MyHouse.wad - The DOOM Mod nobody asked for...

[@connorburton1009]

She picked up on it a bit towards the end, but almost every location you visit in the map has the same layout as my house.

[@lucyinchat]

Every location, excluding the infinite staircase and the two beaches, is just a variant of some part of the house.

[@royalhydra9790]

@@lucyinchat which is also the layout of a blue keycard the mod creator drew after a nightmare. Powerpak’s video does better explaining then I do

[@inseto3888]

@@royalhydra9790actually I’m pretty sure the whole thing is basically an arg

[@LeadusTheUnfortunate]

No, it's my house

[@TiberiusTheLivingLegend]

No its MY house

[@randomlyproductions0_0]

Thing is, this game breaks the physics of the the older Doom games, because they weren’t able to put rooms on top of one another, and impossible rooms

[@gandpork]

Not to mention being able to look up and down

[@randomlyproductions0_0]

@@tl1326 how do you think I got a lot of this information

[@kijete]

​@@gandpork looking up and down has been a thing for decades in doom source ports

[@gavindillon1486]

​@@gandporkfreelook as a setting has been a thing for quite a while, but the original DOOM doesn't have freelook. But neither DOOM or DOOM II allows you to put a room on top of another room.

[@ShallowVA]

3D floors have been possible since the DOSDoom port from 1997, literally the first ever Doom source port.

[@sampletext5959]

Some neat little things I’ve learned about MyHouse.WAD from other channels: Doom’s physics engine doesn’t like buildings with multiple stories, so there’s some serious behind-the-scenes sorcery that allows the WAD to run in the first place. This is a small detail, but the default weapon animations are replaced with community reanimations (first seen at 3:59), adding to the overall uncanny feeling of the WAD. The song that plays at 22:17 is called “Like The Wind.” Nobody knows who wrote it, making it one of the Internet's biggest mysteries.

[@ExarchGaming]

it's almost certainly done with silent teleports, an incredibly intelligent use of teleportation to make it feel like a true 3d map. outright phenominal.

[@THB192]

​@@ExarchGamingThe first version of the house uses deliberately bad silent teleports for its room-over-room the way you might have in the late 90s. Later versions use portals and other more modern GZDoom features that are a lot more convincing then silent teleporters for the two stories of the house. Silent teleporters are used throughout, however, for a lot of the creepy stuff (airport bathroom, the house being changed out from under you...)

[@jacobcain9008]

Also, there are a couple references to House of Leaves. The biggest being the closet that can turn into a door to a huge section of the map.

[@freedantheeternal]

I was under the impression that it wasn't so much "it didn't like them" so much as it was literally impossible to do in the original engine because it wasn't true 3D (as far as I'm aware, it's more accurate to say it's a top-down 2D game with a very black magic hacky first person view), but the modern source ports are actual 3D and capable of a lot of stuff the original tech just wasn't capable of. But I'm not a programmer in even the slightest sense, so I fully acknowledge this is just what I've been told by others and I can't say yes or no to any of it.

[@iangraham5097]

I looked up the song. I found it's been called "THE MOST MYSTERIOUS SONG ON THE INTERNET" by MC Alas and an unknown band. Mysterious indeed.

[@BiggieSwagz]

Fun facts about this .wad: 1994’s DooM2 Technology doesn’t allow for there to be rooms above rooms, even with other programs like GZDooM, it does not change the programming of the base game, meaning that the entire downstairs sector of the house, should not be digitally possible. The 2 Rooms that spawn in the main area, with the fireplace lounge room and more modernized second living room, overlay the master bedroom and bathroom, seemingly phasing through the walls, which is also not possible not only in Doom’s programming, but in the basic functions of reality. There is a crashed car in the night time forest area of the map, playing a song that has been a mystery on the internet for years, as there is no producer, singer or song name that can be tracked, giving the otherworldly feeling. Enabling the NoClip Cheat will allow you to pass into the Backrooms (this is real.) The entire game is based off of a love story. (In theory.) The .wad is 64MB, which is more than Doom 1 and 2 combined. The dog’s entity name is BestBuddy, so I hope that makes you feel better, you monster.

