Thirteen Tombs of the Brilliant Dynasty

[alexUnder Ros]

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Thirteen Tombs of the Brilliant Dynasty - Medieval dark fantasy castle in frozen lands with haunted crypt

Xmas 2022 Jam late entry. Medieval dark fantasy castle in frozen lands with haunted crypt. Tangibly harder than vanilla, but searching for secrets would make things drastically easier. NOTICE: It's recommended to play it first on Normal. Hard is intended for more challenging replay, when you know encounters setup and preferably already learned where the secrets are

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[alexUnder Ros]

alexUnder Ros updated Thirteen Tombs of the Brilliant Dynasty with a new update entry:

1.01

Very important update! I forgot to add that "object" while I aimed to do that "thing" initially

Spoiler: spoiler

*Those who played already can check behind exit portal

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[alexUnder Ros]

alexUnder Ros updated Thirteen Tombs of the Brilliant Dynasty with a new update entry:

1.04

- Made slime/pendilums area simpler (added planks)
- Added 1 more secret; everyone is trying to look in there, so why waste efforts
- Tweaked rocks so Blood key secret area can be legitimately entered with tricky jumping

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[arkngt]

I must be missing something, because for me the map is extremely unbalanced, For the first courtyard, which has like 5 rather tough monsters and a gazillion crossbowmen, I have next to no ammo and only the nail gun and double shotgun. Alright, so I manage to cheese through it. For the next big courtyard I have the same weapons, plus GL, and face like 10 boss monsters plus lots of others. Might miss some important secrets perhaps, but it's just not fun to be so underpowered IMO.

 

[alexUnder Ros]

I must be missing something, because for me the map is extremely unbalanced, For the first courtyard, which has like 5 rather tough monsters and a gazillion crossbowmen, I have next to no ammo and only the nail gun and double shotgun. Alright, so I manage to cheese through it. For the next big courtyard I have the same weapons, plus GL, and face like 10 boss monsters plus lots of others. Might miss some important secrets perhaps, but it's just not fun to be so underpowered IMO.

On what difficulty do you play? Because I forgot to test it even on Hard and there may be crucial errors. On Nightmare there may be even worse disbalances! At the time of makin' the map I was pretty lame inexperienced mapper. It's not the worst map on Earth but pretty amateurish gameplay wise - that's 100% - there're tons of balancing crucial errors; sorry for that

 

[arkngt]

On what difficulty do you play? Because I forgot to test it even on Hard and there may be crucial errors. On Nightmare there may be even worse disbalances! At the time of makin' the map I was pretty lame inexperienced mapper. It's not the worst map on Earth but pretty amateurish gameplay wise - that's 100% - there're tons of balancing crucial errors; sorry for that

Yeah, this is on Nightmare. I'll check it out on Normal!

EDIT: Just finished it on Normal and it's a wonderful map. I'll try it on Nightmare again now that I know where to find secrets etc.

EDIT 2: I just finished it on Nightmare. I'd say a couple of the secrets are very helpful (such as the blast belt and rather early RL). Anyway, brilliant map! (That said, the first courtyard IS quite annoying imho as you basically have to cheese it,)

 

[alexUnder Ros]

...I'll check it out...

If you want I can recommend checking my other 2 maps. "Firdaws-i Bareen" out of Brutalist Jam 2. Personally I think this is my best map up to date. And also "Private Pyle" out of Sewer Jam 2. Layout is a little bit wonky, but there are some unique cool gameplay ideas. I'd love to see you doing them 100% (if I am not confusing things and 100% is your style in general)