Xaser

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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",^[1] 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."^[2] As a software developer, Xaser has also made code contributions to the Eternity Engine.^[3]

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.

Body of work

2003

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)

2004

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)

2005

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

2010

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)

2011

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

2012

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))

2013

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)
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

2014

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)

2015

2016

2017

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

2018

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)

2019

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: ...

2020

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

2021

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

2022

Vesper (Doomworld forums thread)

2023

My D*** Is In This Wall Part 2 (Doomworld forums thread)
- Mapping

References

↑ Knezevich, Gus (Alfonzo) (10 December 2017). "The 2017 Cacowards." Doomworld.
↑ TerminusEst13 (12 December 2018). "Top 25 Missed Cacowards." Doomworld.
↑ "Pull requests - team-eternity/eternity - XaserAcheron." GitHub. Retrieved 7 March 2021.

External links

[1] Knezevich, Gus (Alfonzo) (10 December 2017). "The 2017 Cacowards." Doomworld.

[2] TerminusEst13 (12 December 2018). "Top 25 Missed Cacowards." Doomworld.

[3] "Pull requests - team-eternity/eternity - XaserAcheron." GitHub. Retrieved 7 March 2021.

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