I spent a lot of time playing Doom this weekend. It’s kind of wierd/cool having to play a videogame as homework. I played episode 2 and episode 3 with the cheatcodes IDDQD (invulnerability), IDFA (full everything minus keys), and double IDDT (map and items reveal). I played in GZDoom this time, which I really liked as an emulator except for the map (the map is sad). I also customized my controls and played with a mouse which made it so much easier! I played the majority of episode 2 and 3 by looking for the keys to find the exit but towards the end of episode 3 I started to get a bit tired of the game from playing for so long so I used the walk through walls cheat (IDSPISPOPD) for 3 of the levels.
In class I presented on the secret exit in E2M5, and my favorite part of that whole secret is still the blood waterfall curtain thing because it’s decorative to the level but also is used to hide a teleporter.
After I presented on Tuesday, Steven presented on E2M9, the secret level in episode 2. Apparently, the secret exit I came across in map 5 was actually an exit that lead to a secret level.
When I toured the game I also played this secret level but the whole time I thought it was just level 6 and that the next map was level 7 and so on. The existance of the secret exit in E2M5 makes more sense to me now after learning that it’s not just another way to beat E2M5, it actually leads to an entirely different level.