Going Down

Going Down
Author	Cyriak Harris
Port	Boom-compatible
IWAD	Doom II
Year	2014
Link	Doomworld/idgames
	This mod received one of the 2014 Cacowards on Doomworld!

Going Down is a 32-level megawad for Doom II released by Cyriak Harris (mouldy), featuring its own original soundtrack by the same author and a custom DeHackEd boss monster (replacing the Wolfenstein SS). It requires a Boom-compatible source port to play. It is known for its small, fairly hard maps with high body counts, and gameplay the author has described as "chaotic-evil". The WAD was named as a winner of the 21st Annual Cacowards.

Story

Something went wrong at a UAC office building, and Doomguy is sent to investigate, starting from the top of the skyscraper and getting to the bottom of the story. While doing so, he is often interrupted by nagging phone calls from his mother, which advance the plot humorously: accessing the secret levels, for example, is explained in-story as going back to the roof to get a better reception.

Content

Levels

• MAP01: Going Up
• MAP02: Evil Admin
• MAP03: Crawl Space
• MAP04: Blood and Rockets
• MAP05: Time Warp
• MAP06: Painframe
• MAP07: Bad Reception
• MAP08: Hide and Seek
• MAP09: Broken Records
• MAP10: Trip Switch
• MAP11: Vivisection
• MAP12: Dead End
• MAP13: Deep Trouble
• MAP14: Secrets and Lies
• MAP15: Gladiator
• MAP16: Black Mass
• MAP17: Rest in Pieces
• MAP18: Buried Alive
• MAP19: 200 Mega Hurts
• MAP20: The Mouth of Madness
• MAP21: Indigestion
• MAP22: Constipation Station
• MAP23: Demonology
• MAP24: Bridge of Blood
• MAP25: Forbidden Fruit
• MAP26: Insanity
• MAP27: Hard Cover
• MAP28: Necropolis
• MAP29: Demolition
• MAP30: Game Over
• MAP31: Stair Crazy
• MAP32: Roof Rage

Soundtrack

• MAP01: "Somebody Set Up Us The Bomb"
• MAP02: "Zombie Goes Shopping"
• MAP03: "The Haunted Supermarket"
• MAP04: "Running from the Jazz Robots"
• MAP05: "The Haunted Aquarium"
• MAP06: "Lost in Zombie Cyberspace"
• MAP07: "Mega Robo-Clown Boss Battle"
• MAP08: "The Haunted Waiting Room"
• MAP09: "The Haunted Skeleton Factory"
• MAP10: "Robo-Zombie Mecha-Brain Boss Battle"
• MAP11: "Zombie Maggots in the Flesh Cathedral"
• MAP12: "Chased by Dancing Skeletons"
• MAP13: "The Haunted Aquarium"
• MAP14: "The Haunted Waiting Room"
• MAP15: "Running from the Jazz Robots"
• MAP16: "Wedding March for the Princess of Death"
• MAP17: "The Haunted Skeleton Factory"
• MAP18: "Hiding from the Robo-Zombies"
• MAP19: "Attack of the Spider-Clowns"
• MAP20: "Mega Robo-Clown Boss Battle"
• MAP21: "Zombie Maggots in the Flesh Cathedral"
• MAP22: "Lost in Zombie Cyberspace"
• MAP23: "The Haunted Aquarium"
• MAP24: "Chased by Dancing Skeletons"
• MAP25: "Hiding from the Robo-Zombies"
• MAP26: "Attack of the Spider-Clowns"
• MAP27: "Robo-Zombie Mecha-Brain Boss Battle"
• MAP28: "Wedding March for the Princess of Death"
• MAP29: "Somebody Set Up Us The Bomb"
• MAP30: "Zombie Goes Shopping"
• MAP31: "Zombie Goes Shopping"
• MAP32: "Robo-Zombie Mecha-Brain Boss Battle"
• Title screen: "Going Down"
• Intermission: "Descent of Death"

Built-in demos

This WAD features three built-in demos. All require Doom II with a Boom-compatible v2.14 source port to view them. The demo levels are:

Demo	Level	Skill	Tics	Length
DEMO1	MAP09: Broken Records	4	3283	1:33.80
DEMO2	MAP10: Trip Switch	4	2575	1:13.57
DEMO3	MAP11: Vivisection	4	1126	0:32.17

Speedrunning

Current records

The DSDA episode records for Going Down are:

Run	Time	Player	Date	File	Notes
UV max run	1:52:26	Daerik	2021-09-01	gdallm15226.zip

The data was last verified in its entirety on July 28, 2022.

Trivia

• Running from the Jazz Robots, the music used in MAP04 and MAP15, is also used in Cyriak's "Chimpnology" animation.

External links

• Going Down at Doomworld/idgames
• Going Down (2014-11) (archived 🏛) at the Doomed Speed Demos Archive
• Going Down (2015-02) (archived 🏛) at the Doomed Speed Demos Archive
• Going Down (2015-08) at the Doom Speed Demo Archive
• Doomworld forums thread
• Doomworld Megawad Club playthrough
• Review at ONEMANDOOM: WAD Reviews