Unkillable Cat on 22/7/2019 at 18:42
I found the 'thing' as well, via a well-placed jump from a pointy rooftop.
This means I have 90% of the total loot, but no idea where to go look for the rest. The only place that remains a possibility is a door in the western section that only opens partially before being blocked, but I think that's a dead end.
With that said, this is an amazing FM, easily the top runner for Thief 1/2 FM of the year so far. There's just so many places to go and explore, and little stories to be told along the way.
I hope to see much more from you in the future. :)
irg on 23/7/2019 at 22:55
Congrats on such a great debut mission! I really enjoyed this start to finish. There were so many interconnected paths and hidden exits to find, I never once got tired scurrying back and forth for loot. And of course, the shortcut that drops you right back in the starting area was greatly appreciated. I especially loved the premise and atmosphere. The disarray of the quickly abandoned homes and guards roaming the bleak streets makes an interesting midground between a standard city mission and a deserted ruin.
goldwell on 24/7/2019 at 17:24
Congratulations on your release! Just finished the mission last night and wow what an incredibly experience!! Thank you!
It took me two and a half hours to finish and I loved every minute of it.
You are an incredibly talented mapper, I can’t wait to see what you put out next!
Cheela on 24/7/2019 at 19:51
Hi, congrats to this nice mission, i loved it, there were so many places to discover, even hidden ones
I also could visit the top of the city, with those movable/frobbable walls and found that plaque high up near greengrocer's - a well-shot rope arrow, climbing the opened metal door nearby and a nice jumping were enough to reach it.
I don't remember now but somewhere there was a glass window, with a red hammer symbol behind it with blinking lights, is that place accessible?
And thanks for the hint to baker storage key, i missed that place.
Finished with 9420 loot
I have really enjoyed this mission, thank you! Great work!
Oh and after visiting the secret keeper compartment, coming back to generator room, the light went off and the creepy footstep sounds were gone. Why? And who was that?
@Unkillable Cat
For that door that opens partially: is it in the city hall? Have you visited the security room which is locked in from inside ?
DirkBogan on 24/7/2019 at 23:30
Quote Posted by Cheela
there was a
glass window, with a red hammer symbol behind it with blinking lights, is that place accessible?
You can't get in there;
it's only supposed to show that the power/industrial infrastructure is starting to collapse after two or so days without maintenance.Quote Posted by Cheela
after visiting the
secret keeper compartment, coming back to generator room, the light went off and the creepy footstep sounds were gone. Why? And who was that?
The entire 'Cyric-style' affordable housing area
has a few interpretations, but I mostly imagined it as a front for the Keeper chapel in the area. All of the decay and creepy things in that building are like special effects, meant to dissuade people (like the gold+purple guard asleep on the sofa!) from investigating further and discovering the truth. As you get closer to the chapel, the creepier the lighting and sound become. Then, even if you find the chapel, the antechamber is supposedly 'abandoned' until you find the secret book button that opens the room with the medallion and scroll. Having discovered the truth behind that area, maybe the Keepers deactivated the illusions, or maybe Garrett can see through them now. Either way, he has seen behind the curtain. I assume these illusions come back once Garrett is gone.Once again, a more general thank you to everyone for your kind words! It's impossible for an author to judge their own work, and I am painfully aware of numerous compromises, failures, and novice mistakes I made during development -- but perhaps this is just knowing how the sausage was made. Whatever you think of this mission, know that whatever I make next (if anything) will almost certainly be better, if only for lacking these faults.
Cheela on 25/7/2019 at 06:32
Quote Posted by DirkBogan
You can't get in there;
it's only supposed to show that the power/industrial infrastructure is starting to collapse after two or so days without maintenance.The entire 'Cyric-style' affordable housing area
has a few interpretations, but I mostly imagined it as a front for the Keeper chapel in the area. All of the decay and creepy things in that building are like special effects, meant to dissuade people (like the gold+purple guard asleep on the sofa!) from investigating further and discovering the truth. As you get closer to the chapel, the creepier the lighting and sound become. Then, even if you find the chapel, the antechamber is supposedly 'abandoned' until you find the secret book button that opens the room with the medallion and scroll. Having discovered the truth behind that area, maybe the Keepers deactivated the illusions, or maybe Garrett can see through them now. Either way, he has seen behind the curtain. I assume these illusions come back once Garrett is gone.Wow that's great!
This mission had a unique environmental feeling for me,
a city that was taken over by military forces, eroded, abandoned places (without ghosts, hunts :p, and that debauched city hall that had seen better days...Really amazing, even discovering
hidden places, routes, corridors,
through loos f.e. :cheeky:
Even it was fun reaching places that we don't supposed to reach but i feel a kind of excitement like when looking behind curtains in the theatre.
So, it was really a great work, and you said this was your first T2 release?! Amazing...
So, thanks again for your answers and for this mission as well! :thumb:
Cotillion on 26/7/2019 at 12:00
Quote Posted by Cheela
For that door that opens partially: is it in the city hall? Have you visited the
security room which is locked in from inside ?
Not the one you were quoting but the door that opens partially is in a small arera after you visited the safe in the city hall. You can access the area via a rope arrow and then there is this door behind some boxes. I think thats what he/she meant.
But the reason I am writing: how can I access the security room?
DirkBogan on 26/7/2019 at 12:07
Quote Posted by Cotillion
But the reason I am writing: how can I access the security room?
Funnily enough, you reach it a similar way to the semi-open door room:
check out the bathroom adjacent to the Dining Hall
Cotillion on 26/7/2019 at 12:19
Quote Posted by DirkBogan
Funnily enough, you reach it a similar way to the semi-open door room:
check out the bathroom adjacent to the Dining HallGot it. Thanks!
Cheela on 26/7/2019 at 14:34
Quote Posted by Cotillion
Not the one you were quoting but the door that opens partially is in a small arera after you visited the safe in the city hall. You can access the area via a rope arrow and then there is this door behind some boxes. I think thats what he/she meant.
I think it is the same door, visited from 2 direction.
That blocked door in the guards' bedroom is the same door at the loo you mentioned, with the burned logs and a letterBut then, he/she had visited it from both side and i was wrong sorry.