Doom II - Gateway to Shangri-La (Ultra-Violence 100%)

Level made and submitted by Willy W.
Game: Doom II
PWAD: shangril.wad
Difficulty: Ultra-Violence
Source port: glboom-plus (-complevel 9)
Pistol start.
All kills and secrets.
No saves.
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Link to WAD:
www.doomworld....
Submissions overview:
www.decino.nl/v...

[@Xulgonoth]

Hey, thank you for playing my map, I'm really glad I got lucky enough into the first 20, and I'm happy you actually enjoyes my semi-shitpost of a map. I've read some of the comments here and I understand why not everyone likes this map, and I would apologise for hurting everyone's eyes, but uh... quite frankly I'm just not at all sorry, lmao. One thing I should probably add, though, is why there is a sector in the final room that's completely surrounded with sound blocking lines. It's actually pretty simple: _I legit forgot that the ambush flag existed._ But honestly that's not the only thing I would have done differently if I were to make something like this again, from playing this map a couple times myself and seeing some playthroughs I've started to really hate how there is absolutely no resource balance and the player is completely showered in ammo and powerups. Anyways, don't forget to subscribe to Dwars. And Korendian199, because he also made a really awesome playthrough of this map, and also Stuart Rynn, who made the amazing music piece for the map. Also I really should mention Anarki, who gets very little credit for working on this map, but he made all the textures for me to play with, and argentumiss, who was the person to have the idea of a fireblu-only map and who's actually the one Anarki was originally making all these textures for.

[@decino]

Thanks for the submission. KZbin does no justice to this map's visuals. I suggest to whoever reading this to give this map a try as the lighting and fights are brilliant.

[@ИванСнежков-з9й]

Actually, KZbin video looks fine, if you DO NOT use "Auto" quality. Manually setting it to the same quality does the trick for me. Also Willy Wanker, are you color blind? Seriously.

[@DotGamesLive]

I'm amazed with what you could do with Fireblu, right from the DNA strands to...just wow. I used to make levels for fun back in 1995-1999 and never, ever would have considered this much FIREBLU. My hat to you, sir.

[@Xulgonoth]

@@ИванСнежков-з9й I am fully blind thanks to making this map. I am typing this out through voice recognition software. My legacy and my life are complete. I have achieved nirvana. The Doom 2 map, not the band.

[@mjc0961]

@@Xulgonoth "I have achieved nirvana. The Doom 2 map, not the band." Now that's some quality shitposting

[@agilejackson2527]

I never thought my eyes would be relieved at the sight of invulnerability.

[@mugwump7049]

😂

[@CrownVic33]

Fr,,, this hurt my eyes

[@christophrichter8234]

Haha!! Hell yeah

[@pera_king3720]

Idk why but I kinda like how this map looks. It doesn't hur my eyes at all

[@smolsillycat228]

​@@pera_king3720 it's... kinda beautiful tho in a strange way but still

[@PeterLawrenceYT]

I hope this gets a Cacoward. It's actually a pretty great map with a hilarious gimmick.

[@MarphitimusBlackimus]

Most of these so-called FIREBLU textures aren't pulsating like the true canonical FIREBLU pulsates. More like "FAKE"BLU!

[@Intestine_Ballin-ism]

Ah, dang it, not enough eyer*pe

[@lovecraftcat]

You mean to say you didn't submit this under a psuedonym Marphy?

[@Xulgonoth]

You don't need the textures to pulsate _when every sector does._

[@Rozay403]

#FakeBlus

[@mugwump7049]

FIREDBLU

[@crimsonsmoke]

MY EYES! Cool map tho. It’s like the inside of a cacodemon, but all the time.

[@mugwump7049]

Best description of the map I've read! This comment needs more likes.

[@crimsonsmoke]

Mugwump thanks :)

[@GroundMemory]

crimsonsmoke: [wins the comment section]

[@CarbonRollerCaco]

No wonder they're always happy; they can host parties wherever they go. *opens up* Come on in!

[@Dwars]

Such an articulate opening text, just like the Hell Revealed days.

[@FloatingDogs]

Subscribe to you

[@Xulgonoth]

You're my favourite popufur.

[@ZatohRondohoon3227]

BUNNEEEEHHHHHH!!!!~~

[@XCATX25]

Dwars, did you subscribe to Dwars, like requested?

