Dust Devil

Dust Devil is a single-level PWAD for GZDoom, split across two maps. It was created by Captain Toenail and first released on February 22, 2022, and shortly thereafter uploaded to the idgames archive on March 13, 2022. The map uses a blend of a techbase and desert/canyon setting, employing the OTEX texture pack, with the player moving seamlessly back and forth between two distinct areas: a research outpost and a mining site, creating one unified level progression. The goal is to find three keys to unlock access to an ancient artifact the player is tasked with recovering. The map features an extended bestiary of monsters as well as new gameplay elements such as jumppads. The custom soundtrack uses four tracks by James Paddock (Jimmy) named "Ambience", "Terrabyte", "Wicked Gods" and "In My Mind" at various points in the maps.

Dust Devil was awarded one of the 2022 Cacowards.