Azaran on 7/12/2022 at 22:46
Quote Posted by Aemanyl
I'd be happy to see another
Halloween contest +1
Basso The Boxman on 8/12/2022 at 16:32
Never understood why we need to restrict authors with any particular theme. Let them create what they want! That’s the only way we’ll get the best missions possible!
Aemanyl on 8/12/2022 at 17:26
Quote Posted by Basso The Boxman
Never understood why we need to restrict authors with any particular theme. Let them create what they want! That's the only way we'll get the best missions possible!
The themes and rules in contests are not to restrict authors, but to help them put their ideas within realistic boundaries.
<Username> on 9/12/2022 at 19:20
Quote Posted by trefoilknot
contest, encouraging wild/zany/absurd missions (a la sterlinos incubus)
I would love this.
ticky on 16/12/2022 at 15:01
That's a great idea. What is strange, I almost feel nostalgic about the 20th anniversary contest, especially the T1/Tg was a quality mission pack, that I never get bored of those.
I really encourage us to make and participate a 25th anniversary contest, YES and YES! Of course with the Black Parade in mind.
As for the limitations, it's just good to have a common theme or framework, it's more exciting to see how people are interpreting it and what kind of missions born.
A few contest ideas:
- (pirate) ship contest
- Remote island contest
- Forest contest
- FIRE/LAVA contest opposed to the water contest before
and, of course, I think that good old size limitations contests tend to get the best from a lot of authors, when they pack quality and exciting stuff in a small mission, even giving the player the illusion that the mission is actually big..
downwinder on 17/12/2022 at 02:34
i just had 2 more idea for a contest for when thief 2 has its 25th anniversary
idea 1= a realism contest where you pick a real location and recreate it with objectives/etc , of course size would have to be limited so its not say a entire city but more of a city block
idea 2= mixing thief universe with system shock universe in a fan mission, start out in thief universe and find some super secret cult/etc with a gateway to system shock universe final boss shodan objectives/etc also with third wall breaking with our universe in some way
klatremus on 17/12/2022 at 19:07
I think a contest without any strict thematic restrictions would be best. Perhaps something more general, like encouraging authors to be creative, and add a creativity category to the regular story, design and atmosphere ones.
lordhern on 17/12/2022 at 21:38
Quote Posted by downwinder
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idea 2= mixing thief universe with system shock universe in a fan mission, start out in thief universe and find some super secret cult/etc with a gateway to system shock universe final boss shodan objectives/etc also with third wall breaking with our universe in some way
You must be trolling for that 2nd idea - horrible suggestion - I have tried multiple times to merge the SS2 and Thief2 two object hierarchy trees. I gave up
fortuni on 17/12/2022 at 21:53
Why would you even want to reimagine System Shock in the Thief mission, it's a totally different game in almost every respect, bit like mixing tea with coffee and adding a couple of lumps of salt for extra vileness.
downwinder on 17/12/2022 at 23:05
the universe of thief/system shock/daus ex/etc are all in the same universe, i am not trolling
i am more curious how garrett would fair against shodan ,and since the textures can be used i though it would make for a interesting fan mission, something out of the box from the normal fan mission
i also love the system shock textures there are some missions in thief 2 that use the textures and it works great, the hard part would be coming up with the story to have it make sense, the objective's and the rest would all fall in to place
