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Brett Harrell (alias Mechadon) is a Doom level designer and artist. His maps are known for their intricate detailing and architecture, as well as for their often lengthy playtime. He has made many contributions to the Doom community, most notably his works on community projects. He has been involved in projects such as Back to Saturn X and has led projects such as Claustrophobia 1024 and Doom 64 for Doom II. On the multiplayer front, he is a regular contributor to the 32in24 series, and he played a major role in projects such as Greenwar II and Community Instagib Mappack. He has also received a Cacoward in 2017 for Counterattack. As an artist, his sky pack Mek's Box 'O Skies! has seen use in many projects.

In the 2009 Cacowards, he was named Mapper of the Year.

Body of work

2006

• Vertigone (Doomworld/idgames)
• Vertigone II: Ruins of Vertigone (Doomworld/idgames)
• Pyrethrum (Doomworld/idgames)
• Salamandastron's Fortress (Doomworld/idgames)

2007

• Velocity001 (Mekworx)
  • MAP05: Recycle or Die!
• Skulltag Community LMS Project Version 3 (Doomworld/idgames)
  • STLMS13: Ruins of Vertigone
• Sabbat Martyr Deathmatch (Doomworld/idgames)
  • Project lead
  • SMDM01: Rozencratz
  • SMDM04: Holofernes
  • SMDM05: Digging Up The Corpses (with Lord-Belial)
  • SMDM11: Pyrethrum II
  • SMDM15: The Core (with Mastan)
  • SMDM18: Cold Fusion
  • SMDM25: Hang 'Em High
  • SMDM31: Titanium Tide 1024
  • SMDM38: Belphegor's FFA
  • SMDM39: Heaven Torn Asunder (with Lord-Belial)
  • SMDM40: Speed of Hell
• Titanium Tide 1024 - Gold Editon! (Doomworld/idgames)
• Claw Fist (Doomworld/idgames)
• Relentless Beating Capture The Flag (Doomworld/idgames)
  • RBCTF11: The Inner Sanctums
• 32 in 24 (Doomworld/idgames)
  • MAP09: Cezanne
• 32in24 III: DUEL CORE (Doomworld/idgames)
  • MAP31: Tusken
• 32in24 IV: CAPTURE THE FAG (Doomworld/idgames)
  • MAP06: No Volition
• 32in24-5 (Doomworld/idgames)
  • MAP29: Satyr's Delirium (with Elric Sullivan (Fisk))

2008

• CR8 Quake Texture set (Doomworld/idgames) (with Speedy)
• Ushasu (Doomworld/idgames)
• Duel Surge (Mekworx)
  • SURGE06: Ushasu
  • SURGE18: White Meat
• 32in24-6 (Doomworld/idgames)
  • MAP01: Mekworx Special
  • MAP20: In Rust We Trust
  • MAP27: Zank (teh prequel!)
• 32in24-7: Return of the Night of Capture the Flag (Doomworld/idgames)
  • MAP03: Velocity Kitten Go (with Mike Brincka (brinks))
  • MAP06: Bedeviled Duality (with James Paddock (Jimmy))
  • MAP15: Ill Descent (with Stuart Rynn (Forty-Two))
  • MAP21: Conglom Lux (with Cody Stirm (Butts))
  • MAP22: Gargantuan Retarded (with Matt Cibulas (RottKing))
  • MAP25: Satyun (with Cody Stirm (Butts))

2009

• Ghouls vs Humans (Doomworld/idgames)
  • GVH04: Claw Fist
• 32in24-8: DWANGO2008 (Doomworld/idgames)
  • MAP01: Contagion Purifier (based on E1M3: Toxin Refinery)
  • MAP25: Return to Dis (based on E3M8: Dis)
• Community Instagib Mappack (Doomworld/idgames)
  • Project lead
  • D2IG01: Verdegrand
  • D2IG04: Volcano Installation ][ (with Mastan)
  • D2IG06: The Flux Void
  • D2IG10: Helix Nebulous
  • D2IG12: Zankplus
  • D2IG20: Hang 'Em High ][
  • D2IG23: Deck1 (with alien8)
  • D2IG24: Neodymium ][
  • D2IG28: Void Facility (with Conor Maddin (ClonedPickle))
  • D2IG31: Vertigone's Lament
  • D2IGSEC2: Enter the Lazy One
• Dominion of Madess (Doomworld/idgames)
• Claustrophobia 1024 (Doomworld/idgames)
  • Project lead
  • MAP02: Return to the Darkening (with Chris Harriman (Impboy), Walter Confalonieri (daimon) and Joonas Äijälä (Jodwin))
  • MAP05: Subterfuge 1024
  • MAP07: Dead In, Dead Out
  • MAP15: The Inmost Con'dens'ed (with James Paddock (Jimmy))
  • MAP22: Diminished Apparatus
  • MAP25: Cabracan 1024
  • MAP26: Aura of Evil (with Cody Stirm (Butts), Josh Sealy (Joshy) and Joonas Äijälä (Jodwin))
  • MAP29: Magnum Opus (with Brandon Potgiesser)
  • MAP32: Oil Rig (with Mike Ewer (Mik57))
  • MAP33: Nil
  • MAP34: **NULL**
• Toke It Up! (Official site)
  • MAP01, MAP03, MAP05, MAP11 & MAP13 (with Toke)
• Greenwar II (Doomworld/idgames)
  • MAP02: Chinook
  • MAP07: Catarhactes
  • MAP08: Memnoch
  • MAP11: Schism
  • MAP13: Tesseract
  • MAP15: Superfluo (with further edits by Jason Root (Hellbent))
  • MAP16: Recycle or Die
  • MAP23: Paregoric
  • MAP24: Dominion Grinder (with Cody Stirm (Butts))
  • MAP28: Trepidation
  • MAP29: Diametric Opposition
  • MAP35: Edgecrusher
• PKST 2 (Mekworx)
  • Mapping
• Skulltag
  • D2DM8: Power Mill

