[HN Gopher] Wad Commander: Play Doom I and II in the Browser ___________________________________________________________________ Wad Commander: Play Doom I and II in the Browser Author : kqr Score : 93 points Date : 2022-10-25 18:10 UTC (4 hours ago) (HTM) web link (wadcmd.com) (TXT) w3m dump (wadcmd.com) | kingkawn wrote: | Without 90s childhood context Wad Commander sounds like a really | different kind of website | dollylambda wrote: | moomin wrote: | One of the truly satisfying things with Doom and Doom 2 is that | the levels were all designed with two playstyles in mind. Each | level, starting with the pistol, you can either beat par on Hurt | Me Plenty, or kill 100% on Ultraviolence. Most of the harder | levels require some route-planning or lateral thinking to achieve | that. All of which, back in the day, provided me with way more | gameplay than you'd expect. | Max-Ganz-II wrote: | Ultra-violence is for wimps. | | _Real_ players are on -fast. | hrbf wrote: | https://xkcd.com/378/ :) | kqr wrote: | Make that three: the beginner/explorer playstyle is also | accommodated very well. | skocznymroczny wrote: | I was going for a pistol start UV recently, and some levels are | really hard, especially if you don't know where secrets are. On | some levels it's hard to get that shotgun to get things going | and the ammo is often scarce. | moomin wrote: | Yeah, there's a fair few levels where you've got to plan your | route very carefully, use particular weapons for particular | fights, be strategic about power-ups. | | Suburbs is a pretty nasty level to begin with, but IIRC the | only way to deal with the two archviles efficiently is double | shotgun at close range, which involves popping the | invulnerability or it's not going to work. | ggerganov wrote: | Plugging here my "text-adventure" mode of Doom that runs on.. | wait for it.. Twitter [0] :-) | | [0] https://twitter.com/tweet2doom | mikkergp wrote: | Are there any active communities playing multiplayer doom? | (Preferably with a version compatible with Mac). I've looked but | been unable to find any. | mbrndtgn wrote: | Zandronum if you want to use mods, odamex if you prefer a | vanilla experience. The odamex discord server is a good | starting point. | jan_k_ wrote: | The most active multiplayer Doom port is Zandronum, using the | Doomseeker server browser to join games. Mac support may be a | bit flaky, but I think it currently works (join the Discord for | help). | | https://zandronum.com/ - get the software, join the discord | | https://doomlist.net/ - see active servers | AgentME wrote: | I've always much preferred Zandronum over Zdaemon because | it's open source and it has much more advanced mod | capabilities (with much more Zdoom/Gzdoom mod support than | Zdaemon), supporting mods adding game modes like the PVE | Invasion mode. | mikeodds wrote: | There is also https://www.zdaemon.org/?CMD=downloads | gond wrote: | There is the community around ZDeamon [1]. As a Doom port, it | has its own server browser, Discord and a built-in IRC browser | to get to their channel. Binarys are available for Win, Linux | and MacOs. IME, especially popular there are gigantic megaWADs, | which are played by fifteensomething players in coop mode | simultaneously. | | [1] https://www.zdaemon.org | ASalazarMX wrote: | Holy cow, 15 players in coop sounds really fun! | danjoredd wrote: | As long as a game allows someone to run their own server, a | community never truly dies. There are people who still play | Half Life 2: Deathmatch and Counter Strike Source because we | can run our own server | knome wrote: | >Counter Strike Source | | Ha. There's still people on CS1.6. I dip in a play a couple | games every now and again. I found a server, not too long | ago, that was running a full conversion Rocket League mode. | Occasionally, you could see a flash showing that you're just | a CT/T wielding a knife before the custom graphics load in | and you're playing soccer with rocket propelled cars. | qbasic_forever wrote: | Doomworld forums are a good place to find the current doom | community folks. | anonymousiam wrote: | I have always considered Quake to be the natural successor to | Doom, and it is fully multi-player. | | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quake_(video_game) ___________________________________________________________________ (page generated 2022-10-25 23:00 UTC)