Derek MacDonald (Afterglow)

Derek MacDonald (aka Afterglow) is a Canadian known for contributing maps and textures to the Doom community. To some, he is a member known for his belligerent attitude just as much as his detail-rich Doom II maps.

His first release was The Seventh 07: Final Portal, a collaboration with Michael "prower" Reid. This was followed up with a 6 map deathmatch series entitled SacrificeDM, which was improved and rereleased in 2001. His single player map Jägermörder 01: Chemical Lab was included in Doomworld's Top 100 Wads of All Time article. The next few years included teamwork on multiple projects such as SlaughterDM, Gothic 99 , SurgeDM2 , The Darkening Episode 2 , Hell Revealed II , and Skulltag. He joined forces with Nick "NiGHTMARE" Baker for Morbid DM 02: Flood Dead and then again went solo, releasing the Boom deathmatch map set Lamentations. In 2005, he uploaded Jägermörder 02: Terra Nova, a sequel unveiled six years after its predecessor. He also created the Quake style start map for SMMU, showing off many of its features.

Derek's service to the community has also included making new textures and flats available to allow mappers to create their own custom projects. Conversions of various resources including Quake, Quake II, Alien vs. Predator 2, and Dark Forces can be found at his web site.