2010

• Claustrophobia 1024 2: The Mystery of Too Many Maps (Doomworld/idgames)
  • MAP05: Enough Space? (by Lord Z; edits with Justin Murphy (KingKill33), Joonas Äijälä (Jodwin) and Dreadopp)
• 32in24-10: MAPS FOR THE MAP GOD (Doomworld/idgames)
  • MAP02: Grayscale
  • MAP14: Delirite
  • MAP31: Quinoline
  • MAP32: Choco
• Stronghold: On the Edge of Chaos (Doomworld/idgames)
  • STR13: Inferno (with Daniel Gimmer (Tormentor667))

2011

• Plutonia: Revisited Community Project (Doomworld/idgames)
  • MAP29: Atlatl
• 32in24-11: Occupy Doomworld (Doomworld/idgames)
  • MAP21: Ipecac
  • MAP31: Radish Juice
  • MAP32: Clay Pig 2: Gordo's Revenge
• SpaceDM9 (Doomworld/idgames)
  • S9DM03: Shogouki (layout; with Sarah Mancuso (esselfortium))

2012

• 32in24-12: IRON MAPPER (Doomworld/idgames)
  • MAP08: A Roboticized Lizard Comprised Entirely of Moving Wooden Parts, Neurokinetic Circuitry, and the Heart of a Moldy Bald Eagle (design; item placement by Shaikoten)
• Back to Saturn X Episode 1: Get Out of My Stations
  • MAP15: Tricyclic Looper
• Community Chest 4 (Doomworld/idgames)
  • MAP18: Suburbia (detailing; with James Paddock (Jimmy))

2013

• 32in24-13: A Thanksgiving Without Burgers (Doomworld/idgames)
  • MAP04: Marmalade Murder Mansion
  • MAP09: Tater Tot Tempest
  • MAP27: Mekworx Blue Plate Special (with Xaser Acheron)
  • MAP31: UAC BBQ Processing

2014

• Back to Saturn X Episode 2: Tower in the Fountain of Sparks
  • MAP14: Shocker in Gloomtown (with Björn Ostmann)
  • MAP25: Unstable Journey
• 32in24-14: How the Hamburglar Stole Christmas (Doomworld/idgames)
  • MAP29: Missiletow

2015

• 50 Shades of Graytall (Doomworld/idgames)
  • MAP10: Big Dwayne's Orbital Concrete and Propane Emporium
• 32in24-15: DWANGO Unchained (Doomworld/idgames)
  • MAP01: Dial 'F' for Frag
  • MAP10: Bravefart
  • MAP20: No Country for Old Space Marines
  • MAP32: BFG to the Future
• CEMP2015 (Zandronum forum thread)
• Vela Pax Beta 2.1 (Mekworx)

2016

• THT: Threnody (Doomworld/idgames)
  • MAP10: Fomalhaut
  • Status bar, sky textures

• 32in24-16: DOOT CTF (Doomworld/idgames)
  • MAP07: Tootsie Roll Showdown
  • MAP11: Count Toothy's Super Canoe
  • MAP19: Come on Down to Spooky Town

2017

• Counterattack (Doomworld/idgames)
• Mek's Box 'O Skies! (Mekworx)

2018

• Doom 64 for Doom II (Doomworld/idgames)
  • Project lead
  • DeHackEd/DECORATE, graphics, sound effects
  • MAP02: The Terraformer (with Blastfrog)
  • MAP03: Main Engineering
  • MAP05: Tech Center (with Zoltán Sófalvi (Z86))
  • MAP07: Even Simpler (with DeXiaZ)
  • MAP11: Cat and Mouse (with BaronOfStuff)
  • MAP13: Terror Core (with MinerOfWorlds)
  • MAP15: Altar of Pain (with Pedro VC)
  • MAP16: Dark Citadel (with Nevander and DeXiaZ)
  • MAP17: Eye of the Storm (with Nevander)
  • MAP19: Blood Keep (with BaronOfStuff and Elric Sullivan (DILDOMASTER666))
  • MAP20: Hardcore (with BaronOfStuff)
  • MAP22: Spawned Fear (with Pedro VC)
  • MAP23: The Spiral (with BaronOfStuff)
  • MAP25: Pitfalls (with DeXiaZ)
  • MAP26: Playground (with BaronOfStuff)
  • MAP27: Burnt Offerings (with BaronOfStuff)
  • MAP28: Unholy Temple (with _bruce_ and Elric Sullivan (DILDOMASTER666))
  • MAP29: No Escape (with Elric Sullivan (DILDOMASTER666))
  • MAP30: The Absolution
  • MAP32: In the Void (with Elric Sullivan (DILDOMASTER666))
  • MAP33: Title (with Nevander)
• Eviternity (Doomworld/idgames)
  • MAP24: Gossamer

2019

• 32in24-17: 3 Flags 3 Furious (Doomworld/idgames)
  • MAP01: Yoo Hoo Wrecking Crew
  • MAP05: Butt Scratcher Deluxe
  • MAP08: Crux of Captivity (with Michael Fraize (Marcaek))
  • MAP25: Swirlytron

2021

• TWANGO1 (Doomworld/idgames)
  • MAP07: Even Simpler (with DeXiaZ and Doomkid)

External links

• Mekworx, Mechadon's personal blog
• Twitter
• Youtube channel
• Demos list at the Doom Speed Demo Archive