Hell Hound

One day I felt like taking a small break from the advanced bells and whistles of ZScript to try something different. That something different, of course, turned out to be DeHackEd, through the more user-friendly frontend of DECOHack. This mod is the end result of that experiment.

Working within the constraints of what MBF21 and DSDHacked have to offer, I made yet another weapons mod, one starring a new main character, the giddy hellhound gal Kyra. She does not like what these demons are up to, as she'd rather have the humans pet her and give her treats, so she's going to defend her would-be pet-and-treat-givers the best way she knows how: With big heckin' guns. This mod, meant for Nugget Doom, has these things to offer so far:

• Fully replaced weaponry that still keeps the spirit of the vanilla Doom lineup, while amping the oomph factor to eleven (e.g.: you get four barrels on your super shotty and such).
• A cute dog girl protagonist.
• Simple but effective visual effects. Cool explosions, sparky particles, ejected casings, the works.
• Authentically bit-crushed sound effects.

Currently, the weapon and character sprites are, well... Placeholders. I definitely do intend to create bespoke spritework myself, eventually, but for now, what I've got here does the trick. So yeah, expect things to change visually over time.

For the best experience, Nugget is recommended, but the mod is still compatible with a few other popular ports.

Also, I would be remiss not to recommend running this alongside Skelegant's Gorenuggets add-on for an even more extra touch to the impact of the big guns (as well as the literal big guns that this dawg can wield).

MOD CREDITS:

• Skelegant and Craneo for the Doom Anime Face Base 2.0 sprite sheet, used to make Kyra's mugshot.
• Cynmusic for the title and intermission tracks, assumed free for non-commercial use.
• Ayba and Indigo for inspiring me to pick up MBF21 modding.
• Xaser for Vesper, which I've peeked at to learn bits and pieces from.
• Alaux for Smooth Doom 21, another mod I've looked into for learning.
• BigStronk for Goregrinder, yet another mod I've learned some tricks from.

(Currently a lot of sprites are placeholders, credits for those follow)

• Fists: id Software, Uboa, Zedek the Plague Doctor.
• Machete: Lobotomy Software, Xaser.
• Machine Pistol: id Software.
• Shotty: id Software, Lossforwords, Navaro, JoeyTD.
• Quadshot: Superdave938, Sonik.o.fan, 1337spy, Bgraybr, Warhawk, DBJ87, id Software.
• Minigun: Sonik.o.fan.
• Skull Launcher: Sonik.o.fan.
• Energy Machine Gun: Jimmy Beaubien, Ravage.
• Big Red Gun: Sonik.o.fan, Amuscaria.
• Player: Alice Jameson.