[@Dwars]

@@XCATX25 Yes.

[@retro7703]

"Blind runs are boring" then why did you make me go blind while playing this map?

[@AviansEnthusiast]

"Wait, it's all Fireblu?" "Always has been."

[@MopMcBingus]

god damn it i wrote my comment without realizing that this comment existed. well crap.

[@Chronologo]

Came looking for this, not disappointed at all

[@junkolover9518]

"So this is technically my second released map." and makes Sunlust-tier map.

[@Xulgonoth]

To be fair I did make some shitty unreleased ones between the two.

[@fruitylerlups530]

Forgive me if im wrong but i think you spelled jvnko wrong

[@reddoomedearth4020]

I made a horrible mistake watching this video with a headache in progress. End me.

[@MtPain27]

If Willy W can make a map that's stylistically comparable to Ribbiks' work using only fireblue-spiked textures and lighting effects, I'd say he deserves a higher title than Ribbiks' apprentice. Good stuff!

[@Xulgonoth]

Ribbiks actually balances out his resources and doesn't use the circle tool. Plus he never trained me unfortunately. *Also MAP31 is far from the worst Ancient Aliens map, how very dare you call it that, sir.*

[@muppetinc8620]

Oh boy I can’t wait for the dean of doom for this map and lilith.pk3 ;)

[@Darktyr3]

To everyone who has had their eyes burnt by the fireblu, just know that the creator could have put light amp goggles in a lot of places where the player would be forced to pick them up

[@DinnerForkTongue]

That would just be sadism.

[@СергейМисюк-ж1к]

Sadistic. I like it.

[@galacticscalepenguins6092]

I feel like this entire map was made as a response to Civvie commenting on how bad he thought the one random fireblu building was.

[@Zhantzher]

Now I feel we gotta make Civvie play this

[@inertia_dagger]

"If you kids don't know what fireblu is... It's this" *BRRRRRRR*

[@mugwump7049]

@@Zhantzher He should make a fireblu counter like the sewer counter.

[@anarki8911]

@@Zhantzher Civvie is way too bad at Doom to finish this lmao

[@lampenpam]

FireBlue is a meme in the entire Doom Community because of how random this texture looks and how almost everytime it is used anywhere it just looks out of place

[@audiosurfarchive]

The map, the myth, the meme: _Shangri-La!_ *Christmas In The Cosmos* _Ancient Aliens & BTSX E2 for December!_ Pleeeeaaaaase

[@jonathanmatthews8928]

I’ve never seen a map before where getting the invulnerability power up also improved the aesthetic 9000%.

[@n3onkn1ght]

"I'm going to build my own 50 Shades of Graytall! With blackjack, and FIREBLU! ... In fact, forget the blackjack!"

[@conzmoleman]

if i can get through this without a seizure i’ll be happy lol

[@harrietje2001]

Decino's comedie level at the end has reached a new high.

[@ger128]

I actually think this is a brilliant map. Beautiful, quirky, and inventive.

[@OmegaTyrant]

I thought this map was going to be a complete shitpost, was pleasantly surprised and amused that it was actually quite good.

[@OldManHan]

God, this map is absolutely gorgeous, FIREBLU or not. Fantastic moving patterns and structuring all over the place. Amazing map.

[@tjg121389]

I found out about this map from Stewboy's KZbin channel, cause he posted the song he made for it on it. I then checked out the Doomworld page on it, and thought it looked really cool. I've always liked the fireblu texture unironically, so I thought it was a neat gimmick. I haven't played it though, and must have forgotten it was going to be submitted to you, so when I saw the thumbnail for this vid, I got really excited! After watching, I can say this map is pretty awesome. Definitely Ribbiks-styled with some awesome architectural design. I thought the Archvile room in Sunlust Map29 was cool, but this map's version of it I think may be cooler. The fact that you're responsible for controlling the walls adds a little bit more resource management that adds to the stress. Doesn't look as tough as Sunlust's hardest, but it's definitely a fair challenge. Fantastic work, Willy!

[@a4yster]

I effing love it! The color scheme, the level design ideas. Just different monsters would make me happier.

[@Rogue_Steve]

The enemies aren't FIREBLU. I feel scammed.

[@mrefish289]

Lost souls though

[@Zhantzher]

@@mrefish289 Cacos, too, in a way

[@mugwump7049]

At least their projectiles are.

