_dodger opened this issue on Jan 18, 2003 ยท 26 posts
_dodger posted Sat, 18 January 2003 at 4:51 PM
Just a note on the release seperation: The Dungeon Lighting Kits are a trilogy. I'm not 'saving the best for last', nor am I planning on making the other two shoddier. I've divided up the items as evenly as possible so that each contains some set props, some personal items, and so on. There's a potion-type-thing in each. There's a cooking-type-fire in each, there's a candle lighting fixture in each, and so on. And I've divided the items up into three groups other than shape, too. These are 'cool', 'neat', and 'useful'. 'Cool' means the item just has an amazingly striking visual appearance like the Aether Generator in DLK1. 'Neat' means it's nifty -- you can play with it for hours, like the Firefly Jar in DLK1. Useful of course means it has a lot of practical application in the average fantasy dungeon delving scene, like the torch and bullseye lantern in DLK1. I've done my best to, and think I've succeeded in, making everything at least two of the three, if not all three. The Firefly Jar isn't the most useful thing in the world, I'll admit, but it's visually striking and fun to play with. Hey, I made it and had fun playing with it, and I should have been sick of it by then! The Aetheric Capacitor isn't the most fun to play with -- you can't be engrossed by it for ages, at least I can't. But it's really visually striking and judging by the number of Frankenstein's Lab images I've seen done, quite useful, too. I've balanced the other sets this way, too, and I've discarded and started from scratch on one or two (you haven't seen those I did that to and never will) because they didn't have two of those three reasons to exist. So trust me, the next instalment in the trilogy will not be a flop sequel riding on the coat-tails of this one, nor will it make you wish you'd just waited for it instead. I may not be the most tactful guy in the world, but I do know how to market pretty well and I'm making sure that the entire set of kits will be on par for excellence with one another!