DooM II Standoff [IN PROGRESS]

[SirHax0rz]

Hey guys. SirHax0rz here. Or as you guys know me as, TwEaKeD97. I'm back. I'm glad to see that everyone tried keeping the thread alive for a few days. Sad news, my PC crashed a few days after I launched the thread and my WAD was destroyed.

But now I'm back.

I'm doing a remake of the project, but it isn't an RPG. (It never was anyways.)

The new name is DooM II Standoff (A.K.A. STANDOFF or STANDOFF.WAD) and that's what it's staying at.

First progress marker:

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[Abba Zabba]

Neat, I'll keep an eye on this.

[wildweasel]

You know, the rule about including screenshots for your work-in-progress is mainly in place so that people don't go hyping a project that has only had all of five minutes' worth of work done on it.

[SirHax0rz]

You know, the rule about including screenshots for your work-in-progress is mainly in place so that people don't go hyping a project that has only had all of five minutes' worth of work done on it.

Five minutes? Try 5 hours, considering I made this post while working on it. You'll get it.

[insightguy]

I'm guessing most of the work was in code....

[hugoroy]

It would be a bit better if you showed the code in action, because someone could make a room like that in 5 minutes.

[HexaDoken]

Done exact same room in 92 seconds. Altho I kinda can't see wall textures from here, but setting them will hardly take me more than a minute. Geez, it took longer for my doom builder to load up than to replicate that map. Other 298 minutes 27 seconds of your hard work better produce a chunk of GOOD code, or this is really dumb.

[SirHax0rz]

Not asking for rude replies, I'm very amateur. In time you'll get what you want. If you guys can't handle that and are just gonna give me more rude replies, grow up a little.

[wildweasel]

The point is that you should really wait until you have something more substantial done on the project, not how long you worked on it.

[SirHax0rz]

Alright guys, I'm almost done with a working beta version.

What I'm trying to fix:

• Doors
• Monster Spawns
• Non-active script (sort of) during round

What I'm trying to do:

• Get the shop to work
• Count kills

This is my full (in progress) script:

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#include "zcommon.acs" //Remember to always type this

/* Global Variables */
// It's always easier to make global variables instead of attached to script variables

int points = 0; //Points, 50 per kill
int round = 0; //Rounds, 5 total
int roundactive = 0; //If the round is active, bools were glitching
int notfarenough = 1; //If the game is finished, bools again
int roundonekills = 0; //Counts kills in round one, deciding if round is finished
int roundtwokills = 0; //Counts kills in round two
int roundthreekills = 0; //Counts kills in round three
int roundfourkills = 0; //Counts kills in round four
int roundfivekills = 0; //Counts kills in round five

script 1 OPEN //Message script
{
print(s:"The smell of the dead lingers in the halls of your salvation...");
}

script 2 OPEN //HUD script
{
while(true)
{
hudmessage(s:"Points: ", d:points;HUDMSG_PLAIN, 0, CR_RED, 0.5, 0.025, 0.1);
hudmessage(s:"Round: ", d:round;HUDMSG_PLAIN, 0, CR_RED, 0.5, 0.05, 0.1);
delay(1);
}
}

/* Shop scripts */

script 3 (void)
{
print(s:"The wall sounds hollow...");
}

script 4 (void)
{
print(s:"Shotgun: 300 Points");
}

script 5 (void)
{
print(s:"Super Shotgun: 600 Points");
}

script 6 (void)
{
print(s:"Ammo Box: 100 Points");
}

script 7 (void)
{
print(s:"Shells Box: 200 Points");
}

script 8 (void)
{
print(s:"First Aid Kit: 200 Points");
}

script 9 (void)
{
print(s:"Armor Bonus: 50 Points");
}

script 10 (void) //Gatekeeper script
{
if(notfarenough == 1){
print(s:"I'll open the door once you've cleared out all the monsters.");
}
else
{
print(s:"Thanks for getting rid of them all. I'll open the door so you can get out of here.");
Door_Raise(15, 16, 0);
}
}

script 11 (void) //Finished game script
{
if(round >= 5)
{
notfarenough = 0;
}
}

script 12 DEATH //Death script
{
print(s:"The dead have taken a victim!");
}

script 13 (void) //Spawning, doors script
{
if(round < 5)
while(roundactive == 0)
{
print(s:"The dead is coming...");
round++;
roundactive = 1;
delay(1);
}
while(roundactive == 1)
{
print(s:"Round is already active or the game is complete!");
Door_Close(6, 16);
delay(1);
}
if(round >= 5)
{
print(s:"Round is already active or game is complete!");
}
while(round == 1)
{
Door_Open(1, 16);
Spawn(T_ZOMBIE, -1264, 720, 0, 20, 90);
delay(1);
}
while(round != 1)
{
Door_Close(1, 16);
delay(1);
}
while(roundactive == 0)
{
Door_Open(6, 16);
delay(1);
}
}

script 15 (void) //Remove before release
{
round --;
roundactive --;
}

Here's the current screenshot:

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I'll be making a video once I get a minimal working script. (At least round 1.)

[hugoroy]

All that the waves look like is a square room of the same monster.
The script is looking good though, so maybe this project will shine in the end.
Follow wildweasel's advice, work on your project so it looks good and you have something of worth to show, then people will probably be more interested.

[wildweasel]

I feel I should really elaborate further about why I feel that way about this project.

I was a member of DigitalMZX, a community surrounding the DOS game creation system, MegaZeux. In that community, there was a thing people called the "Demo Curse" - in short, the more you hype your creation (and the sooner), the more likely it is that you'll eventually get tired of your project and either cancel it or forget about it altogether, or else you'll lose your work in a hard drive format or similar (something that, judging from your other thread two years ago, may have already happened). Many MegaZeux games that looked promising ended up being shelved due to any of the above reasons, even in spite of them being hugely popular (such as Zog the Hunter 2, Booshkies, Orb of the Twisted, Chronostodian, any number of other attempts). I've seen the same thing happen around here, too, and I won't deny that even I've had it happen to creations of my own (Music Is The Weapon).

I don't mean to discourage you from working on your stuff. I just think that you really should continue working on it in "stealth mode" until you feel it's truly ready for the public to give it a look.

[SirHax0rz]

Thanks for the feedback guys.

In the early beta release, it's gonna have 5 rounds. I'll make updates, but I'm not saying anything.

I also have other plans which I might scrap, so I'll keep those secret.

I've gotten it so kills add points. I've totally erased the Doors script because it's faulty. I'm going to be working on that. After that, all I need to do is incorporate beating the game and the shop.

[SirHax0rz]

Sorry for the lack of updates, I've been going through a rough time. But rest assured I have not given up.