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 (or Cherry 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 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 (or Cherry) is recommended, but the mod is still compatible with a few other popular ports.

An add-on is also provided to spice up vanilla monster behavior, in case you want them to put up a bit more of a fight against the doggo. Note that the add-on works ONLY with this mod and can't be used on its own.

MOD CREDITS:

• 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, and for creating Nugget Doom itself.

(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 Blue Gun: Sonik.o.fan, Amuscaria.

ADD-ON CREDITS:

• id Software, for the vanilla monster sprites I've edited here.
• Most of the new monster sounds come from either:
  • Yholl's Hideous Destructor Unique Sounds add-on.
  • Jaxxoon R's Sound Caulking mod.
• Footstep sounds are from Doom 3.
• New Chaingunner sounds are from the Unreal alphas.
• Monster gib death sprites credited as follows:
  • Ryan Cordell (Demon, Cacodemon, Revenant, Archvile).
  • Amuscaria (Baron of Hell, Hell Knight).
  • Blox (Arachnotron, Mancubus).