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Title                   : DEFY THE OMPHALOS
Filename                : defy.pk3
Release date            : 01/08/22
Author                  : The Shareware Vats crew
Email Address           : [redacted]
Other Files By Author   : vats_1.wad
Misc. Author Info       : No

Description             : Note: Please set Texture Filter Mode to one of
                         the "none" options, and set "High Quality
                         Resize Mode" to "off".

                         According to wiktionary. omphalos:
                         https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/omphalos

                         From Ancient Greek ??????? (omphalos,
                         "navel"). Doublet of navel.

                         Noun; omphalos (plural omphaloi)

                         1. An ancient religious stone artifact, or
                         baetylus, used to denote the direction of
                         the "center" of the world.
                         2. The theological proposition that the
                         world was created with certain indicia of a
                         history which had not actually occurred
                         (such as the humans who had never been
                         connected to umbilical cords being created
                         with navels).
                         3. The navel.
                         4. A raised central point; a boss.
                         5. The center or hub.

Additional Credits to   : Levels by AgentJR, Crash, and anotak.
                           additional incompletes in MAP33+ slots
                           by anotak and zenby.

                         Palette: Jazz Mickle, anotak, Grain of Salt

                         Shader: anotak
                           w/ assistance from Jazz Mickle and zenby

                         DECORATE/ZScript/etc: anotak

                         Testing: Ivy Melinda, LuizPSC,
                           BunniesFromHell, Juliette, ETPC, Five

                         Creative support: Grain of Salt,
                           Ivy Melinda, ETPC, Jazz Mickle,
                           Vectorpoem, Kleril, Fauna, Val,
                           Drspaceman, Mae, LuizPSC, and Snelaine

                         Wad compiled by anotak

                         Textures compiled by anotak, Grain of Salt,
                           and Ivy Melinda

                         new textures by Jazz Mickle, anotak, LuizPSC
                         BEANS texture from farm of Vo Chico

                         Deus Ex textures by Ion Storm
                         Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2 textures by Neversoft
                         Unreal Tournament textures by Digital Extremes and Epic Games
                         Duke Nukem textures by 3d Realms
                         Half Life textures by Valve Software
                         NMN Corporation Texture Set by NMN
                         deConstruct Industrial Textures by stecki
                         IK Texture Pack for Doom 2 by Iikka 'Fingers' Keranen
                         Lost Resources by NaturalTvventy and Xaser
                         Kingpin textures by Xatrix
                         Dusk textures by New Blood
                         The Return textures by Team TNT
                         Quake textures by id Software
                         Hexen II textures by Raven
                         Daikatana textures by Ion Storm
                         Alien Vs Predator 2 by Monolith
                         Grand Theft Auto 2 by Rockstar
                         Rune by Human Head
                         Silent Hill by Konami
                         Metal Gear Solid by Konami
                         Reconstruction/Decomposition by Da Werecat
                         LSD Dream Emulator by Asmik Ace
                         Castlevania: Legacy of Darkness by Konami
                         Castlevania 64 by Konami
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* What is included *

New levels              : Yes
Sounds                  : Yes
Music                   : Yes
Graphics                : Yes
Dehacked/BEX Patch      : Yes
Demos                   : No
Other                   : Yes
Other files required    : Not this time


* Play Information *

Game                    : DOOM2
Map #                   : Not numbered- uses episode select
Single Player           : Designed for
Cooperative 2-4 Player  : No
Deathmatch 2-4 Player   : No
Other game styles       : No
Difficulty Settings     : Yes


* Construction *

Base                    : New from scratch
Build Time              : too long
Editor(s) used          : Doom Builder X, Ultimate Doom Builder,
                         SLADE, Krita, Visual Studio, Max/MSP,
                         ImageMagick commandline tools, Notepad++,
                         Asesprite
Known Bugs              : I suppose so
May Not Run With        : software renderer, texture filtering
Tested With             : GZDoom 4.8.1, GZDoom 4.10.0



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