[quakis]

Requires Plasma Pak / OUWB

Story:
Explore Master Barlington's estate, also home to his exclusive gentlemen's club including some prominent figures of the area, owners of influential businesses; Cobbleson & Son's Crimson Brewery, Leroux's Médaillon Bathhouse, Ashford's Bank and Trust, etc. Strange activities have been taking place at the estate and these men are likely involved. Rumours also spread about a new religious cult forming and gossip regarding Barlington's mental health as of late. Sudden disappearances have been reported surrounding the area, but no concrete evidence pointing to the club itself. What secrets are they hiding? Break inside, rummage around, seek documents and discover the truth, no matter how far you must dig to find it.

Intended as an introductory level for a short series I have in mind, there's themes I'd still like to try out so haven't quite finished tinkering with Blood just yet.
Blood mapping has been an incredibly fascinating experience and a nice change of pace, especially how much Mapedit functions differently compared to Duke3D.

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Installation if running Blood via DOSBOX (ex: GOG Release);

# Edit "dosboxBlood_single.conf"
# Replace BLOOD.EXE with DREAMW1.BAT (Remember to change it back later)
# Your shortcut for "One Unit Whole Blood" should launch with "The Dreamwell Enigma" selectable via main menu

There's probably better methods, but this is quick and easy.

Known Bugs/Problems
> Beware entering through doors during their opening/closing phase or risk either dying or pushed into areas you shouldn't be in yet. Attempted to fix the latter with no success, mostly due to sector over sector.
> Minor visual glitch when crossing doorways due to doorframes. Should not affect gameplay besides a strange hitch.
> Framerate drop outside due to interior complexity/overlapping sectors, but shouldn't become a problem indoors or during combat. Primarily focused around the front entrance.

[Polunka]

Hawley mawley! RIght as I've installed my One Unit Whole Blood copy from GOG for the sake of ole' memories! Downloading!

[gerdabutterchops]

Thanks for this .
Will it work on UK version of Blood ?

[quakis]

So long as your copy of Blood is up to date with Plasma Pak installed there shouldn't be any problems afaik.

[Danukem]

I don't even have Blood right now so I can't try this, but you already won the award for Most Intriguing Map Title 2016.

[MetHy]

Good stuff!
Nice little improvements over the beta version if you ask me.

[Jblade]

Just played it, a very solid Blood map - I enjoyed the nice little touches like the readable books and the puzzle; the layout of the house is very impressive as well and you made good use of all of Blood's features. Definitely hoping you do more.

[Polunka]

Well, so I'm stuck at the puzzle! Can someone spoil it for me? I've been trying to solve it for like 1 or 2 hours, still no go. I think it must be somehow linked to those 4 words inscribed in the wall and the solution should be the respecting symbolic representations of those words. I can't stop asking myself, "Am I really that dumb?", but this is hardly helping the case. The puzzle itself is a neat feature if you ask me, but I just wanna go further thru the map already. So far I've come up with this (see the spoiler):

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Knowledge should be represented with an eye, dreams with a moon and good wine with either a dagger or a skull (not sure why). I have no idea what would represent a prayer, probably fire.

So if you're not hesitant, please someone spoil it for me!

P.S.: I'm kinda ashamed tbh.

[quakis]

One of my testers has similar trouble with the puzzle, so its understandable. I'll provide some hints below;

Hint 1:

Spoiler

The words on the wall are indeed related to the symbols, however no guesswork is required. They're pointing to something else in order to find the solution. Master Barlington has poor memory, so visual reminders are useful.

Hint 2:

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Link the words to locations they suggest. Search them.

Hint 3:

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Example: 1) Knowledge = Library. Search for symbols in each respective location.

Solution:

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1) Knowledge > Library > Spider Symbol (bookshelf near study area)
2) Dreams > Bedroom > Fire Symbol (on bed poster beside the windows)
3) Good Wine > Bar > Eye Symbol (on wine display, crouch low to see it)
4) Prayer > Member's chapel > Moon Symbol (on stand, above cult's logo)

[Polunka]

quakis, on 19 October 2016 - 06:18 AM, said:

One of my testers has similar trouble with the puzzle, so its understandable. I'll provide some hints below;

Hint 1:

Spoiler

The words on the wall are indeed related to the symbols, however no guesswork is required. They're pointing to something else in order to find the solution. Master Barlington has poor memory, so visual reminders are useful.

Hint 2:

Spoiler

Link the words to locations they suggest. Search them.

Hint 3:

Spoiler

Example: 1) Knowledge = Library. Search for symbols in each respective location.

Solution:

Spoiler

1) Knowledge > Library > Spider Symbol (bookshelf near study area)
2) Dreams > Bedroom > Fire Symbol (on bed poster beside the windows)
3) Good Wine > Bar > Eye Symbol (on wine display, crouch low to see it)
4) Prayer > Member's chapel > Moon Symbol (on stand, above cult's logo)

Well, actually

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I was aware of those symbols in various areas of the mansion, but I, in turn, tried to match them in the order in which you encounter them throughout the level as another option for the solution. For some reason, it didn't occur to me that these 2 methods could be linked directly with each other thus composing the solution.

Thanks very much, man. The puzzle is even more complicated than I thought but definitely is a clever one! Also, I like how you're using even these seemingly subtle details as supporting elements in the creation of the setting (like Master Barlington's poor memory thing you mentioned). They make the environment even more immersive and the level more beckoning to play further!

P.S.: A shame I can't continue playing it now but can't wait to resume.

[CryptKiller]

Great level, really well balanced (on 3rd diff level, at least), some great details (loved the plates in the sink or the trolley with the glasses near servant's house). Can't wait for the another one in the series.