[@anarki8911]

Wanted to keep some visibility for the enemies. Same reason why the pickups aren't Fireblu.

[@DinnerForkTongue]

Their blood is.

[@mortrixs1936]

This map is a violation to the laws of man and god.

[@314Pirasy]

That was one terrifying final boss. I'm not sure how you can even make that ! Such a powerful foe, even Decino feared it.. it's near unbelievable you were able to beat that monster without cells !

[@XzMondayNightzX]

All fire is now Fireblu. The blood is fireblu. YOU. Are fireblu.

[@screamsinrussian5773]

your name: john fireblu your mission: escape shangri-la

[@bappojujubes981]

I appreciate that the level makes my eyes bleed, it heightens all my other senses like Daredevil

[@Ben_of_Langley]

Right I've finally finished the video had to pause it for a while as I needed to walk the wife to work but that aside this was really cool really enjoyed the effects with the moving light's the way the arch viles were used yeah definitely a good map and good design that final fight with what looked like a fortress with the imps coming out of that was pretty epic I can see that part being overwhelming if you don't do it right. Also I can see some part's of it being a little tricky throughout the map if I was playing it myself but all in all it didn't look that hard this map actually if anything looks really fun to play but yeah really enjoyed it so cheers for the upload and look forward to seeing more.

[@thomassynths]

One of the best aesthetics I've seen in a doom map. Looks stunning despite youtube's compression.

[@Jed_Rowahnn]

Yo listen up, here's the story About a little Doomguy that lives in a fireblue world And all day and all night and everything he sees is just fireblue

[@Roy-hn4ek]

That final enemy could have ruined the entire run! Lol you had me there decino, nice one XD Aside from the eyes hurting from all this blue and red color, this was very fun to watch, brilliant design as you said, very well made fights and gimmicks with the archviles. One of the best of all submissions so far.

[@Xulgonoth]

Well, to be fair, there are only two so far.

[@Roy-hn4ek]

@@Xulgonoth im taking into account the 1st batch of submission videos too, i havent forgotten those ;)

[@foxbonesmulder]

I'm incredibly impressed by the design of this map, both visually and combat-wise! The pulsating fireblue is incredible work

[@DamosTaranth]

XD After save-scumming my way desperately through this map (and ending up having to iddqd through the hell knight wave of the archvile wall-raising room after spending like an hour bashing my head against a wall... no pun intended) I was really not believing that this could be single-segmented... but of course Decino makes it look easy. I mean, he made it sound easy, I can't speak for how it looks, as my eyes are bleeding fireblu. (I also managed to hit the switch that opened the megasphere secret near the start completely by accident - never even knew it was there until Willy saw me jump into the secret and get the megasphere straightaway and "That shouldn't have been open to you!") Very enjoyable, fantastic work to both of you.

[@ShMokou]

Q:What's inside cacodemons mind? A: this map

[@_Helm_]

Lovely work, highlighting a lesser known map too! I liked the last enemy gag. Thanks for the videos as always!

[@AMN1121]

10 mins in, eyes have already melted

[@mapron1]

Yeah... looks like great map design splatted by one stupid texture...

[@dinitroacetylen]

Unfortunately, the video rendered pretty accurately, and didn't spare us any excruciating eye-gouging detail.

[@nathanridgway7009]

That was a very interesting map. Congrats to Willy for creating something unique and different (those pulsing lights are really cool). Thanks for showcasing it Decino!

[@antimatter31]

Decino is a legendary Doom gamer! This guy is the best!

[@sunriser6840]

Only the textures, HUD, muzzle flash, and projectiles are fireblu, tasteful 10/10

[@OmegaZX-kd8sm]

Oh... i forgot this FireBlue HELL, my eyes hurt... my brain hurts... my existance HURTS NOW. Great as always Decino! Also that last boss, soo OP!! I can barely believe you managed to beat it

[@evenfallabeksylt9271]

"My Shangri-La beneath the summer moon, I will return again Sure as the dust that floats high in June When moving through Kashmir..."

[@notsure7011]

That fire blue is such a eye sore but this map was so interesting and looked extremely challenging. Another excellent video decino!

