Bridgeburner56

Bridgeburner56 (often just Bridgeburner) is a New Zealander Doom level designer. At the Cacowards in 2020 he received the 'Creator of the Year' title. He is also known for being the lead developer of the work in progress GZDoom-based game The Age of Hell.

His debut solo effort The Slaughter Spectrum was selected as a runner-up during the 2019 Cacowards ceremony, while he himself was also named one of the most promising newcomers of that year. In 2020, his map Bastion of Chaos received one of the 2020 Cacowards.

Bridgeburner56's level design is known for its distinct combination of slaughtermap tropes, prominent use of advance GZDoom features and sector detail inspired by graphic/logo design and tattoo art. This level design style has been noted to have been influential.

He regularly streams on Twitch. He has also led many community projects on his Discord The Hellforge, which includes the Hellforge Speedmapping Sessions and the Mapwich series. At the time of this writing, he is also a moderator on the Doomworld forums.

Body of work

2018

• The Joy of Mapping 6: Joy Eternal (Doomworld/idgames)
  • E4M14: Violence Follows Violence

2019

• 1000 Line Community Project (Doomworld/idgames)
  • MAP11: Arch Enemy

• The Slaughter Spectrum (Doomworld forums thread)

• The Mapwich (Doomworld forums thread)
  • Project lead
  • MAP01: The Mapwich
  • MAP03: Collateral Damage (with General Roasterock)

• Hellforge Speed Mapping Sessions
  • Session 1, MAP08: The most cluster of fucks
  • Session 2, MAP08: Pretzel

• NOVA III (Doomworld/idgames)
  • Text Screens

2020

• Hellforge Speed Mapping Sessions
  • Session 3, MAP04: Italian Complaints
  • Session 4, MAP11: Enveloped By Their Pendulous Girth
  • Session 5, MAP18: Off The Beaten Path

• DyingCamel's Demons #3 (Doomworld/idgames)
  • MAP11: Bloodwire Keep

• Team Rocket 2 - Looks like we're blasting off again! (Doomworld forums thread)
  • MAP34: NutZ

• 1000 Lines 2 - Community Project (Doomworld/idgames)
  • MAP28: The Halls of Reckoning

• Bastion of Chaos (Doomworld forums thread)

• The Mapwich 2: The Mapwichening (Doomworld forums thread)
  • Project lead
  • MAP22: Knowledge is Power (with Dragonfly)

2021

• Micro Slaughter Community Project (Doomworld/idgames)
  • MAP13: Technocratic Terror
• 1000 Lines 3: Community Project (Doomworld forums thread)
  • MAP29: Path of the Withered Vine

2022

• Elementalism: Phase 1 (Doomworld forums thread)
  • F1: The Ashen Steppe
  • F5: Beneath the Hammer (with Ben Mansell (Bauul))

• Hordamex (Doomworld/idgames)
  • MAP37: Fearrous

External links

• Twitch Channel
• Twitter
• The Age of Hell Patreon