Not Jabba Posted December 11, 2020 All right y'all, time for another year of mentionations and great releases. Here's hoping 2021 is a better year than 2020 out in the real world, and maybe an even better year (somehow) for Doom mapping as well. For those unfamiliar with the "nomination" process, here are some tips... If you play something you find particularly fun, beautiful, clever, or mind blowing... mention it! Post the name and author of a project and a link to its download This thread is merely a place to mention outstanding works of Doom. Keep conversations about projects to a minimum Winners are not chosen by the number of "likes" or the amount of times the project is "nominated" - Judges use the thread to find projects worth playing and decide winners based on personal preferences. Please do not nominate your own project. At the end of each year, there's a grace period to ensure that all releases get fair consideration. In other words, everything released from about mid-November 2020 onwards is up for consideration for the 2021 Cacowards. Happy Dooming! 34 Share this post Link to post
Diabolución Posted December 11, 2020 Bond of Hatred by @Chris Hansen. https://www.doomworld.com/idgames/levels/doom/Ports/a-c/bondhate Published on 15/11/2020 01:59:02 GMT. 12 Share this post Link to post
Tristan Posted December 12, 2020 Seeing "2021" warms my soul and fills me with optimism. I've got a good feeling about this one. 37 Share this post Link to post
Suitepee Posted December 12, 2020 Since this wasn't eligible for the 2020 Cacowards, I'm going to mention it here also. A fine GZDoom wad that @Kraja spent a good 2 years+ on, with a lot of charm and nice atmosphere going for it. 9 Share this post Link to post
Redneckerz Posted December 12, 2020 Mid-november, eh.. This was released November 2, so it falls out of the boundaries, but like the ACE Engine, its equally impressive, so i am just going to include this from @xttl because in general Xttl's work is worthy of praise (Even if its just a mention in the sidepane): 13 Share this post Link to post
Redneckerz Posted December 13, 2020 @jval, for his DD_Terrain editor that works on GZDoom/K8Vavoom and his Radix: Beyond The Void port to id tech1 (RAD) and also for his DelphiDoom/FPCDoom/XGreed projects, his procedural editor and more (But i cant nominate those since they are from May and June 2020). Basically just Jval for his body of work, because look at the scope of it. Who on earth makes two seperate Doom ports that are highly advanced, two reworks, and such a collection of incredibly useful tools? There aren't many in the community who can pull that off. 12 Share this post Link to post
lakersforce Posted December 14, 2020 Ascent of Titan by DavidXN https://davidxn.itch.io/ascent-of-titan 5 Share this post Link to post
AwakeOnPhobos Posted December 14, 2020 Unhallowed by @CyanoBlugron Beautiful map with exactly the right balance of difficult but still doable gameplay. Released November 30th 2020, so I think it's eligible for the 2021 Cacowards. 8 Share this post Link to post
taufan99 Posted December 19, 2020 Snap the Sentinel for GZDoom by @TehRealSalt and the team. 6 Share this post Link to post
adamastor Posted December 19, 2020 Bloodflow for GZDoom by @Alfredo, even though there's only the first episode for now. 4 Share this post Link to post
Walter confetti Posted December 28, 2020 +1 for I.H.N.I., played MAP01 today and it's pretty impressive 1 Share this post Link to post
Philnemba Posted December 28, 2020 On 12/19/2020 at 5:04 AM, InDOOMnesia said: Snap the Sentinel for GZDoom by @TehRealSalt and the team. +1 for Snap the Sentinel 3 Share this post Link to post
Austinado Posted December 29, 2020 - Immersive....wonderfull job here...Congratulations @Kraja. 1 Share this post Link to post
Horus Posted January 2, 2021 3 hours ago, Job said: @Szuran's He Came From Beyond. I believe this thread is intended for released projects, not works in progress 0 Share this post Link to post
Job Posted January 2, 2021 9 minutes ago, Horus said: I believe this thread is intended for released projects, not works in progress Oh, ok. I wasn't sure about that when I posted. If nothing else, just a heads up for visitors to this thread, then. 0 Share this post Link to post
MattFright Posted January 2, 2021 I have a very early nomination... Doom64 community wads really need some love now more than ever. 16 Share this post Link to post
Gez Posted January 3, 2021 A beautiful first map with a custom dynamic soundtrack? That's a promising start. 11 Share this post Link to post
Redneckerz Posted January 3, 2021 1 hour ago, Gez said: A beautiful first map with a custom dynamic soundtrack? That's a promising start. I am glad you put this one up for nomination because else i would have. Major Arlene's influence is definitely noticeable but its such a stunning display that it, even as we are just a few days into 2021, this ranks extremely high on the best newcomer scale. Assembly Line is setting the standard for the rest of the year. Which greenhorn mapper is going to challenge this? 2 Share this post Link to post
Hcoop111 Posted January 14, 2021 There are many i think deserve a award ive now played a ton of wads and all for different reasons however i could not pick just one id have to pick a handful lol 1 Share this post Link to post
Not Jabba Posted January 14, 2021 6 minutes ago, Hcoop111 said: There are many i think deserve a award ive now played a ton of wads and all for different reasons however i could not pick just one Neither can we. We name like 20+ things per year. 8 Share this post Link to post
Dominic Tarason Posted January 18, 2021 (edited) Time Tripper by Emma 'MSX' Essex is one of those 'outsider artist/composer comes out of nowhere with something amazing' projects, ala Going Down. Only one episode at present, with more in production, but even that one episode is probably worthy of a Cacoward, IMO. https://heckscaper.com/tt/ Apparently this is the developer's first ever attempt at Doom mapping, and features some of the most astounding detailing I've ever seen in a Doom map. It also tweaks the game to speak the language of shmups, with every enemy firing projectiles in assorted swirly patterns, but you always know that pink bullets are targeted at you, while blue bullets are radial space-fillers. 37 Share this post Link to post
Xaser Posted January 18, 2021 Plus-infinity for Time Tripper, and also a double mentionation for the music 'ward for its OST. Both of 'em are goddamn hyper-fucking mega-awesome. 5 Share this post Link to post
baja blast rd. Posted January 19, 2021 I was hoping someone would drop that here because it's now effectively its Doomworld release. :P 1 Share this post Link to post
Fatalis Posted January 19, 2021 I'd really like to try Time Tripper, but does anyone else get an error on launch from GZdoom? Something about a missing string. 0 Share this post Link to post
Mr.Rocket Posted January 19, 2021 In the readme Time Tripper was tested with: GZDoom 4.5.0 Which can be found here: https://zdoom.org/files/gzdoom/bin/gzdoom-4-5-0-Windows-64bit.zip 0 Share this post Link to post
Turin Turambar Posted January 19, 2021 Time Tripper was great, another recommendation from me! 0 Share this post Link to post
NotSoHazy Posted January 20, 2021 It's amasing how this gem (Time Tripper) just appeared without warning out of nowhere. 1 Share this post Link to post