[@digithead100]

i can definitely see this one getting a cacoward the visuals are unique and really well done but as an added bonus the fights are also brilliant nice job willy w., hopefully this gets the recognition it deserves

[@wallyhackenslacker]

Imagine and ad for this map: *This is your Sunlust.* *This is your Sunlust on drugs!*

[@LivingBetweenPaychecks]

This map was awesome to play test, it is such a cool experience.

[@JohnVullo]

OMG All that Fire Blu I LOVE IT

[@iguana9173]

My eyes can’t take the colourfulness I had to wear my sunglasses watching this video.

[@dishshammy6985]

i've only seen fireblu texture in ep 3 of doom 1 and last hell levels of doom 2... so in these case, the fireblu texture are rare in og doom maps... but having a map only textured by fireblu, and it's not shit looking, but actually great, is actually worthy of appreciation. Willy Wanker, you did it. and also, sandy's levels suck, romero is a freaking god, eviternity is masterpiece of a wad mappack, decino, we need more blind runs dammit... plutonia is the best slaughter wad, and tnt is a long boring hallway walking simulator 1996, and F#&KING SUBSCRIBE TO DECINO, and dwars too, he's also a very cool guy.

[@DinnerForkTongue]

This level: Exists KZbin compression algorithm: *thanks I hate it* On the other hand, when the red and blue pixels melded I could see some way cool shades of pink, magenta and purple. It added to the psychedelic feel. I must say the design is to be applauded. The barricade room in particular poses a psychological threat and doesn't have to rely on large amounts of monsters, just enough to bodyblock the careless player. And it didn't overuse the PEs, the undisputed champions of bodyblocking. That last little zombieman was a barrel of laughs 😂 It's not unreasonable to expect a DeHackEd abomination after the whole level, just to elevate the shitpost further. Definitely a decino-worthy submission. Let's see the others.

[@jacderida]

This map looks totally awesome and I enjoyed the playthrough! I'm definitely gonna play it at some point!

[@catpersimmon7011]

Great music for this one, sets the tone perfectly.

[@Artaresto]

After the initial color shock I actually didn't much think of it for the rest of the video. Such a good level.

[@beefy5102]

Just found your channel the other day and love all the retro fps content mate, great stuff! I'd love to see you play Dusk one day too

[@crimsonsmoke]

This map is so good. It’s a bit like DOOM in the sense that DOOM is great because of its limitations: using only fireflu textures forces the mapper to be so much more creative with their art design. The bouncing light textures look particularly awesome!

[@Alarm26]

Jokes aside those FIREBLU plasma shots look awesome

[@hsaenz3416]

Greetings decino! Great play through! Looks super difficult. Will make my boys download the WAD every though the colors sometimes hurt my eyes

[@dudunikolaishvili8096]

NGL I really like the FireBlu Projectiles

[@XtReMz98]

The hotel I go whenever I go to Shanghai is the Shangri-La. But there isn’t any Fireblu walls that destroys your eyesight....

[@Ben_of_Langley]

This was a good thing to wake up to. And so far the video seems fine I'm currently watching on my phone but that has a decent size screen only thing is which isn't too bad is it's a little dark but not to the point where you can't see nothing so it's all good. Only a quarter of the way through the video so I'll edit or add to the comment at the end.

[@captainjurgh8142]

Whoa man... The textures. More like Gateway to Fireway to Shangblu-La.

[@charliebusby5428]

just binge watching your entire channel

[@joshuagostosaum666]

Gimmick: shooting barrels spawns archviles Sadistic level designers: **Barrels o' fun 2.0**

[@ryansrandomvids]

I like this map quite alot. I may not be a huge fan of the colors. But the textures and visuals are incredible. Great fights. A great map.

[@csucskos]

You know it's gonna be good, when Decino plays a map without fast monsters!

[@Chozo_Ghost]

8:09 LOL dat BMD impersonation again; legend has it that impersonations should bring him back from any unannounced hiatus so he starts uploading again :P

[@ireneparkin3360]

Decino:- "I'm not sure what it looks like on KZbin." Me:- "it's sitting at a stable 480p."

[@Chronologo]

Decino and Dwars, two of my favourite guys

[@iguana9173]

Chronologo mine too along with lightningboltforever bigmacdavis gameplay and talk and zdenda1990.

[@Xulgonoth]

Spoiler alert: Dwars and decino are the same person.

[@VoanHead]

Willy has outdone himself. ALL HAIL FIREBLU.

