MyHouse.WAD - Inside Doom's Most Terrifying Mod

Power Pak
14 HN recommenders · recommended in 9 months, 2023–2026
YouTube
19.4M views · 3 years ago · documentary · evergreen

A documentary-style video by Power Pak about MyHouse.wad, a Doom II mod that starts as a house map and grows into a surreal horror experience. It walks through the mod's content and the story behind it.

HN people urge even non-gamers to watch it as one of the best YouTube rides, an incredible art piece in the spirit of House of Leaves.

“One of my favorite YouTube rides of all time.”
Game designVisual storytelling & cinematography
#doom#myhouse.wad#leveldesign#horror#gamemods#uncannyarchitecture

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@altano2023 · in “Source code for Quake 2 rerelease”
If anyone's curious, start here: ▶ this video If you don't care about Doom (or even video games, honestly): I haven't even thought about Doom in 20 years. Just click the link and watch. One of my favorite YouTube rides of all time.
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@energywut2025 · in “Helion: A modern fast paced Doom FPS engine in C#”
I wonder if it can play through MyHouse.wad. Which, if you haven't seen before, is an incredible art piece. ▶ this video If you've read House of Leaves, do yourself a favor and check it out.
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@Gooblebrai2024 · in “MyHouse.WAD – Inside Doom's Most Terrifying Mod”
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@st_goliath2024 · in “MyHouse.WAD – Inside Doom's Most Terrifying Mod [video]”
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@shalmanese2023 · in “Quake Brutalist Jam II”
If you haven't seen it yet, I highly recommend checking out the story of MyHouse.wad: ▶ this video If you want to go in spoiler free, I'd recommend downloading the WAD and playing it through blind. But if you don't have the time for that, there's a ton of great youtube videos that covered the topic.
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@semiquaver2023 · in “MyHouse.WAD – Inside Doom's Most Terrifying Mod”
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@Fuzzwah2023 · in “The Horror Game of the Year Is a Doom II Mod”
Equally though, when you think you've finished it; have a read / watch about all the fantastic things that you missed. The entire project, and including the journal on the Google drive, is just incredible. I very much enjoyed this video that goes through all the content: ▶ this video Also, this one to learn about the methods used to create "myhouse" in the doom2 engine.
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@manvillej2023 · in “The Horror Game of the Year Is a Doom II Mod”
watch the video: ▶ this video
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@MrJagil2023 · in “MyHouse.WAD – Inside Doom's Most Terrifying Mod [video]”
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@fragsworth2023 · in “MyHouse.WAD – Inside Doom's Most Terrifying Mod [video]”
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