[WIP] Umbra of Fate

[YukiRaven]

As you might have guessed from the occasional screenshot or mention, I've been working on a new Doom project called "Umbra of Fate".  It's something of a personal experiment where I try to push the type of gameplay I enjoy to the limit.  This will be for GZDoom and doom2.wad.

 

The story follows a marine who is away on leave and visiting his pregnant wife off in their countryside home.  During a walk in the woods one night, he noticed a strange temple off in the distance that he never saw before.  At first he dismisses it and continues walking, but finds that he is unable to take his mind off of it.  He simply must investigate it further.  So, he unslings the shotgun he took with him (for protection; he lives in quite a rural area), jumps down into a small ravine, and starts his journey...

 

You'll start out by exploring the outer temple area.  From there you'll go underground into a hellish crypt before again returning to the surface.  The final area will then have you traveling into the inner sanctum of the mysterious temple.

 

Unlike Shadows of The Nightmare Realm, UoF will feature just one map conceptually split into roughly three areas, each around the size of one of my normal Doom maps.  If you played my older Extreme Terror map, you'll immediately know what I mean.  However, UoF is larger.  Right now, the unfinished map takes me about an hour and a half to complete on UV.

 

Like SoTNR, there's an emphasis on dark, spooky areas, except this time I take it a lot further.  Basically I wanted to see just how far I could push the idea of exclusively using intensely colored point lights in a Doom map.

 

Gameplay wise, UoF is based more around slower fights with smaller numbers of tougher monsters, fewer "rude" traps, and some interesting boss fights that should surprise you a bit.  Some of the stock monsters were tweaked slightly, partially so that fewer of them needed to be used, and partially so that they would be more deadly.  There's also some new ones as well.

 

Overall, the project is about 70-75% done.  I've already gathered the textures and resources I want to use, so that's out of the way.  The music (again composed by me) is 50% done.  So, with any luck, this will be out in about 2-3 months.

 

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[Nine Inch Heels]

28 minutes ago, YukiRaven said:

an hour and a half to complete on UV.

 

"Scotty, we need warp ASAP!"

"Okay Captain, I'll do it in 45 minutes!"

 

"Scotty, I give you 15 minutes!"

[Terminus]

Hooooly crap.

Screenshots look fantastic, can't wait for the release :D

[Myst.Haruko]

I'm digging those purple lights and settings, it adds some charm ;)

[GarrettChan]

Cacoward 2018? :D  It's kind of sad for many reasons, I only finished the last one in a hurry, but still, can't wait until this one is out.

[MFG38]

Loving the screenshots! Definitely keeping my eyes peeled for this one.

[Agent6]

I really like what I'm seeing, except for the 4th image, that's just way too much purple.

[Average]

Those shots look lovely.  It looks like your dabbling in Quake has been rubbing off! :)

[YukiRaven]

3 hours ago, Agent6 said:

I really like what I'm seeing, except for the 4th image, that's just way too much purple.

It's just that angle. The room isn't that purple itself.

 

Wait, what have you got against purple, you heathen?!?!?! :-P

[Agent6]

2 minutes ago, YukiRaven said:

It's just that angle. The room isn't that purple itself.

 

Wait, what have you got against purple, you heathen?!?!?! :-P

Nothing really xd, honestly any other color would be just as bad for the eyes given the intensity in that angle. It just needs to be toned down a little.

[Kristian Nebula]

Looks bloody awesome! After SOTNR, this one will for sure deliver! Top stuff! :)

 

[Jaska]

Very cool screenshots! Looks like 4th shots rock texture is bumpmapped. New feature in gzdoom? :)

[YukiRaven]

haha nope, no bump mapping.  It's just a really nice texture.

[Major Arlene]

o.m.g. *grabby hands* I need this in my life, like, yesterday. 

[Megalyth]

Holy smokes, your maps look incredible. I'm going to binge them all when this is done.

[YukiRaven]

1 hour ago, Major Arlene said:

o.m.g. *grabby hands* I need this in my life, like, yesterday. 

Well you get to playtest it...

[Bauul]

Can't believe I missed this thread!  Screenies look awesome Yuki, Doom + Quake + Purple is a match made in a Lovecraftian nether-dimension heaven.

[StormCatcher.77]

Another cool project in my list for the passage. Screenshots looks very promising!

 

I can only hope that I will ever have enough time to play all this, not just admire the shots. And more, I remember that you have maps for Quake, I once saw on Quaddicted ...

[JohnnyTheWolf]

So this is not going to be a continuation of Shadows of the Nightmare Realm storywise?

[YukiRaven]

1 hour ago, JohnnyTheWolf said:

So this is not going to be a continuation of Shadows of the Nightmare Realm storywise?

It is not a sequel ;^)

[MrDeAD1313]

Wow this looks fantastic!

[Dragonfly]

Knowing you're now close to completion on this is exciting! Keep up the good work! :D

[Scorpinax]

Looks amazing. Can't wait to play.

[YukiRaven]

Just a quick update... UoF is now in beta - time for lots of playtesting! The release date is May 1st.

 

[Dragonfly]

May 1st? Look forward to it! I'll likely play through on stream some time. :D

[YukiRaven]

1 hour ago, Dragonfly said:

May 1st? Look forward to it! I'll likely play through on stream some time. :D

Cool!  Let me know when you do.