Hello dear players,
DISCLAIMER : First of all, i'm not a killer in english so I apologize in advance for the mistakes you may notice below
.I'm currently working on a mod started for Grimrock 1 (never released) and now mostly redone with the Grimrock 2 editor. The main focus of this mod is exploration, riddles and (obviously) fights. For the time being I didn't use custom assets, only scripts and small things.
But as I don't want to release this mod before his total completion, you are not going to find links to download it right now. When it will be finished, I'll throw a link for a Steam Workshop version and a link for a Nexus version here. When the time comes, I would probably need some beta testers to help me balancing fights and all this kind of things.
"GUESSTIMATE" PLANNING
- End of July : all levels will be done - 100% DONE.
- Beginning of August : alpha-test ongoing - Current status : 20% DONE.
- From the end of August to the end of September : beta-test on the way !
- End of September: RELEASE TIME !
IDENTIFIED BETA-TESTERS
- Azel
- marten_1992
- Slayer82
- RMariano
Let cut the crappy stuff for now, below is a (short) description of my mod (you'll see that I could be a screenwriter for movies in Hollywood
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TEASER & OPENING
https://youtu.be/GEvTMK03k64
STORY
You were exploring some abandonned ruins when you triggered a tricky trap, and you fell unconscious. When you wake up, you were in a dark cell and all your stuff had disappeared.
Now, you have to find a way out of this prison, and more important, you must go back where you belong. But the journey is just beginning...
IMPORTANT (PLEASE READ BEFORE PLAYING)
- Due to game engine limitation and optimisation issues, you MUST play with the textures setting sets on medium. Otherwise, the game will frequently and randomly crash.
- This mod has been designed for a new party. I strongly advise against the Single-Use Crystal : it will make this mod mostly unplayable. Old-School and Ironman are optionnal.
- A wizard (or any character with a high level in Concentration) is mandatory to explore every place, but not to finish the game.
- Moreover, if you want a champion to be able to cast spells, you must rise his Concentration skill at least to 1 during his creation. If you don't, you'll have to search a spellbook on the Isle. Believe me, it's a very uncommon item !
FEATURES
- 20 outdoor areas and 23 inside areas carefully handmade for your pleasure, in an open-world fashion.
- In addition to the main quest, 13 side quests are to complete during your journey on the Isle of Shalindra.
- 14 (textual for now) treasure maps for the serial diggers.
- 12 new spells (Earth mostly, but also other elements).
- New spell casting mechanic : to cast a spell, a champion needs to have on hand a spellbook containing the scroll of the spell he wants to cast.
- All alchemy recipes have been redone to force player to experiment (or to find the recipes), and to balance Alchemy and Earth Magic (see below).
- Finding secrets and resolving riddles gives experience.
- Crates and jars can now loot items sometime.
- In some areas, wilderness life repops over time.
- New stuff added, mostly weapons & armors improved from their basic version.
TIPS
- Magic (and more specifically Earth Magic) is now a valid choice over Alchemy for the survival of your team.
- If at one time you think that you're way too low level for the fights, try to find another place to explore first : like I've said before this mod is mostly open-world.
- Healing Crystals cooldown is now 15 minutes.
CREDITS
- Germmany, Phitt and Elven Warrior for some furnitures.
- Skuggasveinn for his awsome tutorials, his rope ladder and the urban town.
- Jgwman for the Tome of Respec.
- Prozail for the return of the Snail.
- bongobeat for the lava floor and the Lindworm.
- sps999 for the return of the Ice Lizard.
- Blichew for the skeleton of one of my new spell.
- Prozail and sps999 for the underwater trick.
- Grimfan for the two added spells in Earth Magic.
- Leki for the Ghost Woman.
- Daniv (and Prozail for the LOG2 rework) for new props.
- Dylan Thomas for his poem "And Death Shall Have No Dominion" (and now you are thinking WTF ?).
- Funny epitaphs from http://www.webpanda.com/ponder/epitaphs.htm.
- AndakRainor for his "remove out of map projectiles".
MUSIC
- Opening : FKey Music, Creeping Cold (CC BY NB)
- Ending : The Lost World, Epic Souls Factory (CC BY NB)
- In-game : Wonders Below, Antti Martikainen (CC BY NB)
- In-game : Ad Vitam and Evacuation Action, Gregoire Lourme (CC BY NB)
- In-game : The Doll's Death, Lzn02 (CC BY NB)
- In-game : Spooky Theme, Mystified (CC BY NB)
- In-game : Infested Planet, Andrey Avkhimovich (CC BY NB)
- In-game : Eternity, Everlasting Dream (CC BY NB)
- In-game : A Tale For Lancinant Screws, Meczup (CC BY NB)
- In-game : Nonlocality, RoeAudionews (CC BY NB)
- In-game : No Return Pt1, Xalm Retribution (CC BY NB)
- In-game : 89 Epic Action, Music For Your Media (CC BY NB)
- In-game : RISING LEGENDS, Epic Soul Factory (CC BY NB)
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SCREENSHOTS
Sounds and looks really cool!