(WIP) Eternity Blitz Testbuild 2.0

[Captain J]

Looks absolutely spooky and impressive! Also it feels really like he's from the 2000's anime. I love where this mod is going. The speed and the weapon feels nice and quite powerful. However, i've got some gripes to tell you:

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- The projectiles of the dual pistols are rather small, hard to figure out if i miss the target. And i honestly think the bullets are coming from thin air, not from the barrel. It's actually visible, but they're brass bullet for some reason.

- Shotgun's projectiles are literally invisible and it's not quite powerful than dual pistols. It never does the crowd control job very well because of that.

- The menu cursor does not warp to the opposite side when it reaches at the end of the menu. It's rather inconvenient.

- Footstep sound effects are quite underwhelming while the stomp sound is loud and powerful.

- Those small red probe thing explode when you're close to them. But for some reason, they just don't disappear with the explosion: They float, do nothing for few seconds and then disappear. Strange.

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1k score item, was it? It's supposed to be important and must get this item, right? I'd recommend making it bright and bigger! People might miss this beauty.


- In the Industrial Subway, there are several switches that don't work. such switches are all the same, i keep forget which one is actually working. Making them distinctive would be nice.

Also that static TV screen is... Well, literally static. Fixed.

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What is this thing? Is this some kind of checkpoint or some sort of?

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The Depths is still worked on, right? Because i think the place is unnecessarily dark and just cruel with the insta-death pits. I had a quite hard time going through, but i'm sure you can make this a lot better.

Glad more of anime-inspired doom mods are coming. Good luck!

[NachtIntellect]

The new testbuild is out on the Eternity Blitz discord server https://discord.gg/rcFYchF I have decided I am going to release all the testbuilds on the discord server and ZDoom will be where I go to release all the stable versions. With that being said, here's a couple of new videos of some new things in that testbuild I will have a lot more to show in June:

[Captain J]

Oh hey, Jimmy actually is making soundtrack for this mod. Very impressive! I wish this mod gets completed somehow!

[NachtIntellect]

Oh hey, Jimmy actually is making soundtrack for this mod. Very impressive! I wish this mod gets completed somehow!

It's definitely getting completed, I guess the main factor is money right now though. In other news I wish to announce something that's got me pretty excited. We have decided on a team name for Eternity Blitz we are calling ourselves "Azure Lunation", we don't have a logo yet however, I have broken up the team into 3 categories and hope to eventually get some more members along the way. You may not recognise some of these names and that's okay. Some of them haven't been involved in the doom community yet.

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A. Members, members are people who are absolutely dedicating their time to making Eternity Blitz.
Members include: NachtIntellect

B. Contractors, contractors are people hired to make assets for Eternity Blitz.
Contractors include: Jimmy, BeardedDoomGuy, MBTeddyGram and Andrea Carsenzuola.

C. Volunteers, volunteers are not actually members but people who every now and then use their spare time to contribute.
Volunteers include: MiFU and valerievolatile.

[Nash]

Quick look at a new monster for Eternity Blitz! Still WIP of course.

[Captain J]

Good chubboi

And hey, glad you joined eternity blitz project, nash! Looking forward to your next work.

[Ferretmanjcdenton]

That looks aaaawwwwweeesome..
I definitely gonna make a video on my channel..


Update...I directly uploaded one ...

https://youtu.be/raKidSCwvA4


Hope you like it ...what theme is that mod if I may ask ?
Cyberpunk ?

[NachtIntellect]

The theme of the game is futuristic/retro future but I wouldn't use either to describe it, it does have a distinct feel to it.

Also hello everyone, it's been quite some time. Unfortunately I have not gotten as far as I would have liked to this year, however significant progress has been made since the last version and so I am considering releasing the next test version on these very forums which is currently stable and would have originally only been posted in my discord server (https://discord.gg/rcFYchF) which is where I have been sharing a significant amount of my progress.

Here is also the changelog since the previous versions:

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(Previously released) Changelog as per Testbuild V1.0 (Pre-alpha V3.0, Previous Alpha V2.1)

The following changes were made by @NachtIntellect:
- Fixed a typo which caused the third dirt footstep noise not to play.
- Added in Brachial (Sprites thanks to Nash).
- Footsteps are now louder.
- EBlitz settings menu is now more aligned.
- EBlitz now has it's own font "The Immortal".
- Removed credits, decided to stick with a text file instead.
- Frachtur has been updated with new sprites. (Courtesy of Nash)
- Fully Brightmapped.
- Has it's own projectile now.
- Now drops shards of it's shell upon death.
- Added in map 99 which is Museum, a place where people can go to learn about the names of monsters and items in game. (Probably placeholder for another menu.)
- Scrapped document system. (Will be replaced in the future with something better)
- Began implementation of an optional tooltips system.
- Fixed Autoaim not working for the BEE Stingers.
- Fixed a crash caused when the player crouches with the BEE Stingers.
- Schrapnell now has new placeholder projectile sprites.
- Schrapnell is now in the 3rd slot.
- Schrapnell projectiles will now shoot correctly when crouched or standing.
- Partial fix for monsters giving the player voice items when out of the players sight IE died from another demon.
- Main menu now has whoosh sound added when player clicks on a UI element.
- Additionally, the way it looks has also been improved with custom font and buttons.
- Bee stinger projectiles are bigger.

