MAP01: Basement Dwellers (Hardfest)

MAP01: Basement Dwellers is the first map of Hardfest. It was designed by finnks13 and uses the music track "Starcore", composed by Korp.

Essentials
Shoot monsters to obtain the blue keycard, then shoot more monsters to obtain the yellow keycard, ride the locked elevator up and then die to the ambush.

Secrets

 * 1) In the upper room with a green armor and a soulsphere overlooking the starting area, look at the opposite end through the window. You will see a brown switch embedded in a wall above the platform with imps. Shoot that switch. Doing so will lower the nearby corner wall behind a singular barrel, revealing imps, chaingunners and a blue armor. (sector 132)

Current records
The records for the map at the Doom Speed Demo Archive are:

The data was last verified in its entirety on March 18, 2023.

Things
This level contains the following numbers of things per skill level:

Inspiration and development
According to the map comments, the main inspirations for the map were the opening part of Vanguard's MAP09 and that "bit in Going Down where you blow up a water cooler and a load of imps spill out of the walls."

Trivia

 * This map was originally made for a Haste inspired set of maps, but later reworked to fit into MAP01 of Hardfest.