GZDoom Builder

	GZDoom Builder
Codebase	Doom Builder 2
Developer(s)	MaxED
Initial release	1.00 (2012-03-30, 11 years ago)
Latest release	2.3 r2791 (2017-01-09, 6 years ago)
Development status	Discontinued
Written in	C#
Target Platform	Windows
License	GPL-3.0
Source Repository (Git)	GitHub

A timeline of Doom Builder versions and forks.

GZDoom Builder (or GZDB for short) is a level editor for the Doom engine games specifically aimed at the ZDoom and GZDoom source ports. It was created by MaxED and is a fork of Doom Builder 2 by Pascal vd Heiden (CodeImp), which was discontinued in June 2012. The first version was released on March 30, 2012. Development of GZDoom Builder was discontinued in 2017.

Features[edit]

This article or section is a stub. Please help the Doom Wiki by adding to it.

History[edit]

v1.00 was released on March 30, 2012.
v1.01 was released on April 16, 2012.
v1.02 was released on April 18, 2012.
v1.03 was released on April 24, 2012.
v1.04 was released on April 25, 2012.^[1]
v1.05 was released on May 11, 2012.^[2]
v1.06 was released on May 20, 2012.
v1.07 was released on June 1, 2012.
v1.08 was released on June 19, 2012.
v1.09 was released on June 26, 2012.
v1.10 was released on July 3, 2012.
v1.11 was released on July 10, 2012.
v1.12 was released on July 24, 2012.
v1.13 was released on October 3, 2012.
v1.14 was released on January 14, 2013.^[3]
Version number changed from 1.14 to 2.3 on July 14, 2015.^[4]
v2.3 r2791 was released on January 9, 2017. It is the last version of GZDoom Builder, after which it was discontinued.
On May 16, 2018, MaxED archived the GZDB repository on GitHub. It is now read-only.

Fork[edit]

After the development of GZDB was discontinued in January 2017, ZZYZX created a fork of it called GZDoom Builder-Bugfix (or GZDB-Bugfix for short). This fork was maintained for almost three years until in December 2019 it evolved into Ultimate Doom Builder.

External links[edit]

GZDoom Builder thread on ZDoom forums
GZDoom Builder thread on Doom Power forum
GZDoom Builder repository on GitHub
GZDoom Builder-Bugfix thread on ZDoom forums

References[edit]

↑ MaxED (25 April 2012). ZDoom forums post. ZDoom forums. Retrieved 16 August 2023.
↑ MaxED (11 May 2012). ZDoom forums post. ZDoom forums. Retrieved 16 August 2023.
↑ Siberian Tiger (14 January 2013). ZDoom forums post. ZDoom forums. Retrieved 16 August 2023.
↑ MaxED (14 July 2015). ZDoom forums post. ZDoom forums. Retrieved 16 August 2023.

Source code genealogy
Based on	Name	Base for
Doom Builder 2	GZDoom Builder	Ultimate Doom Builder

[1] MaxED (25 April 2012). ZDoom forums post. ZDoom forums. Retrieved 16 August 2023.

[2] MaxED (11 May 2012). ZDoom forums post. ZDoom forums. Retrieved 16 August 2023.

[3] Siberian Tiger (14 January 2013). ZDoom forums post. ZDoom forums. Retrieved 16 August 2023.

[4] MaxED (14 July 2015). ZDoom forums post. ZDoom forums. Retrieved 16 August 2023.

[1]

[2]

[3]

[4]