Xaser

Xaser Acheron (or "Xaser, The Conquerer") is an American Doom modder, level designer, musician, programmer, and graphic artist. Regarded as "the Doom Community's truest polymath", he is known for his many contributions to the Doom community.

He has been involved in projects such as the Doom the Way id Did series, Back to Saturn X and the Cacoward-winning independent game The Adventures of Square, as well as having received Cacowards for dead.wire, dead.air and being one of the main authors of No End In Sight and Syringe. On the multiplayer front, he is a major contributor to the 32in24 series. His gameplay mod Psychic has been regarded as "influential" to the gameplay mod scene." As a software developer, Xaser has also made code contributions to the Eternity Engine.

He is currently an active member on the Doomworld and ZDoom forums and a former judge for the Cacowards. At the Cacowards in 2021, Xaser received the Espi Award for Lifetime Achievement.

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Body of workEdit

2003Edit

• Necro's Revenge (Doomworld/idgames)
• Teleportation Station (Doomworld/idgames)
• Caco's Revenge (Doomworld/idgames)
• Sniper of Insanity! (Doomworld/idgames)
• Xaser's Arena (Version 2) (Doomworld/idgames)

2004Edit

• XASER'S SHiTWADS! (Doomworld/idgames)
• Close-Up! (Doomworld/idgames)
• P0WER WEAP0NS (Doomworld/idgames)
• ASSHOLE!!! (Doomworld/idgames)
• LOST SOULSPHERE!!!!!!11oneone (Doomworld/idgames)
• Pyr0M4N1AC!!! (Doomworld/idgames)
• [B][O][M][B] (Doomworld/idgames)
• FutureTic (Doomworld/idgames)
• wImPy HeReTiC (Doomworld/idgames)
• LOST SOULSPHERE: Gold Edition (Doomworld/idgames)
• Xaser's Fury (Doomworld/idgames)
• W0257 #U8!!! (Doomworld/idgames)
• Xaser's Lasers! (Doomworld/idgames)
• Xaser Skin (Doomworld/idgames)
• I.C.T.O.A.N. (Doomworld/idgames)
• Grenades N' Stuff (Doomworld/idgames)
• 0verp0wer Weap0ns (Doomworld/idgames)
• 1337 Guns (Doomworld/idgames)
• The ZDoom Community Map Project "Take 1" (Doomworld/idgames)
  • Mapping, scripting v2
• War Zone (Doomworld/idgames)
• Boss Monster Resource Wad (Doomworld/idgames)
• ACTION Revolution! (Doomworld/idgames)

2005Edit

• The Great Destroyer (Doomworld/idgames)
• Corrupted Dreams (Doomworld/idgames)

2006Edit

• Zen Dynamics (Doomworld/idgames)
• TurboCharged ARCADE! (Demo Release) (Doomworld/idgames)

2008Edit

• Zharkov Goes to the Store (Doomworld/idgames)
• 32in24-6 (Doomworld/idgames)
  • MAP14: Serenity Now, Insanity Later
• ZPack - Random Maps for ZDoom (Doomworld/idgames)
  • E3M0: Sector
• 32in24-7: Return of the Night of Capture the Flag (Doomworld/idgames)
  • MAP11: Dastardly Dick's Dizzy Discus (with Stuart Rynn (stewboy))

2009Edit

• 32in24-8: DWANGO2008 (Doomworld/idgames)
  • MAP33: Deimos Monopoly
• Doom: The Lost Episode (Team Leader and Primary Mapper) (Doomworld/idgames)
• Psychic (ZDoom forums thread)
• Ghouls vs Humans: Cold Demise (v2b9 & Maps)
  • GVH00: Continuum of Silence

2010Edit

• Space Deathmatch V (Doomworld/idgames)
  • S5DM06: Planet Xerox: Xerox Edition
  • S5DM09: Angsty Water Map ;_;
  • S5DM14: Spayss Duhl
  • S5DM18: Road Construction on the Ol' Space Highway
• Hacx - IWAD release (v1.2) (with Blzut3 and Banjo Software) (Doomworld/idgames)
• TurboCharged ARCADE! - The Sequel Episode! (with James Paddock (Jimmy)) (Doomworld/idgames)
  • MAP01: Ask the Wise Guy
  • MAP02: Congestion 1337
  • MAP03: Balls of Steel
  • MAP07: Blatant Demolitionism

