Galaer on 10/1/2021 at 11:42
Quote Posted by DirkBogan
I'd be very interested to see people guess who the author is. I have yet to see somebody get it right publicly.
My guess goes to Psychosis.
intruder on 10/1/2021 at 13:42
I'm not yet done with this mission but I have to say that I really like its design!
One thing though: playing on Hard and having collected 1357 in loot, the objective of stealing 1400 loot is already ticked off. But it's not that important, I'm gonna go find the rest ;)
Twist on 10/1/2021 at 20:00
Quote Posted by Galaer
My guess goes to Psychosis.
Ha! Me, too. I assume Neb and Fortuni were implying Skacky earlier in the thread, but when I loaded and played the mission I began to wonder if we're instead seeing yet another leap in skill between contests from Psych0sis.
skacky on 10/1/2021 at 20:05
Who knows? :angel:
Psych0sis on 10/1/2021 at 20:20
I was too busy preparing for my run of Thief 2 at AGDQ, otherwise I would have attempted something. I'm flattered by the guesses, however! :D
Kerrle on 11/1/2021 at 00:56
That was fun to watch. I was the guy who donated and mentioned fan missions in your run.
Twist on 11/1/2021 at 04:53
Well, I'll bite, since Dirk seems to be baiting. After actually playing through it, if you held a bow to my head, I'd guess Melan. But it could still be skacky. I suppose it could also be Squada or Firemage or DrK. But regardless, if it's not Melan, then it's the most Melan-like non-Melan mission I've played, which is a very good thing, so congratulations to the author. :D
Suffice to say, I loved it. Even with so many excellent submissions to this contest, this is in my top 3, maybe top 2. Alcazar is still my favorite because it somehow manages to feel so much bigger and its mysterious, mystical flavor is extraordinary, but I can see Recipe For Turmoil being one of those missions I revisit dozens of times over the course of my life. It's a great little taste of my favorite kind of Thief mission, with soaring architecture featuring plenty of connectivity, detailed characterful interior furnishings, and compelling, charming readables. It's short and small (semi-blind ironmanned it on expert in 25 minutes, but missed just over 500 loot), but I didn't mind.
If it is authored by Melan, I'm relieved to see it, as I was worried he was put off by some of the responses to Rose Garden. If it's not Melan... I guess I'll still worry. :o
This makes me miss when all contest submissions were anonymous. It's kind of fun not knowing for sure.
Arrowgrab on 11/1/2021 at 20:56
Quote Posted by Cheela
@Galaer: hey, could you please tell me where to find
the key to that "certain" safe ?
It's located
on a table next to a letter in a completely different apartment, so just keep exploring. The letter explains why it's there, but to be honest, I feel it is a somewhat forced non sequitur ploy to explain why it's in an illogical location.
Grandmauden on 12/1/2021 at 06:33
A city district with a good amount of climbing and exploring is always right up my alley. I just wish it wasn't over so soon.
Found all 2512 loot on my first try! *fist pump*
nicked on 12/1/2021 at 09:06
Quote Posted by Grandmauden
A city district with a good amount of climbing and exploring is always right up my alley. I just wish it wasn't over so soon.
That was my feeling - it's a great slice of city exploration, but didn't last very long!