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This Old Mansion
16.02.2007 at 07:00:15

I'm about a third of the way through my next mansion, tentatively called 'This Old Mansion.' It's larger than 'Arevn's Mansion', but has about the same level of difficulty. I know that some of my graphics have probably been inspired by other mansions, but I've played so many that I can't remember if this is the case, or who inspired me. If I've stepped on any toes, please let me know!

I'm including a preview to whet your appetite.

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Arevn

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Anthony YaBB Administrator Offline Nova Scotia, Canada Posts: 1367 Canada Gender:	Re: This Old Mansion Reply #1 - 16.02.2007 at 07:44:59 Nice fireplace! You should put candles under it and only let the flame show and cover the rest with layer 6! Then it would look like a real fire instead of just lava! Oh, and it looks better when you put the end of the pole on. Looks fascinating.
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Reply #2 - 16.02.2007 at 10:17:58

Anthony wrote on 16.02.2007 at 07:44:59:

Nice fireplace! You should put candles under it and only let the flame show and cover the rest with layer 6! Then it would look like a real fire instead of just lava! Oh, and it looks better when you put the end of the pole on. Wink

Looks fascinating.

Well, erm, *blush*, I remembered that someone had used candles to make a fireplace at some point (you, I imagine now Wink

) and I didn't want to 'plagiarize', so I came up with something more... sadistic. It's not so much a fireplace as it is an oven. The owner of this mansion is a bit of a monster, as I've surmised from the number of skeletons lying around this place.... Bwa ha ha. Roll Eyes

The pole is fixed. Embarrassed

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Reply #3 - 16.02.2007 at 19:41:45

arevn wrote on 16.02.2007 at 10:17:58:

Well, erm, *blush*, I remembered that someone had used candles to make a fireplace at some point (you, I imagine now Wink

) and I didn't want to 'plagiarize', so I came up with something more... sadistic. It's not so much a fireplace as it is an oven. The owner of this mansion is a bit of a monster, as I've surmised from the number of skeletons lying around this place.... Bwa ha ha. Roll Eyes

The pole is fixed. Embarrassed

Arevn

Yes I did do that in that Jack Christmas thingy... But I think I got it from someplace els... maybe from one of the inclued mansions?
Anyways... I reconize when you jump of the zapper beam on girders... I think it was from a room in Volcanis when you were going up or >> in the first part! But who cares, I just did it instead of lava to add that eye ball to make it harder.

And... that bed... its from the House inclued mansion, right? Wink

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Semi-Native YaBB Administrator Offline Posts: 1426 Orlando, FL USA Gender:	Re: This Old Mansion Reply #4 - 16.02.2007 at 19:48:19 arevn, don't worry about using other people's ideas. All artists get inspired at least partially by others' works. It's not like you're copying big chunks of somebody else's mansion. Your new one looks great.
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Reply #5 - 16.02.2007 at 22:16:49

Anthony wrote on 16.02.2007 at 19:41:45:

Yes I did do that in that Jack Christmas thingy... But I think I got it from someplace els... maybe from one of the inclued mansions?
Anyways... I reconize when you jump of the zapper beam on girders... I think it was from a room in Volcanis when you were going up or >> in the first part! But who cares, I just did it instead of lava to add that eye ball to make it harder.
And... that bed... its from the House inclued mansion, right? Wink

Someone else did the zapper beam girder thing? Ooookay. Back to the drawing board. Sad

As for the bed, it's not a bed, it's a lounge chair. Undecided

Maybe this mansion wasn't such a good idea after all. While I think it's almost impossible to not get inspiration from somewhere, if there's so much in just one room that raises eyebrows, then I probably shouldn't proceed.

Thank you for your valuable comments.

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Reply #6 - 16.02.2007 at 22:31:28

No no no! I like this mansion! Looks good! Don't pack it up and into the trash! So what if you use other people's ideas, but who cares! Sooner or later, there will be no more ideas to use so you'll have
to copy someone els' ideas! Wink

Hopefully that day won't come anytime soon. I don't think it will with the expanion coming out with more features.

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brell YaBB Administrator Offline Posts: 1782 Moita, Portugal Gender:	Re: This Old Mansion Reply #7 - 16.02.2007 at 22:32:42 Arevn, read again what Semi-Native said and then please proceed!
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Anthony YaBB Administrator Offline Nova Scotia, Canada Posts: 1367 Canada Gender:	Re: This Old Mansion Reply #8 - 16.02.2007 at 22:36:58 Basicly what I said was the same as what Semi-Native said. Anyways... one things that you must do: Don't stop making mansion because you think you're a copy-cat! Well, everyone is if you do a little research! P.S. Hey, what do you know. This post seems to be my 203rd post! Past 200! Yay!
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ryos Explorer Offline Colorado, USA Posts: 243 Utah, USA Gender:	Re: This Old Mansion Reply #9 - 16.02.2007 at 23:21:10 "All artists borrow; real artists steal." --Pablo Picasso.
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