Kiln Cistern (a work in progress)

Kiln's water supply is in jeopardy! Something foul is going on within the Kiln Cistern. It falls to you to navigate its system of locked doors and flooded hallways to reach its deepest chamber. Rise to the challenge and solve the problem before the good citizens of Kiln run out of precious water.

 

Beautiful work, Im excited.

This is also very telling of the role that some of the NPC-story towns play in the game. Im excited to see what sort of quests/dungeons/evil bosses will be associated with smalller NPC towns like Jaanaford or Yew.

 

Thanks for posting. Interesting too. More content like this will really be great.

 

How will this area be different than other sewer type areas?

 

noice!

 

I was just thinking the other day how great it would be to have quests outside of the Story-line quests. This is exciting.

 

What if you want to contribute to their problems because you're not a nice guy?

 

I certainly am NOT going to wear my best gear down there!

Thanks for this teaser, @PlagueOfLocust

 

Will this be connected to the underground network?

 

"... and it was foretold, Outlander, that the dark Obsidian magicks played a role in the tainted waters of Kiln, for in a hill above the village yon, the malicious wizards set their beasts to slavery within the very first Olde Novian Belle of Thine Taco...."

 

Thank you everyone for the questions and kind words.

Great question. I hinted at the answer in the text and images, but it was pretty subtle. Without saying too much, the most unique aspect of the area will be the ability to manipulate the level of water in the cistern.

Yes. In fact it will be a relatively critical hub in the network.

Unfortunately a branching narrative is outside the scope of this area, but I do like the idea.

 

Sounds pretty awesome - look forward to seeing more of this.

 

Another dark, mysterious sewer to explore. Definitely need algae green dye. Great job.

 

Great to hear about more content for Kiln! Great work.

 

Friggin awesome, this reminds me of ultima 9.

 

I love this!! Here's something to think about for a future zone: Give us a pitch-black underground area! Cave/Sewer/Catacomb/nest.. doesn't matter, the point is that it doesn't have any natural light at all. You have to bring your own light source, or you won't see anything (except maybe the glowing eyes of a dangerous enemy? I know most of the time you don't want this kind of experience, but I think it would be fantastic to have one special place like this. Thanks for reading, and keep up the great work!

 

Torches need to burn out first

I find darkness fun, actually, and don't mind the concept... my biggest concern about an area like this is that if your torches all burn out, and you have to teleport scrolls, and they remove the 'Start on World Map' option, you might never find your way out, and be stuck there forever, and that would not be good at all. Some kind of escape mechanism would need to be thought about.

 

Am I wrong in saying that the dungeon pieces are the same ones used since the early caverns under Kingsport (great little dungeon btw)?
Anyways my feedback relates to the 'look' of the walls themselves, which, for some reason I am not exactly certain, has the impression of a 1990's era video game graphics style.

thx

 

Giant rats and giant bats would look nice in here. Just sayin'.