Cacowards 2018

The 2018 Cacowards is the fifteenth annual Cacowards feature, released by Doomworld on December 10, 2018. It was written by Andrew Stine (Linguica), Boris Klimeš (dew), Demon of the Well, Major Arlene, Not Jabba, rdwpa, TerminusEst13, Ralph Vickers (Ralphis), and Stephen Browning (Scuba Steve). In a year that was widely considered to be one of the best in Doom's history, there were ten runners-up.

The Mapper of the Year award was renamed to Creator of the Year, expanding to include authors in other media as eligible.

Winners

 * Avactor - Eradrop -
 * Dark Universe, Part 1 - Paul Dechene (Payload4367) -
 * The Adventures of Square Episode 2 - Bigbrik Games - (Official site)
 * Preacher - Darch -
 * Dimension of the Boomed - Stephen Wadsworth (Urthar) -
 * Struggle - Antaresian Legacy - antares031 -
 * REKKR - Revae et al. - (Official site)
 * Maskim Xul - Obsidian -
 * Doom: The Golden Souls 2 - Batandy - (ModDB)
 * UAC Invasion: The Supply Depot - DooMknight -

Runners-up

 * Exomoon - Tomás Soares (Deadwing) -
 * Man on the Moon - Yugiboy85 -
 * Umbra of Fate - Alexa Jones-Gonzales (Remilia Scarlet) -
 * Port Glacia - James Collins (an_mutt) -
 * Magnolia - Zachary Stephens (Ribbiks) - (Official website)
 * The Alfonzone - Pinchy -
 * Ashes 2063 Episode 1 - Vostyok -
 * Demonastery - Nootrac4571 -
 * Doom 404 - Adam Windsor -
 * Cryogenics - bemused -

Multiplayer award

 * Quake Champions: Doom Edition - DBThanatos and Michaelis - (ModDB)

Gameplay mod awards

 * Guncaster - PillowBlaster et al. -
 * Netronian Chaos - Captain J -
 * GMOTA - Combine_Kegan - (Official site)

Codeaward

 * Doom Builder X - anotak - (GitHub)

Mordeth award

 * Total Chaos - wadaholic - (ModDB)

Machaward

 * Mr. Friendly - J.P. LeBreton - (Official site)

Most promising newcomers

 * Nootrac4571
 * Plusw
 * FishyClockwork
 * Nirvana

Creator of the Year

 * Revae

Espi award

 * Erik Alm