E1M1: The Traveler (Strange Aeons)

Strange Aeons maps
The Shattered City E1M1: The Traveler E1M2: Resident Evil E1M3: Shooting Range E1M4: Cowboys and Indians E1M5: Highly Terminal E1M6: Island Hopping E1M7: Halls of Madness E1M8: Deathedral E1M9: Haunted Hospital
The Stagnant Fortress M1 M2 M3 M4 M5 M6 M7 M8 M9
The Land That Time Forgot M1 M2 M3 M4 M5 M6 M7 M8 M9
The Plateau of Leng M1 M2 M3 M4 M5 M6 M7 M8 M9
Out of the Aeons M1 M2 M3 M4 M5 M6 M7 M8 M9

This level occupies the map slot E1M1. For other maps which occupy this slot, see Category:E1M1.

E1M1: The Traveler is the first map of episode The Shattered City in Strange Aeons. It was designed by Mike MacDee (Impie) and uses a music track from Chasm: The Rift. The par time defined in MAPINFO is 30 seconds.

Walkthrough

Map of The Traveler

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.

Essentials

This is the smallest map in the game, with barely a handful of monsters to face. Approach the Kadath Tablet until it vanishes into the floor and opens the portal to the Shattered City realm. Jump into the realm and enter the furthest house to get green armor and an AK-47 -- this will cause a pair of gunmen to appear on the nearby rooftops. The slipgate will take you to the small island in the distance, where the exit slipgate awaits with a meager Devil ambush.

Other points of interest

If you fall into the aether, do not worry: you will only be teleported back to your entry point, albeit slightly disoriented. This is the case in every Shattered City map, though in some cases you may be teleported to less desirable areas.

Secrets

There are no official secrets on this map.

Areas / screenshots

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  The Traveler's first view of The Shattered City.

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  The introduction of each episode, inside the Traveler's house.

Speedrunning

As this level does not contain official secrets, the NM 100S category is redundant.

Current records

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

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

The (absence of) data was last verified in its entirety on June 29, 2022.

Statistics

Map data

Things	79
Vertices	361
Linedefs	411
Sidedefs	751
Sectors	78

Things

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

Single-player
Monsters	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
Machine gun maniac	4	4	4	1	1	6	6	6
Man from Leng	0	0	0	2	2	2	2	2
Devil	0	0	2	5	5	5	5	5
Grell	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1
Ammunition	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
Clip	5
4 shotgun shells	2
Health & Armor	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
Stimpack	1
Medikit	1
Armor	1
Items	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
Armor bonus	5
Health bonus	3
Ammo sphere	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	1
Miscellaneous	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
Teleport landing	2

Inspiration and development

Most of the maps in Strange Aeons were adapted from Impie's early horror shooters made in Game Maker, specifically Shudder, Jayla's Labyrinth, Jayla's Exodus, and Restraint. This map is no exception. The early games essentially served as level sketches for a later Doom project.

The Kadath Tablets transition sequence was an element Impie had featured in his original plans for a Doom clone way back in 1995, as was the plot about a hero seeking a lost relative.