FreeDoomGLES is the classical Doom(GL) ported to OpenGLES on Android.
You are a space marine who fight hordes of Demons on Mars bases, Earth and Hell !
It supports:
- Hires resolutions (on tablets or highend phones)
- Realtime dynamic lighting
- Particles effects
- 3D Monsters and objects (MD2)
- Blood projections
- Realistic water effect
- Xperia Play gamepad buttons (analog sticks not supported, probably later)
- Keyboard support (USB, bluetooth, embedded)
- Buttons mapping (Xperia Play / USB GamePads / Keyboard)
- and much more
FreeDoomGLES is the free to play version of DoomGLES, the best looking Doom port on Android. To be able to play a full game, the port comes with Freedoom datas (Doom 2 replacement). Since Freedoom levels needs a Boom compatible engine (DoomGLES isn''t compatible), the levels provided are the "Requiem" megawad (32 levels). Other levels support maybe added later. In FreeDoomGLES, there is a virtual currency (credit$). You can earn credit$ for free by completing tapjoy offers or watching videos. With 1 credit$, you can save one time. The game is automatically saved for free at the end of each level, or when the game is interrupted. With credit$, you can also buy items for game (weapons, ammo, health, ...) to help you complete the levels. Please note that the levels haven''t been altered. To earn or spend credit$, go in the "CREDIT$" menu ingame.
The first time you launch the game it may download music files (depending in which store you downloaded it). If you have problem donwloading the music files you can play without them or install them manually.
On some devices, the game may not launch after the datas have been installed. It is the case if the "Downloading Datas" waiting box disappears and the game doesn't launch after 30 seconds. Simply exit the game (home button) and relaunch it.
On the launch window you can choose various options, you can also add classic doom command line parameters (like "-warp episode map").
Planned features for next releases:
- XPeria Play touch pads support
- Network support
- More nice graphics effects
What's new:
1st October 2012 - First Release.
History
1st October 2012 - First Release.
DoomGLES Reviews
"If you like fighting game, you must love this one. Everything of the game works so smoothly and well, so just join in the perfect fighting game Doom GLES for Android right now!"
Read more: AppEggs.com review
"this port will keep you on for hours, and then get you some more time of nice shooting. The graphics give some new life to the legend"
Read mode: Droid Gamers review
"After trying a few ports that are available, none compare to that of DoomGLES. With added 3D effects, visuals and warmer lighing, this is by far the best port available for Android."
Read more: Droid Life review
"The enhancements for newer graphics look ace. The games flow incredibly well and without glitches too. The Xperia PLAY optimisation is brilliant and any of your retro gamers out there with a PLAY will love it."
Read more: Xperia Gamer review
Compatibility
FreeDoomGLES should run on any OpenGLES 2.0 compatible Android device.
Screenshots
Trailer (gameplay video on 1280x800 tegra Android tablet)
Controls
When the Doom Splash screen is displayed, press on the pause icon on the top-left corner. It will display the main menu. Navigate throught it with the arrows on the left. Validate with the green "check" button on the right.
In game:
Control the player movements with the virtual stick on the left part of the screen.
Control the player view by dragging one finger on the right part of the screen.
Use the cross button to fire.
Use the hand button to open doors or interact with switches.
Use the double-arrow button to toggle speed.
Use the numbers buttons to choose your weapon.
Use the world button to see the map.
Use the pause button to display the Doom Menu.
Press the arrow icons on the doom guy face to display brightness correction & interface transparency controls.
Controls mapping
From ingame "Controls" menu (in options menu) you can map any function to an hardware key (keyboard or Gamepad).
You can also choose which stick axis you will assign to a movement (Android >= 3.1 devices)
FAQ
Q: "The first time I launch the game, it tries to download datas, and I have one of the following issues: download never ends, blackscreen, crash..."
You will not have this issue if you donwloaded the game from Amazon, GetJar and Handango.
A: Please first check you have enough free space on your sdcard.
50MB should be enough.
If it isn't a space problem, please try a manual install:
Contact me if you need more assistance (kokakgames"at"gmail.com).
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Q: I first launched the game. I see splash screens cycling. How do I start the game ?
A: When the Doom Splash screen is displayed, press on the cross button on the bottom-right of the screen, or the pause icon on the top-left corner. It will display the main menu. Navigate throught it with the arrows on the left. Validate with the green "check" button on the right.
If the interface icons are barely visibles, please read next FAQ entry.
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Q: The game is too dark, how can can change brightness ? I barely see the touch interface, how can I improve that ?
A: Press the arrow icons on the doom guy face to display brightness correction & interface transparency controls.
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Q: I have a Galaxy S2, and the game crashes when the imp fires its fireball ?
A: I have reports from some GS2 users who experience this crash. It seems to be linked to the dynamic lighting & MD2 rendering. While this issue is sorted out, you can disable the dynamic lighting or 3D Monsters in the launch screen options.
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Q: The Xperia Play controls don't work.
A: you can remap the gamepad buttons in the new "controls" menu inside the "Options" menu.
Or more simply, you can just delete the doomgles.cfg file in /sdcard/kokak/FreeDoomGLES
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Q: On my Asus Transformer Prime, the keyboard is not working.
A: The default keyboard is set to "asus keyboard". Switching to "android keyboard" makes it work in DoomGLES. (thanks to Paul for the solution)
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Q: On my Alcatel One Touch 918, sometimes I can see through walls. (maybe this bug is present on other PowerVR based devices ?)
A: This is due to blood decals. It seems there is some sort of issue with stencil / depth buffer in the OpenGLES driver... As a workaround, I wrote an alternate code for blood projections.
Check "Alternate Blood (Debug)" in the launch window (or disable the blood on this same window)
Support
If you want to support FreeDoomGLES development (and any future dev), please:
- Buy it on Google Play (or any other market it is present)
- Give it a 5 star rating + positive comments. Tweet about it and/or click the Google +1 button on the market page. Click "I like" on the youtube trailer.
- Tell about it to your friends
- Think about buying my other games.
- If you want to donate, you can do it by PayPal:
Thanks
Download APK
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