[@ShallowVA]

3D floors have been possible since DOSDoom in 1997. And the downstairs area isn’t made using a 3D floor at all, it’s done using line portals, possible since Zdoom also coincidentally from 1997 but actually based on stuff John Carmack wanted in the original Doom engine but didn’t have time to finish due to deadlines.

[@Max._Power]

in adition to shallowva's comment (love your video on it :)) all of the non euclidean geometry of the destabilizing house is also achieved via line portals and silent teleports.

[@Crinlask]

yeah, i love how the car plays that song. People have called it The Most Mysterious Song On The Internet, Like The Wind, and Check It In, Check It Out.

[@GreatNaturalStupidity]

Also: the entire map is just a big reference to "House of Leaves", specifically the side story of Navidson family

[@BiggieSwagz]

@@GreatNaturalStupidity I actually own that book, and it is truly amazing. I would highly recommend it, however, if you’re not interested in the thought of detailed descriptions of nude strippers named Thumper, maybe just stick to My House.

[@Ariamaki]

I've watched like six or seven 100% runs of MyHouse and this is the very first one I've seen that entered the "Bath-rooms" section by trying to go back upstairs from the flooded basement. I had NO clue that was a linedef trigger in this map. There's always just a little bit more under the surface: Very fun run! :D

[@Exquisite_Crap]

Yknow I’ve seen people: -avoid the big dog -kill the big dog only to realize it killed the little dog -Get pressured by chat to not kill big dog I’ve never seen someone make the connection and their first thought become *Kill puppy to Kill big dog*

[@NickAsNickName]

I've seen someone be jumpscared by puppy and accidentally blast it, then feel really bad about it, and later figure out that the dogs are connected

[@KRG2K]

@@NickAsNickName That's exactly what happened to me lol

[@matsurivirus1814]

@@NickAsNickName Jacksepticeye?

[@hayond656]

​@@NickAsNickName Yeah what person above me said

[@aabattery4092]

Ngl, I only made that connection because I thought the big dog was invincible due to the sheer amount of ammo I was using on it.

[@zombeef3074]

Altrive is just a chat gremlin here, which is very on brand for him honestly

[@Joseph_Drew_III]

Question: Why is he 12 oz. Mouse?

[@killerexe007]

I love how to people that know doom the shadow Arch-vile sound causes a panic attack, but people that have no idea are just like "Oh, somebody appeared"

[@aabattery4092]

The funniest part is that later on, the roles are reversed: The people that know doom will calm down cuz they know how to deal with an Arch-vile, but the people who have no clue what it is will feel like the bastard's attacks are unavoidable lol.

[@picklesandnori]

honestly this wad does that a lot, the more you know about doom the more it can out you off in a lot of ways

[@metronicmagician1816]

I’ll add to this that there’s text files in the mod folder that basically give My house a whole extra story that ties into all the scenes and set pieces. The story is basically a tragic gay love story where one (or both it’s unclear) of the lovers died and this is his final work of passion for his lover with the moral of “if you want happiness you have to fight for it.” This is kind of shown with the fake real ending having nothing you need to overcome, but only one of the lovers is in the sand while the true real ending has the whole army of hell after you, but you get S+A in the sand. It’s also heavily inspired by liminal spaces (obviously), and even pulls from a very trippy book called House Of Leaves, and there’s a hidden room in the House itself that is heavily inspired by it.

[@williamcoreli6248]

They’re not gay. They’re the same person.

[@metronicmagician1816]

@@williamcoreli6248 No they were lovers. Looking at the obituaries for both of them that makes it clear.

