VKDoom

Quick note, our website is currently down (we know!)

Working to relocate to a new server as soon as we can. Sorry about that!

12.06.2025 02:25 — 👍 5    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

News from #VKDoom Land! Our lightmapper can bake shadows from arbitrary static meshes (Actors rendered with models that are expected to not move, change or disappear).

This is to facilitate with static decorations that are too cumbersome to construct out of Doom sectors

(placeholder art used)

11.06.2025 15:01 — 👍 81    🔁 30    💬 2    📌 4

VKDoom running DISDAIN as a native Linux app on a Steam Deck, with lightmaps and raytraced Actor shading enabled

Technically our first official Linux screenshot 👀

#VKDoom #DisdainFPS

21.01.2025 11:37 — 👍 89    🔁 27    💬 5    📌 0

That's the goal! But even in its current WIP state, VKDoom already has slightly better framerates than GZDoom due to our main shader optimization and overhauls

15.11.2024 18:56 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Join the VKDoom Discord Server! Check out the VKDoom community on Discord - hang out with 412 other members and enjoy free voice and text chat.

There is, but due to the highly-WIP and ever-changing nature of the engine, the config is currently only hosted in our Discord discord.gg/6hhns9HyPx (will upload it to a more permanent site when v1.0 hits)

Hop in the zdray-lightmaps channel and check the pins!

14.11.2024 21:56 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Would love to see some DM maps made for VKDoom eventually! Would go well with the netcode rework we're currently prototyping

14.11.2024 21:51 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

When It's Done™

14.11.2024 21:51 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

We at team VKDoom stand in solidarity against trim sheet crimes

14.11.2024 21:50 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Map screenshot donated by Doom mapper Exl

14.11.2024 16:02 — 👍 15    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

VKDoom is an advanced fork of GZDoom that boasts enhancements like raytracing, lightmaps and highly-optimized Vulkan renderer for higher frame rates. Currently powering the in-development retro FPS DISDAIN, with more to be announced! #VKDoom

14.11.2024 15:52 — 👍 174    🔁 43    💬 10    📌 1