Darkest Room

Darkest Room
Author	Paul977
Port	Boom-compatible
IWAD	Doom II
Year	2019
Link	Doomworld/idgames
	This mod was a runner-up for the 2019 Cacowards on Doomworld!

This level occupies the map slot MAP01. For other maps which occupy this slot, see Category:MAP01.

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Darkest Room is a single-level PWAD for Doom II using a Boom-compatible source port that came out in July 2019. It was designed by Paul977 and uses the music track "Misty Menace" from Donkey Kong Country.

Darkest Room includes one custom monster, a green cyberdemon with 700 hit points (replacing the spiderdemon) that was created by Zachary Stephens (Ribbiks). The map was chosen as one of the runners-up in the 2019 Cacowards proceedings.

Walkthrough

Map of Darkest Room

Letters in italics refer to marked spots on the map. Sector, thing, and linedef numbers in boldface are secrets which count toward the end-of-level tally.

Secrets

1. Behind the green cyberdemon at the north end of the map is a switch. If you go to the switch and look west, you can spot another switch. Shoot it, then go back over to the northwest part of the map to find a new lift. Take it up and press on the recessed south wall for a passage leading to armor bonuses, rockets, and a soul sphere. (sector 888)
2. At the southwesternmost area, after raising the large lift at the northeast end, ride it all the way up. You need to make a jump to the southeast, towards the green lights on the wall. If you do it right, press on the brown panel, then look behind you to find a green armor and a green cyberdemon. (sector 1276)
3. Grabbing the rocket launcher reveals an area to the south. In this area, go up the steps and head east, which will cause monsters to appear on the nearby block, plus an arachnotron to the east. You need to jump to where this arachnotron is and head behind the slime to discover a hidden switch. After using it, backtrack to where the rocket launcher was and head southeast from there to find a new opening containing a medikit and a box of shotgun shells (or sixteen shotgun shells on Ultra-Violence or higher). (sector 1327)
4. As you go to the southeast part of the map, you will cross a bridge that has a switch that will lower the south wall. Approaching the south wall triggers a wall near the start of the bridge. Quickly go through that wall and into the teleporter. This will telefrag a green cyberdemon (assuming it has not been killed already) and will spawn a green armor into the nearby room. (sector 1525)

Speedrunning

Current records

The records for the map at the Doomed Speed Demos Archive are:

Style	Time	Player	Date	File	Notes
UV speed
NM speed
UV max
NM100S
UV -fast
UV -respawn
UV Tyson
UV pacifist

Miscellaneous demos

Style	Time	Player	Date	File	Notes

Statistics

Map data

Things	639
Vertices	11435*
Linedefs	9057
Sidedefs	15045
Sectors	1594

* The vertex count without the effect of node building is 8268.

Things

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

Single-player
Monsters	1-2	3	4-5
Shotgun guy	5	6	5
Imp	60
Revenant	45	43	37
Cacodemon	10	8	11
Pain elemental	8	13	35
Hell knight	25	26	27
Baron of Hell	5	3	0
Arachnotron	9	11	12
Mancubus	3	4	3
Arch-vile	7	17	34
Cyberdemon	1	1	2
Green cyberdemon	8	10	12
Weapons	1-2	3	4-5
Super shotgun	1
Rocket launcher	1
Plasma gun	2
BFG9000	1
Ammunition	1-2	3	4-5
4 shotgun shells	45	47	49
Box of shotgun shells	12	14	14
Rocket	42	44	55
Box of rockets	15	17	21
Energy cell	12	8	5
Energy cell pack	0	1	2
Health & Armor	1-2	3	4-5
Stimpack	5
Medikit	15	17	14
Armor	3	3	2
Items	1-2	3	4-5
Armor bonus	5
Health bonus	0	4	4
Supercharge	6	6	7
Berserk	1
Keys	1-2	3	4-5
Red keycard	1
Green keycard	1
Miscellaneous	1-2	3	4-5
Teleport landing	105	110	115
Voodoo doll	26

External links

• Darkest Room at Doomworld/idgames
• Doomworld forums thread