[Custom dungeon] Sukumvit's Labyrinth II [RTC] [Linflas]

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[Custom dungeon] Sukumvit's Labyrinth II [RTC] [Linflas]

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Version: 2.0d for RTC V0.48
Platform: RTC
Author: Linflas
Date published: 2004, December 6
Date last updated: 2008, April 18

I've been a bit bored with designing 'Forest of Doom' for a week because I spend 99% of my time on Photoshop and Google Images..
So here it is. Don't expect a complete new story/dungeon. This is only an enhanced version of the original with DM2 wallset and items.

Story:
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Fang, capital of Chiang May province, a beautiful and calm city, but too small for its governor, the evil Baron Sukumvit.
To provide trade and attract foreigners, he created a new competition : the Trial of Champions.
Fifteen years ago, he invented the darkest and most dangerous dungeon ever. During five years, all people who tried to find the way out never came back.
But ten years ago, a mysterious adventurer won the first Trial of Champions and got very rich.
Then, a new dungeon was created... Again five years later, a courageous slave won the second Trial and got freedom.
This year, the 1st of May 623, a new dungeon has just been constructed : darker and harder than the previous ones.

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Four champions are taking the plunge :
- Izel, Child of Urumqi, a young but endowed priest and wizard. (low stats character for specialists)
- Lippo, Prince of Tamriel, an elf archer and fighter. (character recommended for beginners)
- Shubon, King of Heimdal, a strong and skilful dwarf.
- Herk, the Brutal, a powerful and furious berserker.

Choose one of them and find the way out !

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Notes:
* Characteristics :
- 6 levels + 1 champion level
- Linear style (mostly)
- Restricted runes
- Monsters from both DM and CSB + EOB
- New portraits bitmaps
- No Hint Oracle but a hint file
- Monsters are slightly different because of RTC engine : for example, dragons don't run away from poison clouds.

* Greetings to :
- George Gilbert for creating the wonderful RTC engine and editor.
- Ian Livingstone who made me dreaming during my childhood and inspired me a lot : some names, puzzles are from "Deathtrap Dungeon" and "Trial of Champions".
- and DM forums people of course :)

Instructions:
- download RTC v0.44
- copy file "sukumvit2a.RTC" in your Modules directory.
- run RTC then choose "SUKUMVIT'S LABYRINTH II" from the menu.

Known bugs:
Please report bugs here.

History:
v2.0d on Apr 18 2008 :
- fixed power runes bug

v2.0c on Apr 15 2008 :
- fixed character Izel to be more playable
- fixed some design bugs (munchers area, added "landmarks")

v2.0b on Mar 29 2007 :
- all waterskins are now botas, so that they work with DM2 fountains
- moved to another place the creature which invoked darkness spell without seeing the party
- changed music trigger for final battle
- new monster and new weapon
- few new bitmaps (wallitems)
- new events (Lexus interventions)

v2.0a on Feb 22 2007 :
- modified title screen
- changed characters default actions

v2.0 RTC 0.44 on Feb 21 2007 :
- DM2 wallset (STONE) and many new items from DM2.
- new musics and ambient sounds
- new monsters (DEMONS)
- removed number of party members limitation : difficulty was too high

v1.6 RTC 0.40 on Jul 03 2006 :
- lots of corrections to make the dungeon work in 0.40
- power runes are now contained in the spellbook
- added dm2 bag and money box to carry more objects
- limited party to 2 people max because in DeathTrap Dungeon gamebook, you find only one companion... ;)
- updated hints.txt

v1.5 RTC 0.34 on Jun 26 2005 :
- added eob monsters : beholder
- new -frightening- sounds : kobold, beholder, dragon, lexus...
- gave up with wallsets at the moment : too much work !

v1.4 (unreleased) RTC 0.34 :
- added eob monsters : kenku, kobold
- modified dragon, cloned small rats
- new wallset : stairs down, some decorations

v1.3 (unreleased) RTC 0.34 :
- firestaff lock corrected
- imported eob magicians bitmaps for masters of the trial, instead of vexirks
- started new wallset : walls, floor and roof, doors, keyholes

v1.2 : compiled with RTC v0.32 on Jan 17 2005
- new bitmap replacements : lord grey, green button, outside wallitem
- added some new puzzles and redesigned some areas

v1.1 : compiled with RTC v0.30 on Jan 5 2005 (unstable version)
- added a few new bitmaps done in a hurry for testing : gold ring, ruby and coloured mon vexirk
- made a few changes to some difficult parts

v1.0 : first release on Dec 6 2004 for RTC v0.28 (no more compatible with RTC 0.30)


Hints and comments:
Hints
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Here is perhaps what will be your first steps. So, hints can be useful, aren't they?

