BigGun Quake
Here's one from back in the day. I think we (the concept designers and I) were trying our best to mock games that didn't seem to take weapon balance into account. SO in its place we made a Quake mod where every weapon was unbalanced.
Rules
  • All the prior weapons and ammo have been converted into a roulette of the weapons below. There is no ammo. Weapons periodically cycle for the benefit of the flavor of the round.
  • Everyone starts with their typical 100 health, but the health upper bound is now 999. Zero health still kills you.
  • When a player or monster dies, it drops a random rune. Runes also pop out of weapons when they spawn. Runes stack. Too many runes make you OP.
  • Kill too many players in a row and the game is forced to assume you are OP and will have to kill you. It telefrags you with a "Shambler of Smite," which is a flying, agile shambler that has no range lightning, yet still instantly kills anything with its swing attack. This is only to be fair, so you can rest easy knowing your OP run was the cause of the death of others, and that not only you were punished for your mistakes.
  • The SOS will go away after a while, don't worry. But be warned, its attack isn't just an instant kill, but rather a telefrag, spawning another SOS over its victim. They multiply pretty quickly.
Controls
  • Impulse 10 + 12 now only swap weapons. If you stand over a weapon, its name will appear in the center of your view. Push impulse 10 or 12 to exchange your weapon with it.
  • Impulse 68 + 69 are hook-in and hook-out. I forget if I automatically alias'd it to "+hook" and "-hook" for you. Either way, yes, hook is in this.
  • Impulse 20 + 21 are for cycling to the previous or next weapon. Solely for single player, solely for debugging.
  • Impulse 200 is a SOS suicide. Revenge is a dish best served cold.
  • "Temp1" is your monster life multiplier, for the benefit of single player or cooperative mode. Set it negative to give monsters respawn.
Weapons
NameDamage TypeDescription
Homing Burly NailgunNailsFires nails that curve slightly to autoaim at targets.
Blink CannonExplosionShoots a rocket with a particle swarm around it that causes splash damage everywhere it goes.
Scream CannonExplosionJust like in Oni, but with maybe a little more kick.
Bigass ShotgunBulletsYou get the picture.
Poison Dart GunPoisonShoots out poison darts.
Big GunExplosionThe namesake gun. Rapid fire spread splash damage explosion.
Hunter SeekerPoisonHoming poison flying heads.
Death AxeNoneJust kills you.
Telekinesis AxeNoneHits everyone in the game. Everyone.
Gore ShaftBulletsLowers the maximum life of whoever you hit.
Rain GunNailsShoots a nail that shoots nails, that shoot nails, etc. Also goes through walls.
Auto Grenade LauncherExplosionA rapid fire grenade launcher.
ChaingunBulletsDoes what a chaingun does.
Cluster GenadesExplosionShoots out one grenade which explodes and pops out a few more.
Mad GunLightningBasically chain lightning, with splash damage that follows across the bolt. It will bounce a lot before it finally stops.
Squidgy BombPoisonFires grenades that fly, and bounce, and keep on bouncing for a good long lifespan. They poison whatever they touch.
Mad Dog Tannon GunBulletsA perpetual bullet that constantly converges to wherever you are looking. Nobody calls me, "Mad Dog."
PindicatorBulletsRapid fire railgun, like the "Eraser" movie railgun. Goes through walls. Pins people to them. Etc.
Mega Head BombLightning/ExplosionFires out a head at your feet. The head follows you around as if it were on a leash. Fire again to remotely detonate. Does a decent explosion with a decent shockwave. It also goes off when you die. Good insurance.
Fat GunBulletsYour typical sniper rifle.
Vaccuum MortarExplosionFire it. It sticks to a wall. It sucks in everything around it. Then it explodes.
Scrambled EggsExplosionFires a stream of materializing exploding grenades. Can go through walls.
SOS GunNoneFires a grenade that, upon impact, turns your enemy into the SOS Shambler.
DisasterNailsMesses with people. Takes away runes. Teleports them. Does a little damage.
LazerLightningRapid fire lazer that bounces along walls.
Armors
ColorResistance
GreenNails
YellowExplosion
RedBullets
Runes
NameDescription
QuadStacks your damage multiplier.
Freeze TimeFreezes everyone within your line of sight.
VampireDrains life of any damage you deal.
RegenerationGradually gives you life back.
Burst FireYour weapon shoots more shots, but a bit less often. Generally for the better.
ResilianceDefence modifier
Cloaked Bird o' PreyMakes you invisible. If you shoot then you'll appear for a brief moment.
ThornsA portion of the damage you take gets dealt back to the assailant.
AutoaimThe game does the aiming for you! The more you stack, the more often it kicks in.
RevengeChance of telefragging whoever killed you. The more you get, the better the chances.

Downloads

Download the Mod + Source Here