Halloween Speed Build Contest

[stumpy]

#declare one pumpkin, and a couple of spiders.

[Nosslak]

The mask will hopefully be available soonish as well.

[Melan]

Nosslak: I could use it! )

[nbohr1more]

Stumpy has joined too, eh?

 

Illusionist Tower had some great creepy vibes.

[lost_soul]

Indeed it did.

My favorite parts were the number hallway and the upstairs with the spiders and cabinets. The atmosphere was very good.

[BrokenArts]

*pokes Baddcog* come on now, come on! You've got something buried deep in your computer, I've seen it! It would be perfect....

[Sir Taffsalot]

It's going to be an awesome Halloween.

[jaxa]

What is the poll for?

[Shadowhide]

how to build a good halloween mission

[demagogue]

The poll is just a template of what the judging categories are going to be, which people could have guessed anyway but there's no harm in making it explicit.

[SiyahParsomen]

how to build a good halloween mission

 

Does it mean you are participating?

[Shadowhide]

nah,i just wondering

[SiyahParsomen]

nah,i just wondering

 

good, I was worrying for another tragedy.

[Springheel]

Siyah, feel free to give it a rest.

 

Discouraging someone from creating missions for TDM, regardless of whether you like them or not, runs completely counter to the purpose of this community.

[nbohr1more]

Since Siyah is a competitor, I will give him the benefit of doubt that he is taunting Shadow to get him to join the game.

[Mortem Desino]

Before I started writing up design docs, I started my search and research here.

 

So far, I've nearly finished the visuals for my poltergeist, and have started writing special AI routines for him.

 

Screenshots? Nope. That'll ruin the fun.

[nbohr1more]

YES!!!

[SiyahParsomen]

Siyah, feel free to give it a rest.

 

Discouraging someone from creating missions for TDM, regardless of whether you like them or not, runs completely counter to the purpose of this community.

 

no worries, I know how to treat a troll. My words are encouraging for him if he has any desire to attempt.

[DeTeEff]

I like your enthusiasm, Nbohr Like herding all your mapping children forward, through your contest arrangements.

[nbohr1more]

They say the squeaky wheel gets the grease.

 

My blabber-mouth forum posting habits mean that my perceptions shape the way that mission builders look at their players preferences and even their own perceptions about certain play styles. The fact that I'm generally genial means that mappers will feel they are providing their work to a appreciative party.

 

Of course, mappers build mostly for themselves... but I will continue live with the delusion that my commentary has some effect here .

Edited September 14, 2011 by nbohr1more

[Glyph Seeker]

Before I started writing up design docs, I started my search and research here.

 

So far, I've nearly finished the visuals for my poltergeist, and have started writing special AI routines for him.

 

Screenshots? Nope. That'll ruin the fun.

 

I am grinning in excitement at the thought of a poltergeist in an FM. =3

[Shadowhide]

i wonder how to build a good halloween mission

is good visuals be enogh or mission should have a creepy events like witch laugh or poltergeist or something like that ?

[nbohr1more]

In my opinion, a good Halloween mission would simply need to make the player enter an area of dread (cave, decaying building, forest, etc) and have some sort of surprise. Triggers are the bare minimum here.

 

Sotha swears by carefully arranging audio but I can imagine a mission with a non-threatening loop can still be scary as long as the environment is creepy enough.

 

It's tough to make any zombie or revenants scary, we've seen them so often... but they are a contributor to a creepy mood if set in a sleep position.

 

If someone made a bunch of ragdoll zombies or revenants and filled a room with them but mixed in some "live ones" that would be pretty scary (especially if they woke and ripped through some cob-webs ).

 

For the contest, anything that's a good TDM mission and has some token Halloween element.

Edited September 15, 2011 by nbohr1more

[STiFU]

Before I started writing up design docs, I started my search and research here.

Thanks for sharing that link. Very cool!!

[Glyph Seeker]

Yeah reading stuff from Frictional is really interesting. They have some great ideas about how they improved from Penumbra to make Amnesia.