Woe Without End

Deathsong12 · Post by **Deathsong12** » Thu Sep 22, 2005 3:18 am

Alright. It's clear to me that some stuff has to actually get done, and that I need to stop hemming and hawing over various ideas. Tomorrow, I will post a summary of what we need to do for both the teaser and the main project. For now, I'll post the new backstory for the game, so that we can start making revisions and get a good, solid conceptual foundation for this thing.

Spoiler: Account of an Eden Citizen
I remember seeing the president on the vid. He looked awful. His eyes were all puffy and red, his suit crumpled and stained. The Global Office was full of empty liquor bottles, and I think a drunk and sleeping cabinet member or two. He leaned forward into the camera, tears in his eyes. Citizens of the United Earth, we have lost. Ill cut the bullshit. The demons were just too strong this time. Not even the mightiest heroes humanity could dig up could even manage the courage to face that horde. Our sons and daughters, brothers and sisters, have all died trying to save our souls from a fate worse than death. In twenty-four hours, the demons will have broken out of the containment zone, and be spreading across North America, enjoying their new home. But were not going to allow ourselves to become their food and slaves. We are not going to quietly surrender to those bastards. We are never going to let them have our homes. In a few minutes, Im gonna flip a switch that will launch nuclear weapons at every major city in the world. Then more nukes will launch at more and more minor cities, even rural areas, until we either run out of nukes or we run out of Earth. If we go down, we take them with us. Our brave fighting men and women will not have died in vain, as the enemy will come out of their gates to find a wasteland that makes the hellhole they crawled out of seem like a garden. As your last leader, I bid you all a fond farewell. You can duck and cover, but it wont help much. Im gonna be sitting on top of the first one when it goes off, here at Polar Command. Thanks for electing me, goodbye.
Then the vid cut out, back to whatever was on before. In my case, a documentary about how precious the environment was and how we had to save it. I walked outside and went to the town square, where rumor had it our nuke was gonna hit. I was young, and not yet ready to die. I wanted to at least try to survive, to find some way to drive the demons back. Surely there was something we hadnt tried. Then time began to slow down. At first, I thought it was the fear, or my brain trying to cope with the idea that I was about to die. Then I saw the missile, long and white, with the word Bubba painted in red along the side. It seemed to come right at me, getting slower and slower as it went. Finally, the missile stopped, just inches from my head. I reached out and touched it, hot as an open flame. Then I felt as though someone had grabbed me by the back of the collar and yanked me backwards. This missile, the people around me, the whole world fell away, became one end of a tunnel. I whirled around to see where I was going. Behind me, I head a tremendous thunderclap, mingled with the screams of everyone I had ever met in person. Before me was a vision of a grassy green field, dotted with flowers, under a blue sky. In an instant I was standing there, in that field.
People were all around me, people from all walks of life and every part of the world. Floating over the crowd was six figures, all cloaked and hooded. Each ones cloak was a different color, and each bore a different symbol. In unison they said to us Mortals, we are your lords and creators. We made you in our image, that you would wander the World and evolve and grow, become more like us. We are the Gods, and we have saved you from the Worlds destruction. One among our number was sent to test you, to determine your state of evolution. You were found lacking. But we have decided to take pity upon our creations, to offer unto them a chance at redemption. Thus we have brought you to our home, each of you handpicked from the billions for a unique reason. We have made ready this place for you. The figures, still in unison, motioned to indicate the valley or crater in which we stood, then continued their speech It is called Eden. You are not to leave it and look upon the adobes of the Gods, as to do so is to seal your fate. In the center of this place we have built for you a city, which is called Isous. There you will dwell, and there you will continue your evolution. To the north of the city is a temple on a mountaintop, where you may come to hear our words if we should choose to speak. Defy us, mortals, and we will cast you back into the flames from which we have plucked you. Then they simply faded away. One by one, people began to walk towards the city in the distance. I could tell my life was going to be far more interesting from here on out.

Deathsong12 · Post by **Deathsong12** » Thu Sep 22, 2005 2:00 pm

Okay. I live again. For those who do not know what WWE is, it it contained in the spoiler.

Spoiler:
Woe Without End is an attempt to create a new game on the GZDoom engine (www.drdteam.com). It will not be linear (like most total conversions), but rather will feature a mission system similiar to that of Grand Theft Auto. There will be several factions that can be either freind or foe, and it is up to the player to choose his goals. The game will also include many different types of weapons, which it is up to the player to find, and monsters, who are logically placed in order to make the world as beliveable as possible. The game will try to break away from the tight corridors and insane detail of most Doom engine maps, instead focusing on wide open spaces, majestic vistas, and fantastic locations. The mood is one of cosmic horror, and combat is quick and brutal. Before work on the real game begins, a teaser will be released to give the community a taste of the real thing. Our current team members are: Deathsong12 (story, world, monsters, some maps), BetaSword (some maps), and Froon (weapons).

