DBP17: alone

Outstanding job Vertigo and another great set of maps this month, well done all. This is RC1 peeps so please send feedback and bug reports ASAP so Vert can finalise this one, DBK4LYFE!

I could tell you but it's a secret

edit: and big pats on the back for everyone involved. The mapset's been mint so far.

Alright I finished up this good shit. Should've made demos but I didn't, nvm. Thoughts:

01: Nice atmosphere. Not as threatening if you were on the discord when (don't click this til you've played, really)

but still nice to play. Test your limit removing maps in crispy though dude, or at least in GZDoom's software renderer, there's still dodgy midtexture clipping everywhere.
02: not much to say -- very solid map. Doesn't seem like it changed much from the first draft but it didn't need to IMHO.
03: I still think that one trap is too harsh. A bit narrow in terms of space in general, which led to some frustrating encounters, but still a good level overall.
04: I couldn't figure out the new invuln secret so I don't like that change . The final encounter was more fun with more health, although I now kinda think that there should have been something nasty in the exit room too.
Also, while a musicless level works alright in isolation when bookended with levels that do have music it seems a bit like the engine's bugging out or the midi's dodgy or something. Please consider picking some music for the idgames release version.
05: Playing this one continuously rather than as a pistol start turns this into a nice monster bash. I was quite ambivalent about this level while I was making it but it turned out well. *pats myself on the back*
06: Cool little level. Joe gets the prize for being the only mapper here with the balls to use those invisible xenos.
07: Jesus the atmosphere in this level is thick enough to cut with a knife. Great work, although the final, rather lame, hell knight encounter was a bit of a let down. I'd also avoid using textures on walls that have been previously used as doors (specifically those garage door looking textures being used in those stairwells after the dark, subtly strobing room. The xeno encounter in that room was great btw). Oh and put midtextures on your impassible lines please so I'm not suddenly blocked for no reason when I'm trying to run away from an archvile.
08: Still very flat. I liked the nonlinearity; the part where I shot all the imps in the back was pretty cool.
09: Harsh but fun, I struggled in the cyberdemon room (again); the BFG from the previous level helped a lot. The radsuits are still too close together!!! The last encounter with the archies needed a bit more cover, it's easy to get blasted while trying to get across the room.

Misc.: the cheat code string changes are awesome and a very nice touch.
I didn't like the pre-MAP07 text:

Well, we're clearly pushing on to find a ship out of here so top marks for answering your own question.
This def. needs a credits map.

xvertigox

You should post an article and upload it to the Aliens: Ulitmate Doom moddb page. It will most likely be promoted by the editors of moddb,on the front page.

Good idea! RC2 will be out in a day or so when they drops I'll do that.

RC2 is up with lots of fixes across the board. Facehuggers have been tweaked to not be as cunty and lots of visual bugs (99% of them on my maps, d'oh!) have been fixed.

Demopack.

Sick wad overall. Cool resource pack, the new monsters really required adaptation of different tactics compared to regular Doom. Map01 was too spooky to include in the demopack.

First four maps blind (typed commentary, no mic yet):

Nukem from orbit, gonna jump on my computer in a minute and download this, hopefully you got a "sharp stick" in the weapon inventory lol cheers.