The works of this easy-to-normal mansion has started. Release in ... autumn 2007.  :-X But soon I tell the story. And maybe, just maybe, a screenshot.

Ooohhh, looking forward to it!
;D

A deserted holiday village... is it in the north poll with elves?  ;D Er... I mean... without elves because its "deserted."  ;D

I guess the people forgot to take their decor down. So... how DID the town get deserted? Can't wait for tthe story ;D

STORY

As we all know, Jack is often travelling. While he was walking through a large forest, he suddenly came across a lot of houses, grouped together somewhere deep in the woods. After some walking around he realized it was a former holiday village. He liked to get into those houses, but they all seemed to be closed. At last, he found a red bungalow that he could climb on. And by the chimney he could enter that house. Once he was inside, there were ... closed doors ... and keys. At the end he had one key left, so he could enter one of the other houses.

---> I am trying to make an easy-to-normal mansion, which is cut in clearly seperated pieces to help starting players. First solve house 1, then house 2 etc.

Looking forward to it, Freddy. Sounds interesting.

Although I suspect we'll see a lot of your typical multicolored doors again....   ;D

where did all the people go though???  :-?

Fascinating... Screenshot!!  :)

No screenshots! 8-)

But I am thinking of ... releasing the first 2 finished houses. And making additions now and then. With this concept, why should I wait till autumn?

I dont really want the mansion in peices.. maybe you could give us the first house so we could get a look at it and make the others later. What do you think???

Wait for replies from other forummembers ... :-/

I can very well understamnd Freddy's POV.  And I personally prefer as well, not having to wait that long !!   :)

Besides, with projects that are this big, I tend to think it's even more playable "in sections".

As an example: I'm sure if I had M M & M in sections, I'd play it more often.....   8-)

Why don't you make episodes like me? And maybe custom art?  :-?

Btw, StarCraft Ep. 3 :: Acid Plant is ready!  :)

I like Freddy's idea of having the mansion in sections.  See Catacombs for example.

aquaMat wrote on 03.02.2007 at 16:40:54:

... Although I suspect we'll see a lot of your typical multicolored doors again....

Objection! ;) All doors will have only one colour. And I am not responsable for the fact that there are 6 colours. Including gray ...

Well. Version 1.0 with the first 2 houses is downloadable now. I am especially interested in, if you (all) feel this "mansion" as easy. Is good to know before continuing!

Yep!  Easy and fun  :)

Nice mansion, Freddy. Definitely easy.

Thanks for all your hard work to get so much done before you have to be "away" for a while.

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Yeah, Freddy....well done.

It's very easy !!  (A bit too easy for me....but I'm sure it's perfect for beginning players !  :))

Version 2.0 from A Deserted Holiday Village is expanded with a 3rd house and is out now. Downloadable at the usual places.

Referring to "our sins", I think that ADHV proves, in my opinion, that e.g. rectangular mansions on easy level are possible, that the following order of keys and doors in a limited area does NOT matter, etc. It all depends ...

@ Colleague-Designers: Major problem in this mansion is the "gift" of shields. I want to have shields in ADHV, since it is an easy mansion. But too much shields prevent taking keys AND may lead to Jack-stucks.

@ Experienced players: Try to reach SAVE 2 with ... 6 shields.

We accept the challenge!

Hi Freddy,

this afternoon I played & finished your (new) building in A Deserted Holiday Village... I forgot to pay attention on how many shield I had left, though....but I'm sure it was much less than 6 !!

BUT:  Even though I saved with 100 % secrets, and had no key left, there remained an unopened green door !!!

Was that on purpose...or did you forget to supply the key ??
Or have I missed the key ?  (I doubt it though).

Sorry, aquaMat. You missed the key, although ... it isn't hidden.

On demand of several starting MM-players, I made a few things a little bit easier in A Deserted Holiday Village. Starting with the entrance through the chimney!

Version 2.1 is downloadable now.

Version 3.0, with 2 extra green houses, is downloadable now. The village is growing but stays easy to play, although maybe normal at a few places. Somewhere is an "unpleasant" red kite. But that may happen in the woods, isn't it?

I also tried to keep the backtracking between reasonable limits. Hope I succeeded.

Take care at the fork with all green and blue doors! When you are in trouble, there is an emergency exit AND a saving point in the room before to restart game. But I think it is clear about what one has to do. Especially concerning the snakes.

Between saving points 2 and 3 there are a few green doors.  I succeeded in opening all but one because I couldn't find the last green key.  Is this a question in which order you open those doors and if so, is there any clue to that order?  Please no giveaways  ;)

There are 3 green doors, 3 green keys AND the map. That map must help you about the following order.

(There is something similar with yellow keys and doors even before the first save!)

I finally won this one after playing just 2 or 3 times. I have a love/hate relationship with mazes and the first time got confused with the first section and couldn't find my way around. Kind of like I did the first few times with the grey door puzzle in Falcon Manor Easy. I never did figure out how to get the backpack at the start of the first green house. I didn't get all of the money, only 7575 but did get all 100% secrets. So I'd say as a beginning player, yes this is overall easy. And thank goodness for the save pedestals. The first one I was down to 1 life.  :D

Thx for visiting A Deserted Holiday Village.

It is very important for me (and I suppose also for all other mansion-designers) to know the impressions of starting players.