This dungeon is not designed for newbies. It is rather linear at the beginning but becomes very chaotic as long as you progress.
There are only 6-level but be warned that :
- you will have to survive without spells for a certain time
- this dungeon is fighter-oriented : you -could- play it without mana at all, except for one puzzle in Dragon's Lair.
- i completed the game in 1h30 approximately with one archmaster test character (999 health) and more than 10 hours with Lippo...

You can choose to read or not read what follows and ask me for help in the forums if you prefer.

----------------------------------------------------- SPOILER -------------------------------------------------------

GENERAL
The dungeon is divided into 3 ways : Emerald, Ruby and Sapphire, but you will discover many connections between them.
Each way has a 'Master of the Trial' to defeat. You must find the key to reach him.
First Master guards Emerald, Second Master guards Ruby and Third Master, the strongest, is located into Sapphire.
Each way has a precious stone to be found. These 3 stones will be necessary for the end of the game.

BIG ADVICE
Click on everything you find : gratings, cracks, wall rings, hooks.

CHAMPIONS
You will resurrect/reincarnate stronger champions as long as you go deeper in the dungeon : the strongest champion is Onur.
Skeleton keys are needed to free new champions.

RINGS AND MONEY
Gold rings are essential and difficult to find, i.e. you must look for tiny switches, fake walls, gratings, etc.
Money : collect lots of coins and find the supermarket.

BEGINNING
You are alone, not experienced, with no runes : expect for hard fights and lots of sleeping times.
Do Not Enter room : if you cannot bash the door, you will be able to reach the room later with a skeleton key.
At the compass point you can choose between 2 paths : north path is harder for fighting but there are more puzzles
in south. In the north path, walk very slowly in the poison darts corridor. In the south path, avoid kobolds from
stealing your torch or you will have to fight them in the dark. After completing one of the paths, you will be able
to visit the other one from the prison level or the latrines.

LEXUS
You will meet him several times, mostly at the beginning of your adventure. Follow his instructions to open his jail.
Then, you will be on your own, looking for the runes he concealed into the dungeon.

EMERALD
Kenkus are not very strong but they can wound you, fight them one by one.
You don't need to kill the knight in the connection room, simply avoid being hit by him.
You will meet him again when coming from Ruby, then kill him at this moment.
Living doors : south first, then east.
Screamers and worms area : one of the Red Worms holds a gold key.

RAMS ROOM
They love corbamite.
This is the place where you can take a rest and put the objects you won't need to explore Ruby and Sapphire.
Leave your rings, money, etc... You can choose the path you want, but Sapphire is harder than Ruby.

RUBY
Be very careful, lots of gazers. The Eye lock will be opened with a magnifier.
Magenta Worms area : there's a very important message from Lexus.
In the fireballs room, find the Kobold who activates the shooter, he holds an iron key. One pit is fake.
Corridor of Dead Ends : you must find a tiny button and you must walk on a plate.
Chambers of the guardians : open the north door in last. There's also a very important hidden key.
Greater Oitu's room : check the wall rings.
Armoury : the Winged Key is located in Sapphire.
2nd Master room : don't walk on the plate before having killed all the clones.

SAPPHIRE
Don't enter here unless you haven't found a Vorpal Blade or the Des and Ew runes.
Water elementals area : take care of fake walls and hidden pits.
Blue Hazes room : find the green button, go down the pit. Be careful, Materializers proliferate.
Under the Blue hazes room : you must cross the blue hazes wall. The lever opens a pit on the upper level.
Revenge of Living doors : when you step on plate, wait for the doors to open, there's a delay. Try to reach south-east corner.
3rd Master room : kill the Hell Hounds, get the Dragon plate and go to the Swamp Slimes area. You will meet the Master later.
Dragon's Lair : open the portcullis with a Zo spell first.

ENDING
Demons and Flames area : there's a fake wall to find.
Gold Rings Combinations rooms : use gold rings to make your path to the exit.
Gem room : find the right combination to get to the Blood Key.
Second Demons area : kill the High Master by hand if you can (!!!) but the best way is to reach the Firestaff first !

Download:
Download this dungeon from this Shared OneDrive (in the 'Custom Dungeons' folder)
Linflas Website about Dungeon Master: http://linflasdm.blogspot.com/2008/02/s ... -lost.html
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Post by Trantor »

Whoa! Awesome title screen! I think I'll postpone my planned adventure in Sukumvit and wait until the new one is ready!
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Post by Sophia »

Hehe, great title.

That floating eye looks more scared of the adventurer than the other way around, though. Did he just war cry? :)
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Post by Ameena »

Actually, now you mention it, Soph...the Beholder looks like he's kind of "OMFG WTF IS THAT?!!?!". And I think he probably just left a bit of a mess on the dungeon floor.
From which orifice, I have no idea...
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Don't suppose you can host the image elsewhere? A lot of imageshack.us is restricted to some IPs and I can't see it. Ta.
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Post by linflas »

image link changed.
about this beholder, i ripped it from Google Images and i admit having changed its eye position.
and i didn't expect a humourous effect ! :lol:
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Post by Gambit37 »

That beholder is from the D&D bestiary isn't it? Be careful about using copyrighted materials... I know it's for fun and it's free, but people can get weird if they find stuff that appears to be ripping off.