[@ODT81]

My eyes are burnt out of there sockets. Thanks for that mr map maker.

[@mattheller26]

This is an interesting map, well made and well done

[@hijimanoble1912]

"I don't know how would KZbin's compression would handle this" Me: *[Watching in 360p cause my internet is a bit fucky right now]* Man, I could barely see anything. Jokes aside, yeah I can see some of the nice looking details of this map, especially those pulsating effects, and that Arch-Vile fight where you hide behind temporary walls looked challenging in a fulfilling way. And seeing you strategically beat this map is as entertaining as always. (Also, will you ever be covering Touhou Doom? Cause one, I'm a Touhou fan, and two it's pretty well done in a way that you don't need to be an actual Touhou fan to fully enjoy it. And I'd like to see how you handle the boss fights in it, they offer a pretty good challenge.)

[@decino]

Not planning to.

[@hijimanoble1912]

@@decino Aww, but don't worry, I'm cool with it.

[@saddogofshimano5540]

I am not sure, but I have a suspicion that map maker might like the fireblu texture

[@goosecubes]

Decino: I'd like to see you do a level submission for us to critique. I'm sure you have a "perfect" level in mind, considering how you rate and critique levels; you have preferences, likes, dislikes, pet-peeves, etc. Let's get a glimpse into the mind and creativity of a doom god. Awesome level and the comments are quite comical to read. Another great play through as always.

[@Aeduo]

I fell in to a burning ring of revenants.

[@СергейМисюк-ж1к]

I'm gonna agree with this guy on one point - I like TNT more than Plutonia as well. Man, so much FIREBLU... I love it, but for a moment I'm gonna have an overdose. Only after unsuccessful try of creating HL1 Anomalous Materials entrance in Doom I started to appreciate some things that mappers do. A floor from room with revenants on 10-th minute is one such thing. So exquisite, so beautifully made.

[@pagb666]

We'd like to see a picture of your strained eyes after playing this.

[@karlk5801]

Bloodshot with FIRBLU

[@BSzili]

For a gimmick map this was great. That fight with the raising walls and the arch-viles in the middle was especially interesting.

[@hiramesensei3112]

Where we're going, we don't need eyes...

[@antonellamurgia2119]

Wow sick skills right here man!

[@Krecikdwamiljony]

You may not like it but this is what peak performance looks like. The music from Sunlust's map 28 would be really fitting here, imo. Also I'm glad I didn't watch this at night.

[@MystycCheez]

You actually tricked me with the fireblu switch press at the end lmao

[@unfathomable3434]

Fire-blu just hurts my soul. I can feel the slow down in my bones

[@iandurr68]

Hard to watch on youtube but still was fun to watch.. Thanks!

[@zenammu]

4:28 "This area is a bit laggy, I don't know if you can see it on youtube" Oh, don't worry decino, I can't see anything at all!

[@AMN1121]

If only the soundtrack of the level was pure hypnotoad, now THAT would be pure evil

[@SOOKIE42069]

why do i feel compelled to watch this on the lowest quality setting through a vpn from vietnam

[@Valtamjarl]

Wow, putting a "Seizure Warning" in the video description wouldn't be a bad idea at all.

[@brodyspears8290]

k

[@energiavamp]

The fight with last enemy was absolutely memorable and epic. :)

[@Ply447]

2 minutes in and my head is pounding, i regret drinking now.

[@iguana9173]

Ply447 me too.

[@TomaszStachewicz]

wow, designed to stress-test video compression algorithms. i love it.

[@nickplaysviola]

and the Oscar goes to.......Decino! For best portrayal of someone who doesn't know what demon 's spawning next.

[@ag23415]

Fun fact about this map; it forces you to use autoaim. If you play it with a port like GZDoom, it prevents you from using mouse-look.

[@respectfulremastersbymetal8336]

This was amazing.

[@LegoArcadePro6437]

Great Big Boy Map, Decino

[@low-phas]

4:22 is where I quit. And not because of you decino. I just need my vision for a few more decades.

[@proosee]

"sunlust-like" is probably the best compliment any doom mapper can get

[@Razgard]

More like "Gateway to optometrist". A blind-after-the-run. Very unique map! I like it a lot!

[@somberrhombus]

My eyes barely made it through this video, but it was worth it.