[Boom] The Fireblue Conundrum - A Boom episode of varied themes (WIP 8/10 MAPS DONE)

[Valhen]

The Fireblue Conundrum is a miniwad I've been working on for Doom 2 of varied difficulty and gameplay. I decided to release the first few maps for feedback, and will be updating the thread every time a map is added. It's Boom compatible and every map is meant to be played from a pistol start. Tested with DSDA Doom 0.21.3 on complevel 9 and GZDoom 4.2.0 on Boom (strict) compatibility.

 

The Story:

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A source of energy and corruption has opened a gate to a hellish dimension, where demons have swarm out to invade different worlds, utilizing portals of their own to traverse between them as well as bring destruction and chaos. Fortunately, the UAC has tracked down one of said portals, and has set you to clean each infested area and close its portal before humankind meets its demise.

 

Screenshots:

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Changelog:

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Demo V4:

- The original Map04 is now a secret map (map slots were reordered accordingly)

- Added Map07

- Added missing details in Map02 and Map04 (formerly map05)

 

Demo V3:

- Added Map06 (formerly Map07)

- Added extra ammo on Map05 (formerly Map06)

Demo V2:

- Added Map05 (formerly Map06)

- Re-did all the map title graphics on the intermission screen

 

Older versions:

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Demo V3

Demo v2

Demo v1

 

Credits:

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Textures:

32in24-15_tex_v2.wad by various authors

jimmytex.wad and zoon-tex-2.7.wad by James Paddock

greenwar2-tex.wad by various authors

Cage's Texture Pack by Cage

Doom font created with Doom Text Generator

Skulltag Textures by various authors

 

Music:

Title Music: "d_runnin.mid" from The Talosian Incident by John Bye

Map01: "Shame Cube" by James Paddock

Map02: "Mysterious" from Eternal Doom by Rich Nagel

Map03: "Bluroc" from Heretic by Kevin Schilder

Map11: "dance-6.mid" by unknown

Map04: "Warkanoid#42.mid" by Vakhtang Adamiya

Map05: "Devil's Grounds" from Requiem by Mark Klem

Map06: "Coal" from BTSX E1 by James Paddock

Map07: "Disposition" from Memento Mori II by Mark Klem

Intermission: "Warkanoid#18.mid" by Vakhtang Adamiya

 

Special thanks to The Entryway and Hellforge discord servers, FrancisT218, James Paddock and Colossus_afps for additional playtesting :)

 

Edited March 5 by Valhen

[Colossus]

I playtested this, it was a lot of fun and shaping up to be a really good wad. Give it a try and you wont be dissapointed.

[Lippeth]

Enjoying this so far. Maps 01 and 02 were great, fun set pieces and great design, though the music started to grate on me in map 02. Map 03 wore me down with all the sections that lock you in tight 360 arenas so I had to take a break, but I look forward to finishing this.

[Valhen]

New update! Added Map06 and changed some minor stuff. Go get it on the main thread!

[LVENdead]

Thought I'd poke my head out to do some playthroughs of these. Here is Map01

 

 

[LVENdead]

Here is Map 02.

 

Thought it was an interesting mix up from the first map. I was expecting it to ramp up the action but it felt like a bit of a step back. I like that it makes pretty efficient use of the space. Not a big fan of the MIDI...

 

 

[LVENdead]

Here's my run of Map 04

 

I started recording Map 03 but uh...I had to skip it. I think I got to the yellow key trap and just realized it was making me too mad to record on a video lol. So I quit partway thru Map 03 but I think so far it's my last favorite map of yours and I'm very sorry to say that because I feel like they are all quality. This one just got on my bad side I suppose.

 

But anyways, I loved Map 04.

 

 

[Valhen]

It's been a long time, but finally here's a new update! Added Map07: Urban Chaos. Here's a sneak peek for what you can expect ;)
 

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[philcul]

There is surprisingly little fireblu in these screenshots!

[Valhen]

9 minutes ago, AdNauseam said:

There is surprisingly little fireblu in these screenshots!

Don't worry, there's way more fireblue in-game ;)

[Jimmy]

Oh hey you named this thing!

 

The maps in this that I playtested were mighty enjoyable. Go check this out!

[Valhen]

Hey would you look at that, a new update has been released! With it comes a new map, Islands of Inferno, and a new level order! Go get it on the main post :D
Here's a sneak peek of the new map :)
 

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