life): all mapping & logic done; gameplay needed
Map 35: No progress

Otis Shift: No progress

[Rex Claussen]

Update on July 16, 2021

Sadly, my free time over the past several weeks has been severely derailed, with the end result being that I haven't been able to work much on the game. I even had to work on my job-related duties during a short vacation I recently took. All-in-all I am hella stressed and desperately looking for an opportunity to stop being wound so tight. Still, I've done a little bit, summarized below:

Maps 24-27: All mapping and logic complete; gameplay needed under way
Map 28: Cleanup mapping remains complete; gameplay needed under way
Map 29: This overly-ambitious space station is exactly where it was over a year ago
Maps 30-31: Xen Moons - all mapping & logic done; gameplay needed
Map 32: Xen Temple - exactly where it was over a year ago
Maps 33, 34, 36 (DooM in Half-Life): all mapping & logic done; gameplay needed
Map 35: No progress

Otis Shift: No progress

[Rex Claussen]

Update on January 20, 2022

As before, my life continues to take sideways turns, leaving me with little time or energy for DooM. Still, I manage to snatch a couple of hours here and there. Here's an update:

Maps 24-28: All mapping and logic complete; gameplay (still) under way
Map 29: This overly-ambitious space station is exactly where it was over a year and a half ago
Maps 30-31: Xen Moons - all mapping & logic done; gameplay (still) needed
Map 32: Xen Temple - minor progress on the mapping
Maps 33-35 (DooM in Half-Life): all mapping & logic done; gameplay needed
Map 36: Mapping complete; retexturing is WIP; gameplay needed
Map 37: Mapping begun (this is the trampoline-themed puzzle map)

Otis Shift: No progress

[Rex Claussen]

Update on April 30, 2022

Maps 24-28: All mapping and logic complete; gameplay (still) under way
Map 29: This overly-ambitious space station is exactly where it was over a year and a half ago
Maps 30-31: Xen Moons - all mapping & logic done; gameplay (still) needed
Map 32: Xen Temple - minor progress on the mapping
Maps 33-35 (DooM in Half-Life): all mapping & logic done; gameplay needed
Map 36: Mapping complete; retexturing nearing completion; gameplay needed
Map 37: Mapping complete (this is the trampoline-themed puzzle map)

Otis Shift: No progress

[Rex Claussen]

Maps 24-28: All mapping and logic complete; gameplay (still) under way
Map 29: This overly-ambitious space station is exactly where it was over 2 years ago
Maps 30-31: Xen Moons - all mapping & logic done; gameplay (still) needed
Map 32: Xen Temple Fortress - 50% complete; also see here
Maps 33-35 (DooM in Half-Life): all mapping & logic done; gameplay needed
Map 36: Mapping complete; retexturing nearing completion; gameplay needed
Map 37: Mapping & logic complete (this is the trampoline-themed puzzle map)
Map 38/Map 39: 80% and 30% [These are maps I had started to build for the Map32 slot, scrapped that idea and started Map 32 from scratch, and moved the original work into Map 38. However, as there is a clash of themes, I will almost certainly build a Map 39. (F*ck! In the immortal words of Frank Zappa: "The Torture Never Stops")]

Otis Shift: No progress

[Rex Claussen]

Maps 24-28: All mapping and logic complete; gameplay (still) under way
Map 29: This overly-ambitious space station is exactly where it was over 2 years ago
Maps 30-31: Xen Moons - all mapping & logic done; gameplay (still) needed
Map 32: Xen Temple Fortress - Mapping virtually 100% complete; gameplay 20% complete
Maps 33-35 (DooM in Half-Life): all mapping & logic done; gameplay needed
Map 36: Mapping complete; retexturing nearing completion; gameplay needed
Map 37: Mapping & logic complete (this is the trampoline-themed puzzle map)
Map 38/Map 39: 80% and 30% [These are maps I had started to build for the Map32 slot, scrapped that idea and started Map 32 from scratch, and moved the original work into Map 38. However, as there is a clash of themes, I will almost certainly build a Map 39. (F*ck! In the immortal words of Frank Zappa: "The Torture Never Stops")]

Otis Shift: No progress

[Rex Claussen]

Updated on 2024-12-24:

Maps 24-28: All mapping and logic complete; gameplay (still) under way
Map 29: This overly-ambitious space station is exactly where it was over 2 years ago complete (mapping only; gameplay still required)
Maps 30-31: Xen Moons - all mapping & logic done; gameplay (still) needed
Map 32: Xen Temple Fortress - Mapping virtually 100% complete; gameplay 20% complete
Maps 33-35 (DooM in Half-Life): all mapping & logic done; gameplay needed
Map 36: Mapping complete; retexturing nearing completion complete; gameplay needed
Map 37: Mapping & logic complete (this is the trampoline-themed puzzle map)
Map 38: Mapping 100% complete
Map 39: Mapping 100% complete

16, count 'em, 16 frikkin' maps. My largest mapping endeavor ever.

Otis Shift: No progress