MAP08: Castle (One Week Contest)

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This level occupies the map slot MAP08. For other maps which occupy this slot, see Category:MAP08.
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MAP08: Castle is the eighth map of One Week Contest. It was designed by Erik Alm and uses the music track "Organic Gods" by Mark Klem, from Memento Mori II.

Walkthrough[edit]

Map of Castle
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[edit]

Other points of interest[edit]

Secrets[edit]

  1. Head west from the first intersection. In this room, open the southeast wall and press the switch to lower one of the columns, which has a green armor and shotgun shells. (sector 73)
  2. In the westernmost room, raise the steps, climb them, then jump southwest to the block, which will cause you to teleport to a chainsaw. (sector 129)
  3. In the southwest part of the courtyard, there is a megasphere on a small platform above the moat. It is not possible to access this megasphere. (sector 143)
  4. Open the red door and go to the door that the arrow points to. In this room, take the northwest teleporter and head east on the ledge. Open the south wall to get a plasma gun, an energy cell pack, and a radiation suit. (sector 236)

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Speedrunning[edit]

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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 15:40.66 Donatas Tamonis (Donce) 2005-01-21 onweekdt.zip
NM 100S
UV -fast
UV -respawn
UV Tyson
UV pacifist

The data was last verified in its entirety on April 10, 2024.

Deathmatch[edit]

Player spawns[edit]

This level contains eight spawn points:

  1. facing east. (thing 343)
  2. facing east. (thing 344)
  3. facing west. (thing 345)
  4. facing north-east. (thing 346)
  5. facing west. (thing 356)
  6. facing west. (thing 361)
  7. facing east. (thing 362)
  8. facing north. (thing 363)

Statistics[edit]

Map data[edit]

Things 738
Vertices 1879*
Linedefs 1931
Sidedefs 2881
Sectors 380
* The vertex count without the effect of node building is 1571.

Things[edit]

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

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