E4M1: Sky Planet Horizon (The Joy of Mapping 5)

The Joy of Mapping 5 maps
Ep.1: Tidings of Joy M1 M2 M3 M4 M5 M6 M7 M8 M9 M10 M11 FINAL SECRET
Ep.2: It's Swamplicated M1 M2 M3 M4 M5 M6 M7 M8 M9 M10 M11 M12 FINAL SECRET
Ep.3: State of Submergency M1 M2 M3 M4 M5 M6 M7 M8 M9 M10 M11 M12 FINAL SECRET
Ep.4: As Heavens Fall E4M1: Sky Planet Horizon E4M2: Overground E4M3: The Holtzmann Effect E4M4: Dream Above the Sky E4M5: You need to shoot a rocket at the end E4M6: JOM-FacingForts E4M7: Sky Prison E4M8: Airborne Abomination E4M9: The Sky Colony E4FINAL: The Cloud E4SECRET: Supay's Gardens

This level occupies the map slot E4M1. For other maps which occupy this slot, see Category:E4M1.

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E4M1: Sky Planet Horizon is the first map in episode As Heavens Fall of The Joy of Mapping 5: Winter Weekend. It was designed by CanSteam and uses the music track "Sky Planet Horizon" from Bomberman 64: The Second Attack!, composed by Yasunori Mitsuda. The par time defined in MAPINFO is 2:55.

Walkthrough

Map of Sky Planet Horizon

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. At the start, go to the middle crate and climb up. Jump to the north crate and jump northwest to get a backpack. (thing 11)
2. At the first intersection, run south and drop off. A bridge will catch you and you can head south to get a super shotgun, a box of shotgun shells, and a backpack. (sector 93)
3. In the area with skull walls, head east and outside the walls. Head north and west, dropping down to get rockets and a rocket launcher. (sector 330)
4. After killing the Hell knight after the platforms, go to the next platform and onto the next wall. Go north onto the higher wall and get a box of shotgun shells and medikits. (sector 358)
5. Get the blue key, then get the soul sphere in the middle of the area which will now be accessible. (thing 229)
6. After launching the rocket, two revenants will teleport to the area with skull walls, both of which count as secrets. (thing 270)
7. See Secret #6. (thing 271)
8. The two teleport landings in the area with skull walls count as secrets, but are not accessible. (thing 272)
9. See Secret #8. (thing 273)

Speedrunning

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
NM 100S
UV -fast
UV -respawn
UV Tyson
UV pacifist

The (absence of) data was last verified in its entirety on February 26, 2023.

Statistics

Map data

Things	275
Vertices	1160
Linedefs	1413
Sidedefs	2578
Sectors	359

Things

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

Single-player
Monsters	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
Shotgun guy	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1
Heavy weapon dude	2
Imp	4	4	8	14	14	14	14	14
Stealth imp	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1
Lost soul	2
Demon	2	2	3	4	4	4	4	4
Revenant	1	1	2	3	3	4	4	4
Cacodemon	1
Hell knight	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6
Arachnotron	1	1	2	5	5	5	5	5
Mancubus	2
Weapons	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
Shotgun	1
Super shotgun	1
Chaingun	1
Rocket launcher	1
Ammunition	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
Clip	7
Box of bullets	2
4 shotgun shells	19
Box of shotgun shells	7
Rocket	2
Health & Armor	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
Stimpack	13
Medikit	7
Armor	1
Megaarmor	1
Items	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
Armor bonus	1
Health bonus	5
Supercharge	2
Backpack	2
Keys	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
Blue skull key	1
Red skull key	1
Miscellaneous	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
Teleport landing	10