[@williamcoreli6248]

@@metronicmagician1816 Because everyone knows if you die at similar times under similar circumstances with a similar obituary to someone else, regardless of your own personal orientation, you’re now gay as Hell and boning in the afterlife.

[@TemporalWarrior]

@@metronicmagician1816 I think it could be either (though I thought the same person theory was that one was from the mirror world or something) depending on the theory you go with

[@metronicmagician1816]

@@TemporalWarrior I guess, but then why are there 2 initials drawn in a heart in the sand at the end? That doesn’t really add towards them being the same person. Especially if that 2 names in the sand thing is supposed to be your reward for successfully beating the game.

[@Cleric_Guardian]

The thing I love about this WAD is that every person I watch play it shows me something new I hadn't seen before. I didn't know the hospital bit existed. And I've found things I haven't seen others find.

[@SuperLlama42]

The fun part of this version of Underhalls, aside from what you discovered, is that you can exit the map in the mirror world, and you get brought to a mirrored version called sllahrednU

[@OrinyxRyder]

Giwi: *is being philosophical and deep while asking about the true meaning of the mod* Also Giwi: "that's none of my business. I'm on a beach with a motherfuckin dog." 28:53

[@QueenReploid]

I was so blown away playing this map, I'm so glad you had such a good time with it!

[@RealmDragolord_X]

17:09 i mean I think the answer to solving that issue is quite simple. Chainsaw. Case in point. Just bring a chainsaw into every pool you go to, and if you feel a nibble, slam down on whatever’s there with an active chainsaw

[@ElliotsLegoCreations]

Great idea! (I'm going to a friend's house tomorrow to play in a swimming pool but her kids are fucking GREMLINS and will do the stupidest things and get away with it, so I'll use this tip, cause I can probably borrow my dad's chainsaw for a short bit, right?)

[@ElliotsLegoCreations]

Literally not even joking.

[@omoriperocondrip9130]

Fun fact: You can find the strongest weapon in the game in the bloody bathrooms, if you move in a way that leaves blood everywhere except for the entrance, you can find a BFG 9000. Also, there's an easter egg if you go through the fence after you burn the house. And there are weird messages if you use god mode and noclip, SPECIALLY THE LATTER.

[@SoxOPhone]

I still can’t believe this is a DOOM MOD. Like how is half this trickery even possible in tye doom engine. It blows my mind

[@mailmanwilly]

GZDoom wizardry, in short.

[@fresnel149]

You're not thinking with portals. Lots and lots of portals.

[@rogankane6901]

Then your brain is not ready for Black magic that is Total Chaos

[@CallOfJuarez]

If you wanna have your mind blown you should see the total conversion mod "Total Chaos"

[@FullCircleStories]

The premise of home ownership is the most fictional part of this map

[@Alpharad]

hi giwi

[@alphavecto]

Omg internet funnyman!!!!

[@Thiago_Games]

Yoo the funny guy

[@erhanjpg1467]

bye Al Farad

[@Adamistuff]

afafat

[@GiwiVT]

Hi Jacob Alpharad!!!

[@bicboyjoy]

The suddenly appearing and disappearing assets, the fact that levels are actually on top of each other, something which is not possble in the doom 2 id engine and the rooms ALL being laid out in the shape of a doom keycard

[@grimgrahamch.4157]

It's interesting that you got the hospital scene so early, amd likewise got to see the new door animations early. It's a shining example of why this game has less of an impact to people who've never played DOOM 1 & 2 before. There is so much subtle nuance to the first half of the game that only experienced DOOM players would find out of place. I'm glad my first experience with it was by watching Power Pak. He does such a good job if breaking it down and adding context to the uninitiated.

