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Title                   : VENOM
Filename                : venom.wad, venom.txt
Date Finished           : march 28, 1998
Developer               : Ola Bjorling
Email Address           : [email protected]
                         PLEASE mail me your comments! I love mail about
                         my levels.
Other Releases          : TANTRUM
                         TALOSIAN (did map08)
                         THE DARKENING (did some graphics)
                         more coming soon, keep looking in /newstuff
                         Also, GOTHIC DM 2 will have some graphics by me,
                         as will Mordeth 2 & 3. None of those are released
                         when writing this.
Misc. Developer Info    : 19 years old (born 1979), from Sweden,
                         heavily into techno music and computer graphics.
                         No new graphics in this WAD though.
Description             : Quite similar to the theme of most Ultimate DOOM
                         E4 levels. As always loads of cool lighting,
                         traps and state-of-the-art architecture.
                         This is my finest piece of DOOM level art to date,
                         without a doubt.
                         HOWEVER, this is a linear level. Sorry all lovers
                         of non-linear maps out there, but you might just
                         enjoy it anyway.
                         This is a HARD level. Hard and big. You'll
                         probably want to save quite a lot, and this
                         is the kind of level you only play once I think.
                         A bit like the Eternal levels, but perhaps not
                         quite as enormous. VERY detailed though.

Additional Credits to   : * Jeff Rabenhurst for the incredibly nice EdMap
                         * id for DOOM and its sequels
                         * UrHash for picking on me enough to ever finish
                           this level :)
                         * UrHash (again) , Nick Baker and Chrozoron for
                           playtesting.
                         * All my friends in real life for being... er..
                           well, friends.
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* Play Information *

Map #                   : MAP01 (DOOM2)
Single Player           : Yes
Cooperative             : Yes, not tested but should be a blast!
                         If anyone want to help testing ammo balance
                         for coop, drop me a line.
Deathmatch              : No, didn't add any starts.
Difficulty Settings     : Yes, all should be equally fun I hope
                         Skill 1&2 are for poor shooters - loads of ammo.
New Sounds              : No
New Music               : No
New Graphics            : No
Demos Replaced          : None

This is just 400309 bytes of pure level!

* Construction *

Base                    : New level from scratch
Build Time              : On and off for about a year :-)
                         I'd guess 200-300 hours or something, including
                         playtesting.
Editor(s) used          : EdMap 1.40  <- I just love it
                         EdMap 1.31  <- Uses less memory, enabled me to
                                        build this huge fucker. Used for
                                        the last 15% of the level.
                         WARM 1.6    <- started with this one
                         BSP 2.2     <- used during 70% of the time
                         BSP 2.3     <- used for final build
Known Bugs              : I was able to produce a visplane overflow once,
                         but I guess I fixed it somehow.
                         There are a few misaligned textures too,
                         but I'm too lazy to fix it :-)
                         Otherwise no bugs. Please report any you can find.
May Not Run With...     : wolf3d.exe

* Where to get this WAD *

FTP sites:
ftp.cdrom.com
http://ftp.sunet.se/idgames/