Thief fan missions and campaigns

[Dev_Anj]

but I don't know anything about Dromed.

Don't think skacky wants more level designers right now, he's just looking for voice actors and people who can make briefings in the style of the first 2 Thief games. Don't be afraid to step up if you think you can help!

 

[Random_Taffer]

Figured I'd post this here too, but I'd like to show ya'll the first briefing for my upcoming 3 mission campaign:

https://youtu.be/i5tbttCn_cc

 

[Unkillable Cat]

Starring Sean Connery as Garrett

 

[Random_Taffer]

Starring Sean Connery as Garrett

Haha, yep!

Originally it was a Garrett mission, but later I decided to make it a new character named Conall. I was trying out voice actors and Masterthief3 sent me a Sean Connery take as a joke. I laughed initially, but the more I listened, the more it grew on me and I decided to say fuck it and roll with it.

 

[Unkillable Cat]

Does "Conall" say 'Taffer' at any point? That could be a nice in-joke for the community.

 

[DrKubiac]

It works very well, you easily forget the impersonation as you listen to it! Damn masterthief3 really is gifted with his voice acting...

 

[Unkillable Cat]

A new DromEd taffer has emerged and released his first FM: "The Iron Heart".

This is a T2-era mansion heist that quickly starts hinting at there being something hidden underneath it all. For someone who's releasing his first work, this is pretty good. It's not perfect by any means - the mansion is all made up of right angles, one room has an arched ceiling and diagonals are only used in changes in elevation. At least the author has a good grasp on thinking in 3 dimensions, best exemplified by the stairs leading into the mansion - a careful study of the surroundings will reveal how to get past a deviously placed guard.

But the tone and style of the whole thing changes once the basement area is reached. Here we see more freeform architecture, style and quite original design ideas. (Guybrush Threepwood's trademark line gets a nod here.) Platforming elements are introduced, but fortunately steer away from the obvious pitfalls of platforming in the Dark Engine - instead we get a couple of somewhat cheesy sections, like platforms that 'crumble away' before you even step on them or a vertical race out of a pit before it fills up and kills you.

Readables cover the whole spectrum - the mansion has a diary that's smitten with Audiolog Syndrome, but there are also a couple of shorter readables that are enjoyable. My favourite is the short note in the servant's quarters (what starts out as a love confession quickly turns sour), but the readables in the basement section are all terminally infected with Audiolog Syndrome - these could have been done in a better manner.

But overall I recommend playing this: It's not outstanding in any sense, but it's not bad either. Hopefully we'll see more from this taffer in the future.

 

[skacky]

Alright, so which one of you is BruderMurus?

 

[Melan]

I wish I were.

 

[Unkillable Cat]

I'm too much of a Grammar Mechanist to be able to post like that.

 

[Riskbreaker]

I honestly can't imagine any Codexer who would abuse inhumane niceness of dem TTLG-ers in such a heinous way.

 

[Max_b5]

BruderMurus and the infamous downwinder remind me of the time when I joined TTLG back in 2009. Me thinks English be difficult.

 

[ERYFKRAD]

What's all about a BruderMurus, not on TTLG forums, so no clue what's up.

 

[Garrettt]

What's all about a BruderMurus, not on TTLG forums, so no clue what's up.

He's the sort of person who would create threads with titles like.. oh I don't know "Thief became the meaning of my life... am i mentally ill and need to go to hospital ?"

 

[DrKubiac]

Besides, whenever he posts something it's really tough to tell if he's trolling or if he's sincere but his bad english gets in the way... It's amazing anyway.

 

[Garrettt]

Wasn't there a codexer who was doing that on the squeenix forums? purposefully had terrible English and kept saying "Bro" and trolling everyone

 

[JarlFrank]

BruderMurus is amazing, best TTLG troll job ever.

At least, I think/hope it's a troll job.

 

[Turtle-Zone 3000]

The point at which you'd be concerned is when he starts pointing out ice cream cones in architecture.

 

[SlyFoxx]

Ummm...ice cream.:mrpresident:

 

[Darth Slaughter]

I'm still expecting a FM with a faction of hammerites that praise the cone...

 

[Dev_Anj]

"And so it was that the Builder said:
"Buildest not thy sinful abode of cones
or thy shacks of boxes,
lest thou embarass the glory of the Builder.
Thine works shalt be of greater worth
if only thou submit to the will of the iron eagle."
--- Page 347, Treatise of the Builder's Maniacs

 

[Unkillable Cat]

And the Builder said: "If thou can readest these words, know that the Builder has fled this house." - Page 4 of Drom's Book of the Builder.

 

[Dev_Anj]

Some major news. There's an ambitious award contest organized by Athalle and Stefan_Key at TTLG, and there are some big rewards for authors winning, as well as one random voter. You can choose among the best authors, best fan missions and best upcoming authors. You need to message them though to get your vote accepted, or have a TTLG account to post with your selection in the thread. I hope anyone interested votes there.

Further details here: http://www.ttlg.com/forums/showthread.php?t=146609

 

[Unkillable Cat]

My voting will (sadly) be restricted to TG and T2, but I already have a good idea of my nominations.

The hardest one will be the "newcomer" award, as the info is laid out in such a manner that I have to look up the author to see a list of his works, not the other way around - and I couldn't find any readily available resource for that.

 

[Melan]

Surprising amount of votes for Soul_Tear, showing that

• horrendous design decisions are forgiven even in Thieflandia;
• high production values matter more than people would dare to admit, even in Thieflandia;
• Russia stronk.

:1up: