Fastest Player Death Demos

[Aqfaq]

Hi!

Here is a quick demopack for Doom 2. I tried to die as fast as possible in each level. I can't recall seeing demos like this, but it is an obvious category, so maybe it has been done before?

In hindsight, it might have been more interesting to do this on Skill 1, because then dying would be harder. I used Skill 4.

It was quite fun playing like this and it also feels funny watching many of these short demos in a row. It would be interesting to see more stuff like this for other notable wads.

I played with Prboom-plus-2.5.1.3. -complevel 2.

doom2-fastest-death-demos.zip

[Revved]

To be fair, I've seen other people try something like this out. There was a bunch of Duke Nukem 3D ILs where the goal was to die as fast as possible. There was also a project 4 years ago called the Speed Deaths Archive, which is what you can imagine it would be.

In terms of being Doom-related, there is the Good At Doom deh patch where gibbing yourself with a rocket launcher, a Cyber's rocket, or being telefragged automatically ends the level.

[AD_79]

Revved said:

In terms of being Doom-related, there is the Good At Doom deh patch where gibbing yourself with a rocket launcher, a Cyber's rocket, or being telefragged automatically ends the level.

I love that deh patch.

[Never_Again]

This idea would have some entertainment value with the following improvements implemented:

1) using a DEH patch that would end the level upon the player's death, à la Good At Doom™
2) multilevel runs only

Clicking thirty-two times just to see the player die within seconds is a pointless chore.

[Walter confetti]

Revved said:

In terms of being Doom-related, there is the Good At Doom deh patch where gibbing yourself with a rocket launcher, a Cyber's rocket, or being telefragged automatically ends the level.

I remember that, where is that thing now? I don't known if this demo pack have the same mechanism, i'll check them out later...

[Degree23]

walter confalonieri said:

I remember that, where is that thing now? I don't known if this demo pack have the same mechanism, i'll check them out later...

Here is the thread you want I believe.

[Aqfaq]

I agree with Never_Again. It is also hard to tell the exact time of death without automatic tool for that. That is one reason I did not optimize some of the levels as well as I could. A DEH patch would be nice to have, indeed.

A relaxing aspect of this category is that you are guaranteed to succeed.

[Walter confetti]

degree23 said:

Here is the thread you want I believe.

yeah is that... thanks

[Walter confetti]

a d2full movie demo (map01-map30) plus map31 and map32, with the aim of dying the fastest way possible. On skill 1.

Contains a deh file called lfdy.deh wich makes exit the player when it dies / gib itself...

glboom-plus 2.5.1.3, no complevels because i'm a sucker

diefastd2all.zip

[Memfis]

Strange demo, why are you fighting back lol? I think it should look more like this: (also recorded with that deh, not for DSDA pls :-)

killme-303.zip

[Ancalagon]

I think I am good at dying, so I improved that

killme_anc-244.zip

[Aqfaq]

Haha, thanks for the deh.

3 seconds faster now.

Edit: I am still too scared to try Skill 1. It is too hard for me.

Edit: Another 2 seconds saved.

killme-aqf-239.zip

[Ancalagon]

24 seconds faster now
few better ideas and a lot better use of pistol to prevent infights
Edit: 22 seconds

killme_anc-217.zip

[Aqfaq]

Hahah, I wonder if there's any other category where preventing infights is beneficial.

[GrumpyCat]

HR in 1:52
First levels are the hardest lol

hr_killme-gc-152.zip

[Andrea Rovenski]

Hm, I can't load the .deh when using the command line, it only works when I drag/drop. Anyone know what's going on?

[Andrea Rovenski]

Nevermind, I got it to work with some workaround.
Memento Mori in 3:33

Edit by mod: I can't stand "Momento Moris" in this forum. Put it your "momory", please.
Edit by me: ^I don't know what that means.

mm_333_cyb531.zip

[Aqfaq]

DOOM.WAD

EP1: 21s
EP2: 36s
EP3: 42s
EP4: 32s

Not much effort was put into this, so go ahead and improve. EP1 is fun, because of barrels.

fastest-death-doom-ep1-ep2-ep3-ep4.zip

[Never_Again]

Cyberdemon531 said:

Edit by mod: I can't stand "Momento Moris" in this forum. Put it your "momory", please.
Edit by me: ^I don't know what that means.

It means "Stop misspelling Memento as Momento. Try to remember this / Use your memory as a mnemonic device".

[Andrea Rovenski]

oohhhh

im a stupid idiot!

[Memfis]

Nice anc, good use of pistol. I love how many maps in this category end with the player hugging a bunch of imps, our best friends.

For some reason lots of people misspell "Memento" as "Momento", I don't know why, but it's a common mistake so you don't need to feel embarassed I think.

[Walter confetti]

Memfis said:

Strange demo, why are you fighting back lol?

Erm... survival instincts?

[scifista42]

Memfis said:

For some reason lots of people misspell "Memento" as "Momento", I don't know why, but it's a common mistake

Possibly it's because "moment" is the closest familiar word.

[MD922]

Doom.wad E1 TAS in 13

dfde1x013.zip

[Ancalagon]

Aqfaq said:

Hahah, I wonder if there's any other category where preventing infights is beneficial.

When you do vilejumps!

[MD922]

Whoops, I think I did my TAS in -skill 3...
Whatever, skill 3 it is!
Don't upload to DSDA then.

[Walter confetti]

A shameless long demo movie (due of the fact i don't remembered that well this iwad) of plutonia.wad (7:48), always with skill 1 because is so pretty hardcore bro. As bonus the secret levels like the doom 2 run.

Recorded with glboom-plus 2.5.1.3, complevel 4.

Uhm, this demo will be easily beatable!

fastest-death-plutonia.zip

[MD922]

Doom.wad E1 in 18
:)
In skill 4 :O

dfde1-018.zip

[GrumpyCat]

Pathetic AV attempt.

av-killme-gc-208.zip

[Walter confetti]

TNT iwad in 6:19 on skill 1, divided in 3 demos:

+ Movie 01-30 in 5:18
+ MAP31 in 0:55
+ MAP32 in 0:06

played with glboom-plus 2.1.5.3, complevel 4

fastest-death-tnt.zip