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A strange structure resembling a huge meatgrinder dripping with blood has risen from the ground. There's some kind of a glowing orb floating on top of it... IT'S A FREE MEGASPHERE! BETTER GRAB MY RUNNING SHOES AND JUMP IN!
Aw Geez... There went to the germs.
Germs is a Doom 2 map pack for GZDoom/Zandronum made by a couple of Finnish Doom lunatics containing *20* maps, custom monsters, textures, revenants, music and weapons. Lots of blood, flesh, metal and marble painside. The plan is to have 32 playable maps in the future, and updates are coming soon™(and frequently?)
NOTICE The maps are designed with standard Doom movement in mind, so disable jumping and crouching for the intended experience and challenge. Also some of the levels are dark on purpose, and we would recommend playing with the "Dark" or "Doom" sector lighting modes.
**NEW in Version 1D
- 5 NEW MAPS (01, 02, 20, 21, 23,) - OVERHAULED DOOM 64 STYLE WEAPONS WITH CUSTOM SPRITES AND SOUNDS! (Thanks to Dreadflame et al. see credits.txt within) - New episodic format and level order!
Episode 1: Knee Deep in Germs Episode 2: Into the Meatgrinder Episode 3: 4th Circle of Hell
-Some lamps pull bolts against the dying of the light -Various major and minor fixes and improvements
=========================================================================== Download the latest version of GERMS here: GERMS_V1D.zip
Alternative Google Drive Link: GERMS_V1D.zip ===========================================================================
Any and all feedback, reviews and criticisms are appreciated!
=========================================================================== Archive Maintainer : Thanks for maintaining Update to : None Advanced engine needed : GZDoom, Zandronum Primary purpose : Single + coop play =========================================================================== Title : GERMS Filename : GERMS V1D.wad Release date : 28.9.2020 Author : zVOITTO (Arse, Jyrki, Dogtori) Email Address : HAVIOVOITTO@gmail.com Other Files By Author : CMPHM (https://www.doomworld.com/idgames/levels/doom2/Ports/a-c/cmphm)
Description : A strange structure resembling a huge meatgrinder has risen from the ground. There's some kind of a glowing orb floating on top of it... IT'S A FREE MEGASPHERE! BETTER GRAB MY RUNNING SHOES AND JUMP IN! Aw Geez... There went to the germs.
What is included:
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New levels : 20 Sounds : Yes Music : Yes Graphics : Yes Dehacked/BEX Patch : Yes Demos : No Other : No Other files required : None
Play Information:
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Game : Doom 2 Map # : 01-14, 20-24, 31 Single Player : Designed for Cooperative 2-4 Player : Designed for Deathmatch 2-4 Player : Partial Other game styles : None Difficulty Settings : Yes
id Software TEAM TNT 3D Realms CARNEVIL - Skulltag_Data.pk3 Hellboy: Asylum seeker : HIMARK.wav, HIMARK2.wav, HB2_3.mp3, HB3_3.mp3 War II: Das Schlachtfeld : WARDIE, WARWALK, WARWIN Dingaling Production - Devil's Bath Boys -LISA the Painful Soundtrack - (BUY THE SOUNDTRACK at https://widdly2diddly.bandcamp.com/releases) Epic2.wad: DSITEMUP Duke Nukem 3d, (Bobby Prince, and Lee Jackson): D_GEEZ, D_CALL, D_ALRD, ITSGREEN (From DN3D Prototype) MOSQ*: Markku q1tex.wad (Quake texture pack): Derek "Afterglow" Mac Donald (https://www.doomworld.com/afterglow/) boxoskies-v3: Mechadon (https://www.doomworld.com/forum/topic/92795-meks-box-o-skies-v3-look-up-in-the-sky-more-skies/) AVGN Mark "m0ds" Lovegrove - DANGER LOOP DrDoctor - DRDOCTOR'S TEXTURE PACK BLOOD : BLOOD004, BLOOD005 "Doom 64 WMI Redux" by Dreadflame, see credits.txt for full credits list CAPCOM: MARK soundbites, from Resident Evil OUTBREAK File #1 Tzar The Burden of the Crown - Soundtrack (Busty) - D_TZAR
Special Thanks:
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id Software Terry Nabcon Decino The ZDoom Forums community Doomworld Community Niilo Pielinen Narski
Construction Details:
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Base : New from scratch Build Time : over a year Maps by: : Arse, Jyrki, Dogtori Editor(s) used : GZDoom Builder, Slade 3, XWE, GIMP 2 Tested With : GZDoom v4.1.3, Zandronum 3.0, ZDoom 2.8.1
Full mapping credits:
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Arse:
Blood Logistics Carcass Excavation Marine In A Barrel Intestinum Dying Floor Fucking Cruel Nightmare Germ Core Dragged Down Purification By Fire Lost In Heresy Damnatio
Jyrki:
The Gitlump There Went to the Germs Diminceon Ominous Insanity Heart Of Germ Insane Cancer Dewers
Hey, screenshots are impressive in architecture case, but default skies don't do much of justice for set in my opinion. Something more oppressive, mystical or gloomy would be nice here as sky textures. But I don't want influence you that much. I'll give a run soon, if I won't forget.
