Don't Turn Your Back on the City

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Don't Turn Your Back on the City
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Author Suzanne Will
Port Boom-compatible
IWAD Doom II
Year 2021
Link Doomworld/idgames
Cacoward-2018.png This mod received one of the 2022 Cacowards on Doomworld!
This level occupies the map slot MAP01. For other maps which occupy this slot, see Category:MAP01.
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Don't Turn Your Back on the City is a single-level PWAD for Doom II and Boom-compatible source ports that was released in December 2021. It was designed by Suzanne Will (Trashbang) and uses the music track "Dread Factory" by Santtu Pesonen (MFG38).

The map received a Cacoward at the 2022 Cacowards ceremony.

Walkthrough[edit]

Map of Don't Turn Your Back on the City
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.

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Secrets[edit]

  1. At the north street, climb the steps and open the door. There is a counter to the east. At the south side of this counter, press on this side to lower it to enter the area behind it. Head to the northeast wall at the north end and open it up to find a passage to a plasma gun, an energy cell, and stimpacks. (sector 2512)
  2. In the room at the east end with the dead demon in the middle, go to the northeast bookshelf and lower it. The path behind the bookshelf leads to health bonuses, a box of shotgun shells, armor bonuses, rockets, and a rocket launcher. (sector 6389)
  3. In the plaza at the west end, go to the southeast corner and use the east wall. Flip the switch to take the lift up. At the top is a box of ammo, a box of shotgun shells, an energy cell pack, and a soul sphere. (sector 8833)

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Current records[edit]

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

Run Time Player Date File Notes
UV speed
NM speed
UV max 4:38.66 rd 2024-12-05 dtybotc-438.zip
NM 100S
UV -fast
UV -respawn
UV Tyson
UV pacifist

The data was last verified in its entirety on February 5, 2025.

Statistics[edit]

Map data[edit]

Things 611
Vertices 34330*
Linedefs 39785
Sidedefs 52766
Sectors 13463

* The vertex count without the effect of node building is 26528.

Things[edit]

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

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