myhouse.wad

THE HOUSE THAT BLEEDS

The Forum Post

On March 3rd, 2023, a user named Veddge made a simple post on the Doomworld forums:

March 3, 2023

"My friend Tom passed recently. His parents gave me some of his old stuff, including a floppy disc with this map he made about 15 years ago. I cleaned it up a bit and wanted to share it. It's just his childhood house recreated in Doom. Nothing special, but I thought the community might appreciate it."

It was not "nothing special."

What appeared to be a mundane recreation of a suburban home would become the most talked-about Doom mod in decades—a reality-bending psychological horror experience that left players questioning what they had just witnessed.

The Descent

Players who explored the house found things that shouldn't exist:

The mod drew heavy inspiration from Mark Z. Danielewski's cult novel "House of Leaves"—a story about a house whose interior is impossibly larger than its exterior, containing an ever-shifting labyrinth that drives its inhabitants to madness.

The Strange Places

As you explore deeper, you discover locations that have no right to exist:

The House

Tom's childhood home. Familiar. Wrong.

The Brutalist

Concrete apartments. Cold. Watching.

The Bathhouse

White tiles. Still water. Something underneath.

The Mirror

Your reflection doesn't always follow.

The Labyrinth

5 1/2 minute hallway. Endless.

The Airport

Destination unknown. No return flights.

! CONTENT WARNING !

myhouse.wad contains psychological horror, disturbing imagery, themes of grief and loss, and reality-warping effects. Best experienced blind. Not recommended for those sensitive to horror content or flashing images.

The Recognition

myhouse.wad won the prestigious 2023 Cacoward—Doom's highest honor—and was featured in a viral video essay by Power Pak that garnered millions of views, introducing an entirely new generation to the mod.

The British Film Institute named it one of the best video essays of 2023. Critics praised it as "one of Doom II's most technologically advanced mods" and a masterwork of environmental storytelling.

Enter The House

myhouse.wad requires GZDoom (hardware renderer). It will NOT work in vanilla Doom ports.

DOWNLOAD MYHOUSE.PK3 GET GZDOOM GET DOOM II

HOW TO PLAY

  1. Get DOOM II - Purchase from Steam or GOG. You need DOOM2.WAD
  2. Download GZDoom - Get the latest version from zdoom.org. Extract it anywhere.
  3. Download myhouse.pk3 - Get it from Veddge's Google Drive. IMPORTANT: Download the .pk3 file, NOT the .wad
  4. Copy DOOM2.WAD - Place your DOOM2.WAD in the GZDoom folder
  5. Launch - Drag myhouse.pk3 onto gzdoom.exe
  6. Settings - Make sure you're using OpenGL or Vulkan renderer (not Software)

Tip: Play in the dark. Use headphones. Don't look up spoilers. Trust nothing.

Watch The Deep Dive

Power Pak's legendary video essay (WARNING: SPOILERS)

Learn More

Explore the rabbit hole (contains spoilers):

Doom Wiki Original Post Cacoward Wikipedia