Hey everyone!
First thing’s first – yes, we did skip last week’s MotW. There were only two maps released, and only one of them was any good (made by SockPuppet, who’s already been awarded MotW several times)! I write these during my spare time, and it just didn’t seem worth it to write out something just for that. I hope you understand. Of course, if you’d rather we not skip future MotWs whenever possible, yell at us in the comments and we’ll look into it!
Anyway, without further ado…
This week’s Map of the Week is “A Theatre’s Props” by SockPuppet! Yeah, he won it anyway, who saw that coming?
This map deviates from the usual formula – for one, it’s not a standard “kill the undead inhabiting a building” design that’s so familiar at this point, but rather is more of a puzzle (you still kill undead though, otherwise it wouldn’t be a DEADBOLT level). Puppet uses all of his editor tricks and knowledge to make some rather creative puzzles, with elements such as invisible floating mines and an enemy that has to be shot from a specific spot to survive.
I found the stages to have a unique look that, while nothing particularly beautiful, caught my eye and remained memorable. As always, there are secrets hidden at the boundaries of the map. I wonder where they’ll lead…
Oh, and I would really advise you to watch your step.
Overall, a short but unique puzzle level that’ll definitely take some time to solve. That’s where the fun is, of course.
Play it now!
DEADBOLT is an extremely challenging stealth-action hybrid that allows you to take control of the reaper to quell the recent undead uprising. Play and complete missions given to you by the mysterious fireplace as you become the avatar of death. While the reaper has an impressive arsenal and skillset to kill the undead, he has one flaw - he dies in one shot... leaving you with no room for error.
Key Features:
• Complete over 25 extremely challenging missions
• Unlock and obtain over 30 weapons, ranging from a reaper's scythe to an automatic grenade launcher
• Fight over 35 enemy types, from zombies to vampires to bosses and more
• Choose your playstyle: quiet assassin, loud one-man army, or anything in between
• Gib them all! DEADBOLT's dynamic gore system guarantees that all evisceration leads to satisfaction
• Choose your own way to complete a mission - no mission has to be completed in one way • Accomplish a variety of objectives, like assassinating gang leaders and investigating mysteries
• Multi-genre soundtrack created by the talented Chris Christodoulou of the Risk of Rain OST
• Create and play custom maps with the DEADBOLT Map Editor (Windows only)
MINIMAL SETUP
OS: Any Linux Distribution 2012+
Processor: 2.5 GHzMemory: 1 GB RAM
Memory: 1 GB RAM
Graphics: OpenGL 2.1+ Support. and recommended dedicated graphics card with 128 MB of RAM