The following changes were made by @NashMuhandes
- Added in the setting to change the users weapon volume under Eternity Blitz Settings.

(Previously released) Changelog as per Testbuild V1.1 (Pre-alpha V3.0):

The following changes were made by @NachtIntellect:
- Fixed an issue where Brachial would stomp over and over again if health was low.
- Added multi-attack for Brachial when health is low.
- Brachial thud sounds now work the way they were intended.
- Increased Brachial health from 400 to 460.
EBTZ01 "Industrial Subway":
- The music no longer plays after walking over a linedef on the 2nd door.
EBTZ13 "Depths":
- Fixed a sector that had instant death.
- Fixed lighting in a couple of sectors

(Current) Changelog as per Testbuild V2.0 (Pre-alpha V3.0):

The following changes were made by @NachtIntellect:
- Brachial max dropoff height is now 64, his step-height is now 32.
- Brachial sprites are now in the correct resolution.
- Brachial health has been buffed slightly.
- Brachial and Frachtur Balls will now die on monster death.
- Fractur and Minitius now drop Alloy Piece and Alloy Droplet giving +1 Armor and +1 Health respectively.
- Minitius will now explode and immediately disappear.
- Added in new font for messages and menu.
- Schrapnell shotgun now feels more natural to use.
- Schrapnell now has hands and added explosive muzzle flash.
- Added in new enemy types "Rotte", "Veratter Pistol" and "Veratter Riot" who replaces certain enemies.
- Pickup sounds have been temporarily replaced with the melee miss sound.
- There are new pickup sprites for several items.
- Added new pickups "Eternity Elixir" (200 health), "Alloy Carapace" (25 armor stacks to 100), "Alloy Armor" (50, stacks to 100), "Blitz Energizer" (200 armor, stacks to 200)
- Added in function to kick, some enemies who are kicked may get staggered or kicked away from the player.
- There are now new Crosshairs for each weapon.
- Added in new hands to the Bee Stingers.
- Added in EBTZ29 "Cesspool".
- Bee stingers total ammo is now 384, small pickups are 16 and large pickups are 64.
- Schrapnell's total ammo is now 108, shell bundles are 8 and shell boxes are 18.
- Added in the new quad rocket launcher "Harter Schlag".
EBTZ01 "Industrial Subway":
- Fixed spawning issues (Too many enemies would spawn at once) in boss fight on Industrial Subway.
- Several textures were replaced with new ones.
- Improved the look of certain sections.
- New mega-secret
EBTZ13 "Depths":
- Players should no longer instantly kill themselves when they fall off, instead it will teleport the player to the platform which linedef they passed and give the player minor damage.

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Also, here's some concept art for a character named Velo Zweigutt that would have been player 2, she is still a major character in the story and I still have hopes of adding her in as a player 2 some day but until then, here is the picture:

[NachtIntellect]

Hey everyone, today is the day where I release the most stable version I have of Eternity Blitz, the next 1 will be an IPK3 meaning it won't require Doom or any IWAD to run so look forward to that. I am releasing this version earlier than I intentioned as I am taking a break for the rest of the year only working on small things like bugfixes and the like, I also released it early because I want people to test it and see how much they can break my game. There are some things that are of note though and you can find them below:

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- The current sprites for the rocket pickups aren't final.
- I would have had more sounds for both monsters and weapons alike but it appears with everything else I had to add into it, the sounds got left out.
- Footstep code will eventually need a rework, I want to make my own code so I can define some new sounds. In this version I haven't done that.
- The way the landing sound works is temporary.
- I've temporarily used the old Bee Stinger projectiles and hit graphics for the Schrapnell shotgun, these aren't final.
- Both the Schrapnell Shotgun and the Harter Schlag launcher use the same sound, I am adding in new ones when I get back.

With that being said here is the new file: Google Drive Download

EDIT: It's been noted that some people are having issues with google drive so I uploaded it to mediafire: Mediafire Download

[Ferretmanjcdenton]

aaaawwwwweeesome ... can't wait ..
Directly trying it ...

