Freedoom
Encyclopedia
Freedoom is a free
Doom engine
based first-person shooter game currently under development. The game is currently in an alpha stage and many features are missing, for example some monsters and other sprites are replaced by placeholder images, some levels are missing, and some levels have no music. The game's IWAD
file is based on the same structure as the Doom 2 IWAD. This allows any custom levels or other customizations designed for Doom 2 to be used with Freedoom. Other variants are available that have the same structure as the original Doom and shareware Doom. As downloaded from the official Freedoom site, it is distributed as an Iwad (game data) file only without an engine. The player must provide a Doom engine such as PrBoom, ZDoom, Boom, or any other Boom-compatible source port.
Free software
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Doom engine
Doom engine
The Doom engine is the game engine that powers the id Software games Doom and Doom II. It is also used by HeXen, Heretic, Strife, Freedoom, and HacX, and other games produced by licensees. It was created by John Carmack, with auxiliary functions written by Mike Abrash, John Romero, Dave Taylor and...
based first-person shooter game currently under development. The game is currently in an alpha stage and many features are missing, for example some monsters and other sprites are replaced by placeholder images, some levels are missing, and some levels have no music. The game's IWAD
Doom WAD
Doom WAD format is default format of package files for the video game Doom or its sequel Doom II, that are containing sprites, levels, and game data. WAD stands for Where's All the Data?...
file is based on the same structure as the Doom 2 IWAD. This allows any custom levels or other customizations designed for Doom 2 to be used with Freedoom. Other variants are available that have the same structure as the original Doom and shareware Doom. As downloaded from the official Freedoom site, it is distributed as an Iwad (game data) file only without an engine. The player must provide a Doom engine such as PrBoom, ZDoom, Boom, or any other Boom-compatible source port.