New Dark 10th Anniversary Contest - Voting Closed, Results Soon

nicked on 24/10/2022 at 07:04

Quote Posted by TheDataElemental

HotA did ship with several regrettable bugs. My beta phase was a total disaster - the map essentially was not tested before release at all. A future 1.1 release is possible, but not a priority for me at this time.

I will probably return to Dromed at some point, but it won't be for at least a year or more. This development did a number on me, and I have a lot of real life matters to focus on right now.

There are a few rough edges that could have been smoothed out with more beta testing time, but it's honestly pretty polished for something that's barely been tested. I have played (and have made) much, much worse "Beta 1" missions.

Hope you do decide to come back to Dromed, this mission shows a lot of potential!

Source_of_Truth on 24/10/2022 at 10:18

Even considering how hated this mission is, many people agree that the concept of the thieves guild is good. The execution of this idea in the level we got in Thief Gold is certainly debatable and personally, I really do not like the level myself and have stopped at least one playthough at this level in recent years.
Now, before you mention it, I am aware of the mod that turns Gold into Vanilla (however, I do like the rest of Gold). I am also aware of the level-skip cheat :D But I recently wondered if there was a third option... With more than two decades of mods, I figured that there must be an improvement-, remake-, remaster-, re-interpretation or re-mapping-mod of the thieves guild out there, right? But I never found any on the usual fan-mission portals...

And now there is Intertheft :cool:, thanks a lot.

Zoro on 24/10/2022 at 20:40

Intertheft is a great and enjoyable mission on its own, but because of some design aspects I can't see it myself in place of the Thieves Guild OM. I think it feels a bit too narrow for the usual Thief feel. I'm not trying to drop a bad light on it, it's only my opinion in the worst case... Neither I'm trying to defend Thieves Guild - it's a really good OM, but I think it appears way too early and the reasons why it's usually disliked are quite understandable.
Now, what personally I'd like to see replaced more is the Mage Towers. The concept is good, but the OM feels rushed and empty. Sorry for an off-topic.

I also loved House of the Architect. It has a pretty good charming mansion (and a pretty cool final part too, imo) and was overall fun exploring. Both HotA and Intertheft were enjoyable and of a really good quality. Thanks for the hard work!

jay on 27/10/2022 at 04:43

Quote Posted by DirkBogan

I highly recommend Nomadman's Intertheft, and from the few in-development screenshots I saw of TheDataElemental's House of The Architect it seemed quite promising and creative. I'm very excited to play it.

Regarding the limited submissions: if you look at the previous four contests, most of the participants are working on one or both of the two big campaigns in-progress. As part of one of them, I know there was some interest internally from a few members, but we decided that we really couldn't afford to give another contest priority over the long-awaited project. I promise that decision has paid off massively.

I haven't poked my head into this forum for a bit...Does someone mind telling me what the two big in-progress campaigns are? Thanks!

Snake on 27/10/2022 at 09:37

Quote Posted by jay

I haven't poked my head into this forum for a bit...Does someone mind telling me what the two big in-progress campaigns are? Thanks!

Broken Goddess campaign being developed by Random Taffer and a team of many others.

The Black Parade campaign being developed by Skacky and a team of many others.

jay on 27/10/2022 at 14:03

Thanks!!

Renault on 12/11/2022 at 04:29

Hey, just a quick reminder to everyone. The voting period ends in one week, so if you haven't had a chance to cast your vote yet, please do so soon. Check the first post of this thread for a link to the voting page.

MarcusFlintlock on 12/11/2022 at 16:54

Quote Posted by Brethren

I've been trying to vote but the page keeps giving me the message "We would love you to participate in this poll. However, you must first be logged into the forums before proceeding."

I am logged in on TTLG! What's going on?

Renault on 14/11/2022 at 15:50

I messaged an admin about this, hope to hear back soon.

thehardyboyz on 14/11/2022 at 20:55

I just finished House of the Architect. That's an amazing first mission for the author, congrats !
The level design is very interesting, there are a lot of nice ideas.
I liked the small versions of some places we all know, the rooftop part, and in general, I had a very nice moment playing it. Thanks for that !

PS : I would have appreciated a map, even a basic one. I think it would be very useful for such a complex house.