DoomWare
Released: November 28, 2016
Tags: Mapping, Zandronum, Multiplayer, ACS, DECORATE, Cacoward
DoomWare is a fast paced, competitive multiplayer WAD for Zandronum. Similar to Nintendo's WarioWare series, the player is thrust into an arena where they are faced with a random selection of minigames that test all sorts of skills. As the game progresses, the minigames get faster and harder. But the games themselves are not your only obstacles, as you're competing against other players for the high score.
I originally started work on DoomWare in late 2016, and I iterated on the concept over a few months. It eventually caught the attention of the Multiplayer Doom Federation, which offered to help me with the project by organizing multiplayer test sessions so that I could playtest and get feedback from other players. The multiplayer sessions helped me tremendously, but it also brought attention to the project, which resulted in it winning the 2020 Mutiplayer CacoWard. I kept iterating on it over the years, eventually releasing the final version in 2021 when I had hit the 100 minigame mark.
DoomWare uses the Zandronum source port to allow for all its features, and is probably one WADs that used almost all of Zandronum's feature-set (at the tie). It also includes some minigames which completely transform and push the Doom Engine and ACS to its limits, which was possible due to the custom Client-Server networking system I had to write.
Features
- Over 100 minigames (100 minigames, 10 tie-breaker games. If you include wacky modifiers, the challenge of the games changes significantly).
- Fully playable in singleplayer and multiplayer
- 2 Team support
- Wacky game modifiers
- Stat tracking and player unlockables
- Achievements
- Seasonal map skins
- Plenty of CVars for both players and servers
- Fully documented source code and GitHub Wiki
