Castlevania: Simon's Destiny [V1.4 OUT!]

[Kyotra]

New Simon's Destiny stream by Mike, this time he's playing the final build of the game!

Yikes, might want to tone down the sickle spam in that one boss fight.

[Batandy]

New Simon's Destiny stream by Mike, this time he's playing the final build of the game!

Yikes, might want to tone down the sickle spam in that one boss fight.

The fight is tough but not impossible as it may seem,it's actually rather easy compared to the NES one, you just have to understand the scythe pattern.

[MoonlightDragon]

New Simon's Destiny stream by Mike, this time he's playing the final build of the game!

Yikes, might want to tone down the sickle spam in that one boss fight.

i didnt watch Mikes video because I didnt wanna spoil anything,but im guessing your obviously talking about Death.If you've ever played the original on the NES,you'll know how much of a pain it was not only to kill him,but to just get to him.That infamous hallway with the Axe Knights&Medusa Heads.Then comes the part where you end up fighting Death with what little health you manage to keep...Think of the spastic sickle attack as a tribute to the original's difficulty.lol...and i'm psyched for it.

[lazerpipe]

Does this SImon's Destiny support playing cooperatively with another player over LAN or WAN? Or is there a way to mod it to do so? My friend and I really want to play this together. I know it's not balanced for multiple players, but all the same we'd like to give it a try

[Batandy]

Does this SImon's Destiny support playing cooperatively with another player over LAN or WAN? Or is there a way to mod it to do so? My friend and I really want to play this together. I know it's not balanced for multiple players, but all the same we'd like to give it a try

It does not work, sorry. The scripts in the levels will break since they are not meant to work with multiple players, and also i didn't set any extra spawnpoints.

[Batandy]

A bit of an early release, but eh, whatevs, happy halloween!



Download V1.1
https://www.mediafire.com/file/5nmhc9si ... y_v1.1.zip

--------HOW TO INSTALL--------

* Download Gzdoom (Version 3.2.1 or newer) at https://zdoom.org/downloads
* Put Castlevania.ipk3 in the same folder of Gzdoom
* Open Gzdoom and select "Castlevania: Simon's Destiny" in the game window (Make sure video settings below the selection box are set on "Hardware (OpenGL)")
* Play!

[YukesVonFaust]

HA HAAAAAAAAAAAAAA YESSSSSSSSSSSSS
DOWNLOADIN' IT NOW

*ehem* sorry for caps

[eyesoftheworld94]

So happy it's released! Thank you! playing it now!

[RichterBelmont12]

Sadly I can't do a Video for Halloween on this but I'll add this to this years Doom December also I've been playing on Normal mode and I had a blast......the only nit pick is the fleaman and the bats for the fleaman I think they are a bit too fast to hit but in time I got use to it and the bats I feel like the hit detection is a bit...off I've died a bit because trying to hit the bat is a bit hard. Sides all that this is a great mod looking forward to do this on December.

[Zeelah]

I'M SO GLAD I DECIDED TO CHECK PREEMPTIVELY

[Toyoch]

FInished Stage 4 on Full Moon(Hard). Here's my thoughts so far(spoiler)

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---General---
Loved the Prologue and WIcked Child arranges. All the other musics are good so far.
Maps are awesomely detailed, and feels "right" for Castlevania style.
Breakable walls with meats are there, yay
I saw one easter egg in stage 2. Is there any other stuffs like that?

---Enemies ---
Zombie : one of the weakest enemies in both original and TC, and I don't see any problems with them.
Skeletons : I think they are less aggressive about throwing bones, and bones won't go through walls; easy kill, but they often stand in annoying positions.
Armored Knight : easy, as they can be killed with one Steel Whip hit. I don't mind giving them spears for slightly longer melee range(of course, your whip is longer than the spear).
Mermans : they never literally "jump" out, and you'll be fighting them without fears of knockback of death. Fireballs are not a big deal, so I think they're good.
Bone Pillars : unlike the original, it's too dangerous to whip them down for their high HP and attacks. In the original they fire in 3 bursts in fixed patterns, but in TC it seemed their fireballs are much deadlier and more accurate.
White Dragons : Wow'ed at the first sight. But after realizing you made they only fire forwards(just like in original), they're easy enemies.
Hunchbacks/Flea Man : Nicely done in recreating annoyance they had in the original - even though they don't hit as hard as original and other Castlevania series.
Axe Armors : I don't recall them THAT tough. They might be the toughest enemies unless you're well prepared.

Giant Bat : I'm glad it stays low so I can whip it down at ease. Axe or Knife recommended.
Medusa : Easiest boss so far. All you have to do is stand behind pillar whip Medusa while taking cover. Flask works nicely.
Mummies : I hate RNGs on their bandage attacks. Bring Flask.
The Creature : The Hunchback scientist(?) was incredibly annoying, but Flask stunlocked The Creature(just like in original) and they conveniently had shared health. easy boss if you know what to do.
Death : I don't know if it's because I'm playing on Full Moon, but his homing projectile is too fast. Retried like dozen times before I could kill him with Axe spamming.
Dracula : How am I even able to dodge his big fireballs

---Weapons---
It took me a bit while to get a hang of how the Whip works; range, damage, attack speed. Simon moves WAY faster and more fluidly than original('cause it's Doom), it seems that it's better to whip on ground(jump whipping used to be good in the series).
Knife subweapon is good, could use a bit of speed boost IMO.
Axe is my favorite. While it doesn't go through terrains, it hits same enemies several time and deal great damage(two shots to kill a Bone Pillar. That's the charm about it)
Flask; Works like SotN(or XX) - the fire spreads forward rather than creating a stationary fire pillar like in NES version. Its ability to stunlock enemies are still there, making it great vs certain bosses.
Cross; got a big change compared to the original; they bounce around instead of going through walls. While it's got longer range than Axe, I'd prefer Axe for easier aiming and better availability.
Watch; Sadly the least useful subweapon in the TC(In my opinion). Heart cost is same as the original, the damage you can deal with the heart spent for watches, is very low.

It's an amazing Halloween gift! I might even consider recording the playthrough video once I'm done with the first run!

[tempanon]

Blocks appear as "Block Enable 3D Model" and I'm not quite sure how to go about doing that. Also, what option menu would I find "Hardware (OpenGL)" under? I've looked under Display Options and Set Video Mode with no luck.

[Gothic]

You credited me for some of the textures, but I didn't see any made by me there. You probably meant the GothicDM team.

[JohnnyTheWolf]

Out of curiosity, what purpose does gold serve in this mod?

Also, would it be possible to make the HUD scalable?

Finally, and I know this might sound like heresy, but do you consider adding more ambient noises (e.g. footsteps, wind, fire crackling, wood creaking, etc.) in order to make it more immersive? As much as I love the Castlevania soundtrack, I find it quite distracting here and I cannot help but wish for something more atmospheric.

One more suggestion: could you edit the whip to make it easier to evaluate its attack range? Right now, the weapon looks quite short when you attack and it is rather difficult to tell whether something is in range or not - in part due to the lack of effect when hitting the environment.

[R4L]

Thanks for the Halloween gift dude! Just played through on Full Moon difficulty. Very well done, albeit with some minor caveats. That battle with Death was extremely frustrating, due to having almost no hearts and the cross subweapon, but afterwards it was smooth sailing! Lovely job!