ZDoom

1::.. The Story
It was 30 years after that demonic holocaust that changed the world forever. The whole world was on the brink of extinction, as even we turned against ourselves as the war continued. We were saved by the actions of a true legend, a hero, which fought to the centre of the demonic invasion and destroyed it forever. Humanity rebuilt the Earth, but unfortunately never learnt their lesson when it came to these attacks. History became legend, and the hero that saved the Earth was forgotten.

Alas, humanity only had 30 years before disaster would strike again. A terrible holocaust was coming; far greater than anything that has ever come before. Despite the experience of a previous war, government authorities would be no match for the incoming terror. Will another hero rise? Will there be another unlikely saviour for all of humanity?

Follow the journey of Mr. James and Kay Lotus as they fight against this colossal terror. Save cities from attack. Fight in intergalactic battles. Delve deeper into the mysterious Anomaly that is the key to understanding everything. And will you side with these aliens or destroy the source of the invasion once and for all?

2::.. The Idea
That's right Zdoomers! Charmanders from hell attacking Earth as Hell ran out of demons. It's a crazy concept with good solid gameplay underneath. It's roughly episode length (roughly there are multiple planned endings) and I've also got some ideas for a multiplayer mode as well where you take the role of GSA and defend Earth from the invasion. All levels have heavy randomisation going on so it's like a new game everytime you play through it.

3::.. The Progress So Far
Well it's largely done except in two areas. All the Decorate and models are done (excluding anything that I come up with for the experimental GSA defence mode). All that really is left is maps and animation. While I'll be seeking an animator myself, I thought that I should ask the Zdoom community for help with maps. Let's face it: my mapping skills aren't the best as you can see in the screenshots below.

So if you can map better than me, please get in touch! I'll would like to see a sample of your work so I can see what you can do as well. There aren't a lot of maps planned for this wad so I only need a few people and the more we get the faster things will get done.

4::.. The Screenshots
Now I must say that as we haven't got any mappers or animators yet, we are stuck with my MSPaint charmanders, temporary weapons from random wads (if you see your gun, don't worry, it won't be in final release) and undetailed maps. Also the Doom sky is going to go. But I hope that you enjoy anyway.

Very mild nudity follows. Just a heads up.

Spoiler:

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Our heroes: Mr. James and Kay Lotus.


The second area of the first level. Compare to the next screenshot. It's the same area; this is the randomisation I was talking about.




The syringe is Mr. James' starting weapon. Here it is killing a Charmander.


One of the many ways to get through the first level. Swimming is safer as the fire can't go into the water.


Yes it's more than possible to change into a Charmander yourself! You're unable to use weapons and you can only slash and breath fire. It's more of a curse than a blessing though as they have guns and you can't use yours!


...but you can still kill things with your claws.


Probably my only half decent map attempt. I don't like doing maps though, I prefer working with the Decorate or ACS.


Thermal imaging map is up on this one. It's able to pinpoint the position of heat sources, i.e. Charmander tails.


All weapons can be used in Melee. Although you see a Doomguy fist here, it will be a pistolwhip or similar.


Yes, some of the Charmanders can cast nasty magic attacks that home. They teleport when you shoot them as well, making them hard to finish off.


Lots of fire eh? It's hot to the touch but if you have an Environmental Suit (like I have one here with 5 seconds left on it) you can walk though with ease.


I threw the fire into the air with a grenade.

Thanks for time for reading this! Hope that you like the idea and bug some mappers to get involved.

This post is so offensive I almost pressed Report on reflex.

Also, I cannot remember where those human models are from. I keep thinking Space Coffin, but I believe I'm mistaken.

Wait until you have more work done than some crappy pokemon sprites and a logo

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I don't know what to say.

There is just so many things wrong with this.

The hand sprites on the HUD are the best thing.

AHHH those character model renders ARE from this guy! WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO YOU!?

NO, MIJO, NO

Infurnus wrote:Wait until you have more work done than some crappy pokemon sprites and a logo

I understand where you're coming from there, it's why I was hesistant to include screenshots before. I actually do have a lot of stuff done. I've got all the models (enemies, weapons, players) made but they aren't rigged or animated and that's why they aren't ingame.

As for those who pointed out the "offensiveness" or "wrongness" of this project, I'm glad that you pointed that out so I can explain what's going on in detail. This project is a (large-scale) jokewad. It's a poke at monster movies with the very last thing anybody would expect to invade the planet. I thought that charmanders were the natural choice for something unusual. As for the "anatomically correct" part, it's not an important part of the project. There's no mention of it ingame apart from the logo you can see above. If ESRB rated it, it would be T or M, and mainly for the violence. Sexual stuff isn't the goal of this project, and really that's stuff I like to avoid anyway. :S

I think this is the first time that someone explaining their creation as a joke wad has come as a relief.

Back to your regularly broadcast negative responses.

I can't fathom why you are putting so much work into a wad with Pokemon that have cartoon dongs. I mean, Lei Lei did almost the same thing with *NSFW* Doom Uncut *NSFW* and it was terrible. I'm not going to stop you but I doubt anyone will take this seriously.

Snarboo wrote: I'm not going to stop you but I doubt anyone will take this seriously.

It's not intended to be taken seriously.

I could see how it might be dumb; but what's so wrong or offensive about it?

zap610 wrote:I could see how it might be dumb; but what's so wrong or offensive about it?

The only thing I can see would be Charmanders with cocks but that's pretty tame compared to the horrors of certain parts of the internet.

zap610 wrote:I could see how it might be dumb; but what's so wrong or offensive about it?

It's "offensive" to my intellect. I was being humorous.

TheDarkArchon wrote:

zap610 wrote:I could see how it might be dumb; but what's so wrong or offensive about it?

The only thing I can see would be Charmanders with cocks but that's pretty tame compared to the horrors of certain parts of the internet.

I did not notice the cocks.

I had no idea what a charmander was until somebody under 30 spoiled the pokemon connection. And after that I still don't care