Even if the original author didn't recognize the density of spiders you need for a map to feel like a spider colony, I think it's a great gimmick. Things that made this map different from a regular Doom map: * plasma first so you can have plasma duels with spiders * spiders silently dropping in behind you -- it would feel like cheating but you were warned, it's a spider colony * Long halls you can't progress all the way down because of the spiders so you have to go door to door * Progress blocked by vine walls that look like spiderwebs I would love to see someone lean on the spider gimmick even harder: * a room with eight spider legs coming off it that are full of arachnos so you are always in a crossfire * a room where spiderwebs (vine walls) force you to go back and forth while spiders snipe at you, so their plasma catches up to you at the turns * a gauntlet of masterminds that you must temporarily distract into infighting the arachnos behind them to get past * a spiderweb-shaped maze where your only cover from the mastermind at the center is the "cocoons" of hanging corpses (they raise walls or something to offer cover) Thanks for adding all the needed spiders to the map -- they all felt like they had a reason to be there!

More TNTR Dev Diaries. I enjoy. This definitely feels like an older map.

I have a question, do the old "pre-split" TNT: Devilution still exist? i really want to try out old alphas and betas of the old TNT 2 whenever it's possible. Mainly cause it fascinates me and it's cool to the see changes and stuff.

@@Tycitron6000 In the state it's currently in it seemed pretty fun to me. Well worth a play. Some levels feel a bit unfinished or strange compared to Revilution's polish. The music however is absolutely fantastic. One of the best of any megawads I've played. Hopefully it gets a final release some day and people can play and talk about it the way these other maps packs are. Especially the music.

@@journeytosilius1 oh man you have them???? im so jealous i wanna play them so bad lol even if unfinished.

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If Decino is a doom apprentice then Tom Brady is an apprentice quarter back

Just like two health bonuses saved Vytaan in TNT map 08.

To be fair, this map has a lot of health and armor bonuses. I could stack up to 200% armor without using a blue armor pickup.

@@misterwardy1972 tell me you're not a BMD fan without telling me you're not a BMD fan.

It's a driving, mysterious track - I love the augmented chords and the sections that play major chords descending by a minor third. However, the high, sustained ringing notes kept making me wonder if my tinnitus was acting up.

at 1:40 it has the glorious sound of tinnitus included in the sound track!

2:58 That is a great callout of how the map designer gave you the choice between sneaking from alcove to alcove, or boldly braving the plasma. Great use of the spider.

Tech pillars are reason enough to be excited

Lil' bro doing tech pillars dirty like that

Well the lads didn't have plasma, but luckily for them the acromantulas were also lacking in chassis-mounted hardware, be it plasma or cannon. Evens the odds out a tad.

@@DinnerForkTongue I agree. Well, at least these lads found all secrets in next level. And computer area map in next episode.

LMAO

They might have had a plasma and they just didn't use it.

​@@larslrs7234is that your plasma gun or are you just happy to see Hermione

ok but consider - several arachnotrons death sound due to splash damage

They said "We can also just leave"

I avoid the wiki to not see the upcoming map names.

​@@decino Noted for future reference 📝

Yup, the lighting makes the rock wall color almost impossible to see, unless you are standing right next to it. Definitely can't blame him for missing that one. The crates on the other hand... haha

I might actually develop arachnophobia if that were the case

Makes me think of a DeHackEd monster that moves at the speed of a demon while shooting plasma.

It's not a vine window, it's a spiderweb!

Don't forget the part where the arpeggios descend by minor thirds, which outlines a diminished 7th in the root and evenly fits over 4 beats

@@ji604 Nice catch, I missed that!

Iunno, maybe... imps?

It would be natural childbirth but he is a Mr so no.

if you know where they are but not how to open them i check the sector tags of the entrance or if theres a teleport destination there and then search for linedefs with the same tags.

Just make sure that you enable "show event lines" on the view menu and then go to sector mode and hover over the lift/door that is keeping you from getting to the secret.

Not when the leap of faith is at the top of an outcrop so there is nothing your rockets can hit that will touch the spiders below.

@@karlk5801 The leftmost edge is a wall IIRC

@@NativeNewMexican At 14:09? Not sure that would work.

@@karlk5801 I'd recommend trying at least a couple of shots

Timestamp?

@@decinoI'll check tomorrow, its a bit late now.

@@decino I re-watched the first 7 minutes and could not really find it. It might just have been the KZfaq bit-rate being too low in combination with it being a dark map. Picking up items lights up the screen which is a big change in the color values which KZfaq might not like. The next part is just a theory. If you play the game at lets say 144 FPS or uncapped, the conversion will scale it down to 60FPS for KZfaq. This might introduce micro stuttering since 60FPS does not nicely fit into 144FPS like e.g. 120FPS would. It might also be just me being spoiled by playing the new Quake 2 remaster at 144 FPS :P.