[Ferretmanjcdenton]

This mod is awesome ..like I remember it ..
I have a few questions..

Did you implement PBR materials ?or is it my PBR mod ..cause normally my mod does only change vanilla textures ..but when I play many wall textures are reflecting light ..

Also ..are there 4 weapons in total ?

[NachtIntellect]

This currently isn't designed with any compatibility in mind seeing as I am not actually treating it as doom. So yeah, you may experience issues with other mods. There are 3 fully programmed weapons in total, (4 if you count the kick) if you go into the Museum (dev room) Which I left unlocked so players can discover the names of all the new items. there is 1 of the weapons which behaviors I was testing, it acts like a rapid-fire weapon and I have plans for it in the future, I left it in there because to be quite frank I forgot it was there.

I would also like to add that I have no desire to make things compatible with Eternity Blitz, it's completely up to the mod authors if they want to implement their systems into Eternity Blitz or not. I don't know if I've said this in here or not but I'll say it again Eternity Blitz will not be a mod, it will be it's own game.

EDIT: So with the criticism I just got on this version there is still so much to do, here are the things I've taken note of and things I've fixed.

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Changes to be made:
- Players who have played Doom may have a huge learning curve when it comes to new mechanics/designs add in tooltips maybe? Not tutorials players get locked into but something players can look up if they don't understand
- Door lock system may be bad game design, but like above could be because of a learning curve coming from Doom.
- Add default settings to sector lighting which will reduce how dark it is to players.
- Enemy damage adjustment
- Shotgun projectiles should spread
- Rotte fire and veratter laser should glow
- Harter Schlag needs cooldown sound (Beeping maybe)
- Rotte spams grunt sound
- Cesspool needs more ammo either in or before the first trial
- Teleporter effects still need to be added in
- Add in new pickups for rockets
- Footstep code needs a rework
- Landing sounds need to be properly defined
- New monster sounds need to be implemented for Veratter
- Schrapnell shotgun needs a new firing sound
- Doors height was clipped in Industrial Subway when messing around with something else, probably while I had my mouse wheel unlocked


Fixed already (In my version, not the released 1):
- Decreased VeratterLaser damage from 8 to 6.
- Skill level adjustment, "(1) Juvenile" now has a 0.90 DamageFactor, "(3) Bleed for me" now has a 1.02 DamageFactor, "(4) River runs red" has a 1.05 DamageFactor, "(5) Apocalyptic" has a 1.10 DamageFactor
- Changed Brachial health from 510 to 495
- When BrachialShot explodes on the ground it now does 12 damage instead of 24 damage (Whoops, I'm usually always moving away from them so I didn't notice)

[Ferretmanjcdenton]

Actually I would never think of criticizing your amazing game ..
I really like it and love the idea ..
And compatibility with other add-ons is in most cases given ..

I use these her for ALMOST ALL mods ..

Mobility movement add-on (for sliding and double jump)
Droplets (a blood /gore /Gibs add-on)
Critical hits (for headshots and critical hits)
PBR materials (reflecting textures)
Dark doom z (cause of the nice flashlight)
Slow regeneration
Low gravity
Glowing liquids


And a few small other ones ..

I know that changes the overall gameplay of the original ..but in my case it only is improving my gaming experience ...and isn't that why you play all together? To have a good experience?

So to come to my question I asked in my last comment ..
Which was no criticism in any way ..
Do you use any reflective (PBR) textures in your game ?

Also ..I am really looking forward to play more of your awesome game ..

[Ferretmanjcdenton]

Here a short video showcase of eternity blitz like I play it ..
It's like all my videos played on Android .(For this TC I used my MI 9 )

https://youtu.be/ZmkMogoGtzs



[Also ...I was wondering..are you German ?

[NachtIntellect]

Actually I would never think of criticizing your amazing game ..
I really like it and love the idea ..
And compatibility with other add-ons is in most cases given ..

I use these her for ALMOST ALL mods ..

(Long list of mods)

And a few small other ones ..

I know that changes the overall gameplay of the original ..but in my case it only is improving my gaming experience ...and isn't that why you play all together? To have a good experience?

This currently isn't designed with any compatibility in mind seeing as I am not actually treating it as doom. So yeah, you may experience issues with other mods.

In addition I'm also adding a disclaimer to the OP.

So to come to my question I asked in my last comment ..
Which was no criticism in any way ..
Do you use any reflective (PBR) textures in your game ?

Nope.

Also ...I was wondering..are you German ?

Nope, but I've always wanted to set a game in a place other than the usual places so I picked Germany. I've got someone helping me with the translation of some guns and enemies of whom is also German.