Cacowards 2024
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The 2024 Cacowards is the twenty first annual Cacowards feature, released by Doomworld on December 10, 2024. It was written by Stephen Browning (Scuba Steve), Carlos Sanchez (Cardboard Marty), Dynamo, Terminus, Kinsie, Nick McCarthy (Xenaero), Demon of the Well, Not Jabba, Boris Klimeš (dew), scwiba, Omniarch, rd, Maribo, and Drew DeVore (stx-Vile), with guest contributions by kmxexii, MtPain27, and Darren Finch (Doom_Dude). There were 12 main winners, 14 runners-up, and 24 honorable mentions.
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Winners[edit]
- Osterity - Big Ol' Billy - (Doomworld forums thread)
- Sleepwalking - Ravendesk - (Doomworld/idgames)
- Pirate Doom II - Darch - (Doomworld/idgames)
- Simulacrum - Muumi and Alex Decker (myolden) - (Doomworld/idgames)
- Squenched Avacausage - nova++ - (Doomworld forums thread)
- House of Dead Skin - ivymagnapinna - (Doomworld/idgames)
- Nostalgic Entropy: Neo Retro - AshtralFiend - (Doomworld/idgames)
- Necromantic Thirst - French Doom Community - (Doomworld forums thread)
- Umbra - rd - (Doomworld forums thread)
- Eviternity II - Joshua O'Sullivan (Dragonfly) et al. - (Official site)
- Liminal Doom 2: Crossing the Threshold - dashlet - (Doomworld/idgames)
- Doom 2 In City Only - Various - (Doomworld/idgames)
Runners-up[edit]
- Formless Mother - Treehouseminis - (Doomworld/idgames)
- Bitter Dream - LVENdead - (Doomworld/idgames)
- Forsaken Compound - ivymagnapinna - (Doomworld/idgames)
- Eraser - Matt Eldrydge - (Doomworld forums thread)
- Brotherhood of Ruin 2024: Element Temple Research Complex - Kristian Aro (Nebula) - (Doomworld forums thread)
- Realm of Chaos 2: The Revenge of '96! - Various - (Doomworld forums thread)
- Curse of Blood - Mattias Johansson (waverider) and Michael Jan Krizik (valkiriforce) - (Doomworld forums thread)
- Grand Canyon - Roofi - (Doomworld/idgames)
- Firefly - eater29 - (Doomworld/idgames)
- Oops... All-Ghosts! - grapes - (Doomworld/idgames)
- Vogel im Käfig - Slavius - (Doomworld/idgames)
- TNT: Overcharged - Veemon and Fernito - (Doomworld/idgames)
- Outpost 13 - Artem Brullov - (Doomworld forums thread)
- You Do Voodoo - Grimosaur - (Doomworld/idgames)
Honorable Mentions[edit]
- Extra Beany Canned Doom - Stupid Bunny - (Doomworld/idgames)
- Puzzles and Pieces - Christophine Place - (Doomworld forums thread)
- Reds Over World - WojtTheDoomer - (ZDoom forums thread)
- Spectrum Descent - The Afternoon Crew - (Doomworld/idgames)
- Road to Hades - Rose Holmes - (Doomworld/idgames)
- Paint It Doom - Various - (Doomworld/idgames)
- Doomed Urbex - Various - (Doomworld/idgames)
- DeNapsed - Napsalm et al. - (Doomworld forums thread)
- I Can't Sleep - OverflowingMocha - (Doomworld/idgames)
- Freudian Slipgate 2 - Przemek Zimny (alterworldruler) et al. - (Doomworld/idgames)
- Rebirth of Damnation Part II - d34thdr0n3 - ModDB
- Hell Frontier - ViolentBeetle - (Doomworld/idgames)
- Plerbtonia - Plerb et al. - (Doomworld/idgames)
- Dominus Diabolicus - bofu - (Doomworld forums thread)
- 0x0 - Daniel Alexander (Danlex) - (Doomworld forums thread)
- The Quinary Conundrum - Vortale - (Doomworld/idgames)
- Duality - AshtralFiend - (Doomworld/idgames)
- The Edge of Time - FireSeraphim - (Doomworld forums thread)
- The Gap - Hebonky - (Doomworld forums thread)
- Headless Chicken - Luca Pavone (Chookum) - (Doomworld/idgames)
- Reconditus - Yugiboy85 - (Doomworld forums thread)
- Not Even Remotely Fair - Various - (Doomworld/idgames)
- Imp Dreams - locust.leaves - (Doomworld/idgames)
- Constriction: 1024 - Various - (Doomworld/idgames)
Special Features[edit]
- Legacy of Rust
- Mystery of Tyskie Islands - WojtTheDoomer - (ZDoom forums thread)
- Realm of Chaos - The Macintosh Team - (Doomworld/idgames)
- Space Cats Saga - DerTimmy - (Doomworld forums thread)
- City of Doom - Paul Maurone (Nowotny) - (Doomworld/idgames)
- Le Gars Qui A Fait Doom - The French Doom Community - (Doomworld/idgames)
- Enjmin Doom - Various - (Doomworld forums thread)
- ENDOOM Mapping Contest 2024 - The Russian Doom Community - (Doomworld forums thread)
- Russian Random Speedmap Pack 3 - The Russian Doom Community - (GitHub)
- Thirty Years with Doom - The Russian Doom Community - (Doomworld/idgames)
- Polish Community Project - The Polish Doom Community - (Doomworld forums thread)
Multiplayer awards[edit]
- Freon Deathmatch and Eon Weapons - Ru5tK1ng and the Ru5ty Sh4ck community - (Zandronum forum thread and Zandronum forum thread)
- Floppy Disk Mod - br0leg and the Floppy Disk Mod team - (YouTube)
Gameplay mod awards[edit]
- Doom 64: Unseen Evil - DrPyspy - (Doomworld forums thread)
- Atom Rain: Gamma Vektor - TheAtomMace
- Red Spiral 1993 - LossForWords - itch.io
- Alice: Toys of Madness - Jekyll Grim Payne - (ZDoom forums thread)
Mordeth award[edit]
Codeaward[edit]
Machaward[edit]
Odyssey of Noises[edit]
- Eviternity II OST - Tristan Clark, James Paddock (Jimmy), Joshua O'Sullivan (Dragonfly), Brayden Hart (AD_79), and Kevin Martins (Velvetic) - (Official site)
Most Promising Newcomers[edit]
- Synami
- dashiefrickintyan
- SlinkyWinky
- Cascade
- NoC0ncentrate51
- Aeddes666
- GIG
- Vytaan
- Astro
- ShallowB
- LerxstInWonderland
- Korp