MAP29: The Ones Behind It All (Ancient Aliens)

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This level occupies the map slot MAP29. For other maps which occupy this slot, see Category:MAP29.

MAP29: The Ones Behind It All is the twenty-ninth map of Ancient Aliens. It was designed by Paul DeBruyne (skillsaw) and uses the music track "Colliding Nebulae," composed by Stuart Rynn (stewboy). The par time is 11:00.

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Walkthrough[edit]

Map of The Ones Behind It All
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]

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Secrets[edit]

There are no official secrets on this map.

Bugs[edit]

Demo files[edit]

Areas / screenshots[edit]

Speedrunning[edit]

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

Routes and tricks[edit]

Current records[edit]

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

Run Time Player Date File Notes
UV speed 2:59.14 Elmle 2019-05-16 aa29-259.zip
NM speed
UV max 6:07.69 VisitorQ 2018-04-07 aa29-607.zip
UV -fast
UV -respawn 5:51.74 Andrea Rovenski (Cyberdemon531) 2022-11-04 aa29r551.zip
UV Tyson
UV pacifist 3:22.29 Local Disk (C:) 2023-09-28 aaliens29p322.zip
NoMo 4:41.29 Inuk 2022-12-23 aa29o441.zip

The data was last verified in its entirety on October 5, 2023.

Statistics[edit]

Map data[edit]

Things 1924
Vertices 19695*
Linedefs 23286
Sidedefs 40319
Sectors 3494
* The vertex count without the effect of node building is 19695.

Things[edit]

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

Technical information[edit]

Inspiration and development[edit]

Trivia[edit]

  • In the comment section under the playthrough of this map on decino's YouTube channel, skillsaw shared the following information about this level:
"Weird, I'm not sure why I didn't add more MP monsters in the final map. A late wave of Archviles [sic] or maybe some extra roaming cybers [sic] could have been fun. It could definitely have used them.

Anyways, I'm glad you played these two final maps together - the most important thing for me about ending Ancient Aliens was closing out the story with all the silly plot twists. I didn't really want to do another Valiant-style boss - instead, I wanted the wad to be memorable for something other than it's combat."
―Paul DeBruyne (skillsaw) [1]

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References[edit]

  1. Paul DeBruyne (skillsaw) (14 August 2023). "Comment on Ancient Aliens - MAP29-MAP30: The Ones Behind It All (Ultra-Violence 100%)." YouTube. Retrieved 15 August 2023.