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Matt Tropiano
@mtrop.net

So in case any of my friends were wondering - yes, the "secret project" I was on was Heretic + Hexen. If you told 11-year-old me that I was gonna work officially on a game I was playing when it just came out, I'd say you were out of your mind.

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Matt Tropiano
@mtrop.net

As soon as I heard we were working on it, I jumped at the idea of making a new hub for it. What resulted was "Vestiges of Grandeur" (Xaser came up with the title), a 9-map hub which included 2 secret maps. I did most of them while Xaser, Kaiser, and Not Jabba did a map each.

Matt Tropiano
@mtrop.net

All in all I'm very happy with what we did with the games, and that people have been overwhelmingly positive about the changes (which you can disable, if you like). The waypoint system was a bit of a pain to add to Hexen, but hopefully it helps a few of you out there in finishing the game!

ChicksDigPugs
@chicksdigpugs.bsky.social

I’m going through Vestiges of Grandeur right now and you have done a phenomenal job! The level design is creative and still holds true to the original Hexen campaign. I’m really enjoying it. 🙌🏻