2011Edit

• Plutonia: Revisited Community Project (Doomworld/idgames)
  • MAP15: Helix
  • MAP25: Wicked Garden
  • Soundtrack for MAP15
• 32in24-11: Occupy Doomworld (Doomworld/idgames)
  • MAP11: Rotary Supercollider
• Reelism (ZDoom forums thread)
  • DISCORD: Continuum of Discord

2012Edit

• Doom the Way id Did (Doomworld/idgames)
  • E2M1: Receiving Station
  • E2M2: Filtration Compound (with Sarah Mancuso (esselfortium))
• Doom the Way id Did: The Lost Episodes (Doomworld/idgames)
  • E1M8: Darkside Lab
  • E2M8: The Gate (with Jeff Shark (Marnetmar))
  • E3M4: Tartarus (with XenoNemesis)
  • E3M7: Sheol's Descent (with Sebastian Graham (General Rainbow Bacon))
  • E3M9: Weeping Hollow (with Gus Knezevich (Alfonzo) and Jeff Shark (Marnetmar))
  • E4M2: Demonic Halls (with C30N9)
  • E4M7: Babel's Gate (with Matthew D. (Matt534Dog))
  • E5M3: Recycling Plant (with Jeff Shark (Marnetmar))
  • E5M0: Starport (with Jeff Shark (Marnetmar))
• Parkour (Doomworld/idgames)
• 32in24-12: IRON MAPPER (Doomworld/idgames)
  • MAP30: Kingdom of Naughty Aeronautics
  • MAP31: WTF CTF

• Back to Saturn X Episode 1: Get Out of My Stations (Doomworld/idgames)
  • Story
  • Soundtrack for intermission screen (with James Paddock (Jimmy) and Sarah Mancuso (esselfortium))

2013Edit

• Doom 2 the Way id Did (Doomworld/idgames)
  • MAP28: Abyss
  • MAP31: Vorticon (with Brendt Pantley (Megalyth))
  • MAP32: Well of Wishes
• HYMN: A Heretic Community Project (Doomworld/idgames)
  • E1M7: Anachronistic Metropolis
• WOOO (Doomworld/idgames)
  • MAP01: BEEJUS
  • MAP04: CREPES
  • MAP05: DETAIL.WAD
• 32in24-13: A Thanksgiving Without Burgers (Doomworld/idgames)
  • MAP01: LET THE BURGERS HIT THE FLOOR
  • MAP27: Mekworx Blue Plate Special (with Brett Harrell (Mechadon))
• Doomworld Mega Project 2013 (Doomworld/idgames)
  • MAP01: Stove Pipe
• Sharp Things (Doomworld/idgames)
• TTVZone! Collection 1 (Doomworld forums thread)
  • MAP08: Freudian Swamp
  • MAP16: Professor Jatsand's Spayss Sittey Beatdown
  • MAP22: Kick Your Own Ass

2014Edit

• Abyssal Speedmapping Sessions
  • Session 3, MAP04: Precursor Consortium
  • Session 4, MAP12: Matryoshka Citadel
  • Session 12, MAP05: Archtrees and Everlasting Citadels
• The ZDoom Community Map Project "Take 2" (Doomworld/idgames)
  • Mapping, coding, quality control, music
• Doom 2 In Name Only (Doomworld/idgames)
  • MAP31: Wolfenstein
• WOOO 2 (Doomworld/idgames)
  • MAP16: how to correctly use pain elementals
• The Adventures of Square Episode 1: Cornered by Circles (Official site)
  • E1A5: A Miner Inconvenience (with Walker Wright (Pavera))
  • E1A6: The Spillway (with Gus Knezevich (Alfonzo))
  • E1A8: Fizz-O Pop Factory (with James Paddock (Jimmy))
  • E1A9: Launch Base (with Richard Frei (Tarnsman) and Conor Maddin (ClonedPickle))
  • Soundtrack (with James Paddock (Jimmy) and Gus Knezevich (Alfonzo))
• Back to Saturn X Episode 2: Tower in the Fountain of Sparks (Doomworld forums thread)
  • MAP03: Wings of Thorn (with Brad Spencer (Vorpal))
  • MAP17: Steeple of Knives
  • MAP26: Beneath a Festering Moon
  • Episode hubs (MAP05, MAP11, MAP16, MAP23)
  • Textures
  • Soundtrack for maps 17, 19, and 26, intermission screen (with James Paddock (Jimmy) and Sarah Mancuso (esselfortium)).
• 32in24-14: How the Hamburglar Stole Christmas (Doomworld/idgames)
  • MAP27: No Festivus for the Living
• All Aboard the Mega Magilla Gorilla Flotilla (Doomworld/idgames)

