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Title:	Desert Crypt
Filename:	levels/heretic/d-f/descrypt.zip
Size:	150.41 KB
Date:	11/02/98
Author:	Ken Phipps
Description:	While traveling through a desert region, you are ambushed and knocked unconscious by a group of golems. You wake up to find yourself inside a sarcophagus. You push the lid of off the coffin and climb out. You hear the sounds of stone debris being piled up outside the entrance to the tomb. They are sealing you in. At your feet you notice your crossbow. Whoever has put you in here has tossed your weapon on the tomb floor to be sealed in with you. You force the door open and begin fighting your way out of the crypt...
Credits:
Base:	New level fron scratch.
Build time:
Editor(s) used:	DCK 3.2, Zennode, RMB
Bugs:
Rating:	(14 votes)

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Reviews:

Anonymous	Great map, on the difficult side but not impossible. It's got a great deal of atmosphere and detail. The biggest gripe is the secrets aren't tagged so you'll never really know for sure where they are.	x
Fenriswolf	I love desert themed maps, so this was an insta-win, plus it is just a really great, high-qulity map itself with a very great oldschool flair to it.	x
Anonymous	Good map, but very hard + big. 3, 5 stars	x
Anonymous	If you want to see what thoughtful level design looks like, download this wad. Ken has balanced the level very well, grading the difficulty nicely from start to finish. He implemented some really neat ideas for traps, puzzles, and architecture. I can't say enough good stuff about this level. It is a shining example of how intelligent and fun-to-play maps trump ultra-detailed mindless slaughter maps any day. 5/5!	x
Anonymous	qiute difficult but very nice	x
Anonymous	Enjoyable. The architecture is imaginitive too. 3/5.	x
Anonymous	The best Ken Phipps production I've tested. It combines the Dark mountain series's high points with this time a challenging difficulty. Secret areas aren't charted, but it doesn't matter. Good job, 5/5. ~Naan	x

View descrypt.txt

===========================================================================
Title                   : Desert Crypt
Game                    : Heretic
Filename                : DESCRYPT.WAD
Author                  : Ken Phipps
email                   : ax9@earthlink.net
Description             : While traveling through a desert region, you
                          are ambushed and knocked unconscious by a group
                          of golems. You wake up to find yourself inside a
                          sarcophagus. You push the lid of off the coffin
                          and climb out. You hear the sounds of stone debris
                          being piled up outside the entrance to the tomb.
                          They are sealing you in. At your feet you notice
                          your crossbow. Whoever has put you in here has
                          tossed your weapon on the tomb floor to be sealed
                          in with you. You force the door open and begin
                          fighting your way out of the crypt...
===========================================================================

* Play Information *

Episode and Level #     : E2M1 
Single Player           : Yes
Cooperative 2-4 Player  : Yes (Starts are there, but not designed for it really)
Deathmatch 2-4 Player   : No - too big
Difficulty Settings     : Yes
New Sounds              : No
New Graphics            : No
New Music               : No
Demos Replaced          : None

* Construction *

Base                    : New level fron scratch.
Editor(s) used          : DCK 3.2, Zennode, RMB

Instructions: Unzip the contents of this zip file to your Heretic directory.
In Windows 95/98, double-click on the "Desert Crypt" shortcut. The shortcut
is set up to run the wad in skill level 4, so if you want a different skill level,
edit the shortcut to change the skill level number (right-click the shortcut,
select properties, click the program tab, then change the number at the end of
the line in the "cmd line" edit box.

I've also included a batch file if you're running the game from DOS. Just type DESCRYPT.
To play a different skill level, edit the batch file and change "-skill 4" to whatever you want.

* Copyright / Permissions *

Authors MAY NOT use this level as a base to build additional
levels.

You MAY distribute this WAD, provided you include this file, with
no modifications.  You may distribute this file in any electronic
format (BBS, Diskette, CD, etc) as long as you include this file 
intact.

* Where to get this WAD *

ftp://ftp.cdrom.com:/pub/idgames/levels/heretic

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