MAP31: The Looming Scaffold (Doomworld Maximum Project 2023)

Doomworld Maximum Project 2023 maps
Vanilla/Limit-removing HUB 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10
Vanilla/Limit-removing 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19
Boom/MBF-compatible 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
Boom/MBF-compatible MAP31: The Looming Scaffold MAP32: I Am Her, You Are Him, They Are None and We Are All MAP33: Square O' Death MAP34: Hell's Paradise MAP35: Marble Madness MAP36: Vermilion Vestry MAP37: Fatal Moon MAP38: Sanguinem Sol MAP39: Hellspital MAP40: Ideology Clash
ZDoom/GZDoom-compatible 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54

This level occupies the map slot MAP31. For other maps which occupy this slot, see Category:MAP31.

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MAP31: The Looming Scaffold is the thirty-first map of Doomworld Maximum Project 2023. It was designed by Sebastian Graham (General Rainbow Bacon) and uses the music track "The Forgotten God" by Tristan Clark, from Revolution! MIDI Pack.

Walkthrough

Map of The Looming Scaffold

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. In the main hub, press the switch west of the north door. Afterwards, when you get to the ledge where you jump to the blue skull key, take the north door to get to one of the chaingunner cages. (sector 253)
2. After getting the blue skull key, return to Secret #1 to get an invulnerability. (sector 584)
3. In the nukage area at the west side, once you lower the single bar going north, go there, then quickly run back to the start of the nukage and head east into a corridor. Go north, then west to get a light amplification visor and a berserk pack. (sector 582)
4. At Secret #3, use the northeast bookshelf, quickly leave the secret, head west into the nukage, and south into a hole. You will find a radiation suit and a computer area map. (sector 606)
5. Go northwest in the nukage tunnel past the single bar until you hear something lower. Quickly backtrack and shoot the red wall, then head back west and southwest to get ammo, stimpacks, and backpacks. This counts as two secrets, but the items do not appear on Hey, Not Too Rough or lower. (sector 614)
6. See Secret #5. (sector 616)
7. At the lava maze at the east end, trigger the southeast trap, then head to the northwest area and through the wall to get a megasphere. (sector 585)
8. In the lava maze, head to the northeast corner and teleport back to the start. Open the yellow skull wall to get boxes of ammo, an energy cell pack, and a soul sphere. (sector 609)
9. In the south end, take the teleporter. This is the secret, and from here you can head to the east rocks and through the wall to get to Secret #8 using an alternate path. (sector 341)
10. In the big room before the zigzag path to the north, use the east wall where the candle is and follow the path to an energy cell, rockets, and stimpacks. These items only appear on Ultra-Violence or higher. (sector 476)

Bugs

Seven boxes of rockets (Things 857 through 863) have no flags set for any of the three difficulty classes, so they do 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
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 March 6, 2024.

Statistics

Map data

Things	868
Vertices	5237*
Linedefs	5071
Sidedefs	8199
Sectors	682

* The vertex count without the effect of node building is 4470.

Things

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

Single-player
Monsters	1-2	3	4-5
Zombieman	1
Shotgun guy	36	42	47
Heavy weapon dude	51	58	70
Imp	29	27	35
Lost soul	15	17	20
Demon	14	17	19
Revenant	45	53	58
Cacodemon	4	8	12
Pain elemental	5	7	11
Hell knight	41	46	41
Baron of Hell	8	7	9
Arachnotron	4	5	6
Mancubus	2	2	8
Arch-vile	13	13	19
Cyberdemon	0	1	2
Weapons	1-2	3	4-5
Super shotgun	1
Rocket launcher	1
Plasma gun	1
BFG9000	1
Ammunition	1-2	3	4-5
Box of bullets	6	8	8
4 shotgun shells	21	25	31
Box of shotgun shells	6	12	12
Rocket	27	31	39
Box of rockets	7	16	16
Energy cell	19	28	32
Energy cell pack	2	6	6
Health & Armor	1-2	3	4-5
Stimpack	27	35	46
Medikit	3
Armor	2
Megaarmor	1	2	2
Items	1-2	3	4-5
Armor bonus	17	20	23
Health bonus	37
Supercharge	1	1	2
Megasphere	2	2	1
Backpack	1	7	7
Berserk	2
Computer area map	1
Invulnerability	2
Light amplification visor	1
Partial invisibility	1
Radiation shielding suit	6
Keys	1-2	3	4-5
Blue skull key	1
Red skull key	1
Yellow skull key	1
Miscellaneous	1-2	3	4-5
Exploding barrel	3
Teleport landing	30