Cacowards 2017

The 2017 Cacowards is the fourteenth annual Cacowards feature, released by Doomworld on December 10, 2017. It was written by Linguica, kmxexii, WildWeasel, TerminusEst13, Alfonzo, dew, Not Jabba, Scuba Steve, Ralphis, and Demon of the Well. It has nine runners-up.

Winners

 * Lilith - anotak -
 * Shadows of the Nightmare Realm - Alexa Jones-Gonzales (Remilia Scarlet) -
 * No End In Sight - Emil Brundage (NaturalTvventy) et al. -
 * dead.air - Xaser -
 * Brigandine - Alun Bestor (Viggles) -
 * Counterattack - Brett Harrell (Mechadon) -
 * Legacy of Heroes - gaspe -
 * Saturnine Chapel - Darryl Steffen (dobu gabu maru) -
 * Stardate 20X7 - Zachary Stephens (Ribbiks) -
 * Void and Rainbow - Serious_MOod -

Runners-up

 * Rise of the Wool Ball - MSPaintR0cks -
 * Return to Hadron Episode 2 - Matt Powell (cannonball) -
 * TNT: Revilution - Various -
 * Waterlab GZD - Nigel Rowand (Enjay) -
 * Disjunction - floatRand -
 * Hexen - Curse of the Lost Gods - Kristian Käll (Kristus) -
 * Water Spirit - Manbou -
 * Hellscape - Christopher Lutz -
 * Dark Tide - Christopher Lutz -

Multiplayer Awards

 * Pyrrhic - Nick Laurent (hobomaster22) -
 * Progressive Duel 2 - Mechanix Union -

Gameplay Mod Awards

 * Doom Delta - DrPyspy -
 * Final Doomer - Sgt. Shivers, Yholl et al. -
 * High Noon Drifter - TerminusEst13 -

Codeaward

 * OBLIGE - Andrew Apted - (Official website)

Mordeth Award

 * TNT: Revilution - Various -

Machaward

 * The Given - Darryl Steffen (dobu gabu maru) -

Most Promising Newcomers

 * anotak
 * Captain J
 * floatRand
 * Forli

Mapper of the Year

 * Darryl Steffen (dobu gabu maru)

Espi Award

 * Marisa Heit (Randi)