Fan Mission: Requiem by Gelo "Moonbo" Fleisher (2013/10/6)

[hellhammer]

Neat :-).

 

 

 

And you just might see something in a few months.

 

 

 

 

 

Awesome, can't wait!!!

[HAL-Fan]

Neat :-).

 

 

 

And you just might see something in a few months.

 

 

 

 

 

Oh Dear! This image makes me want to replay this...

[Moonbo]

Thanks guys :-). The new FM will be a loose sequel to Requiem and will have two levels in it. When I can finish it will be determined by Real Life, but hopefully I can get it out to everyone around February. I'll let you know the closer it gets.

[beyondthesun]

I was just wondering about your next FM, glad to hear that it's coming along nicely That screenshot looks amazing... Can't freakin' wait!!! Keep up the good work Moonbo!

Edited December 4, 2014 by beyondthesun

[MirceaKitsune]

I haven't finished playing all TDM missions. But at this moment, this is my absolute favorite! That's because it's the mission with the best story and action, and the best sense of something going on. It actually felt like I played an entire original game (of Doom 3 length), not just a single mission for TDM.

 

 

At first I thought it's something simple like most TDM missions... you steal the letter from the church, come back, and the mission ends. I totally didn't expect the whole letter story to be fake, and a plot to send you to an underground city where you fight an army of undead. Once there, you also meet the previous thief attracted in this trap, who was however killed in front of the entrance. If you pickpocket the letter of his buddy waiting in the church tower, he talks about how they both sneaked in dressed as workers, and now he's waiting for his thief friend to return from the mission, but is confused why he isn't (that raised me a few questions before I even entered the church).

 

The levels and puzzles of this underground temple where themselves unique, progressive, and well implemented... my favorite being the torches, which you must light based on the symbols hinted by four riddles in a letter. There were also unique enemies with unique weaknesses and abilities: Skeletons wearing crowns of fire who die if you pickpocket them off their heads, and ghost soldiers who become invisible when in the shadows. The priest appearing in your visions and giving you clues was another nice touch... as well as the fact that around the place, you find notes written by those who fought the evil long before you and were defeated, so in parallel you experience their progress as you work on your own. After I threw that soul jar in the lava and returned outside, it felt like I finished a full game of epic proportions.

 

 

Whether it's a sequel / prequel to this or something completely new, I can't wait for the next mission you will be making! You're very skilled at making not just good looking maps with good gameplay, but also giving missions a purpose and vivid or surprising elements.

[Moonbo]

Hey Mircea,

 

I'm glad you liked it! And thanks for the detailed feedback, it's always interesting to know what things people were inspired by .

[Anderson]

Just completed your mission.

 

 

The beggining was great, the Church especially stood out, but I have the feeling it should have been locked out - i.e. you shouldn't be able to get in between the people as the atmosphere and the illusion breaks a little. But it's still amazing with the very convenient soundtrack choice!

The underground section was good, especially how it started, the sudden creep which worked, although over time it became a little weary to creep through the invisible opponents - while unique, I did not enjoy their quick and instant reflexes. Probably they were meant like that but still....

 

Amazing ending of the story. Concluded it well and the music and all of it fit so well that it just makes the whole journey worthwhile. Very high level of quality here.

 

 

 

 

If there's anything that I didn't like was the somewhat lacking sense of size. There are big halls, but some places make it feel a little minimalistic for the epic scope of the entire story and temple.

 

 

Once again, thank you for the Church segment. Every bit of that was pure genius.

 

Edited January 17, 2015 by Anderson

[Anderson]

Thanks guys :-). The new FM will be a loose sequel to Requiem and will have two levels in it. When I can finish it will be determined by Real Life, but hopefully I can get it out to everyone around February. I'll let you know the closer it gets.

Don't feel guilty for delays. Your health and well being matters much more. This FM can be released whenever you feel it is finished and only then.

[Moonbo]

Hey Anderson,

 

Thanks for the feedback, and I'm glad you enjoyed the mission!

[Shaz]

Wow. Oh sweet Builder, my brain is so very frazzled, yet in a most pleasing way.

Nearly 4 hours of my husband trying not to laugh at me as I have Bolen cowering in a corner...

 

 

 

....because I know it's coming I know it's coming I can hear it but I can't see it.

 

I tend to be wary of undead missions. While I love old-school Haunts and have been known to just perch nearby and listen to them, undead in general stress me out in Thief. I like things I can blackjack. I am very, very fond of my blackjack. Even when I deign not to use it, I like knowing that I could if I so chose to.

 

The InvisiEvils in this mission stressed me out way too much for how much I enjoyed this. I loved nabbing the crowns off the corrupted Builders, despite the fact that they were carrying their own light source- another thing I'm not fond of! I'm not a fan of horror in the slightest and I will go out of my way to avoid being scared. These things do not compute, and yet I loved this mission.

 

 

 

I'm proud of my Stealth score of 17, gained by being an exceedingly careful nervous wreck. I might have missed nearly 3000 loot, but I'm happy to have

 

 

given Markus his due.

