Matthias Worch

Matthias Worch (born 1976) is a German level and game designer who contributed to the two megawads Memento Mori II and Requiem. He also released several solo projects, most notably The Troopers' Playground. After a prolific career as an amateur Doom and Quake level builder, Matthias moved to America in 1998 to create games professionally.

As of 2015, Matthias resides in the San Francisco Bay Area, where he works at Epic Games on the Unreal Engine and "special projects", and previously as Design Director at Hangar 13.

Body of work

1996

• The Troopers' Playground (Doomworld/idgames)
• The Troopers' Playground DM (Doomworld/idgames)
• The Troopers' Playground (repackaged edition) (Doomworld/idgames)
• Ring of Havoc - Enhanced (Doomworld/idgames)
• Armageddon (Doomworld/idgames)
• Memento Mori II (Doomworld/idgames)
  • MAP03: ...And Hell Beneath
  • MAP10: Clear for Death
  • MAP14: A Question of Time (with Thomas Möller)
  • MAP18: Regulate
• Memento Mori 2 - complete lmp collection (Doomworld/idgames)
  • Demos of MAPs 10 and 22

1997

• Requiem (Doomworld/idgames)
  • MAP04: Fireworks
  • MAP07: Hell's Gift (with Jens Nielsen)
  • MAP09: Deep Down Below
  • MAP15: Last Resort

External links

• Matthias' personal website
• Matthias' YouTube channel (includes some design retrospective videos on his Doom levels)
• Matthias' Twitch channel
• Demos list at the Doom Speed Demo Archive