Earthless: Prelude

Earthless: Prelude

Authors	James Paddock and Fuzzball
Port	Vanilla Doom
IWAD	Doom II
Year	2021
Link	Doomworld/idgames

Earthless: Prelude is a 12-level PWAD for Doom II released in July 2021, designed by James Paddock (Jimmy), with skies and sprites made by Fuzzball. It is the spiritual successor to Deathless. The WAD is planned to be a complete 32-level project, with Prelude acting as a teaser with two complete episodes.

On July 22, 2021, Earthless: Prelude was included in official add-ons for the Doom Classic Unity port. On August 8, 2024, it became a featured mod for Doom + Doom II.

Content[edit]

Levels[edit]

Contact: Lost:

The Hanged Gardens:

Realm of the Weeping:

Soundtrack[edit]

Tracks are taken from Doom, Doom II and one track from TNT: Evilution.

MAP01: "I Sawed the Demons"
MAP02: "The Imp's Song"
MAP03: "Dark Halls"
MAP04: "Suspense"
MAP05: "The Demon's Dead"

MAP06: "Demons on the Prey"
MAP07: "Between Levels"
MAP08: "Waiting For Romero To Play"
MAP09: "Into Sandy's City"
MAP10: "Message for the Archvile"

MAP11: "Death's Bells" by L.A. Sieben
MAP12: "Facing the Spider"
Intermission screen: "Intermission from DOOM"

Built-in demos[edit]

This WAD features three built-in demos. All require Doom II v1.9 to view them. The demo levels are:

Demo	Level	Skill	Tics	Length
DEMO1	MAP04: Rendering	3	2281	1:05.17
DEMO2	MAP05: Cassandra Complex	3	3921	1:52.03
DEMO3	MAP07: Foughtress	3	1075	0:30.71

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