 

 

Thank you, Moonbo. I am greatly looking forward to your future missions! I'm just not sure if I should hope that they do not contain the same terrors as this one, or if I should be worried about what else you might choose to scare us with.

 

...and now to have a nice calming cup of tea in a well lit room.

[Moonbo]

Hey Shaz,

 

Thanks for the kind review, and enjoy that nice cup of tea :-). There will be some scary elements/sequences in the upcoming sequel, but hopefully they'll be balanced out by some more peaceful sections too. It's always nice for an author to know what people thought of their work, so thanks again for writing down your thoughts!

[Summer]

What's this novel on Amazon I keep reading about?

[Moonbo]

Hey Summer,

 

It's this one:

 

http://www.amazon.com/Shadowcursed-Gelo-Fleisher-ebook/dp/B00BYEW02M

 

I'm a writer first and foremost, and I was writing this novella when I got the inspiration to make Requiem. So I consider the two companion pieces :-).

[Summer]

Hey Summer,

 

It's this one:

 

http://www.amazon.com/Shadowcursed-Gelo-Fleisher-ebook/dp/B00BYEW02M

 

I'm a writer first and foremost, and I was writing this novella when I got the inspiration to make Requiem. So I consider the two companion pieces :-).

 

Wow, that's so cool. Congrats, Moonbo Looking forward to this. BTW, Requiem was an awesome mission.

[Obsttorte]

Btw., is there any chance it may get translated someday?

 

Can this kindle stuff be read on the computer, or do you need extra software etc...?

[Moonbo]

Hey Obs,

 

Gosh, maybe if I become super famous in the future then they'll be enough of a demand for a translation, but for now it'll have to be in English :-). The Amazon version can be read via Amazon's cloud reader (comes free whenever you open an account with Amazon) on any computer. But the version available at Smashwords.com comes in all sorts of formats, ranging from a simple text file, to PDF, to ePUB, so all your bases should be covered.

 

-Gelo

[Cambridge Spy]

Here's a special playthrough of Requiem, in anticipation of Moonbo's next FM:

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6XYWvJ-4uBY

[Moonbo]

Hey Cambridge, that was really neat to watch - you're a really methodical player, the kind every mapper wants to play their maps :-). I just feel bad about the broken skins on the necromancers. I've let the TDM team know about that and they should be releasing an updated version of the level to address it.

[Cambridge Spy]

Hey Cambridge, that was really neat to watch - you're a really methodical player, the kind every mapper wants to play their maps :-). I just feel bad about the broken skins on the necromancers. I've let the TDM team know about that and they should be releasing an updated version of the level to address it.

That's good, I'll go through the updated version once 2.04 is released. No point doing the same mission twice on the same version.

[Cambridge Spy]

If you're going to release an updated version of Requiem, here's some other things you can fix:

 

• One of the people attending the requiem service uses the old wench model, and her vest is untextured.
• One of the books in the library has no texture.
• Usually after leaving the City Watch station, Captain Targhin somehow keeps walking into the wall outside his office. I actually got pretty lucky when I was recording and he was still doing his patrol even after defeating the Evil.

[Moonbo]

Hey Cambridge,

 

Can you do me a favor and take screenshots of the first two. I'll send them over to Springheel who is doing the updating.

 

Thanks!

[AluminumHaste]

I'd very much appreciate a hint from some kind soul as I seem to be stuck. I've

bumped off all the haunts and taken the second seal. Can someone please point me to where I can use it.Is it in the area of this second seal or do I have to go up through the water area with steps again to the higher level? With my usual ineptitude I've used up my supply of fire arrows and holy water. Can I get through the next area by ghosting , as if not I'll replay this bit and see if I can save a fire arrow or two..

By the way , has anyone found a use for the mines , they never seem to work in these missions.I've placed them where the haunts walk and even seen them step on them without the mine exploding. The only good use I've found for them is for blocking doors and stopping them opening thus trapping the haunt / guard or whatever on the other side.

 

LOL make sure you're USEING the mines not dropping them.

If you just drop them into your hand then onto the ground, they won't activate, you have to USE them.

[Cambridge Spy]

Hey Cambridge,

 

Can you do me a favor and take screenshots of the first two. I'll send them over to Springheel who is doing the updating.

 

Thanks!

Here you go! It's actually two books, I just realised.

[SteveL]

Hmmm.Those missing textures look suspiciously like another manifestation of #4110 rather than a map problem.

 

I don't have that bug. I'll go see whether I can see textures

[SteveL]

I get the black textures too, so I don't think it's #4110 after all. I'll try to work out what's up.

 

Update: the wench with the black tunic is a problem with a TDM core asset, the barefeet skin for the wench. I'll open a tracker.

 

The black books look to be a map problem. They ask for skin "1" which isn't defined in the map pk4 and doesn't sound like a TDM asset.

Edited May 27, 2015 by SteveL