ValmontPhl on 17/1/2021 at 06:19
I like the OM plot idea, instead of reloaded OM maps, just use the "libretto"
What awesome new FM could be created to reimagine Basso hiring Garret to facilitate Jenivere's escape?
Different Haunted Cathedral to get theEye, or different Maw with a not so easy ending?
Would anyone here like to bring back Raoul under a new opera house?
and there is no limit to what can be done with Precious Cargo
Just some ideas :P
Squadarofl on 17/1/2021 at 09:38
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I like the idea...but would love to see it taking a different direction (I think we have seen the OM maps enough, but I can see the ideas charme). My Shot: (I know that a contest like this has been made already years ago, but for my taste it didn't turn out the way I would imagine it) The Builders Paradise (especially our discussion in our T2 20AC episode) gave me the idea because it seemed like the better and more advanced "Sabotage at Soulforge". Take the setting of an OM but create a totally new map from scratch. All the objectives from the OM have to be included, but the ways to achieve them of course can be different. I think with todays NewDark and everything it has to offer, a contest like this would make sense and give authors more ways for creativity and a totally different take on a well established mission.
I don't like the idea of contests with limitations where on the other hand authors have so many new possibilities since new dark. (I appreciate the limited contests because it is interesting to see what people can come up with and to see all the different approaches but let's not limit the engine side for once....let's maybe limit the setting)
The idea seems good but it repeat itself as it was already made for another contest I think; how about keeping the idea of re-imagining T2 OMs but with a twist: soak them up with TDP atmosphere! :D
I think one of the main concern with T2 FMs is they don't feel supernatural enough (usually just zombies and haunts at best) and the Victorian-Artdeco setting is quickly becoming tiring, re-imagining T2 OMs gives us the excuse to add more evil wizards, strange cults and forgotten gods and follow the Gothic setting trend from TDP/TG with surreal impossibly-tall architecture instead of another 100% boring reality with a sterile Vic-Art setting. FMs to draw inspiration from would be Calendra campaign, Melan and Skacky's maps, Marbleman's Cracks in the Glass, Shlock's (and maybe mine :cool:) instead of the ad-nauseam comfy Victorian mansions with le dark secret.
Lord Taffer on 17/1/2021 at 12:30
Quote Posted by Squadarofl
The idea seems good but it repeat itself as it was already made for another contest I think; how about keeping the idea of re-imagining T2 OMs but with a twist: soak them up with TDP atmosphere!
I think this is a very interesting thought to try to mix TDP/TG atmosphere with re-imagined T2 OMs.
Purgator on 17/1/2021 at 13:05
Re-imagined TMA OMs while staying true to TDP aesthetics......TruDark Contest?
Krush on 17/1/2021 at 15:21
Maw contest. It's all about the Maw. We don't see much done with the Maw (I guess because people don't like it as much as rooftops and human guards), but with the skills in this community I think a lot could be done. Plus it would take a lot of our top designers into new territory.
Imagine rat/ape beasts, giant trees (and treebeasts :sly:), particle bridges, water flowing upwards, humming ice crystals, pagan villages, maybe a Viktoria AI.
Just take it easy on the spiders for the love of god.
R_G on 17/1/2021 at 17:17
Good idea! I like it :) Mine is about making a FM where you may determine a different outcome of an historical event.
downwinder on 17/1/2021 at 18:13
every hip about the remake of om's its already been done,almost if not every om has been redone a good amount,if you dont know then start playing all thief fan missions
hate to break hearts with the news but i dont want to see a bunch of missions of om maps they been played out years ago
Supremcee on 17/1/2021 at 21:12
Quote Posted by downwinder
every hip about the remake of om's its already been done,almost if not every om has been redone a good amount,if you dont know then start playing all thief fan missions
hate to break hearts with the news but i dont want to see a bunch of missions of om maps they been played out years ago
the idea seems to attract several people so...
klatremus on 17/1/2021 at 21:31
But the idea isnt using OM maps, downwinder, it's making new maps using OM objectives. The mission doesn't have to resemble the OM at all.