T2 FM... A Servant's Life by John Denison (05/09/06)

Sluggs on 7/9/2006 at 01:21

I think so, yes. Who was he anyway? Tom Thumb?

@ Griffin... Same here! The first couple i picked up, i tried throwing them away, instead i consumed them! :wot:

john9818a on 7/9/2006 at 01:58

Which is why I didn't include any health potions except for Censored difficulty. :sly:

john9818a on 7/9/2006 at 02:38

In the Wimpydom Shooting Range, you can shoot the servant on the elevator, then toss your scouting orb. It will send you for a wild ride. :ebil:

Sluggs on 7/9/2006 at 03:07

I did wonder what the Scouting Orb was for. :)

suewan on 7/9/2006 at 10:19

I have to say this mission has really made me laugh, John!!! Where on earth did you get your inspiration from?

Like both Sluggs and Griffin, I accidentially ate the pooh. My son was watching and he was so grossed out, he made me restart the mission! :laff: :laff:

cavador_8 on 7/9/2006 at 15:09

Hey John,

You really like that "don't kill anyone" objective. I looked in your quest data dialog box and there's basically nothing in there for mis34. I guess you set all your objectives to be Qvar controlled. How did you do that? I wish you could make this one with an optional "don't kill anyone" objective for Normal difficulty because this is one of the best looking mansions that I've ever seen on a thief mission. I just hate not having the freedom to kill some guards. Great job on this one though.

john9818a on 7/9/2006 at 19:24

suewan

I'm not sure where the inspiration came from. When making the story details, which occured little by little over a year's time, I went through every aspect of the servant's life and made it as terrible as I could. If there is any inspiration, it must be the kindness I receive from my co-workers every day. :(

cavador_8

Thanks for the compliment. Honestly I'm not satisfied with the exterior of the mansion. I started with an early save of the Living Nightmare hospital which didn't have a crypt at the time, and carved out the basement. The junk room at the end was the first room to be completed, then most of the conversations. I cut my work out for me, so I just had to make the mansion. Instead of using the same motif in every room/hallway, I experimented with different motifs all around. If the resources were available, I would have added more windows. :)

The four basic objectives are 1 - go to a location, 2 - steal an object, 3 - kill an AI, and 4 - loot. Whenever there is an objective that doesn't fall into one of the four basic objectives, the status of the objective must be forced to complete or failed.

bdkl on 7/9/2006 at 20:05

Please don't take this the wrong way John , because I do enjoy playing your missions , hell you're one of my favorite authors .This mission would have been fun if it were not for the theme , as it was I just played through without any of the optional objectives to finish it . As someone who thinks that many FMs are far far too timid in their subject mater ( with uninspiring sounds to match ) to do the Thief universe justice - this was simply way out in left field , more Redneck Rampage than Thief .
I'm going to boot into Linux , fire up Deus Ex and try to get the shit out of my mind .

john9818a on 7/9/2006 at 20:20

bdlk

Well mayby you are right, but I got tired of releasing FM with no real story. It seems like so many FM's follow the same kind of stories, but I just wanted something that hadn't been done yet. Hopefully no one else will release one with the content in mine. :p

bdkl on 7/9/2006 at 20:26

Hey man , the only way humanbeings learn is through trial and error . I very much look forward to your next mission . It didn't help that the wife just took some hotdogs off the barbie while I was playing !:eww: :eww: :eww: