Thief: The Dark Project 20th Anniversary Contest: RESULTS! Mar 1 2019 - by Yandros
Marzec on 2/3/2019 at 21:46
Quote Posted by skacky
Congratulations are also in order to the people who released their first mission for the contest: vfig, Phantom, McTaffer, Schlock, Jayrude, mtk, Psych0sis, Swiz and Marzec.
*Cough* second mission *cough*, thanks!
It was fun and honor to be a part of this. This contest was a huge event. And I am glad I am not the only one working on 2.0 of a contest mission! :)
Personally, I think many missions have huge replayability factor. Aspecially when you try to complete them all before voting deadline, which I successfully did.
irg on 2/3/2019 at 22:16
Congrats and thanks to everyone. Truly a stellar turnout and some surefire mainstays have been added to my list of inevitable replays. This whole event really was a testament to the lasting passion and talent still present in this game's community and the strong legacy it's had in so many lives. Just wish I had been more decisive to try and rate every single entrant! Point scales are always difficult for me.
Can't wait to see what the next contest will bring. Though to be honest if it follows a lot of what T2 contains, I do hope it's a little less undead, heh.
Psych0sis on 2/3/2019 at 22:24
Quote Posted by irg
Can't wait to see what the next contest will bring. Though to be honest if it follows a lot of what T2 contains, I
do hope it's a little less undead, heh.
Might get hate for this opinion, but it should be acknowledged that Thief 2 was a lot less mystical with its enemy variety and mission objectives, and I hope authors who intend to participate for the next Anniversary Contest keep that in mind.
And no I'm not a "all zombies are bad" type of player, hell even my favorite mission of the contest was Lost Among the Forsaken. It'd just feel right to get more grounded experiences next contest, but authors are entitled to make whatever they want, I'll always enjoy a great mission! :P
irg on 2/3/2019 at 22:31
My thoughts exactly. It was just a bit surprising at the number of entries that followed a fairly similar structure. Overall I was fine with it, just happened to play a few of them straight after another. I suppose as the saying goes, "Great minds think alike", and such a common overlap shows how well everyone managed to capture and condense T1's whole "essence" into only 1 or 2 missions. But that's also why I have hopes to see some similar approaches with T2 down the line.
Frère Staven on 3/3/2019 at 12:11
Well done everyone ! You offered us gorgeous missions, and I'll surely remember this gaming winter :D It left me strong impression.
I'm a bit surprised about the harsh marks with some missions. I personally gave average marks for everyone since all 23 missions were playable and enjoyable at a minimum, and even the 1st-mission authors did a great job. Special mention for vfig, I wouldn't have ever imagined it was your first mission, and you got one of my top marks for it ;)
Cardia on 3/3/2019 at 15:32
Quote Posted by Yandros
I know he is a miraculous mission-making machine, but not even Melan could have produced Sound of a Burrick
AND Rose Garden in the same year! :eek:
lol, now that you mention that makes me think that it would have been very hard to make both maps in the same year, but both authors have a similar style, even though Skacky is more detailed retarding textures and architecture shapes.
Anfortas on 3/3/2019 at 19:45
A big thank you to all the authors.
I really need to find time to finally play all the missions :D
Dahenjo on 3/3/2019 at 20:00
Thanks to all FM authors, contest organizers, vote counters, and most of all to Looking Glass Studios or we wouldn't all be here. This was truly an amazing once-in-20-years heist!
FireMage on 3/3/2019 at 21:39
Congratulations to everyone !
This contest has been very challenging I must say that I'm proud of all our authors who all made very good works !
I also want to congratulate all authors who has launched their dromedist carreer with this contest (could their missions be their first or even second mission) and wish them to carry on their projects and do more. :thumb:
