Revenant Bus - A Doom 2 Simulation Map

[Revenant100]

Hello there, Doomworld! You may remember me as the creator of such WADs as 100,000 Revenants, Infinite Revenants, and The Revenant Problem. Today, I come to you with the fourth installment in the Revenant quadrilogy.

 

Reviewing the responses to previous entries, it's clear the Doom public desires two things: More Revenants and more public transportation. Not one to question the demands of the masses, I bring forth a new paradigm in bus-centric Doom WADS, a hyper realistic simulation known as Revenant Bus.

 

Revenant Bus is a Boom-compatible 7 level episode for Doom 2 that's aimed at casual players and hardcore speedrunners alike, for all are equal in the eyes of the WAD's featured foe: time itself. I elaborate further on the premise in the preview video below, but you can also read a text summary here.

Spoiler

 

You are the mighty Bus Slayer, and you are on a mighty quest to drive your mighty Hell Bus from Mt. Erebus to Limbo and back in the deserts of Hell. Along this 400 mile trip, you must obey the posted 66 mile per hour speed limit at all times. Also, there is a teleporter in the back of the bus which summons an angry Revenant every seven seconds for the entire duration of the trip.

 

Will Bus Slayer complete his round trip safely? Can you uncover the WAD's dark secrets? How many Revenants can fit in a bus? Answers to all these questions and more await in Revenant Bus!

 

 

Download RC2 (updated October 30):

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1snVmlyeYCoRPxILq2aM_syjKxfhEh387/view?usp=sharing

 

Preview image:

 

Preview video:

 

Edited October 31, 2018 by Revenant100

[Zanatu]

This sounds like a wonderful way to spend a Sunday.

[fraggle]

An obvious nod to Penn and Teller's Desert Bus. I love it. Can't wait to see the Revenant Bus charity streams.

[Linguica]

This is not all right.

[Marlamir]

I need to try this. Looks really interesting.

[Jimmy]

As if I needed any more reason to hate public transportation.

[antares031]

It's so good to be a giant weenie.

 

PrBoom+, HMP-Speed, 6:30 / anta_revbus_hmp.zip

 

EDIT: This demo includes spoilers. Watch it with your own risk.

[Suitepee]

Can't wait for the Crazybus inspired sequel.

[Job]

I'm waiting for the demo challenge on this little gem. 

[Rivecoder]

This is superb.

[BLλZING_DUST]

While it's a WAD no one asked for (specifically), it's certainly a WAD that we needed. Or maybe not?

[Resigned_34]

Finally, the Train Simulator replacement I needed.

[Marlamir]

This is really cool mod. Bus feels great i like how the small ideas work together. This is not often visible here and is nice to have something fresh looking. But there is huge problem, this mod became repetitive way to quickly. Maps didn't have much variations and punching shitload of revenants became boring and  bit repetitive quickly.

[Revenant100]

6 hours ago, Marlamir said:

revenants became boring

I'm having trouble parsing this statement. I know all the words, and the grammar checks out, but it seems you've formed a mystifying sentence that manages to be incomprehensible to all known forms of sentient intellect. 🤔

[therektafire]

6 hours ago, Marlamir said:

This is really cool mod. Bus feels great i like how the small ideas work together. This is not often visible here and is nice to have something fresh looking. But there is huge problem, this mod became repetitive way to quickly. Maps didn't have much variations and punching shitload of revenants became boring and  bit repetitive quickly.

well considering this is a desert bus themed wad I would think that is the whole point

[Marlamir]

@Revenant100 Oops, looks like google translate failed me once more. Sorry if i offend you.

13 hours ago, therektafire said:

well considering this is a desert bus themed wad I would think that is the whole point

That's just my opinion but you got point

[elend]

This is comedy gold in WAD form. I love how you can punch to honk the horn, forgot your wallet and... that a Revenant is spawning in the bus every 7 seconds. 

 

Can‘t wait to see a longplay of this on YouTube. Perfect side entertainment for my mapping sessions. 

[FractalBeast]

I don't want to sound like a lil' baby, but I'll just wait for the TAS run to get uploaded to Youtube.

[Pegleg]

17 hours ago, Revenant100 said:

On 10/29/2018 at 12:32 PM, Marlamir said:

revenants became boring

I'm having trouble parsing this statement. I know all the words, and the grammar checks out, but it seems you've formed a mystifying sentence that manages to be incomprehensible to all known forms of sentient intellect. 🤔

 

4 hours ago, Marlamir said:

@Revenant100 Oops, looks like google translate failed me once more. Sorry if i offend you.

 

I'm not sure who won in this exchange.

 

With regard to the wad, while punching 12,000+ revenants to death is not my cup of tea, there are a number of great things that have come out of this, such as "Revenants Per Minute" and "The Busslayer."

[Revenant100]

I've updated the OP with a link to an updated version of the map, Release Candidate 2, also provided here:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1snVmlyeYCoRPxILq2aM_syjKxfhEh387/view?usp=sharing

 

This update addresses a critical issue with the timing system. The original scroller performed radically different between Boom complevel 9 and GZDoom, resulting in the timer unintentionally running exponentially faster in GZDoom. I've replaced the scroller with a series of timed raising ceilings which is hopefully more consistent and robust between ports.

 

Although this doesn't alter the map's functionality in Boom, the change still ended up causing @antares031's previously posted speedrun to go out of sync. If it's any consolation, I took the opportunity to add a new effect to the ludicrous secret that's directly inspired by your demo. You don't have to "act" it now.

 

The Berserk pack that appears on HMP and lower is also now easier to pick up in GZDoom. Of course, that Berserk pack is why UV is still the intended non-weenie speedrun difficulty!

[Cacotamer666]

if you press the power button on the dashboard the windows open so you can see and you can also telefrag th revenants by standing on the teleporter

[Cacotamer666]

On 10/27/2018 at 12:51 PM, fraggle said:

An obvious nod to Penn and Teller's Desert Bus. I love it. Can't wait to see the Revenant Bus charity streams.

yeah obvious

[TheRevenant212]

A masterpiece. A perfect simulation of public transportation. Greatest ending in video game history. I got flipped off by a boner, then cried. Beautiful, masterful storytelling.

[tatsu91]

It needs a sequel. 

[Dreemurr]

O KOISO.