Gloom Busters

[Captain J]

sidenote:it is nice to see another mod with a female protagonists,not saying that i dont hate to play as a male character,but it's nice to have some female characters too from time to time.Im a guy but it doesnt stop me from playing female characters in games,i've played so many games with male heroes over the years that when i play as a female hero , it feel like a breath of fresh air.

Oh yeah, i must agree that female protagonists for doom mods are pretty nice and fresh. And guess what? i'm about to make female protagonist for my progressing mod as well! You go girls!

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...But it depends on how they look and what personality they have. If one of them are extreme or off for no reason or not, some people will abhor them like they're offensive character or something. In my opinion, i pretty don't care about it. As long they're meaningful how they've made or has positive messages and estimations, i don't think they are literally made to offense people. and of Course, some characters were been made for offense someone or just for joke, but i'm talking about the positive or good characters. and No, i didn't said Sticky Gals is bad. they're good here, at least they doesn't have porn, offensive messages or anything after all!

[Skelegant]

I'll try to give you a decent answer
There were many sources of inspiration, some of which were:
A cartoony raygun I made to see how fast I could draw and program a weapon
An notebook from like 10 years ago which I used to draw characters in doing random stuff (which is where the style is taken from)
The friend who I based the protagonist on (in both appearance and demeanor lol)
The desire for a cuter doom experience with more sparkles and less blood
The Adventures Of Square
80's action movies (spot all the references lol)

and most importantly, the fact that many people in my local town seem like joyless, hate-filled zombies, and how it'd be cool if it was possible to use electricity and light to drive the misery out of them and help them cheer up (I know it'd probably just result in them getting annoyed and possibly burned in real life, so don't try it at home)
I do have a few ideas for other mods in this style, so I might be making more at some point. I want to finish polishing this one up first though

I know how you feel, it's almost like people forget that making a female protagonist is an option (unless she's a stripper, in which case it's ok apparently)
I'm more than ok with playing as a dude if it makes sense in the game's plot, or if it's a likeable character, but other than that I'd honestly rather play as a caterpillar in a jumpsuit than John Generic: Space Marine in Space.

@captainj Don't worry about offending people, just make a character you think is cool and sends a good message, and if people have a problem with it then it's up to them whether or not they let if affect them. Look at Bloodstained, for example. It's like Duke Nukem blew a load all over Castlevania The big gaming studios (and the bigger indie studios) are getting away with all kinds of stuff. If someone is upset about an aspect of your character for a bullshit reason (like "fuck you why is she not a skinny bimbo") then they're obviously either very bored or very sad.
Bottom line, just do what you think will make the world a better place (within reason of course)

[NantoCodd]

Well, I played the first release version and next I gonna get the latest version. There is a little thing I'm not satisfied yet... So it's said that Hatred has turned everyone into hate-filled zombie, and your attack supposedly to make them happy again and freed them from Hatred. But, why their 'freed' sprites (aka death sprites) face's is a flat expression :I ? Please turn that into smiles like the Princesses!

And with the unique weapons player can have, how about implementing xdeath depending on the weapon? Like using the soda weapon also turn their defeated sprites holding a soda?

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Somehow I get a wild idea about the Hatred's Not Important cameo as boss character...

[Freaklore1]

I've got an idea,a sequel to Sticky Gals called Sticky Gals : The Diet Edition.

The theme would be focused on fruits,vegetables and juice beverages instead of fast foods and cola drinks,it would be kind of a spin on your original concept,a parody i might even say.

[Skelegant]

I'm adding more veggie armor bonuses, and I could probably add fruit juice, but diet editions of anything can stick it

And yes, the blank expression is a bit weird, I'll fix that at some point. It looks more like you're "saving" them with the power of PTSD lol

[Freaklore1]

Now before reading the rest of the post,i want to say that i dont hate the fact that the main character and the enemies are...well...chubby,i understand the concept of the mod you made and i even find it funny,tough for the sake of diversity,i tough it would be also interesting to see a different version of your mod.

The story and characters would go like this:

Corporations have made everyone fat with fast foods so they could control the population more easily,our main heroine from the previous game wich now as lost her chubyness because she went on a diet and series of exercises,must now save the population by throwing fruits and vegies at anyone she come across to force them to lose weights,of course they will fight back since they have become addicted to fast food. (So basically every enemies are fat and by attacking them with your fruity/vegetal weapons you make them thin again)

Also stronger enemies could be represented by fast food/cola corporate mascots (like a guy in a coca cola mascot suit).

Just giving a concept idea for a separate wad thats all,nothing wrong with your original concept.

[Freaklore1]

I even already know what the weapons might be:

Carrot driller (replace chainsaw)
Fist,fist with armband when getting berserker power up.
Peashooter (pistol) a gun that litteraly shoot peas,lol.
Grape gun (shotgun) shoot green grapes
Super grape gun (SSG) shoot purple grapes
Pea-o-Canon (chaingun) like the peashooter but shoot faster
Potato launcher (Rocket Launcher)
Orange squirter (plasma rifle) shoot stream of orange juices (watch out,dont hit the eyes)
Pineapple Thrower (BFG) throw a exploding pineapple.

[Skelegant]

That sounds cool but creepy. I wouldn't include it in this game as there's a few issues I have with it (one of which is the fact that it's incredibly body negative lol) BUT it'd make a pretty cool mod on its own, like Judge Dredd vs the big weird fat things.
However, there's enough of that kind of thing already and I wouldn't feel morally ok adding to it.

Not dissing your idea or anything. The idea of a cyberdemon-sized sandwichboard-wearing jackass is pretty awesome

[Captain J]

But hey, freakalore's concept could be the sequel of this mod or expansion pack, maybe!

[Skelegant]

I did have a similar idea, but it's more along the lines of Keen Dreams. You play as one of several veggie-themed characters, who fight rotten vegetables and chemical beings (like MSGne Simmons the glam rocker burger) but it wouldn't involve victimising fat people or forcing eating habits on people, because both of those things are part of the reason America is so unhealthy. Push something too far and it'll spring back. Push something too far in a weird direction and it'll spring back and knock your teeth out
If you want to encourage good eating habits, you gotta be positive about it. Portray the food as the bad guys, not the people.
now I want to run off and do concept art of MSGne Simmons and Aspartinator
[EDIT] I actually did lol

[JohnnyTheWolf]

Really cool concept, indeed. Like Adventures of Square and Chex Quest, this mod perfectly illustrates how first-person shooters do not have to be grimdark ultraviolent power fantasies. The industry really could learn a thing or two from these projects.

My only gripe so far is that it is a bit hard to tell enemies from the decorations.

Also, does the protagonist have a name?

[Skelegant]

I couldn't decide on a name, but I guess she could be called Olive, since that's her inspiration's nickname? Either that or Rambabe. Still can't decide lol

Question: If you don't get to see much of your character apart from the hands and hud face, would you feel less immersed or would it be no different to getting to see all of them? In the next mod I make (whichever that may be lol) I want to make the player's design less concrete so you can decide how you look, to a certain extent. I'm looking for the perfect balance between too much and too little detail.

[JohnnyTheWolf]

Well, you inevitably get to see what your character looks like in GZDoom's Player settings, so...

[Skelegant]

Not if they don't have 3rd person sprites
I'm just interested to know people's opinions before I go doing what I want to (which I probably will anyway, just to see how it works)

[Captain J]

I couldn't decide on a name, but I guess she could be called Olive, since that's her inspiration's nickname? Either that or Rambabe. Still can't decide lol

Olive... Rambabe...! Olive Rambabe(that's my best srry)!