Crumbling Dream is a mod for Spear of Destiny, instigated by Tris and made into a community effort. It was released on December 18, 2024.
Genesis[]
As early as 2001, Crumbling Dream (Untergehende Traum) had been announced by Tris as the first true Wolfenstein 3D modding community effort. Though this project eventually went unreleased, some of its assets later made its way to The Final Solution v3.0 and would in turn be used in various mods to come. Some of these textures and sprites were retained, albeit in edited form, for 2024's Crumbling Dream.
Description[]
The mod features 20 levels, 2 of which are secret. The final boss is Adolf Hitler, and the story/atmosphere is based on Episode 3. However, it has been recast using the flow of Spear of Destiny. Many coding changes are featured, including a redesigned, spartan status bar (inspired by Duke Nukem 3D), extra added weapons with unique ammo, a new palette, changed ceiling colors and music order, shading and a redesigned menu.
Tris put together the audiovisual outline of the set, and coding chores were undertaken by Nexion, Wolf3DGuy and Shodan.
Contributors[]
Of the 20 levels, Tris made 4, leaving the final 16 in the hands of many different authors:
- Level 1: Gerolf
- Level 2: Penguindog55
- Level 3: Ronwolf1705
- Level 4: Orka
- Level 5: Justy Zam
- Level 6: Orange
- Level 7: Gerolf
- Level 8: Ronwolf1705
- Level 9: Tris
- Level 10: Thomas
- Level 11: Tris (adapted from a Brian Lowe map)
- Level 12: Tris
- Level 13: Ronwolf1705
- Level 14: Thomas
- Level 15: Tris
- Level 16: Orka
- Level 17: Thomas
- Level 18: Shodan
- Level 19: Ronwolf1705
- Level 20: Tris