MAP22: Acerola-Orion (Ancient Aliens)

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This level occupies the map slot MAP22. For other maps which occupy this slot, see Category:MAP22.

MAP22: Acerola-Orion is the twenty-second map of Ancient Aliens. It was designed by Sarah Mancuso (esselfortium) and uses the music track "The Last Dance," composed by Stuart Rynn (stewboy). The par time is 9:00.

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Walkthrough

Map of Acerola-Orion

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. Go up the stairs at the southern part of the map near the beginning. If you look at the first window to your left when you go down the next hall, there is an opening. When you round the bend and enter the next room, you might hear a lift behind you, which lowers the window to that opening for one second. Quickly enter this opening and head across the purple landscape for a soul sphere. (sector 1011)
2. On the dark blue-colored ledge near the eastern part of the map, if you look southeast, you should find a cave entrance. Jump to this entrance and enter to a watery area, where you can collect a megaarmor, energy cell packs, and health bonuses. (sector 1463)
3. At the northeast corner of the map, go straight south until you reach a small blue-floored room. Look to the northeast corner of this room for a switch. Hit it and backtrack; you should see a lift coming up. Use this lift up and enter the opening, heading around to find some boxes of rockets, medikits, and armor bonuses. (sector 1743)

Bugs

An imp (Thing 520) in the northern purple area has no flags set for any of the three difficulty classes, so it does not actually appear in the level.

Speedrunning

Current records

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

Run	Time	Player	Date	File	Notes
UV speed	3:56.71	Terrarienn	2024-05-02	aa22p-356.zip	Cross-listed from Pacifist
NM speed
UV max	5:42.63	Bdubzzz	2020-03-09	aa22-542.zip
NM 100S
UV -fast
UV -respawn
UV Tyson
UV pacifist	3:56.71	Terrarienn	2024-05-02	aa22p-356.zip
NoMo	1:32.17	Inuk	2022-12-28	aa22o132.zip
NoMo 100S	1:59.06	Inuk	2023-07-04	aa22os159.zip

The data was last verified in its entirety on May 12, 2024.

Statistics

Map data

Things	663
Vertices	10877*
Linedefs	13025
Sidedefs	23093
Sectors	1745

* The vertex count without the effect of node building is 10877.

Things

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

Single-player
Monsters	1-2	3	4-5
Shotgun guy	18	20	22
Heavy weapon dude	7	13	14
Imp	57	45	39
Lost soul	0	2	2
Demon	16	16	8
Spectre	2	2	10
Revenant	9	21	30
Cacodemon	8	12	12
Pain elemental	2	2	3
Hell knight	6	7	5
Arachnotron	7	11	11
Mancubus	12	13	13
Arch-vile	4	7	8
Stealth plasma alien	4	5	12
Weapons	1-2	3	4-5
Super shotgun	1
Chaingun	1
Rocket launcher	1
Plasma gun	1
Ammunition	1-2	3	4-5
Box of bullets	11
4 shotgun shells	8
Box of shotgun shells	1
Rocket	15
Box of rockets	35
Energy cell	8
Energy cell pack	5
Health & Armor	1-2	3	4-5
Stimpack	8	11	9
Medikit	45	36	34
Armor	3	1	1
Megaarmor	2
Items	1-2	3	4-5
Armor bonus	71
Health bonus	7
Supercharge	2
Megasphere	2	2	1
Keys	1-2	3	4-5
Blue keycard	1
Yellow keycard	1
Miscellaneous	1-2	3	4-5
Teleport landing	36
Voodoo doll	5

Multiplayer
Monsters	1-2	3	4-5
Shotgun guy	18	20	22
Heavy weapon dude	7	13	14
Imp	57	45	39
Lost soul	0	2	2
Demon	39	39	31
Spectre	2	2	10
Revenant	9	21	30
Cacodemon	15	19	19
Pain elemental	2	2	3
Hell knight	6	7	5
Arachnotron	7	11	11
Mancubus	12	13	13
Arch-vile	4	7	8
Cyberdemon	3
Stealth plasma alien	4	5	12
Weapons	1-2	3	4-5
Super shotgun	1
Chaingun	1
Rocket launcher	1
Plasma gun	2
Ammunition	1-2	3	4-5
Clip	4
Box of bullets	15
4 shotgun shells	20
Box of shotgun shells	5
Rocket	28
Box of rockets	51
Energy cell	25
Energy cell pack	9
Health & Armor	1-2	3	4-5
Stimpack	20	23	21
Medikit	54	45	43
Armor	3	1	1
Megaarmor	2
Items	1-2	3	4-5
Armor bonus	71
Health bonus	7
Supercharge	2
Megasphere	2	2	1
Keys	1-2	3	4-5
Blue keycard	1
Yellow keycard	1
Miscellaneous	1-2	3	4-5
Cooperative start	4
Teleport landing	36
Voodoo doll	5

Trivia

• The map's name is likely derived from a character from the light novel Bakemonogatari, Shinobu Oshino a.k.a. Kiss-Shot Acerola-Orion Heart-Under-Blade.
• In the comment section under the playthrough of this map on decino's YouTube channel, skillsaw shared the following information about this level:

"I love this map! The gameplay utilizes long sight lines, narrow walkways/damage floors, and oppressive monster placements in ways most of the other maps don't, which makes it really stand out in AA. The extra multiplayer placements seem to take it to the next level, haha.

Random little bits:

- The midi was called "The Last Dance" because it was the last midi stewboy wrote
- The circular "maze" area was inspired by crop circles
- I harbor suspicions that the name of the map is an anime reference"

―Paul DeBruyne (skillsaw) 

External links

• Ancient Aliens demos at the Doom Speed Demo Archive