Solar Struggle

Solar Struggle is a 36-level limit-removing megawad for Doom, designed by various members of the community, led by ViolentBeetle, and uploaded to the /idgames archive on September 9, 2022. The community project includes new custom graphics and music, and it is themed around conceptual titles that dictated how the maps were designed by the various authors.

The story concerns an unnamed prisoner escaping from a prison on the moon of. The protagonist has to then travel across various moons and planets to finally reach and end the invasion.

It was named one of the runners-up during the Cacowards 2022 feature.

Levels
Episode 1: Titan Terror
 * by Alex Decker (myolden)
 * by Peccatum Mihzamiz
 * by Doomlust
 * by Death Bear
 * by RataUnderground
 * by Peter Blacha (Shawny)
 * by LoreCaco37
 * by ViolentBeetle
 * by Late Night Person

Episode 2: Ceres Carnage
 * by Michal Kurowski (Lorenzo)
 * by Wavy
 * by DFF
 * by Weird Sandwich
 * by ViolentBeetle
 * by Jark
 * by Matt Powell (cannonball)
 * by Nefelibeta
 * by Hitboi

Episode 3: Moon Madness
 * by LordEntr0py
 * by RHhe82
 * by Dac
 * by BluePineapple72
 * by Captain Toenail
 * by myolden
 * by MemeMind
 * by Muumi
 * by Astro X and ViolentBeetle

Episode 4: Venusian Violence
 * by LordEntr0py
 * by Anarkzie
 * by RataUnderground
 * by Diego Villarroel (DJV)
 * by MAN_WITH_GUN
 * by SMG_Man
 * by Engired
 * by PinkFlamingo
 * by Mystic 256

Soundtrack

 * E1M1: "Nightfall" by Stuart Rynn (stewboy)
 * E1M2: "Dancing Snakes" by Stuart Rynn (stewboy)
 * E1M3: "Source of Stress" by Doomkid and James Paddock (Jimmy)
 * E1M4: "Pistons" by James Paddock (Jimmy)
 * E1M5: "The Antrax Solution" by Varis Alpha
 * E1M6: "Goldrush" by Stuart Rynn (stewboy)
 * E1M7: "Atomic" by James Paddock (Jimmy)
 * E1M8: "End is Nigh" by Jamie Robertson
 * E1M9: "You're Not Supposed to Be Here" by Kelly Bailey from 
 * E2M1: "Reaching Deeper" by Tristan Clark
 * E2M2: "The Demons From Adrian's Pen" remix by Jay Reichard (silentzorah)
 * E2M3: "Car Dealership" from  (sequenced by Viscerality)
 * E2M4: "Clandestine" by Chris Leeson (Psyrus)
 * E2M5: "Ghosts in the Walls" by Stuart Rynn (stewboy)
 * E2M6: "Archvile on Line 2" by Brendan Bradley (Bucket)
 * E2M7: "Gutter Penny" by Gus Knezevich (Alfonzo)
 * E2M8: "E2M5" from Chex Quest 3
 * E2M9: "Beatdown" by Joshua O'Sullivan (Dragonfly)
 * E3M1: "Technoprisoners" by Jimmy (James Paddock)
 * E3M2: "Hate Machine" by Jimmy (James Paddock)
 * E3M3: "Long Night" by stewboy
 * E3M4: "Well of Ass" by Jimmy (James Paddock)
 * E3M5: "Dark Halls" remix by Jay Reichard (silentzorah)
 * E3M6: "Stage 1" from 
 * E3M7: "Freighthoppers" by Jimmy (James Paddock)
 * E3M8: "Escaping the Mechanism" by Jimmy (James Paddock)
 * E3M9: "Thermite" by Jimmy (James Paddock)
 * E4M1: "Escaping the Doomed Forgress" by Myrgharok
 * E4M2: "Mars Processing Station" from 
 * E4M3: "Devil's Ground" by Mark Klem
 * E4M4: "Archaic Doctrine" by TrialD
 * E4M5: "Under Death" by Mark Klem
 * E4M6: "Cry of Desperation" by Tristan Clark
 * E4M7: "Legion of the Lost" by L.A. Sieben
 * E4M8: "Moaning Souls" by Jimmy (James Paddock)
 * E4M9: "Junkie Smack" by Mark Klem
 * Title screen: "Crystalline" by Chris Leeson (Psyrus)
 * Intermission screen: "Suspence Reprise" by Rich Nigel
 * Text screen: "Eclectic Death" by Peccatum Mihzamiz

Built-in demos
This WAD features three built-in demos. All require Ultimate Doom v1.9 to view them. The demo levels are:

Current records
The DSDA episode records for Solar Struggle are:

The data was last verified in its entirety on December 11, 2022.