E1L3 “Death Row” — Red Key Card Confusion
The red key sits behind the electric chair in the execution chamber, but the switch that kills the current is on the chair’s left side — not the front. Walk up from the front and you fry. Circle left, hit the switch on the base, then take the card. The dramatic lighting pulls your eye away from the switch; Build Engine maps reward fixture-checking.
E2L1 “Red Light District” — Underwater Passage Lockout
The flooded passage beneath the strip club has a 30-second air timer and a hidden mid-tunnel air pocket most players drown looking for. Swim forward until the vertical shaft appears on your right, surface, then continue. The oxygen meter drains faster than Doom’s rad suits. Steroids before the dive buy a few extra seconds but won’t save a slow swim.
E2L6 “Spin Cycle” — Washing Machine Platforming
The giant rotating drums demand jump-timing the game hasn’t asked for since the platformer entries. The paddle hitboxes are unforgiving; miss once and you’re in the water with a long climb back. Wait until the paddle rises 45° past vertical on your right, then jump and strafe right together. Steroids from the previous room trivialize this; speedrunners grab them for exactly this reason.
E3L4 “L.A. Rumble” — Earthquake Collapsing-Building Escape
The timed stadium collapse gives you roughly 20 seconds to reach the exit through falling debris, and the left route is a deathtrap of respawning rubble. Sprint straight from the trigger, jetpack over the first two debris piles — don’t path around — and the exit door is immediately right. Players who saved jetpack fuel from earlier clear this in one attempt; those who burned it all memorize the geometry through repeated crushing.
