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Archive Maintainer      : 
Update to               : 
Advanced engine needed  : limit removing + ogg sound support
Primary purpose         : Single+Coop play - Deathmatch as a bonus
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Title                   : Portraits of Doom by Peccatum Mihzamiz
Filename                : PoD.WAD
Release date            : 17th of March 2025
Author                  : Peccatum Mihzamiz
Email Address           : [redacted]
Other Files By Author   : TekeN, Had, lots of maps for community projects.
Misc. Author Info       : 

Description             : Portraits of Doom is a 20 map set for Doom I and 
			  Doom II. The first episode takes place in Doom I, 
			  followed by a special New Game Plus in Doom II. 
			  All combined into one single Doom II wad file 
		    	  for your convenience.

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------- !!! WARNING FLASHING LIGHTS WARNING !!! -------------

Compatibility: limit-removing.
 GZDoom compatibility: Doom (strict)
 Crispy, Woof!, prboom+, DSDA and other limit-removing source ports:
 -complevel 2
 Will not run on: vanilla source ports and ports that don't support .ogg.
 Ducking and Jumping not intended. Freelook optional.
 Many mods (weapons, monsters etc.) break the set in one 
 way or another: use at your own risk.

Known bugs:
 ITYTD doesn't work: do not play on that difficulty! Apologies.
 Software mode recommended for maps MAP04 and MAP15. Those maps may also
 not experience the intended Peccaportal flying on ZDoom engines.
 Some slime trails perhaps. I tried to get them all: sorry if you find any!
 Zandronum softlocks on at least 3 of the maps (voodoo doll stuff). Sorry.

About the difficulties and New Game Plus:
 I recommend people play the set on Doom II in its entirety: maps 1-20.
 Play either continuous or pistol start, and after you've finished the
 first 9 maps, you'll enjoy New Game Plus, where you play through all
 the maps again but now with Doom II monsters, a higher difficulty,
 and in some cases the maps themselves have undergone changes.

 Players can play however they want of course. I put quite some effort
 into balancing this for all difficulties. The same with co-op settings,
 which I recommend you try out (using the -solo-net parameter) if you
 want an additional challenge. Though a handful of maps maight be slightly
 ridiculous for one player. All maps were fully designed and playtested
 in Doom I before I made the Doom II New Game Plus maps. I have not heard
 of other map sets that did this, I hope players like it. UV is not 
 the 'intended' difficulty: all of them are intended difficulties! The
 same goes for pistol start/ continuous play. Though I recommend resetting
 weapons and ammo upon entering New Game Plus.

Music credits and map titles
Menu music				Fantastic Flurry by Peccatum Mihzamiz
Intermission				Eye of the Storm by rd
Intertext				EUROBEAT HITS by wallh4x
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MAP01 Hythe:				Void Coefficient by LVENdead
MAP02 Dark Treasure of the Mind: 	Inescapable Pit Time by MegaSphere
MAP03 On an Overgrown Path: 		Homesick by decino
MAP04 The Word for World is Forest: 	Ocelot by stewboy
MAP05 Of Caves and Cliffs: 		Wanderlust by Psyrus
MAP06 ...the potency of its black suggestion: Tiny Deep Sea Lights by decino			
MAP07 The Visive Dazzled and Bedimm'd: 	Lighter than air by Garry Schyman
MAP08 Eight Legged Embrace:		Arachnotonic by James Paddock
MAP09 Frith:				Time Dilation by James Paddock
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MAP10 Agnitio				small ghost by rd
MAP11 Peripeteia			Mate in Eighteen by Peccatum Mihzamiz
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New Game Plus
MAP12 In one part more and in another less: Diplacusis by Cacodemon187
MAP13 Death by a Thousand Papercuts:	Fistula Rearrangement 2024 by MegaSphere
MAP14 Transgressions of the Trees:	Hourglass by AD_79
MAP15 However Old its Roots:		Ocelot by stewboy
MAP16 ...from the colour of the stone diverse: Arctic by Korp
MAP17 Other Worlds than these:		Is This Modern Art? by Phoenyx
MAP18 Void Conventicle:			Nano by Psyrus
MAP19 An Ending. O Joy! O Clamour!	Catastrophic Orbital Decay by Dan Terminus
					& Fervor by Psyrus
MAP20 Everything is a Self Portrait:	Pixel Perfect by The Lords of Lounge

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About the map set:
 I had only made five Ultimate Doom maps before I started this set. 
 Two for 'PUSS: TH1RT3EN', one for Solar Struggle, one joke map for Napsalm
 and one for 'PUSS: D-30'. During 'PUSS: D-30' I started what would become 
 the 2nd map in this set. I had so much fun working with the Doom I resources 
 but ended up creating something that wouldn't have fit 'PUSS: D-30'. 
 The idea of a Doom I map set had never been in my mind but this time 
 I was really inspired. So I set out to work and here we are.

