Journal #3107

Over the last few weeks I have agonised over numerous issues with my Necropolis: Mausoleum level, finally making the choice to split it into several levels. Two weeks ago I officially released the first of these, and hinted that the other two would probably follow soon thereafter.

That may not be the case.

Although I do not want to waste all the effort I put into developing the remainder of the level, it is becoming quite clear to me that the above-ground portion is quite playable by itself, and that the below-ground portion is, well, not. I haven't even had a run around in it with my gaming buddies yet - and I won't make any final decisions until I do so - but it seems obvious to me that the planned "Part B" cannot compare with "Part A". Not without some serious redesign, anyway...

There are bits I want to keep, but they are outnumbered by the bits which just don't work as a DM level.

I'm not yet sure what I shall do -- but it's becoming certain that it's not going to be released any time soon.

sigh

In other news, however, I shall be tweaking the existing version of Mausoleum over the next week or so, and adding or fixing a few things which have been pointed out in TWHL reviews of it... (Thanks again to everybody who has provided feedback!)

Cheers,
Pete.