2015Edit

• dead.wire (Doomworld/idgames)
• 32in24-15: DWANGO Unchained (Doomworld/idgames)
  • MAP03: SPACE DAM 5
• 2048 Unleashed (Doomworld/idgames)
  • MAP32: Scalpel Tart
• 50 Shades of Graytall (Doomworld/idgames)
  • MAP15: The Serpentine Lemniscate
• Eriguns (ZDoom forums thread)

2016Edit

• dead.air (Doomworld forums thread)
• No End In Sight (Doomworld/idgames)
  • E1M7: Biosphere
  • E2M1: Receiving Station
  • E2M3: Contagion Engine
  • E2M4: Derelict Vessel
  • E2M9: Castle of Illusion
  • E3M3: The Grinder
  • E3M4: Fortuna Bridge
  • E4M3: Square Zero
  • E4M7: Vacuum Consortium (with Jon Vail (40oz))
  • E4M8: No End In Sight (with Emil Brundage (NaturalTvventy))
• 32in24-16: DOOT CTF (Doomworld/idgames)
  • MAP26: YOU'RE GONNA HAVE A BAD TIME
  • MAP30: GASTERISK

2017Edit

• Super MAYhem 17 (Doomworld/idgames)
  • MAP15: Ziegenhaus

2018Edit

• The Adventures of Square Episode 2: Galactic Lunacy (Official site)
  • E2A1: Port Jarlsburger (with Matt Tropiano (MTrop))
  • E2A5: Wild Bleu Yonder (with Matt Tropiano (Mtrop))
  • E2A9: Queso Chasm (with Richard Frei (Tarnsman))
  • E2A10: Arcanum (with James Paddock (Jimmy))
  • E2A11: Heart O' Hexas (with Matt Tropiano (MTrop))
  • Soundtrack (with James Paddock (Jimmy) and Gus Knezevich (Alfonzo))
• Necrodoom (Doomworld/idgames)
• Eviternity (Doomworld/idgames)
  • MAP26: Transcendence
  • Sprites
• Ultimate Doom the Way id Did (Doomworld/idgames)
  • E4M8: An End to Darkness
• The Iron Forge (Doomworld/idgames) (with Not Jabba)

2019Edit

• DamNums (Doomworld/idgames)
• ARGENT (Doomworld/idgames)
• 32in24-17: 3 Flags 3 Furious (Doomworld/idgames)
  • MAP02: Twisty Business
  • MAP06: Leftover Birthday Caek (with Michael Fraize (Marcaek))
• Syringe (Doomworld/idgames)
  • MAP01: The Well (with Richard Frei (Tarnsman))
  • MAP03: The Undergrowth (with Richard Frei (Tarnsman) and Walker Wright (Pavera))
  • MAP05: Blast Off! (with Walker Wright (Pavera))
  • MAP06: Acheron's Needle (with Michael Fraize (Marcaek))
  • MAP07: ...

2020Edit

• Dark Scythe (Doomworld/idgames)
  • MAP31: Deluxe Stovepipe
  • MAP41: Duhl Spayss
• lostres (Doomworld forums thread) (with Emil Brundage (NaturalTvventy))
• MAYhem 2020 (Doomworld/idgames)
  • MAP28: The Scar

2021Edit

• Heartland (Doomworld/idgames)
  • EDF weapons coding and animations
• MBF21

2022Edit

• Vesper (Doomworld forums thread)

2023Edit

• My D*** Is In This Wall Part 2 (Doomworld forums thread)
  • Mapping
• Vesper Community Deathmatch (Doomworld/idgames)
  • MAP01: Spindoctor Malpractice
  • MAP21: Ill Logic
  • MAP24: Yuppie Simulator

2024Edit

• Dubzzz's 5Minute Design Assembly 4ever (Doomworld forums thread)
  • MAP11: Door Soup (D5DA4a.wad)
  • MAP12: Door Soup II: The Thickening (D5DA4a.wad)

External linksEdit

• Xaser's Website
• Espi Award dedication
• ModArchive page
• Interview (archived 🏛) at Slayers Club
• Nods to Mods Interview: Syringe (archived 🏛)