A blog for the updates, changes, excitements, and frustrations that come from modding the zdoom engine for ponies. Also, some modding tutorials that may or may not be helpful.
There are many great things happening in June, and one of those things is the RAMP project.
Have you ever thought about making a doom map, but weren't sure where to start? Or wanted to, but weren't sure if anyone would ever see it? RAMP might be what you're looking for.
I did one map three years ago(!), and keep saying that I'll do another one and... well... I'm me, and I haven't. But! If you're looking for a sign to start your own doom mapping thing, this could be it.
In the original Raridoom, you set out to rescue Sweetie Belle from the changeling hive. That got me thinking, and now, she can come with you as you tear your way through the hive again!
Coding companions is hard, but I think I have it down. Being a foal, her only weapon is the pistol, and that can't be exchanged. She moves slower than your run but faster than your walk, and can't teleport to you so you might need to backtrack a bit to retrieve her, but don't get too far from her! At a random time in the level, she'll get tired and sit down for a while, which is a problem because I haven't figured out how to heal her (even the helper dogs don't get healed, they just start out with 500 health points) and friendly fire is on. Random (squeaky!) sound bites for her active sounds, playing... not quite constantly but close! And if she falls down off a ledge, she doesn't really have a jump to get back out, so "map *" (no quotes) in your console will be your best friend!
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mfw when i was writing this no i'm not doing this but i did almost have Sweetie Belle be the protagonist of the sequel but Raridoom 2 sounded better than SweetieDoom / BelleDoom / anything else I could think of anyway someday i'll get those spells sprited and get a beta test out there but today is not that day and tomorrow doesn't look good, either |
