SHRINE - A Total Conversion Mod for Doom 2

[scumhead]

Shrine is a total conversion mod for Doom 2 set in a Lovecraftian inspired world. Battle new demons with new weapons, while exploring ancient cathedrals and eldritch worlds from the dark beyond.

8 New Weapons to rampage your way through the Elder World
13 Enemies to Blast into giblets
16 challenging but fair levels to test your might against the eldritch Horde
Completely custom assets, textures and Sounds!

Shrine is out now! Download here:

Version 1.3
Moddb: https://www.moddb.com/mods/shrine/downl ... nloadsform
Drive: https://www.moddb.com/mods/shrine/downl ... nloadsform

Big thanks to QuakedoomNukem for help with the mod!

-Made for use with Gzdoom.

-You should have Jump enabled.

-Iwad is DOOM II

For more information: https://twitter.com/Scumhead1

[MrRumbleRoses]

oh wow

[skdursh]

Looks like it's going to be really good judging by all the screenies on your Twitter. Definitely has an above average art aesthetic for this sort of thing. How long has this been in production for? If the gameplay holds up I could definitely see this being a last minute entry for the Cacowards this year.

[scumhead]

Looks like it's going to be really good judging by all the screenies on your Twitter. Definitely has an above average art aesthetic for this sort of thing. How long has this been in production for? If the gameplay holds up I could definitely see this being a last minute entry for the Cacowards this year.

I've been working on it for about 8-12 hours a day for since October the 14th! And I hope it holds up, It's my first wad but I've really given it my all. Thank you so much!

[elCreyo]

Looks cool. I will wait for this.

[Valken]

Looking forward to this!

[Jarewill]

Oh, this looks very nice indeed.
Can't wait to try it out.

Edit: I gave it a try and it's pretty nice so far.
The only real issue I have with it is the fact that shotgun is on slot 8 instead of slot 3.
I don't know if there's any weapon on slot 3, but the weapons I have right now are very far apart from each other.
Bone saw on slot 1, pistol on slot 2, some gun I haven't tried yet on slot 6 and the shotgun on slot 8 (I'm not sure if it's 8 or 7 or 9 as I ran out of ammo for it and can't select it, but it's somewhere there.)
I'm just so used to a shotgun being on slot 3 and pressing 8 is quite problematic at times, especially when I want to quickly switch to the shotgun.
And another thing I dislike a bit is the weapon placement mismatch.
I just find it really annoying for my eyes when I see a centered pistol and an angled shotgun.
But it's just me and aside these factors, the TC is pretty good.

[Redead-ITA]

Gave it a play (medium difficulty) and ooh boy there is something: for me it basicly condems in this "it is my first attempt on a tc and i put a lot of effort on it... except i am not a coder"
Now to give a quick review id say i would give this a solid 7/10 but i should probably note the cons of the tc first (spoilers ahead):

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-Reskinned R667 Weapons (looking at the bfg replacement especially in the tag form).
-Weapons do not have a propper slot.
-Weapons are inconsistent if they are on the side or centered.
-The chainsaw is somewhat useless
-The SSG replacement has the itemslot that checks if you shoot once (and by that i mean i can select it from the inventory even tho nothing happens)
-the RL replacement has no custom explosion sprites
-Reskinned R667 enemies(of them even have the same death sprite but recolored, but not all of them are reskinned r667 enemies).
-Enemies are slightly more bullet spongie and somewhat unfair (sinners are a good example of it).
-The player doesn't have a custom sprites themselfs
-Some of the transitions of end level are somewhat fell incomplete
-Some of the levels do not have lower umpegged doors
-map before the last (aka the boss fight before the last one could be made better by making it so that the monster do not face the player immediately, not to say that it's bad as angel can sure cause infight)
-Final boss doesn't have a unique projectile and uses just the one from doom2

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+The maps are neat.
+The theme is consistent through out the entire wad.
+The maps are short and sweet (especially considering the enemies)
+The sound design for the weapons feel good (exept for the bfg replacement and the SSG replacement alt fire)
+The soundtrack great!

overall even if it doesn't have many pros but it wasn't as bad to drive me to frustration, you can defenetly improve though (and preferably try to make the enemies less op?)

[Rachael]

This is some really good work. I especially like the music and the art style here. It feels like a whole different world.

[scumhead]

Gave it a play (medium difficulty) and ooh boy there is something: for me it basicly condems in this "it is my first attempt on a tc and i put a lot of effort on it... except i am not a coder"
Now to give a quick review id say i would give this a solid 7/10 but i should probably note the cons of the tc first (:
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Thank you! Yeah, I'm not a coder but I'm going to be working hard to make sure my next tc is a lot more custom/ original. Not relying so heavily on realm667 assets. I really appreciate ya taking the time to critique the project and I'll be taking these into consideration for whatever's next. Thank you for playing!

[Redead-ITA]

Thank you! Yeah, I'm not a coder but I'm going to be working hard to make sure my next tc is a lot more custom/ original. Not relying so heavily on realm667 assets. I really appreciate ya taking the time to critique the project and I'll be taking these into consideration for whatever's next. Thank you for playing!

I am at least glad you are gonna look into it!
il definitely look forward for the new tc when it will arrive!

[Roasterock]

This is some wonderful art here that, even in a community that's constantly pushing art as a medium in its mods, still stands out. The fact that the majority of the levels are such a drab gray makes all the vulgar reds and vibrant greens pop. It's easily the best part of the mod. The weapons are impactful, but it was easy to recognize how many of them were based on Realm 667 actors, if only because I was so familiar with them. I didn't have Freelook on, and the Eldritch Annihilator didn't have any autoaim capability on it, making it useless on anything that didn't fly. The Splinter takes way too long to spin down in comparison to how many enemies are in most rooms. Ammo was also pretty confusing, and it took me half of the set to realize that the Annihilator and Leviathan shared an ammo pool, as the ammo pickups made it seem like that all the weapons had their own ammo pool.
The enemies all look great, with the same Realm recognition as the weapons, even though some of pieces left over look weird on the enemies, such as the Dreadnought dropping a Superdemon arm on death. I don't know if any changes to their GLDEFS were included either, since the Deacon's projectiles are a different color than their light.

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It was also a bit disappointing that the Old King was just a reskinned Divine Shadow. At least with many of the enemies, their projectiles were resprited to fit mod, while the Old King still uses BFG balls.

Despite that, I'm still thrilled by what I've seen. For not being a coder, this is absolutely a step in the right direction, and is something that so many people here would love to help you with.

[Redneckerz]

This needs more love.

Why? Because its a TC that looks like its own game. And whilst we have many TC's, not many TC's have their own ''look''.

[Rex705]

Shrine is awesome I have been playing it on Youtube.

[wolfmanfp]

I found this today on Steam, it's available here for free:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1271050/Shrine/