Works of the Masters

Works of the Masters
Author	JP LeBreton
Port	ZDoom
IWAD	Doom Classic Complete
Year	2020
Link	Itch.io

In October 2020, JP LeBreton released Works of the Masters as an add-on mod for WadSmoosh. After researching the history and background on the Master Levels for Doom II and its authors, he started its development as a form of "deluxe Master Levels," compiling together all of the 21 maps officially included in the Master Levels, 14 (out of 16¹) maps originally rejected for inclusion in the Master Levels, and eight additional, related levels.

The file itself (masters.pk3) contains only the freely released levels and does not include any of the original 21 Master Levels. The maps contain only minor changes from their official public releases, primarily changes to enable 100% kills, items and secrets on all five difficulty settings, and to prevent texture definition conflicts.

1. ^  Of the original rejected levels, the two maps not included on the add-on are TNT: Evilution's MAP01: System Control and MAP17: Processing Area.

Episodes

The Works includes the following five episodes:

• Inferno, based on the series by Dr. Sleep.
• Titan, based on the series by Jim Flynn.
• Cabal, based on the series by Sverre Kvernmo.
• Chris Klie, the unnamed series of 12 maps made by Chris Klie.
• Willits/Chasar + Mustaine, a miscellaneous collection of maps, not sharing any one particular theme, made by Tom Mustaine, Tim Willits, and Theresa Chasar.

Inferno

Levels:

• Dante's Gate
• Crossing Acheron
• Virgil's Lead
• Minos' Judgement
• Nessus
• Geryon
• Vesperas
• And Hell Followed²
• An End to Darkness³

Soundtrack:

• "The Healer Stalks"
• "Waiting for Romero to Play"
• "Countdown to Death"
• "DOOM"
• "Shawn's Got the Shotgun"
• "The Dave D. Taylor Blues"
• "In Sandy's City"
• "Sinister"
• "Demons on the Prey"

2. ^  Renamed to Chiron on the MAPINFO definition.
3. ^  Renamed to Waters of Lethe on the MAPINFO definition.

Titan

Due to the lack of a definitive level progression, LeBreton determined this episode's level order after a mix of each level's story text and difficulty scaling.

Levels:

• Mines of Titan
• The Titan Anomaly
• The Farside of Titan
• Titan Manor
• Trapped on Titan
• Trouble on Titan

Soundtrack:

• "In The Dark"
• "DOOM"
• "Waiting for Romero to Play"
• "Shawn's got the Shotgun"
• "The Healer Stalks"
• "Bye Bye American Pie"

Cabal

According to LeBreton, he arrived at the following level order after emailing back and forth with Kvernmo, citing "this was the sequence he felt best presented his work."

Levels:

• Bloodflood
• Derelict Station
• The Watchtower
• The Bloodsea Keep
• Temple of Death
• We Who are About to Die
• Blacktower
• Mephisto's Mausoleum
• The Image of Evil
• The Express Elevator to Hell (exit to secret level)
• Eye of the Storm
• Bad Dream (secret level)

Soundtrack:

• "Countdown to Death"
• "The Healer Stalks"
• "Between Levels"
• "Shawn's Got the Shotgun"
• "DOOM"
• "DOOM"
• "Adrian's Asleep"
• "Shawn's Got the Shotgun"
• "Opening to Hell"
• "Evil Incarnate"
• "In Sandy's City"
• "The Ultimate Challenge"

Chris Klie

According to LeBreton, the level progression was determined mostly arbitrarily based on his own play-throughs, as Chris Klie did not strictly follow any particular theme or story for his maps, designing them as small, self-contained levels that make use of a mix of the techbase and hellish mapping themes.

Levels:

• The CPU
• Subspace
• The Combine
• Device One
• The Fistula
• Subterra
• The DMZ
• The Catwalk
• The Fury
• The Garrison
• The Enemy Inside
• The Hive

Soundtrack:

• "Dark Halls"
• "Into Sandy's City"
• "Between Level"
• "The Demons from Adrian's Pen"
• "DOOM"
• "The Demon's Dead"
• "On the Hunt"
• "Countdown to Death"
• "Shawn's Got the Shotgun"
• "In The Dark"
• "Suspense"
• "Deep Into the Code"

Willits/Chasar + Mustaine

Levels:

• Attack
• Canyon
• Doom 2 MAP14 Homage
• Paradox

Soundtrack:

• "Running From Evil"
• "The Healer Stalks"
• "Countdown to Death"
• "The Dave D. Taylor Blues"

Gallery

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  The HTML manual included with Works of the Masters.

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  Episode select menu.

External links

• Works of the Masters homepage
• Works of the Masters build history
• Works of the Masters (research and development thread) on the Doomworld forums