Flakes Doom is a Doom mod developed by GAA1992 that combines and adapts elements from several official editions of the epic id Software's FPS, new and old ones, but maintaining the traditional gameplay as most as possible. It is inspired in WADs such as MetaDoom or Doom 32 and brings a totally new and enhanced arsenal, interesting aesthetic effects such as cases and smoke, new power-ups and a menu that sets Flakes Doom itself and adjusts aspects from the several other mods that are compatible with it.
In fact, its name is a twist on the Vanilla Doom's (Doom without any mods or advanced ports) name, because it keeps the rest of the gameplay untouched and because GAA1992 likes vanilla ice cream, but flakes ice cream is better. However, despite the focus on maintaining the "pure" game's mechanics, Flakes Doom features some extra weapon-related stuff, such as secondary fire modes and grenades. It also features weapons with different looks and capabilities, new sounds, energy bars, icons, voxels and other resources ripped and adapted from different games or mods.
Another highlight of this PWAD its huge compatibility. Not only it works with the classic Dooms, but also supports IWADs from not so usual games like Hacx and even Adventures of Square. I like this weapons pack a lot due to this and because it's very well done: not only the animations and graphics were very harmoniously used, also, the controls are quite smooth. Also, it's not a very overpowered arsenal like Mechatron, Russian Overkill or Combined Arms. I mean, the weapons are better than the vanilla ones, but they won't take much of the challenge of the maps or enemy packs you're going to play Flakes Doom with. It also runs fine with most monster packs I tested it with.
Videos
The above video is the first one we ever made about Flakes Doom. It showcases its 1.4 version.
The above playlist, on its turn, has all the Flakes Doom videos we have on our channel, including it's newer versions.
The above playlist, on its turn, has all the Flakes Doom videos we have on our channel, including it's newer versions.
Compatibility
I tested Flakes Doom here on GZDoom (2.4 and 3.2) and Zandronum 3.0 and it seems to work just fine with these ports. Also, Flakes Doom should be compatible with the IWADs from Doom II: Hell on Earth, Doom, The Ultimate Doom, Final Doom, Freedoom, Hexen, Chex Quest, Chex Quest 3, Heretic, Strife and Adventures of Square. It also works with Hacx 2.0 and Return of the Triad, but the IWAD from each of this games must be loaded as a PWAD along with the Flakes Doom's and the IWAD from Doom 2.More
- Flakes Doom @ Gaming Room - The mod's post on our main website, with more information etc. In Portuguese.
- Flakes Doom @ ZDoom - Flakes Doom thread at ZDoom's board, with more info, download links, eventual updates and other add-ons for the mod. This one is in English.
- Flakes Doom @ Mod DB - The Flakes Doom's entry we made at Mod DB to help spread this great WAD. Also in English.
- Gambiarra - Gambiarra is an add-on for Flakes Doom made by Facínora and GAA1992 that ads even more stuff from other Dooms to this mod, like weapons from the alphas and the beta versions and a jukebox with SNES Doom BGM.
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