NOVA II: New Dawn

NOVA II: New Dawn is a limit-removing megawad released in 2015. It is the sequel to 2014's NOVA: The Birth, and follows the same concept of being predominantly made by Doomworld users who were newer and/or inexperienced with mapping.

The project was started on 14 June, 2014, by Michael Kilderry (kildeth), who founded and led the first NOVA through most of its development. Kilderry later stepped down and development was taken over by Darryl Steffen (dobu gabu maru).

Completed in late November 2015, the WAD was uploaded to the idgames archive, though due to some major bugs found after the release, the WAD was patched and re-uploaded twice. The final version (1.2) was uploaded to the archives on March 27, 2016.

In 2018, NOVA II was included in the Top 25 Missed Cacowards.

Hierophant
NOVA II: New Dawn provides one new monster, the Hierophant, which can occur in two forms. They replace two hanging obstacles.

Levels
Secret maps:
 * by Matt Powell (cannonball)
 * by Pinchy
 * by KevinHEZ
 * by Olivia Riley (Getsu Fune)
 * by Andrea Rovenski (Cyberdemon531)
 * by Brayden Hart (AD_79)
 * by Ilya Lazarev (joe-ilya)
 * by Jack Stewart (Jaxxoon R)
 * by Josh Baker (mrthejoshmon)
 * by Chris Harriman (Impboy) and KevinHEZ
 * by jmickle
 * by Justin Kelly (Breezeep)
 * by Eradrop
 * by Dave the Daring
 * by James Collins (an_mutt)
 * by SFoZ911
 * by Thomas Seifert (tourniquet)
 * by U.O.D
 * by KevinHEZ
 * by Jeff King (Egregor)
 * by AD_79
 * by Ryan Anderson (obake)
 * by cannonball
 * by U.O.D
 * by Pinchy
 * by cannonball and dobu gabu maru
 * by Obsidian
 * by Vladimir Bespalov (Demonologist)
 * by tourniquet and Zachary Stephens (Ribbiks)
 * by Cyriak Harris (mouldy)
 * by NoisyVelvet
 * by tourniquet, Pinchy, AD_79, NoisyVelvet, Dave the Daring and Jaxxoon R

Soundtrack

 * MAP01: "Hidden Anger" by Mark Klem (from Memento Mori)
 * MAP02: "Minerals" by James Paddock (Jimmy)
 * MAP03: "Lysithea" by KevinHEZ
 * MAP04: "Wishlist" by Zachary Stephens (Ribbiks)
 * MAP05: "Galaxy" by Mark Klem (from Memento Mori)
 * MAP06: "Disposition" by Mark Klem (from Memento Mori II)
 * MAP07: "Mission Fucking" by Sam Swain
 * MAP08: MIDI rendition of "Watch Your Step" from Doom 64, by Aubrey Hodges
 * MAP09: "Gloomy" by (from Duke Nukem 3D)
 * MAP10: "Suffer Enough" by KevinHEZ
 * MAP11: "Mint Rock Glow" by jmickle
 * MAP12: MIDI rendition of Stage 3 theme from , by
 * MAP13: "Seamplaya" by Eradrop
 * MAP14: "Nothing So Cruel" by Mark Klem (from Memento Mori II)
 * MAP15: "Full Thrust" by James Paddock (from Smart CTF)
 * MAP16: "Pistons" by James Paddock (from Jenesis)
 * MAP17: "Cosmos Trap" by Maxime Tondreau (Psychedelic Eyeball) (from Planet of Cartmans II)
 * MAP18: "Dreamgate" by James Paddock
 * MAP19: "Exhumation" by KevinHEZ
 * MAP20: "Mango Bongos" by Jeff King (Egregor)
 * MAP21: "Geometry" by James Paddock (from Back to Saturn X Episode 2)
 * MAP22: "Simple Solutions" by Mark Klem (from STRAIN)
 * MAP23: Heretic E1M2/E3M6/E4M2 music, by Kevin Schilder
 * MAP24: "Getting Too Tense" by Robert Prince (from Doom II)
 * MAP25: "Caught in the Shadows" by James Paddock
 * MAP26: MIDI rendition of "Like a Night of Falling Stars" from , by
 * MAP27: "Cryptology" by James Paddock (from Harmony MIDI Pack)
 * MAP28: "Infuscumous" from 
 * MAP29: "Unholy Voices" from Blood
 * MAP30: "Clownhorse Apocalypse" by Cyriak Harris (mouldy)
 * MAP31: "On the Backs of Eagles" by James Paddock
 * MAP32: "Written Paragraph (The End is Nigh)" by KevinHEZ

NOVA III
A third instalment of the NOVA series was started in early 2016, soon after NOVA II's completion. On the 2nd of December 2019, the first beta (RC1) was released. The second beta (RC2b), was released on the 3rd of January 2020. The third beta (RC3), was released on the 20th of January 2020. The fourth beta (RC4), was released on the 2nd of March 2020. The final release happened on the 13th of March 2020 and can be downloaded from idgames.