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Big Ol’ Billy
@bigolbilly.bsky.social
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Doom modder | bouzouki, etc. with Wasted Wine | PhD, ex-academic (expect some sociology)

Doom projects: https://doomwiki.org/wiki/Big_Ol%27_Billy
Music: https://wastedwine.com
Solo music: https://manifestsons.bandcamp.com/album/rich-idiot-condos

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Big Ol’ Billy @bigolbilly.bsky.social · Nov 13
Hello! By way of introduction, here are four Doom projects I released this year:

PhoboChromaPhobia — 11 colorful maps for ZDoom
Osterity — 8 maps for vanilla Doom
PREEKARITY — 1 large map for limit-removing ports
Wayward Puritans — spooky 1-map near-total conversion, with additional ending map
Screenshot from PhoboChromaPhobia MAP03. Screenshot from the opening of Osterity MAP01. Screenshot from PREEKARITY. Screenshot from the opening of Wayward Puritans.
bigolbilly.bsky.social
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you've been to:

Magma
Clipse
John Zorn & Lou Reed
Of Montreal
John Tesh (lol)

Also probably 100+ performances at the NYC Ballet thanks to my now-wife who worked there 🩰
rvwarlock.neocities.org Rivi the Warlock @rvwarlock.neocities.org · 13h
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you've been to:

Fear Factory
Blind Guardian
The Chats (twice)
200 Stab Wounds
T.S.O.L.
bridgeburner56.bsky.social Bridgeburner @bridgeburner56.bsky.social · 13h
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you've been to:

Dream Theater
Darkness Tranquillity
Opeth
Gojira
Presidents of the USA
January 20, 2026 at 9:39 PM
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enigmastud.io
Making A Video Game
January 20, 2026 at 4:47 PM
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kendrawrites.com
I'm so tired of working through the apocalypse.
January 20, 2026 at 12:36 PM
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artbychichi.com
Since his socialist ideology was written out of the history books.. In his own words:

"If America does not use her vast resources of wealth to end poverty and make it possible for all of God’s children to have the basic necessities of life, she too will go to hell."

Happy MLK Day.
January 19, 2026 at 2:55 PM
bigolbilly.bsky.social
Appropriately getting back to Black Reconstruction today after a pause of several months. It’s as illuminating and sobering as ever:

“O twin of monarchy that lives to rob and kill, […]
That keeps a robber gang in kingly rights enthroned,
Then turns their robberies to legal acts condoned”
A page from W.E.B. DuBois’ Black Reconstruction, summarizing the author’s analysis of Reconstructiok in South Carolina, Mississippi, and Louisiana. It ends with the poem by L.S. Oliver quoted above.
January 19, 2026 at 6:27 PM
bigolbilly.bsky.social
Sometimes you ask yourself what final touch your map is missing and, more often than not, the answer is 🔥🤘HELL KEYBOARDS🤘🔥
Doom screenshot showing a demonic Doomcute organ in a Hell setting. Doom screenshot showing a Doomcute spinet in a Hell setting.
January 18, 2026 at 2:01 PM
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flemtheparrot.bsky.social
Morning.
January 18, 2026 at 6:28 AM
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stellarmantis.bsky.social
I'm building the Vicar's corrupted castle in #Crocotile3D

#gamedev #IndieGame #IndieDev #PixelArt #Horror #spooky
January 17, 2026 at 11:47 PM
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olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social
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January 17, 2026 at 1:52 AM
bigolbilly.bsky.social
Finishing up this cool little collection from @weirdpunkbooks.bsky.social. This story from Sara Century, about an isolated woman who discovers an eye growing in the wall of her apartment while the world outside crumbles into chaos, really hitting hard rn.
A page from Sara Century’s story “Just This One Thing.” The especially relevant text for me: “Things had gotten a lot worse since then, even if it'd only been a few years. She wondered if the air had changed without her noticing it, just a little at a time.” Cover of the book: Feral Architectures - Ballardian Horrors, edited by Sam Richard
January 16, 2026 at 1:11 PM
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kbwagers.com
Keep making art, y'all.
Yes, even now.
Especially now.

