Happy Time Circus II is a Total Conversion for Doom 2 based on the 1990s IT miniseries, and the sequel to the original Happy Time Circus.
For the longest time, I'd been searching for a WAD that was dripping with atmosphere, and though I got some satisfying responses, HTC 2 was always listed alongside the first entry. While HTC itself was fairly good, the ending was meant to kill the player at all costs, regardless of fairness - not to mention the shortage of environmental design - but HTC 2 would cause crashes when loaded with new versions of GZDoom, forcing players to use much older versions or even ZDoom.
Eventually, I decided to throw together a home-made fix myself and give it a run through. What I didn't expect was for it to be positively dripping with personality, atmosphere, and more - so much so that I spent the next week, with some help from friends, fixing what bugs and issues we could find while also making a mod-supportive version with a different balance of certain items to keep it from becoming horrifically easy with gameplay mods.
TL;DR, this one doesn't crash when used with GZDoom.
FAQ:
Spoiler:
DOWNLOADS!
FIX STYLE - HTC 2, but patched to work with GZDoom.
SUPPORTIVE STYLE - Mod compatible! Should work with most out there.
Credits:
Ray Schmitz (shitbag) for creating the original versions!
Yholl and Sgt. Shivers for allowing the Final Doomer meme in the trailer.
MENTHA and Umbra for bug testing.