Fan Mission Design Discussions Archive
From The DarkMod Wiki
This article serves as an archive of interesting discussions we've had on the design of fan missions throughout the years of developing The Dark Mod and building new missions.
Selected discussions
Currently, this list isn't sorted all that much, but we might get to giving it a bit more structure sooner or later. For now, consider this a raw list of interesting discussions, and a work in progress.
- Where do noobs start?
- Ghosting a Mission?
- The recipe for a good mission ?
- Suggestion for contests...
- Story, Plot and Narrative Design Discussion Thread
- What kind of fan missions would you like to see?
- Missions in exotic locations
- When is someone gonna make an Egyptian based mission ?
- Missions about Pagans
- Vanilla FMs
- Campaigns, multi-map missions
- About "campaign" fan missions
- Cross-referencing between FMs/campaigns ?
- Is matching the TDM universe important in mapping?
- Sharing lore and canons ?
- Different interpretations of the city I've noticed
- Historical accuracy in TDM
- Social classes and hierarchies
- TDM Universe / Setting
- Favorite TDM Character?
- Concept for Future Missions
- Fan Mission Authors... More Short And Sweet
- What type of short FMs (in terms of tone and setting) could we make more often ?
- Assassination Missions ?
- "Laser" tripwires ?
- Gameplay: Is there anything left to fear ?
- Some thoughts on what makes good horror
- Collection of articles on narrative design (from the In The Games of Madness blog)
- Some pre-mapping questions
If you've come across any older or new good discussions that go in-depth on mission design aspects, feel free to post the suggestion in the Discussion tab of this article and we might add it. The more, the merrier (as long as it's on point). :-)