 If I had to describe what I wanted to do/ended up doing with this map
 set I might say: dramatic lighting and a feeling of fair challenge (sometimes
 over-the-top fun). Grand vistas, some humor, big maps that are short,
 and 'extended mapping techniques' like Peccaportals in some places 
 where it is warranted.

 I added in lots of optional things, hopefully making for a punchy experience 
 that can be longer if the players themselves want it to be. I wanted to make 
 something that I myself just really like to look at, walk around in, and 
 fight in. This was my first time using 5 minute doors to tell tiny
 stories across multiple maps in a set: I hope people like it. I recommend
 IDCLIPping to the rooms if you feel like it, I won't judge ;).

 The secret map was originally started for a different project: parts of
 it ended up being reused here. One arena and gimmick in the map can also 
 be found in my map for Twofers. People that have been following my 
 mapping closely will recognise the bathroom and office in E1M1 from 
 'Solar Struggle'. I have used parts of that bathroom in four projects 
 by now I think. Same with the teddy bear on the bed, which I first made 
 for Ray Mohawk 2.

 When I started this project I hadn't yet planned how many maps it would
 have and hadn't thought about adding a New Game Plus, never mind making
 that in Doom 2. Going back and forth between maps later on to make a
 cohesive story was quite the challenge indeed :p.

 I made the INTERPIC by building a separate map, containing miniatures
 of landmarks found across the maps.

 I moved houses after I finished RC3 of this set. In the process of moving
 my PC broke and I lost everything on it. It was quite the blow, and it
 was difficult for me to come back to this map set and finish it.
 After RC3 I had already put in some work for the idgames version that
 I now had to do again. I might have missed certain things in the process.

A big thanks to my playtesters: Petyan, Decay, Master Medi, LVENdead, 
 Napsalm, decino, Death Bear, Bytefyre, eharper256, Kaapeli47.

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Credits:
-ENDOOM by Thomas van der Velden (Rabotik / t.v.)
-M_DOOM logo by BluePineapple72
-Rabbit sprites originally from Magical Drop F Daibouken Mo Rakujyanai.
-Thank you to decino for allowing me the use of his barrel explosion setup.
-Secret sound from a Bob Ross episode.
-I found the chess game at Chessgames.com. It was an actual chess match,
 played by B Mikyska against Karel Traxler in 1896. 18 moves for 18 maps.
-Menu picture base by Jeanna Bauck, from her "Bertha Wegmann Painting 
 a Portrait", painted in the 1870s.
-Piña Colada sprite by BluePineapple72, from Piña Colada.
-Medikit and stimpack by Doomkid.
-Cacodemon death sprite by Lina.
-Foot texture from Bronzino’s "An Allegory with Venus and Cupid".
-Plasma sound from Doom 3
-All other sprites, textures, HUD, graphics, invuln palette, skies,
 sounds etc. by Peccatum Mihzamiz

Special thanks to: 
-Those dozens of people that have given me feedback over the years, in places
 such as the UDB and Pineapple Under the Sea Studios discord servers, and 
 many other places. Doom mapping means being able to stand on the shoulders
 of many giants that came before me. I couldn't have done it without you!
-Thank you to my Dooming friends, you know who you are!
-Petyan for help making the invuln palette and general advice.
-decino for help with the advanced crusher technique (any HOMs are my fault).
-Some recipe suggestions by senpai gru, Heichy, Hambourgeois, Petyan. 
-The band 'Lords of Lounge' for allowing me the use of their composition.
-Shoutout to Cacodemon187, whose 'El Viaje de Diciembre' is gorgeous.

Portraits in the maps:
1 Dave Taylor
2 John Carmack
3 Tom Hall
4 John Romero
5 Bobby Prince
6 Sandy Petersen
7 Donna Jackson
8 Adrian Carmack
9 Kevin Cloud
10 Jay Wilbur
20 Don Ivan Punchatz

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* What is included *

New levels              : 20
Sounds                  : Yes
Music                   : Yes
Graphics                : Yes
Dehacked/BEX Patch      : Yes
Demos                   : No
Other                   : GLDEFS, MUSINFO, COLORMAP, COMPLVL
Other files required    : None


* Play Information *

Game                    : DOOM2
Map #                   : MAP01-MAP20
Single Player           : Designed for
Cooperative 2-4 Player  : Designed for
Deathmatch 2-4 Player   : Designed for (bonus file)
Other game styles       : No
Difficulty Settings     : Yes


* Construction *

Base                    : New from scratch
Build Time              : About 10 months 
Editor(s) used          : Slade, Ultimate Doom Builder, Audacity, GIMP,
			  Paint, Doom Text Generator.
Known Bugs              : See above
May Not Run With        : Vanilla engines, engines that do not support .ogg
Tested With             : DSDADoom 27.5, Crispy 7.0.0, GZDoom 4.8.2.



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