Looked at the screenshots and thought it looked cool, gave it a go. I dont know who this is supposed to be for except maybe masochists. Difficulty is fine and dandy but this feels like you get punished for every step you advance and get bombarded with monsters. I tested on UV cause thats what i always play on and i lost motivation to keep on after like 10 minutes. Cant even give you constructive criticism cause i see these kind of maps all the time and i really dislike them. Always feels to me like someone wants to prove he is the biggest the baddest creator of them all by making their map this difficult and thats not the point its supposed to be fun above anything else..difficulty can be fun but within reason of course... so in short not my type of maps
Grumpy Tengu wrote:Looked at the screenshots and thought it looked cool, gave it a go. I dont know who this is supposed to be for except maybe masochists. Difficulty is fine and dandy but this feels like you get punished for every step you advance and get bombarded with monsters. I tested on UV cause thats what i always play on and i lost motivation to keep on after like 10 minutes. Cant even give you constructive criticism cause i see these kind of maps all the time and i really dislike them. Always feels to me like someone wants to prove he is the biggest the baddest creator of them all by making their map this difficult and thats not the point its supposed to be fun above anything else..difficulty can be fun but within reason of course... so in short not my type of maps
I mean there's literally two difficulty levels easier than UV but why try anything else that might work when you can just give a bad review on the internet, amirite?
Grumpy Tengu wrote:Looked at the screenshots and thought it looked cool, gave it a go. I dont know who this is supposed to be for except maybe masochists. Difficulty is fine and dandy but this feels like you get punished for every step you advance and get bombarded with monsters. I tested on UV cause thats what i always play on and i lost motivation to keep on after like 10 minutes. Cant even give you constructive criticism cause i see these kind of maps all the time and i really dislike them. Always feels to me like someone wants to prove he is the biggest the baddest creator of them all by making their map this difficult and thats not the point its supposed to be fun above anything else..difficulty can be fun but within reason of course... so in short not my type of maps
I mean there's literally two difficulty levels easier than UV but why try anything else that might work when you can just give a bad review on the internet, amirite?
Both of you are right. I believe Grumpy played the V1 release of GERMS, where UV is the equilavent of V1a and V1b:s Masochism Difficulty. In the current version (v1b) UV should reflect more to Doom 2's UV, or maybe Plutonia, because it is still pretty hard
Turin Turambar wrote:Where is the yellow key in map05? I'm totally stuck on the map
Are you playing on Hurt Me Plenty? Just looked at the Yellow keycard on Map05, and noticed that it's missing the Skill 2 (HMP) flag! Sorry about that! I recommend to just spawn the keycard in your inventory in the console with "give yellowcard", until we'll post a fixed version SOON™
Where the keycard should be:
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The Yellow card should be southwest in the map on top of a pillar, that is lowered by pressing a switch on the southeast part of the map where the keycard should be visible. [imgur] https://imgur.com/JDOCjNo [/imgur]
Turin Turambar wrote:And advice: I would say map 01 is the hardest one from the first five maps. I would change the order so the easier ones are played before.
Thanks for the feedback! The map order most likely will change as more maps are made. Two new maps are well on their way already
by zVOITTO » Wed Jul 31, 2019 5:51 pm 
Sorry about that! I recommend to just spawn the keycard in your inventory in the console with "give yellowcard", until we'll post a fixed version SOON™
