Malevolent Horizon----A Void Themed Wad(5 map demo released)

[Captain J]

Screenshot update!

Inner war. My favorite.

[Unholypimpin]

Added some video footage of me playing map01 of this wad.

[Unholypimpin]

This project isnt dead, I just havnt had the amount of time to work on it that Id like to have.
Here is some screenshot updates of a new map that I am working on.

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[Unholypimpin]

5 map demo is now released hope you guys enjoy.
I would love to hear any feedback your willing to give about my wad <3
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LINK TO VERSION 1.2 https://www.dropbox.com/s/rt6dn6nxjhfjn ... 2.wad?dl=0
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[Captain J]

Alright, played the 5 levels and it's amazing that you managed to make the hellish style greatly! But, i found few problems to talk about.

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- Monsters in this game are all cruel, but still easy to defeat them. But most cruel of them all is dark demon and zombie. Demon moves and attacks way too fast then pink vanilla one itself. And spawns the fiery projectile after death. But the thing is, it moves really quickly and nearly gives you no chance to dodge. You can dodge it by covering, sure. But what are you going to do when it's open place or got cornered?

And about zombie, my goodness, he's very ruthless. Always accurate, acts faster and deals big damage. And it turns out, he actually fires multiple shots. Not singly. No wonder why he's most cruelest of them all.

- I think i found a grammatical error. When you pickup Skull Staff, it says You're found the Skull Staff. 'You're'? 'You' sounds more fitting, i say.

- In each maps, you goes to secret places when you have fallen. To me, it's likely are penalties; when you done something wrong, you must pay the price. Otherwise, i just don't get why those places are meant to be secret. When you mistaken and fallen into the pits, you always spawned in said places. So they are actually easy to find, nothing's cryptic. I know there are some actual secrets in them, but still.

- Speaking of secret places, MAP01 and MAP02 has most unfair place of all; When you're fallen and again, monsters keep spawning all the time. The items, the monsters, it gets repetitive.

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In MAP04, these platforms are all poisonous. Since they're hazardous as well, why are they here?

- I've found no armors in MAP01. It's the beginning of the game, but has no armor? Or maybe some secret places has it, but i'm sure most of people don't know where is it actually.

- Now here's the real problem, the pistol is becomes really useless when after obtaining some weapons to shoot with. I know you need it since it has very accurate shot, but the weapons you get later on has accurate shots as well. Zombies getting killed, clips left behind, makes player no idea why they should use it.

It was challenging and nice, overall. Minus those problems i've encountered. Can't wait for the update also!

[Unholypimpin]

@captain J thanks for the feedback man I really appreciate it! I guess I always found pinkies to be none threatening in doom so thats why I changed them to be more difficult, as for their revenge attack I think because i tested out this wad so much I found their attack to be predictable now since you can just listen to the sound it makes and know when they will launch their attack. Ill most likely nerf the zombieman.
I guess I can tone down the secrets in the subvoids more but tbh it was hard to figure out where to place secrets when most areas are out in the open. Ill probably nerf the subvoids so that monsters only respawn 1 or 2 times.

[Batandy]

Just played a couple of levels and it's very good!

I agree that falling into voids can get repetitive, you could fix that easily by randomizing the monster spawns and why not, you could even add more secret places and randomize between them each time you fall.
I also found the map01 start very frustrating because the doom pistol even with the speed change isn't very good (expecially with the shotgunners and lost souls lurking around), i'd change that wep as well with something else, maybe a beam-based pistol? It would fit this mod quite nicely

[Unholypimpin]

I like that pistol idea Batandy, I just need to figure out what it would be lol. If anything ill just buff the pistol slightly and later on maybe make a secret that has a pistol replacement that also uses bullets.

[Captain J]

beam based pistol? Why not make a hellforged-ballistic pistol that has explosive or demonic wonders in it?

[Unholypimpin]

beam based pistol? Why not make a hellforged-ballistic pistol that has explosive or demonic wonders in it?

I might just replace the pistol with the first void weapon anyways.

Also Screenshot update

almost done with map06 and already thinking about what map07 will look like.

[Unholypimpin]

A slight update on my progress on this wad.
Finished map07 and just started on map08 last night. I added a new weapon to this wad which is called the Void Blade. This weapon is a melee weapon that you can find in every map. The Void Blade's main attack is a melee attack that deals a good amount of damage and steals life based on damage done. The secondary attack is a ranged attack that tosses out a few short ranged fireballs, the only way to gain ammo for this secondary attack is to hit monsters with its melee strike.
I replaced the pistol completely and put the first void weapon you can obtain in its place. The Void Blade is now the new weapon you will pick up instead of the Skullwand.

Here are some new screenshots to show my current map progress.

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[Unholypimpin]

Half way through with map08, this will be the first nonhellish looking map in the series.

Version 1.2 Teaser Video


Here are some screenshots of my progress.

[Darsycho]

Didya make it where I don't fall into the holes in the map02 void room over and over because I couldn't see it? :v

Also, that snow level looks fuckin' boss.