Doom Construction Kit (book)

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This article is about the book. For the editor of the same name, see DCK.
Doom Construction Kit book cover.

The Doom Construction Kit: Mastering and Modifying Doom is a book (ISBN 978-1571690036) by Joe Grant Bell and David Skrede that was published by Waite Group Press in 1995. The book explained how to make Doom levels and other modifications for Doom. It was sold with a packaged CD-ROM containing the editing utilities described in the book:

The CD-ROM also contains other editors as "extras", though these are not the main focus of the book:

Synopsis[edit]

"This construction kit will appeal to all levels of DOOM and DOOM II video gamers. The heart of the book deals with modifying and customizing DOOM, and includes an overview of how DOOM works. The package includes profiles of monsters, weapons and terrain, basic editing of game levels, and a discussion of the finer points of level design."
― Publisher's description

Editions[edit]

There are two known editions of the book:

  • The Doom Construction Kit: Mastering and Modifying Doom by Joseph Bell.
  • Doom Construction Kit: Mastering and Modifying Doom (without the article "the") by Joseph Bell and David Skrede.

The books have slightly different covers and, according to the information on them, different contents on the packaged CD.

Catalog[edit]

Identifier Data
Dewey Decimal 793.93/25369
ISBN-10 ISBN 1571690034
ISBN-13 ISBN 978-1571690036
Library of Congress Classification GV1469.25.D66
Library of Congress Control Number 95001558
Open Library ID OL10286340M

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