💚
January 15, 2026 at 2:40 PM
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antlervel.vet
I made a joke in my main Discord server about DOOM E1M1 being in a major key and @abigbagofkeys.sickonedude.com actually made it. Jesus fucking Christ listen to this hahahaha
November 14, 2025 at 1:47 PM
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pcarredo.bsky.social
margaret st. 🌂
January 15, 2026 at 12:33 PM
bigolbilly.bsky.social
Despite my longtime megawad skepticism, I’ve gotta admit that the (too) vast canvas of 32 maps is p good for pushing one towards goofy one-off gimmicks, which is obv my shit. Case in point is “Trio Astronauta” from the space ep of my wip megawad, where I go all out on triangles and groupings of 3 🚀
Three groups of three demons each in a black void: mancubi, arachtrons, and (above) flying mancubi Three computer panels on the grey wall of a space station. One panel describes a 3-step process for escaping the station. A large space station scene, with keycard switches surrounding a large tech pillar. A red force field blocks off an area in the distance. A large, triangular sign displays the logo of the UAC. Automap shot, showing the overall triangular structure of the map.
January 15, 2026 at 2:06 PM
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alexanotherone.bsky.social
I survived the Verizon outage, it was very uncomfortable and I got so much reading done #survivor #verizonoutage #strongertogether
January 15, 2026 at 12:31 PM
bigolbilly.bsky.social
Every Doom mapper has to indulge in a bit of shameless Romero worship at least once. Here it was fun to dress up a pretty non-Romero central gimmick in classic E1 looks (plus a few other JR tropes).
A very KTiDT Doom scene, with a dead space marine in a techbase room that opens onto an open circular area with a cracked UAC sign. A dark techbase room with bright red Sigil cracks in the center. A pavilion in the midst of a large, open techbase room. A gloomy E1-style tech room with explosive barrels.
January 13, 2026 at 3:16 PM
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wolvendaughter.bsky.social
No new pictures where are you at mentally
A parody cover of If you Give a Mouse a Cookie called Please Give a Bitch a Break
January 13, 2026 at 2:23 PM
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scwiba.bsky.social
I unironically love color banding so, so much.
Doom 64 scene of a tower in an expansive cavern arena. A zoom-in on the tower. As it fades into the shadow above, the gradient coloring splits up into distinct color bands.
January 12, 2026 at 12:49 PM
bigolbilly.bsky.social
Some scenes from the “Space Temple” episode of my wip megawad. Pretty happy with how I used the stock Doom palette’s notoriously limited pink/purple range here. The result feels almost like the ep has its own custom palette, but it’s almost all stock resources with just a couple of custom tex
A surreal scene in Doom. A pink river cuts through a rough natural landscape with tall, pale trees. A pink waterfall and giant brick structure are visible in the distance. Inside a gloomy cathedral, pink lines outline a giant music note carved into the rear wall, past rows of pews. Dark towers are silhouetted against a giant pink planet. A lo-fi rendering of Giacommeti’s “Pointing Man” sculpture sits on a pedestal in a pale museum, beside a pink water feature. A gloomy green sky hangs overhead.
January 12, 2026 at 12:41 PM
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danlexdw.bsky.social
picnic #doom #oc
Mochi having a picnic with some carrot cake in a classic doom map
January 11, 2026 at 9:46 PM
bigolbilly.bsky.social
More pics from the monochrometex episode of my wip megawad. I was on the fence about this theme for a while, since the project generally sticks to IWAD textures with light map-specific embellishments, but these solid colors do bring out something cool in Doom’s default palette and colormap.
A low-fi scene in Doom of a castle wall with fountain. A set of stairs lead to a room to the left. A low-fi scene in doom of a blocky torch illuminating a cavern room. A temple lies across the water the in distance A low-fi scene in Doom with blocky green topography leading to a house. A yellow tower is visible in the distance. A low-fi scene in Doom. Across a field of green, a cavern beckons, looking like a gigantic skull.
January 11, 2026 at 6:54 PM
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97thcenturyfox.bsky.social
Pictures taken in the midst of creation.
A screenshot of a scene made in the Doom engine. A screenshot of a scene made in the Doom engine. A screenshot of a scene made in the Doom engine. A screenshot of a scene made in the Doom engine.
January 11, 2026 at 4:48 PM
bigolbilly.bsky.social
Dear Penthou—er, Doomworld—Forums, I never thought it would happen to me. But there I was, sitting at my computer, making a 32-map megawad for Doom.
Screenshot from Doom, a crumbling gray structure against a gloomy blue sky. Doom screenshot. Tall, pale, abstract trees in the distance against a giant pink planet. Doom screenshot. Monochrome textures crudely render a notepad, pencil, and computer sitting on a desk in the corner of a brown room. The computer screen reads “Now entering MANCSMAP.wad” Doom screenshot. A landscape of flesh, skin, and green nukage under a meaty red sky.
January 10, 2026 at 9:09 PM
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thesaintoftous.bsky.social
I saw this video of a Vietnam vet in the fur coat yelling at ICE and thought to myself, "this is missing something," before I realized, "Ah, of course, the Ether instrumental. It's so obvious."
January 9, 2026 at 7:53 PM
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specialkarl.bsky.social
I had fun putting together a little homage to Doom, as if I were kitbashing a game mod from scraps of 90s FPS classics like Doom, Duke Nukem 3D, Heretic, and Blood.
January 9, 2026 at 2:08 PM