[@CyberKnightMiky]

Doom is literally 30 years old from now on, yet there's still mods for the old games and gives us impressive stuff. It's truly great to see you play this mod, especially a Doom 2 mod

[@sgetti845]

this has got to be the craziest thing that's ever happened in my house

[@youmu8331]

dot wad

[@fizzle_drizzle519]

The stream was awesome. This video is waaaaay cooler. The editing and jokes in this video were great! Thumbnail also was just really funny to see! The colors popped and made my head turn when I saw it. I'd love to see more uploads like this. Game genre aside, the format of vod to video was done nicely here. It was a treat to see! Whenever I have the time during the day. Can't wait to stop in again to see another live. Can't promise nothin >:>

[@gizmo9133]

For such an old game, this is absolutely incredible. Not only is that a feat worth giving some respect, but i can also only imagine how long and how painful thiswas to code and make with such an old game engine

[@THB192]

It probably was long and tricky, but Doom has absolutely amazing tooling (Ultimate Doom Builder is widely considered very intuitive) and modern engines with a lot of modern features that make this sort of thing easier.

[@Jo_youwhatmate]

Who knew Doomguy's origin story for why he hated demons so much was because they ruined his renovations

[@CallofDutyBlackOps28]

i loved every moment of this; almost every cheat gives a hint too; and noclipping in "bad" spots you get teleported to the backrooms, that's some clever stuff if i've ever seen.

[@masterjunk9227]

The theorem of, "My House.wad" is... LOOSELY based off of, "House of Leaves" an incredibly vague and... Acid-trip like of a read to say the least.

[@ShadowsOfTheSky]

Some of those liminal spaces were epic… this feels like an extension of SCP type stuff, it’s really really cool.

[@JMonty0100]

It just goes to show, happiness has to be fought for

[@Crinlask]

Also, nothing ends well from a housefire

[@Bluefrost37]

I liked the part at the end where you said it was housing time and then you housed all over the place, excited to see where the channel goes!!

[@v4nd3l4yhomeboi5]

If I had a nickel for every time I saw a content creator try to aim for the head in DOOM II, I’d have two nickels. Which isn’t a lot but it’s weird that it happened twice, right?

[@Saxdude26]

20:28 CONEMAN DOOT! Oh Giwi, this highlight reel of your blind reactions was delightful!

[@WitchDoctorWaka]

Really great first playthrough vid! I will say that in the moments where it cuts to you explaining something youre pretty quiet. Had to keep raising and lowering the volume to better hear then lower it for regular parts of the video.

[@BreezeInMonochromeNight]

Really cool playthrough, I like the little cut-ins to sum up what's going on; makes for a tidy viewing. Will be following you! MyHouse is mental, so much packed into it. It's like art, and the canvas is a 30-year old shooting game.

[@dougcarey2233]

As primitive as Doom is, this map has no business making the player that uneasy. It's truly a work of art.

[@josephmellor7641]

This is such a cool style of video for such a cool game. The narration bits really help the flow of the video. It might be my favorite video of someone playing myhouse.wad.

[@somerandomgamer8504]

This map has been my obsession for a while now-

[@RydogRamblesVODS]

I'm pretty sure it's my house

[@rydogrambles]

who the?

[@leonardomafrareina7634]

Never did I think I'd see a VTuber playing a Classic Doom game with a mod. I've seen Korone playing Doom 2016, but never Classic Doom. This was really fun to watch.

[@zerotheero]

closest to classic Korone has played is the D64 remaster.

[@leonardomafrareina7634]

@@zerotheero I remember that, I was actually watching her D64 streams live.

[@ghostlyexe]

If only Giwi knew that keeping the dog alive would’ve given her the fake beach ending but the dog is on the beach with the player

[@gabrielc7861]

the dog never shows up on the fake beach, it only shows up on the real beech if you never killed it.

[@The_Pyroah]

your pfp looks nice

[@FrostViper1]

When the first sentence of the video includes altrive you know.its gonna be good

[@johnsmith-mi2uc]

there's a two hour breakdown of this mod going over how it utilizes the doom engine in some pretty bizarre ways.

