Sunder
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| Author | Insane_Gazebo |
| Port | Boom-compatible |
| IWAD | Doom II |
| Year | 2009 |
| Link | Doomworld forums thread |
Sunder is a megawad for Doom II, developed by Insane_Gazebo. It was first released in 2009 with 14 maps, which were updated several times until 2010. Insane_Gazebo intended to make a 32-map megawad, but he left the Doom scene for nearly a decade. Since his return in 2019, nine new maps have been added, for a total of 23.
Sunder is a collection of slaughter maps, with monster counts ranging from the hundreds to thousands per map. In 2018, Sunder was featured in the Top 25 Missed Cacowards because the original 14 maps were very innovative and influential; many subsequent slaughter maps imitated both their visual style and combat arrangements.[1][2]
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Hive mother[edit]
The Hive mother is a new, mini-boss monster, added with the release of MAP18. It is a huge wasp-like demon, replacing Commander Keen. It has 2000 health, and attacks by launching a flurry of 14 mancubus fireballs. Additionally, triggering its pain state (which has a chance of 3.13% per hit, the same as the arch-vile) will cause the creature to hover above the ground and launch a volley of three rockets in rapid succession. Unlike the cyberdemon and spiderdemon, it is not immune to blast damage. The sprites for the monster were created by TheMisterCat, based on an old sketch by Insane_Gazebo.
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Release history[edit]
Sunder saw its first release in 2009. It was eventually left with fourteen maps for roughly a decade. However, on the 8th of February 2019, Insane_Gazebo returned to the community, posting an image of a map in progress, indicating that the project was back in production. An update was released on June 10, 2019, adding four new maps, while MAP17 followed on August 14 and MAP18 on December 9 of the same year. In 2020, MAP19 was added on April 9, followed by MAP20 on December 15, 2021.
After another lengthy pause, MAP21 was released on October 2, 2025.
Gallery[edit]
Hundreds of monsters greet the player at the start of MAP11
The massive opening arena of MAP11
See also[edit]
External links[edit]
- Sunder development thread with download link on Doomworld Forums
- Sunder of 2010, the original 14 maps at the Doom Speed Demo Archive
References[edit]
- ↑ (10 December 2018). "Our Top 25 Missed Cacowards." Doomworld. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ↑ Not Jabba (10 December 2019). "Roots: The evolution of Doom level design." Doomworld. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
