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Advanced engine needed  : Limit-Removing Heretic for map, 
			  DECORATE-compatible for secret enemy.
Primary purpose         : Single play and Deathmatch
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Title                   : Hairy Tick DM
Filename                : hrytckdm.wad
Release date            : September 25th, 2023
Author                  : Fonze
Email Address           : [redacted]
Other Files By Author   : Couple maps for "THT: Threnody," 1 map each for 
			  "Joy of Mapping's 1-6," 1 for "Mutiny," "CEV7,"  
			  speedmaps "Phrygia," "Quester's Fest," and  
			  "Wekless Endangerment," as well as Heretic 
			  super-chicken speedmap "Clucked to Death by 
			  Feathers."

Description             : This map was made as a deathmatch/duel map for
			  Heretic and given a single-player conversion. 
			  I added in some switches, gates, enemies and
			  other objectives to give some progression to it
			  for single-play, so it can be played in either
			  form.
			  
			  The gameplay leans heavily into Heretic's vast
			  arsenal of artifacts and features all the weapon
			  types, giving players many ways to tackle each
			  encounter, or each other. Item use adds a huge
			  extra depth to Heretic and hopefully I've 
			  captured that well here. Additionally, single
			  player features many enemy-heavy encounters to
			  give plenty of time to strategize and power-
			  fantasy out some clever artifact and weapon
			  setups to unravel the encounters. 

			  Difficulty balanced towards BPPT, but all are
			  present for more accessibility.

			  This was originally planned to be an episode-
			  replacement and maybe some day I'll return to
			  this idea as there are other maps I started, but
			  it's also been so long I should just release what
			  I have finished.

Credits			: Id, Raven, the Doom community, Bloodshedder and
			  The Green Herring for maintaining the archives, 
			  the folks who tested this map in deathmatch,
			  Doomkid for helping to get people together for
			  that test session, and those who helped playtest.


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* What is included *

New levels              : 1
Sounds                  : No
Music                   : Yes
Graphics                : No
Dehacked/BEX Patch      : No
Demos                   : No
Other                   : DECORATE
Other files required    : None


* Play Information *

Game                    : Heretic
Map #                   : E1M1
Single Player           : Designed for
Cooperative 2-4 Player  : Player Starts
Deathmatch 2-4 Player   : Designed for
Other game styles       : No
Difficulty Settings     : Yes!


* Construction *

Base                    : Biscuits made from scratch the way Momma used to.
Build Time              : Idk
Editor(s) used          : GZDB, Slade3
May Not Run With        : Vanilla Heretic
Tested With             : ZDoom 2.8.1, Heretic+


* Copyright / Permissions *

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* Where to get the file that this text file describes *

The Usual: ftp://archives.gamers.org/pub/idgames/ and mirrors