Love the pic though, nice and gloomy. There seems to be some weird effect with red ghosted text under your logo -- like the original Master from Dungeon master logo? Looks like a mistake.
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Post by Sophia »

That's why he's so upset.

"I'm copyrighted? Oh no!"
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Post by linflas »

it is from Scott Fischer : http://www.fischart.com/FischartGamed201.html
of course, i haven't missed the bottom line... and i can pencil a beholder by myself.
i just don't want to spend too much time for a title screen... if Mr Fischer complains about it, i'll suggest him to play RTC and enjoy the dungeon :)
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argh ! you saw it Gambit ! the reason is i haven't changed the position for new/resume/quit buttons from DM2 title screen so i pasted the bitmap has a layer with very low opacity to find them easily when i test my dungeon.
when i flattened the image i forgot to remove the layer, and i haven't kept the PSD :)
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Post by Gambit37 »

Ah, right, I wondered why the colouring on the walls was rather 'boxy'!

If ther's one thing I've learnt with Photoshop: Always keep unflattened PSDs!!!!!!!!!!
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Post by Tonari »

Wonderful graphic! :o
Wonderful title logo. Wonderful dungeon wall. and, Wonderful opened mouth wizard eye. :D
Please forgive poor English.
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Post by linflas »

re-penciled the bitmap in hi-res. sorry the beholder is a bit more angry now... :)
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Post by Lunever »

Knowing the copyrights of monsters can be quite useful, as you can see at

http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0032.html

and

http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0065.html
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Post by PadTheMad »

That is a look of pure anguish on that poor monster's face, and there is no fitting emoticon to reflect this!

I never did finish any iteration of Sukumvit's, and I feel as if I should... hopefully this release should get me motivated!

Oh and you silly billy for not keeping an unflattened PSD, although I have made that mistake before, as well as resizing hi-res images and overwritng the original :oops:
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i have the psd of this new hi-res version ;)
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sukumvit 2 released ! download link is up there.
Please report any problem before going to far in the dungeon !
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Post by Gambit37 »

Oooh, I'll check this out when I get some free time.

Just a comment on the title pic -- I think it would be more dramatic if you lost the extra swords and just had the one guy. Those swords are interfering and just look wrong IMHO.
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that is correct but in v2, i removed the limitation to 2 characters i had put in v 1.x versions... :)
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?? I mean, the drama of the image is all wrong. It looks like he is being stabbed in the groin and having his arm chopped off! :shock:
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ahh.. well i didn't think this way.. ok so, i change the title pic above, i will release another RTC file in a few minutes.
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done. version 2a released.
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Post by linflas »

Joramund who completed the game gave me a few ideas and thanks to him, i found a really big bug ! so here's version 2b, with some enhancements.
oh btw Joramund, if you are interested in replaying it, i've added a new monster ;)

please check first post for download link.
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I'm enjoying it a lot linflas :D
fantastic!
I have a purple dude and a green dragon yet to duel with.
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a green dragon ? i'm very surprised that you reached this part of the game so fast ! and as you said in pm, you hadn't found any rune and used only staffs and potions ! :shock: :shock: :shock:
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Post by Chaos-Shaman »

I still can't get at that dragon, I played an hour with spells, but it really did not help out in the game, it is nice not to worry about light running out or restarting the game because I was injured. I still have three staffs unused, but now I don't have to carry the things anymore :D
I am confused about the firestaff, it sits on a table just out of my reach, with the purple floating head on one side and a staircase going up to somewhere. How do I get at that staff, I open the door, but can't grab it.
I was hoping to find some sort of map but you are cruel linflas :twisted:
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Post by Joramun »

Don't try to get the firestaff yet. When you can get it, it's almost explicitly said.
How many corbums did you get ?
You need to explore all three ways carefully and then go to the fountain room with the 3 ram heads...

If you're already down at the poison slime area, you probably need to find the three armor pieces (head etc.) before reaching the green dragons
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Post by Chaos-Shaman »

I only found two corbum so far. I opened the three ra doors, guess I need to look a bit more. I get spun around easy in this six level dungeon
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Chaos-Shaman wrote: I was hoping to find some sort of map but you are cruel linflas :twisted:
i'll give you the txt version if you complete the dungeon 8)
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Post by Chaos-Shaman »

How nice of you linflas :twisted: I guess it's good to check out what was missed. I left the game fighting munchers, I think I'm on the right track for finding the third piece of dragon armour, hope the corbum is around somewhere :arrow: :|
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