[@mimisezlol]

Who's it by

[@BookWyrmOnAString]

​@@mimisezlol davidxnewton

[@mcgaggles]

Here i was, hoping "My House" was a Silent Hill Homecoming mod

[@D0ugg42]

btw giwi, next time you play DooM, remember, when there is a lot of enemies, and you have a plasma rifle (slot 6), hold the fire button

[@r.pizzamonkey7379]

It's so funny that one of the things that freaked me out the most was something barely any streamers noticed: 3:45 has room over room, something that is normally impossible in Doom's engine. People don't realize just how much skill had to go into making this map, it's insane.

[@QuickAttack283]

Altrive is the best worst friend you could ask for.

[@vahdoom]

You should watch how the map was made, its actual insanity of hidden doors portals and duplicated level everywhere

[@kirennomics0710]

IM APART OF THE FIRST THOUSANF SUBS WOOOOOOO!!!! I went into one of your streams one time and it was so friendly and funny. We had a nice conversation about kiwis. I can't wait to watch this channel grow!

[@Cirex2118]

This was a Lotta fun ~ ❤️💜 Hope you get the amungus stream when Fairy lost her shit from the Cleveland memes! 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣

[@bazzfromthebackground3696]

This is based off a book called "The House of Leaves." The Navidson House is the name of the titular house.

[@mimisezlol]

It's inspired by house of leaves but it's not an adaptation if I recall right

[@moltenwolf_8772]

9:43 14:04 In loving memories shrek and Fido (Cerberus)

[@Number1Arbiter]

17:08 relatable, as a kid I was always terrified that there was a shark in the pool or that I would be suddenly sucked down the drain

[@flammableear59]

the jiggle physics are mad impressive

[@nothyg012]

8:30 this just reminds me of that one SpongeBob clip where he goes “oh this looks neat I wonder-“ and he opens the door and falls

[@ofcourseikain1234]

This is suddenly one of my favorite KZbin channels for no reason at all

[@endless_sands]

Funfact: the underhalls is actually custom Also you 100% have wine mom vibes (thats ok)

[@akiraeatsguitarpicks491]

Technically speaking underhalls IS part of the mod

[@Remnantss]

Hey Giwi I'm pretty sure that's MY house

[@UntotenTheo]

this mod was funny to play through with the Whitemareguy arsenal from the Final Doomer mod given the irony

[@justapokerchip1891]

MyHouse.pk3 (works the same as a wad but also works as a folder to compress the content within) is very interesting with how it's crafted, even making the illusion of breaking the map physics of Doom with having rooms upstairs, downstairs, and even intercepting some of them all while being in the same spot as one another (all being done via some very subtle methods). Fun Facts: - Cheating provides you with some extra wacky content and dialogue in the console. .Underhalls otni *revo yrrac lliw* dlrow rorrim eht ni tixe level eht hguorht gnioG - Overall this was nice to watch, glad to see others play through this...hodgepodge of absolute mind trickery and horror that is, MyHouse.

[@Rebeccalypse]

I love how nonchalant you are about traveling to a mirror dimension and the house flooded

[@Zanderman2006]

This is MY House what are you doing in it Giwi

[@paulj505]

One thing I'll add, but I don't remember if you already caught onto that, but almost every location, other than the main house, have the layout of main house. Air port, pools, kindergarten, gas station, etc.

[@Egg-253]

After seeing various people play through this game for hours and finding the lore, there are speed runs for 5 minutes or less on lawnmowers.

[@thatnicyolo]

Nice "Best death sound in gaming history" sound effect

[@The_man_in_the_waIl]

All jokes aside, the title screen actually looks like my house, except we replaced the garage door.

[@nickhoc8853]

Really hope you make more of these videos for KZbin. I really enjoyed it

[@Pickelrye]

I definitely don't hate how the plasma rifle isn't firing constantly but just one-click shots. it DEFINITELY DOESN'T make me wanna commit ostrich.

