Bloom - GZDoom

Ever wanted to play as Caleb (Blood) in the Doom world and everything is corrupted?
NOW'S YOUR CHANCE!
Bloom is a mash-up of Blood, Doom and a side of DukeNukem all in one!
Experience Doom II like never before... everything is corrupted and all the minions are mutated abominations! Have fun!

Linux install

Pre-requisites
Needed either from original Doom 1or2 Disc/Installation or from Freedoom website

• freedoom2.wad
• doom.wad

GZDoom Installation and Test Run

• Install GZDoom here: https://zdoom.org/downloads
• Run GZDoom one time to populate the necessary folders in your home
• GZDoom will error, close it
• Go to: https://freedoom.github.io/download.html
• Download freedoom wad files
• Extract to your Desktop
• Copy freedoom1.wad & freedoom2.wad
• Paste in the following directory: /home/username/.config/gzdoom (hidden files may have to be enabled)
• Run GZDoom again and select freedoom2 to test if Doom is working

Mod Installation

• Download the Bloom_Final_Release_GzDoom.zip from Moddb.com
• Extract to your desktop
• Open the following folder: /home/username/.config/gzdoom (hidden files may have to be enabled)
• Open the Bloom_Final_Release_GzDoom folder on your desktop
• Open gzdoom-4-6-0-Windows-64bit folder
• Copy Bloom.pk3 and paste in the gzdoom folder into the gzdoom folder
• Open Terminal (Ctrl+Alt+T)
• Copy the following command
• Past in Terminal
• Run
• Select freedoom2.wad
• Wait a bit while the game loads and then press Esc to open the menu and start a new game!

Mod Launch

• Run Terminal
• Copy command below
• gzdoom -iwad freedom2.wad -file Bloom.pk3 freedoom2.pk3 brightmaps.pk3 game_support.pk3 lights.pk3
• Paste in terminal
• Run
• Select freedoom2.wad

Mint 21.3 64-bit
GeForce GTX 1650
Nvidia 580
GZDoom g4.7.1