Renault on 4/4/2017 at 15:15
The theme for this contest is “Lost Places.”
The idea is to create a mission that takes place away from the civilized areas of the world. The setting should involve something remote and abandoned, typically run down and deteriorating, and not easily accessible. Places where the original inhabitants are long gone (but others may have taken their place). Examples might include:
* Ancient temples
* Exotic ruins
* Lost cities
* Deserted castles
* Abandoned factories/warehouses
* Neglected tombs/crypts
* Vacated villages
And so on!
Time Period: Today (April 4th) to August 31st (about 5 months)
UPDATE: Deadline extended to Friday, September 15th.
Open to: All variants of Thief. This includes Thief 1, Thief Gold, Thief 2, Thief Deadly Shadows, and The Dark Mod.
Voting: We'll decide on voting closer to the deadline, but I'm sure it will be similar to what's been done in the past, with a poll on TTLG.
Restrictions: There are no restrictions on size or use of custom content.
If possible, send me a PM and let me know if you intend to enter the contest. When done, send me a link to your mission and I will host it on Southquarter.
Good luck to all!
Edit: Late addition to the rules - you are allowed to build your mission off of work done prior to the start of the contest. This would likely be in the form of an old/abandoned mission that was never finished. You cannot however use any completed missions (such as an OM or FM) as a base.
slavatrumpevitch on 4/4/2017 at 15:51
OH SNAPPPPP!!! YES!!! (not going to participate, myself, but can't wait to see the content this generates. Yep, I'm a freeloader.)
A.J on 4/4/2017 at 15:58
Lovely-jubbly! I really hope we get good missions out of this. Don't mess it up, guys.
Kurhhan on 4/4/2017 at 21:08
Eventually I will not participate. Best time for dromeding (autumn, winter) is over. It's ridiculous that picking a topic for a contest took 4 months.
downwinder on 4/4/2017 at 21:13
good luck to all fan mission authors ,we all looking forward to results
and yes dewdrop is part of lost civ's and they even had dogs back then :P
Renault on 4/4/2017 at 21:30
Quote Posted by Kurhhan
Best time for dromeding (autumn, winter) is over. It's ridiculous that picking a topic for a contest took 4 months.
What's with the attitude? I don't remember any mention from you or anyone else in the contest thread about deciding a theme by a certain time period or for the "best time for dromeding." Given that, it's a fairly ridiculous complaint.
What I did do though was provide a nice long building period (5 months). So if you can't carve out some time within a half year, it probably wasn't going to happen for you anyway.
Maxrebo6 on 4/4/2017 at 22:39
Love the theme the mission that come out of this should be good.
Yandros on 5/4/2017 at 00:39
I'm going to do my best to participate, but I won't be starting until DCE is released so I may likely miss the deadline, but I'll keep working on it and release it eventually no matter what. Mainly because my mission will be based on an abandoned mission by a beloved FM author who has given me permission to use it, and it deserves to see the light of day.
Cavalorn on 5/4/2017 at 00:55
Just for clarification's sake: do you have to build the mission from scratch?