[@BreezeInMonochromeNight]

Jacksepticeye did it as well... it's interesting seeing people who've never played Doom before react to things.

[@HedgehogY2K]

11:41 is that a lost reference? Gosh, smallville era when I was kid.

[@_zealos_8213]

this is a better liminal game than most Backrooms homages

[@naki051]

I love how no one notices that the door is a completely different animation unless they've played a lot of doom

[@Zeracan]

What is Shrek may never die, yet lies eternalasting.

[@codiecola3636]

Something spooky happens: *record scratch* Post editing Giwi: erm, so that just happened.

[@Youhadabadday2021]

Welcome to KZbin Giwi! Enjoy the suffering brought about by your lover's fans swarming you lol

[@NicoNicoWolfy]

never thought i would see 12 oz mouse again in my life

[@mimisezlol]

Today I learned that there's a txt file included with the wad that's supposed to be paired with this mod EDIT: IS THAT A FUCKIN HOUSE OF LEAVES REFERENCE

[@zombiesmurf83wastaken]

Actually, it's MY HOUSE!

[@YuhDug]

Glad to see you making YT content now.

[@gekopu]

I like that your first video is about a doom mod, PEAK boomer energy

[@RealmDragolord_X]

I’m so glad they finally put up my sheen poster in my house 13:43

[@GoldKnightProduction]

It's funny that you think the hospital isn't the house too.

[@GiwiVT]

WHAT

[@doubleaabattery7562]

Literally every area has a segment that is ripped from the house, just changed to make you only notice if you spend way to much time in the on house layout

[@RealmDragolord_X]

14:16 the Shrek theme playing here is hilarious

[@lightyami5934]

My House's the BEST HOUSE EVER CREATED!!

[@fullauto86]

i play a whole lot of doom mods and this is one of the most notable ive ever played, i went threw the files that came with the wad and had a little context going in, which was helpful although i sortof wish i had done it blind like this. good stuff

[@StuffedVulture]

2:00 That's the fastest I've ever seen anyone discover the hospital scene.

[@sheepthefirst]

This bring back memories

[@Delmworks]

Truly every run of MyHouse.Wad is personalized

[@enricopaolocoronado2511]

Honestly, the first hint to me that something was off about MyHouse when I first played it was the viewheight of the player. It's higher than the standard viewheight of Classic Doom. It's subtle moments like that that really add to the experience. Also, playing on Nightmare! difficulty makes the mod absurdly... easy. I'm not joking. Nightmare! difficulty is outright easy due to a significantly reduced monster count plus the usual "Double ammo on pickup" mechanic present on Nightmare! and I'm Too Young To Die! difficulties.

[@Nymphonomicon]

Rather bold fashion choice to wear D/D Nighthowl as a top.

[@hhhsp951]

Your friend is Mouse Fitzgerald? Freebird Your Mind.

[@TheMonochromeDream]

Ooookay this is such a cool mod. Love the liminal space vibes and the old school weirdness of it so much.

[@TenkoMinako]

Bruh I am SO SAD that I can't find the vod, this must've been a ride to see in full.

[@TopOfAllWorlds]

Wow I can't beleive she was given this mod by Pikmin 4 from amogus. She's so lucky!

[@him1465]

Remember y’all, happiness has to be fought for

[@WilliamofD]

I call dibs it's actually my house

[@RealmDragolord_X]

Dude I’m not even a minute in and having a hearty chuckle at my house

[@captain0ffd244]

“That’s why we play on easy.” *whisper* “little does she know the more “harder” you set it. the easier it will be attest In this game to sure of others in the earlier in the fanshiz”

[@CyberDemon620]

a minute in and the chaos has ensued *VOLUME UP*

[@aecusregen4614]

EVERY other streamer I saw play this decided that they had to spare the big dog in order to save the little dog...then there's giwi who decides the little dog must die to kill the big dog

[@OfficialRainsynth]

Drinking game: take a shot every time she says "my house."