Zauberer
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| Zauberer | |
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 Magier build | |
| Developer(s) | Eric Söderberg (Cire) |
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| Initial release | PWAD (2016-08-20, 8 years ago) |
| Development status | Halted |
| Target platform | Hexen source ports |
| License | ISC license |
| Source Repository
(Git) |
GitHub |
Zauberer is a project to create a free and open-source replacement IWAD for Hexen. It is intended to be the Hexen equivalent of Freedoom, Blasphemer and Animosity. All assets in Zauberer are licensed under the ISC license.
The title of the project is German for wizard(s) or sorcerer(s), in reference to the name "Hexen", which means witches in German.[1]
Zauberer is still in early development. It was set to have a primarily post-apocalyptic Ancient Egyptian theme. The project has mostly been maintained by Eric Söderberg (Cire), with other repositories maintained by Ayub Ahmed (Voros) and Snakecharmer. Designs were drafted for the three player classes, as well as a handful of enemy types, although none are complete sprite sheets at the moment.
History[edit]
Zauberer started development in 2013, with Cire mentioning the idea of 'freehexen' as early as 2011.[2]
On August 10, 2024, Andrew Wood (Catoptromancy) released a version of Zauberer with Blasphemer assets, ZDoom compatibility, and a new map.[3] Previously, the map set Shades of Darkness by ShadesMaster had been offered to the project, but it was never merged in, leaving only the Ice Prison test map.[4]
Development then resumed under the auspices of the Lästermaul project.
External links[edit]
- Zauberer repository hosted on GitHub
- Catoptromancy's Zauberer repository hosted on GeoCities
- original PWAD version hosted on GitHub
- original IWAD version hosted on Doomworld
- Doomworld forums thread
- ZDoom forum discussion thread
- Zauberer article at Libregamewiki
References[edit]
- ↑ https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/german-english/zauberer
- ↑ Doomworld forums thread
- ↑ Wood, Andrew (10 August 2024). Doomworld forums post. Doomworld forums. Retrieved 10 August 2024.
- ↑ Söderberg, Eric (15 July 2018). Doomworld forums post. Doomworld forums. Retrieved 10 August 2024.
