The Age of Hell is a new FPS game for GZDoom that pits you, the mighty Crusader, against all that Hell can throw at you. Battle against terrifying swarms of minions and all powerful demonic lords across 6 massive episodes each with their own unique themes.
Gameplay is something akin to classic Doom but with a modern spin. Fast paced and action packed while taking advantage of modern coding to increase the intensity and complexity of combat.

A full new bestiary, all based on classic Doom concepts but with a new spin. Meet your old favourites and get killed by them in new ways.
An all new set of holy themed weapons to blast back the hordes of hell with alt fires and upgrades to enhance your demon slaying ability.
Weapons and monsters are all sprite based to retain the charm of the original aesthetics
Six episodes released in 3 volumes, each with their own episode unique monsters including 2 boss encounters per episode.
Massive, highly detailed maps made by some of the finest mappers ever to draw a line.
A variety of themes including icy brutalism, ornate marble crypts, lovecraftian nightmare realms, diabolical tech and infernal gothic palaces.
An all original, metal themed soundtrack
Full utilisation of GZDoom's abilities with dynamic lighting, full 3d environments, modeled decorations and complex enemy actions. Blow up a zombie and watch its torso come after you!

First off, Age of Hell will always be free to play. This will never change.
Money raised will go towards artists to help make The Age of Hell all that it can be. The more support that is gathered, the more we can do with commissioning people to create new assets and art. I also want to give something back to the people that have been working tirelessly for years to bring AoH to this current point. They more than deserve it.
Money raised here will also go towards future commercial endeavours. The Age of Hell is just the beginning of what I want to do and making a full commercial game is on the horizon. If the Patreon is successful enough this will go towards paying staff for their work/making sure I don't starve.

So what do you get for supporting The Age of Hell?

Special discord roles based on supporter tier
Your name in the credits/credits map
Sneak peeks to works in progress including Patreon only dev blogs showing workflows
Snippets of the new music being worked on
Early access to my level design podcast episodes
Pre beta testing access to demos and full volume releases
Exclusive physical merch
Stuff I haven't decided yet :D (more benefits will be added)

Q. How do I get my discord role?

Make sure your patreon account is linked to your discord account and it should happen automatically. If it still hasn't happened after this feel free to talk to Bridgeburner in The Hellforge

Q. What is The Hall of the Worthy/Valour?

There will be a special credits map at the end of The Age of Hell (released and updated with each volume). The Hall of the Worthy will be supporters names on walls and the Hall of Valour will contain either images, or custom decorations for each supporter. Details to be finalised.

Q. Will all supporters be in the credits?

Yes, there will be a credits roll at the end of The Age of Hell and all supporters will be listed for each tier.

Q. What's the difference between early access and the beta test group?

Early access will be a close to finished product but you will get AoH/the demo before it is made fully public and will be part of the final balance tweaks. The beta test group is the step prior to early access and will potentially include playing individual maps as they are being completed.

Q. What is the Age of Hell image album?

This will be a photo book that I will get printed and it will contain images from The Age of Hell. This will be made in conjunction with the patreon supporters with surveys about what you would like to see in the album. Ideas include hi res in game shots and shots of the maps in editor.

Q. What is does the physical copy of The Age of Hell contain?

This will be a exclusive printed game box along with some extra goodies inside. Again this will be done working with supporters so we can come up with something that people will enjoy.

Q. What does "make your own secret" actually entail?

You will get to work with one of the mappers (yes, including Bridgeburner) to create your own little space inside of one of the Age of Hell maps. This will be an in game secret. You can utilise a single square of map space of 512 x 512 mu. You do not have to use all of this space. This is additional to any 'normal' progression to the secret (passage ways, secret doors, teleporters etc). In addition to this we will help you make one (1) new asset. This can be a texture, or a single frame sprite, or something similar AND a sound/audio clip. This asset will be subject to approval and the usual good taste stipulations apply (no gore, NSFW, political commentary, bigotry etc).

Q. What is the custom print?

This is a print of a screenshot of your choice, including one that you take or get taken for you for this purpose (which would allow shots of as yet unreleased content). This will be a one of a kind print just for you. There will be no reprints of the shot made available to the public. A truly unique thing just for you. Size is currently planned to be up to A3 but depending on how they come out, larger sizes might be made available. I will be getting trial prints done to see what looks best.

Thanks for checking out The Age of Hell. There is still a lot of work to go and every little bit helps.
Join the project discord server The Hellforge to keep up with developments and chat with the team.
Follow me on twitter @Bridgeburner4 for sexy screenshots.
Follow me on twitch Bridgeburner56 for regular game development streams