*takes a deep breath*

Here's my first completed mansion. I didn't want to show it at first because it's so simple compared to what's been posted lately. That's when I realised that this is the exact reason why I should post my mansion--there aren't a lot of 'beginner' mansions out there!

I think the mansion's complete and finalized as it is, but would like someone to walk through it since a fresh look is always good.  :D

Thanks,

Arevn

ETA: Freddy suggested that I remove this attachment, so I am. I apologize; I'm still trying to figure out the correct procedures for submitting non-finalized mansions.

H i !!   :) :)

Thank you very much.....!!  We are in urgent need of EASY to NORMAL mansions as you have assumed correctly.

Looking forward to play your mansion; welcome on the boards.

Thank you, aquaMat.

I wanted to build a 'pretty' mansion with few tricks or traps (eg. no hidden 'Big Bertha', which is my biggest pet peeve *shudders*) that anyone could play, but which could still have some challenges for 'newbies.'

I'm looking forward to feedback!

Arevn

@ Arevn:
I've been playing your mansion this morning....  lots of inetersting ideas. I wouldn't call it EASY though, rather NORMAL, as it incorporates a few harder bits as Ladder Jumps, which might be too hard for a total beginner.

However, I also found a few problems:
Couldn't even finish the mansion (!!), as in rooms # 16803/16804 there are a lot of unnecessary deaths, caused by unaligned floor heights (I suspect). AND... from that green brick wall, with the hidden ladder in it (room 16803, to the right)...I had nowhere else to go. Everytime I went to the right (from bottom of ladder) I died immediatly. You couldn't go further down, and you couldn't go back. (Or have I missed something ??)

Apart from that: there are a few minor design mistakes, like in room # 16201 (and many others), where you have the floor layer-6, which gives the impression of Jack + the creatures walking 'behind' (as opposed to on) the floor; and some unaligned, or wrongly aligned doors.  But that's all minor stuff.

Except from the Jack-stuck described above, and the unnecessary deaths, a nice easy-to-normal mansion !!

BTW: I saved at 1st saving point with 8875 $ and 8 secrets.

I vote for EASY or EASY-to-NORMAL, with the exception of room 16804. Sent an email to arevn with my remarks. Among them the problem between the rooms 16803 and 16804. There is only one mistake. The fact that you did die a lot of times ... ::) ;)

And yes, you missed something in room 16804. It is because there is no hint over there, that it is in my opinion too hard for this type of mansion.

Hehe Aquamat, there is more than meets the eye in #16804  ;)

Arevn, this is a good mansion but I would classify it closer to normal than easy.  Now you should advertise for beta-testers to finish it so it can be put on the complete mansion list.

aquaMat wrote on 23.01.2007 at 18:44:53:

@ Arevn: Couldn't even finish the mansion (!!), as in rooms # 16803/16804 there are a lot of unnecessary deaths, caused by unaligned floor heights (I suspect). AND... from that green brick wall, with the hidden ladder in it (room 16803, to the right)...I had nowhere else to go. Everytime I went to the right (from bottom of ladder) I died immediatly. You couldn't go further down, and you couldn't go back. (Or have I missed something ??)

I found the same problem. Many deaths with seemingly no place to go in 16803/04. But I like the mansion, it's fun. And like others have said, don't feel bad about not making a hard mansion. There's a great need for easy to normal mansions. Thanks, Arevn!  [smiley=thumbsup.gif]

Never mind. When I posted this, the above posts beat me to the forum. I found it.

Well, then... I'll go looking for that "no-hint" in room 16803 ! :)

But as you say, Freddy.... in a mansion that's otherweise pretty easy, you wouldn't expect an exit or whatever that is hidden that much.

Just been to that room again..... and found the "secret passage".   :D :)

Although I like things like that very much.... it's so unexpected there....and therefore not EASY.
A hint would be needed, maybe some coins ??

Beat the mansion w/ 100 % secrets though  !

So, am I blind? Or has the mansion been removed because it is incomplete?  :-?

You are NOT blind. Maybe colour-blind like some of our other addicts ... ;)

No, arevn removed his prototype (see the edit at his own first post) and will fix it during the weekend. A few days patience and then it will probably be up the List of Completed Mansions.

Soon be continued.

Reading arevn's "ETA" (what is that?), I changed the text concerning this forum. It could be too confusing to have a beta-version of a mansion at Free Up- & Downloading and (later) also a listed version. I think it is better that a designer, when he/she wants a mansion on the List of Completed Mansions, asks for beta-testers WITHOUT adding the beta-version of the mansion. A screenshot is appetizer enough.

This forum is more for experimental things and really unfinished work. (E.g. House of the Dead and Carnival of Myst).

And after the tests ... straight to THE LIST! :)

Freddy wrote on 25.01.2007 at 06:05:37:

Reading arevn's "ETA" (what is that?),

ETA means 'Edited To Add.'

Oh, and in reply to the post before that, I'm a 'her' not a 'him.'    ;D

I'm working hard on the fixes for the mansion, but it'll be a few days before I can resubmit it to Freddy.

Cheers,

Arevn

Hello "her". ;) If you want to, at "Profile" it is possible to add your gender.

Yo, arevn !

I wouldn't have guessed you were a "her" either, your mansion looks so.... male !   :D

"Plucked her eyebrows on the way,
shaved her leg and then he was a she....
she says, hey babe, take a walk on the wild side..."

Hey, I want to try this mansion... but the attachments gone... why? Can anyone e-mail it to me?  :-?  ::)

aquaMat wrote on 25.01.2007 at 22:51:32:

Yo, arevn ! I wouldn't have guessed you were a "her" either, your mansion looks so.... male !

Male? How so?

Arevn

Anthony wrote on 25.01.2007 at 23:21:22:

Hey, I want to try this mansion... but the attachments gone... why? Can anyone e-mail it to me?  :-?  ::)

You'll have to wait until I finish fixing it. Please see previous posts by Freddy and myself explaining why the attachment was deleted.

Arevn

arevn wrote on 25.01.2007 at 23:33:16:

aquaMat wrote on 25.01.2007 at 22:51:32: Yo, arevn ! I wouldn't have guessed you were a "her" either, your mansion looks so.... male !   Male? How so? Arevn

I was just kidding....   :)

Oh. I thought that perhaps girls tended to have a certain design style and guys another.  ;D

Arevn

How about two kind of mansions? Male ones with Jack Malone and female ones with his sister? ;D

Jill Malone?
:D

Yes! Why not? Who is good in graphics?

And the next step is Jack meets Jill. In The Factory?

Euh ... that is probably off-topic. Better: Jack meets Jill in Arevn's Mansion. ;)

How could you make a second character? Should you select a different character when you press play?  :-? ::)

Arevn, thank you for your mansion. I really enjoyed it.

Hey arevn, nice Mansion

But... I would have made it more difficult a little.  ;)

Otherwise everything is correct  :D

Chippy wrote on 11.02.2007 at 17:19:13:

Hey arevn, nice Mansion But... I would have made it more difficult a little.  ;) Otherwise everything is correct  :D

Thanks for the comments, Mikee. Unfortunately, the point of my first mansion was to make something easier than what's currently being posted. :)

BTW, I tried out both of your mansions and enjoyed them very much!

Arevn

thx Arevn!  :D

Attempts nevertheless times my new Mansion Dark Sorts, its a little hard mansion...but too hard not  ;)

Go simply under Free UP and Downloading and down load the mansion.  :) :) :) :) :)

Nice mansion and my first time to ladder jump. Thank goodness I had seen the term here so I had a clue what to do.  ;)