EXODUS (Doom II WAD) mod

EXODUS is short adventure through 2 large, vanilla format maps loaded with a variety of themes, secrets and the usual run-and-gun action that most Doom WADs have. Although the maps are vanilla format, EXODUS will only run properly on a ZDoom based port. Playing with these maps in Zandronum, with jump disabled, and mouselook enabled is the recommended experience, and how these maps were tested.

MAP01 was originally supposed to be a map contributed to DBP 35, but due to time constraints and a design not fitting in line with most DBP's, it did not make it into the final release of that project. However, here I still used some DBP 35 associated resources (See "ReadMe.txt").

MAP02 is the full "as intended" version of Auger Zenith's MAP10. It somewhat dramatically contrasts the theme of MAP01. I intentionally removed and changed many of the elements that I thought were unique to AZ (The "getaway car", some sounds, the custom HUD etc.), as I want this map to be thought of it's own idea, and not simply "A remake of my Auger Zenith map." Duke Nukem 3D vibes are abundantly present here.

These maps are not ridiculously challenging slaughterfests or extremely complicated in their layout or navigation. MAP01 in particular is slow paced and fairly tame in action for the first half of the map. Both maps lead to an ending with a couple of large battles, but players should be plenty accustomed by that point. Secrets are numerous in both maps, but except for a secret in MAP02, all are somewhat easy to find. Nonetheless, these are large maps with a 30-60 minute completion time for each, so my suggestions when playing are as follows:

1. Save often! Even if you think it's easy, dying obviously means starting all the way at the beginning again.
2. Exploration pays off! I don't just mean find secrets; you can beat these maps without finding any. I mean take an extra moment to walk around and look behind, on top of, or inside: walls, crates, waterfalls, rocks, check dark corners etc. as these maps use several vast and open areas with items (mostly health and ammo) scattered throughout.
3. Observe and take advantage of shortcuts, especially if playing coop. There are a handful of moments in these maps that have very long lifts, or require a lot of traversing. In many instances, a shortcut becomes available after you pass through the area "the long way". Long lifts reveal a (usually two way) teleporter, areas that would normally require you to backtrack to a previous spot will have shortcuts open such as ventilation shafts, cat-walk/roof top type obstacles have, for example, a ladder or lift unblocked to easily recover back to the top and try again. etc etc etc

One Final Note: Consider playing this with the alternate music (included as a separate WAD file) if you plan on streaming or recording MAP02, to avoid any risk of your video being flagged for Copyright.