Now, on to the to-do list for the teaser:

Finish detailing BetaSword's Isous map (Me)
Start work on the Great Temple map (Me)
Start work on the Sewers map (Beta?)
Decorate the following monsters: Serf, Cop, Paramilitary, Pistol Marine, Shotgun Marine, Imp, Phobos (NPC!), Ettin, Dark Bishop, Axe Zombie, Ghost, Warborn, Gargoyle, Star-Jelly, Spider Hacthling, Spider Brooder. (Me)
Develop and Decorate the weapons, including: Brutal Pistol, Brutal Shotgun, Brutal SMG. (Focus should be on improvised weapons.) (Froon?)
Write Dailouge scripts for all maps (Me)
The quests will be built into the Decorate/Dailouge, so no complex ACS. (Yay!)

Phobus · Post by **Phobus** » Thu Sep 22, 2005 2:51 pm

I get to be an NPC huh? Cool, wonder what I'll look like...

Deathsong12 · Post by **Deathsong12** » Thu Sep 22, 2005 2:59 pm

You said it yourself. A Demon with the color scheme of your Avatar.

Phobus · Post by **Phobus** » Thu Sep 22, 2005 3:02 pm

Cool

We'll have to se how it all works out, but I'm confident you'll do good on it.

Bashe · Post by **Bashe** » Thu Sep 22, 2005 3:10 pm

Remember, I'm Dr. Goldfire. (Regular is fine, but my avatar would make more sense since I'm sniper.) Otherwise, kick ass.

Inuyasha_989 · Post by **Inuyasha_989** » Thu Sep 22, 2005 3:25 pm

I can assist with any Decorate Functions you may need for this project, but I specialize in weapons

BouncyTEM · Post by **BouncyTEM** » Thu Sep 22, 2005 3:31 pm

I still wanna see me since there is no way i would just look like a standard Crusader.

Cardboard Marty · Post by **Cardboard Marty** » Thu Sep 22, 2005 5:47 pm

Could I be in this has a character? I got my sprites done...

Deathsong12 · Post by **Deathsong12** » Thu Sep 22, 2005 7:11 pm

@Inuyasha_989: I'll consult with Froon, who is supposed to be in charge of weapons. Once we have the final list for the teaser, we'll let you pick those you feel like doing. In the meantime, If you have any cool ideas for improvised weapons, let me know.

@Bouncy: As an A.I. you are bound to no body in particular.

@Marty: PM or post your character's bio an a link to the sprites. He will be used, though perhaps not in the teaser.

Froon · Post by **Froon** » Thu Sep 22, 2005 7:23 pm

I would be happy to work with Inuyasha_989 on the weapons, as long as he is happy to work with me. We have slightly different problem solving processes and different decorate areas of expertise. Hopefully we can work well together.

Where do I find the graphical resources to get started, or do you want me to develop my own?

Also, you seem to be interested in using projectile only, no hit-scans. To the best of my knowledge there is no vertical spread, only horizontal spread. Of course if something similar to the Mage's Frost Shard attack is alright for a repalcement shotgun (I believe it uses vertical offsets, no vertical spread) I could do these no worries. (I am considering having a whole bunch of possible projectiles with different off-sets and spreads, and randomly selecting a bunch of them with each shot)

Inuyasha_989 · Post by **Inuyasha_989** » Thu Sep 22, 2005 7:31 pm

In case you guys need some weapons, I have a few you may want/not want, but they're creations i made mainly for myself. If you'd like to take a look at some of them just ask and i'll link em over.

And wouldn't mind at all to work with Froon on the weapons. I love to assist wherever I can

Shadelight · Post by **Shadelight** » Thu Sep 22, 2005 7:47 pm

you spelled Ial wrong!

Deathsong12 · Post by **Deathsong12** » Thu Sep 22, 2005 8:39 pm

I hate hitscan attacks, and it sounds like Froon has got his ideas in gear for replacing them. At the moment, I am sepreated from my huge-ass resource pack, but I am happy to track down the resources you may need (I'm good at that). Remeber, the people of Eden have just moved in, so guns of any kind will be real powerful compared to most of the weapons you are likely to find (in the teaser, at least.) Those who have weapons generally made or found them, so see If you have any cool ancient or improvised weapons we can use. If you lack graphics for an idea, let me know and I'll check the circut. We don't really have a set number of weapons for the project, so just make stuff as you feel like it, and we'll use it. If there are any holes to be filled, we can fill them from the WRW.

@Inuyasha989: If you have anything you feel could be useful, please share it.

@KoF: Tough. I misspell all the time.

Inuyasha_989 · Post by **Inuyasha_989** » Thu Sep 22, 2005 8:49 pm

I made a Decorate recreation of the Doom 64 Unmaker a while back, its even upgradable thru the 3 "Demon Keys". You may want it, or not, but here.

http://fuzzlink.cjb.net/users/inuyasha/unmaker.rar