Project Osiris
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| Project Osiris | |
|---|---|
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| Authors | ArcturusDeluxe |
| Port | GZDoom |
| IWAD | Standalone |
| Year | 2020 |
| Link | ZDoom forums thread |
Project Osiris is a project to recreate the Amiga game Alien Breed 3D on the GZDoom engine in the form of a total conversion, spearheaded by ArcturusDeluxe. The project aims to faithfully port all of the levels, graphics, sounds and game behavior to GZDoom, whilst also offering a slew of enhancements and improved graphics over what was possible in the Amiga original.
Project Osiris was first publicly announced on the ZDoom forums on 28 February 2020, with Arcturus Deluxe announcing his intention to port over the game after witnessing a few failed attempts to do so in the previous years (most notably one for the Odamex port). After meticulously porting over the levels and graphics from the original game, utilizing previous conversion work from the QBreed project,[1] several improvements were carried out, including: graphical touch-ups to the spritework and textures, new rotational angles for enemy sprites, new and improved sound effects, a brand new soundtrack composed by ArcturusDeluxe himself (under his musician alias Null Divisor), the ability to use the CD32 soundtrack by Bjørn Lynne (Dr Awesome), three different difficulty levels, and a host of other improvements. Version 1.0 was finally released on April 16, 2021, after almost two years of development. Project Osiris comes with a bundled copy of a renamed GZDoom, but is fully supported otherwise by the engine itself in the form of an .ipk3 (same as an IWAD, only using the PK3 format instead). Because versions of ZDoom to the Amiga are quite outdated and do not support the latest features afforded by GZDoom, the latter port was chosen to support the original's singular feature of room-over-rooms.[2]
The latest version of Project Osiris is 1.0.3, released on May 11, 2021. A derived project has been initiated to convert over Alien Breed 3D II: The Killing Grounds.[3][4]
Contents
Content[edit]
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Levels and music[edit]
The player can choose between two variants of soundtrack:
- bespoke soundtrack composed by ArcturusDeluxe under the name Null Divisor, this version is called "modern" in the menu;
- soundtrack from CD32 version of the original game, which uses tracks composed by Bjørn Lynne.
| Level/scenario | Modern soundtrack | CD32 soundtrack |
|---|---|---|
| TITLEMAP: Project Osiris | "The Breed (Osiris Mix)" | "The Breed" |
| MAP01: The Gate | "No Turning Back" | "Riding the Stream" |
| MAP02: Storage Bay | "Echoes in the Dark" | "A Promise of Fear" |
| MAP03: Sewer Network | "Hydrophobia" | "Breed Theory" |
| MAP04: The Courtyard | "Pulse Rate" | "Ashes of the Dead" |
| MAP05: System Purge | "Machine Core" | same as MAP01 |
| MAP06: The Mines | "Underworld" | same as MAP02 |
| MAP07: The Furnace | "Meltdown" | same as MAP03 |
| MAP08: Test Arena Gamma | "Prototype" and "Haywire" | same as MAP04 |
| MAP09: Surface Zone | "Terra Firma" | same as MAP01 |
| MAP10: Training Area (secret exit to MAP17) | same as MAP01 | same as MAP02 |
| MAP11: Admin Block | same as MAP05 | same as MAP03 |
| MAP12: The Pit | "The Descent" | same as MAP04 |
| MAP13: Strata | same as MAP06 | same as MAP01 |
| MAP14: Reactor Core | same as MAP04 | same as MAP02 |
| MAP15: Cooling Tower | same as MAP07 | same as MAP03 |
| MAP16: Command Centre | "Destruction Imminent" | same as MAP04 |
| MAP17: Outer Relay (secret level) | same as MAP02 | same as MAP01 |
| END: End | "Unconscious" | same as TITLEMAP |
| Level intro | "Map Intro" | same as modern track |
| Level exit | "Survived" | same as modern track |
| Player death | "Dead" | same as modern track |
Monsters[edit]
- Hellhounds (pack hunter)
- Marines (trooper, shotgun trooper)
- Floaters (beholder)
- Second generation cyborg hybrid (worm trooper)
- Mutated marines (plasma trooper)
- Shoggoths (alien tree)
- Walker (K-2 assault bot; midgame boss)
- The Alien Queen (matriarch; endgame boss)
Weapons[edit]
- Knife (cut from the original game)[5]
- Mark IV pulse rifle
- Double-barreled shotgun
- Machine gun
- Grenade launcher
- Rocket launcher
Items[edit]
- Red key
- Blue key
- Green key
- Yellow key
- Pulse rifle rounds
- Shotgun shells
- Grenade pack
- Plasma cells
- Rocket
- Stimpack (+10 health)
- Medpack (+25 health)
- Armour shard
- Body armour
Objects[edit]
- Teleporter
- Explosive barrel
External links[edit]
- Project Osiris on itch.io
- ZDoom forums thread
- Doomworld forums thread
- Project Osiris at Realm 667
- Project Osiris on Kotaku
- Video profile by IcarusLIVES
- Video playthrough by pagb666
- Overview by Toasted Gaming
- Overview by Working Man Games
- Mention by Bottomless Inventory
Articles[edit]
- Article from Indie Retro News
- Article from Generation Amiga
- Article from DSOGaming
- Article from Multiplayer.it (Italian)
- English Amiga boards thread (previous)
- Pure Basic thread
- Reddit thread
- Previous attempt interview (post, thread)
- Walkthrough from GameFAQs (by whowasphone404)
References[edit]
- ↑ ArcturusDeluxe. "Project Osiris - Alien Breed 3D for GZDoom." English Amiga Board.
- ↑ ArcturusDeluxe. "Project Osiris - Alien Breed 3D for GZDoom." English Amiga Board.
- ↑ CravenCoyote (6 July 2024). Alien Breed 3D 2: The Killing Grounds total conversion for GZDoom. Doomworld forums. Retrieved 21 December 2024.
- ↑ ArcturusDeluxe (7 July 2024). "Nice, @CravenCoyote is working on an Alien Breed 3D 2: The Killing Grounds conversion for GZDoom using Project Osiris as a base. I approve wholeheartedly!" Twitter.
- ↑ Development:Alien Breed 3D. The Cutting Room Floor. Retrieved 10 July 2024.
