Blood Dragon on 4/8/2005 at 03:56
Quote Posted by Dussander
I would imagine one day, some adventurer would enter the Cradle ... searching for loot or whatever. No Lauryl to warn them off. They get stuck in the Cradle... it has a new plaything.
I have thought of that also. You know, some people just wanna impress others by doing daring or... stupid things. Surely if they go into the Cradle, they'll go mad before realizing that they're trapped forever.
I think whether Lauryl will warn them off isn't that important, because she was inside the building, not haunting outside the bared entrance to tell people to turn back. The point is that there will be no friendly ghost to tell you how to leave (to trick the Cradle).
I can remember very well that once I left the Cradle, I followed Lauryl for a while and I looked back at the building, before continuing my way. The Cradle experience will be in my memory, forever.
Doc_Brown on 4/8/2005 at 05:07
Seeing as you're here, null, let me ask you something:
I was mulling over what might have been done to improve on the Cradle's already impressive design, when it occurred to me that you yourself might have an idea or two. Of course, the original concept implied more to the level, but has anything developed in your mind since then? You know, the sort of "Why didn't I think of that?" thoughts that plague every creator long after their work is done.
P.S. While I have your attention, are you staying the course on The Grave? You know we're just dying to know.
Fish-face on 4/8/2005 at 22:18
Also @Null: I was really intrigued by the two details you mentioned in that article that you discovered when researching actual asylums. Were there any others that were similarly chilling?
Here's the ending I end up with:
Eventually, adventurers are trapped by the cradle, and the population of puppets grows. Even as he rots, the last adventurer starts a fire to bring an end to the thing that has taken him. He sits to watch the building burn at the base of the staff tower, as the cradle's memory becomes confused its past is played before him, until it reaches the original fire, and the building and its "spirit" crumble.
ReapMyster on 6/8/2005 at 13:22
just curious... when i was going through the cradle i noticed in the fireplace where all the beds are (in the outer cradle) when you go into the fireplace and look up theres a little opening... i doubt there is but has anyone gone in the editor and looked at it? its prolly just a empty space but im just curious
null on 6/8/2005 at 18:43
Quote Posted by ReapMyster
just curious... when i was going through the cradle i noticed in the fireplace where all the beds are (in the outer cradle) when you go into the fireplace and look up theres a little opening... i doubt there is but has anyone gone in the editor and looked at it? its prolly just a empty space but im just curious
That used to be an alternate entrance. It was cut for a very silly reason, but in theory, if you could get up there (the walls are not currently marked climbable), you could enter by dropping down the chimney, santa-style.
ReapMyster on 7/8/2005 at 06:08
Ooh im intrigued. Where does it lead from. Were you originally able to get on the roof?
What was the silly reason? If you don't mind / can tell me?
Brem_X_Jones on 7/8/2005 at 12:14
Wandering back to the Thief thread after a while, and realise the feature I (and Null) wrote which was very much partially inspired by this thread isn't linked inside it. For posterity, I think it probably should be.
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http://gillen.cream.org/wordpress_html/?page_id=618)
KG
agrash on 7/8/2005 at 14:49
in 'pcgameplay' (a dutch gamemag) they also mention the cradle lvl but not that big like pcgamer
they tolled that the lvl design is great, the music is beautifull, that u must have a couple of extra pants with u...stuff that most peeps have already mentioned before
edit : in the last magazine they had a preview of F.E.A.R. and they mentioned the cradle mission again because it was so scary
Fish-face on 7/8/2005 at 15:42
Quote Posted by Brem_X_Jones
Wandering back to the Thief thread after a while, and realise the feature I (and Null) wrote which was very much partially inspired by this thread isn't linked inside it. For posterity, I think it probably should be.
(
http://gillen.cream.org/wordpress_html/?page_id=618)
KG
Wee, that's the one with the seeping bodies and posessed inmates. "Cheery stuff," indeed.
c130 on 16/8/2005 at 16:11
Aaaaargh! I had to reformat my laptop when I was halfway through the very last level. Now if I want to see the ending I'll have to play this dang level again. Anyone got any post-Cradle savegames I could download? :erm:
