The City Beneath

The City Beneath

Infobox VG
title = The City Beneath


developer = Caravel Games
publisher = Caravel Games
designer = Erik Hermansen
released = April 1, 2007
genre = Puzzle
modes = Single player, Editor
ratings =
|platforms = PC - Windows,
Linux, Mac OS X
media = CD, Download
requirements =
input =

"The City Beneath" is the third computer puzzle game in "Deadly Rooms of Death" series published by Caravel Games. It was released on the 1st of April 2007, exactly two years after its predecessor, "Journey to Rooted Hold". Linux and Mac OS X versions were immediately available along with the main Windows version.

Story

The story picks up where "Journey to Rooted Hold" ended, with Beethro arriving at the mysterious Rooted Hold and exploring an underground city of the Empire in search of his lost nephew, Halph. Soon, Beethro discovers a sinister plot concerning all the people above, so finding Halph and convincing him to return home becomes a second priority. It is up to Beethro to foil the Empire's plans and discover its most guarded secrets.

Features

Here is a list of the new features added in "The City Beneath":

CaravelNet

* Holds can be rated from within the game.
* An in-game chat room, active at all times while the game engine is running (in play or in the editor), and connected to the CaravelNet online service.

New Objects

* Pressure Plates which act like Orbs, but need to be stepped on instead of hit with a sword. Monsters, as well as Beethro, can trigger Pressure Plates. There are three different varieties, based on how and when the effect is triggered.
* Sister Gates, also called the Anti-Doors, close when their specific condition is met.
* Bridges are sections of floor, placed in pits or water, which fall if they have no connection to other solid floor. Thus, if connected to stable floor by trapdoors, they will fall if all connecting trapdoors are removed.
* Platforms are sections of floor placed over pits or water. If Beethro attempts to move off the edge of a Platform into the pit or water, the platform moves (while maintaining its shape) to continue supporting him, provided it is able to without any part of the platform leaving the pit or colliding with another object. Monsters on the platform do not move with it and will be killed if they fall into the pit.
* Hot Tiles kill almost anything that is stationary on them for a turn, including Beethro, but not including tarstuff babies (Tar, Mud, and Gel).
* Water is impassable to Beethro but is the home to certain types of monster.
* Oremites force Beethro, or other sword-bearing monsters such as Guards and the Slayer, to put away their swords while walking on them.
* Speed Potions allow Beethro to take two turns for every one update of the environment.
* Clone Potions allow Beethro to create a second Beethro on any empty square. Pressing the Tab key switches control between Beethro and his clone(s). Inactive clones do not move and cannot be killed by monsters but can be killed by swords, bombs, or other room hazards. Any clone can clear a room, and the room must be restarted if any clone dies.
* Architectural Tokens allow a number of changes to be made to the room when they are touched.
* Mirrors reflect the gazes of Evil Eyes and Aumtlich, and can be pushed around and/or broken by Beethro and his sword.
* Disarm tiles can allow Beethro to toggle whether or not he is holding his sword.

New Monsters

The City Beneath features all the monsters previously encountered in Deadly Rooms of Death and Journey to Rooted Hold. In addition, the following creatures are met:
* Adders - Serpents that can eat other monsters. Their weak point is the head.
* Briars - Plants that cannot be cut. If a briar root is present, directly connected briar will expand and kill anything on squares it expands into.
* Gel - Tarstuff that can only be cut on "inside" corners. Unlike other tarstuff, Gel mothers only expand directly connected Gel. Gel Babies use Rock Golem movement, however they do not leave behind obstacles when slain.
* Citizens - People of the Empire running from point to point on their repetitive chores.
* Slayers - Skilled assassins working for the Empire, like the 39th Slayer met in Journey to Rooted Hold.
* Water Skippers - Behave like Seep, but inhabit water rather than walls. They have "nests" which spawn one Water Skipper every 10 turns.
* The Aumtlich - Creatures that fire beams which can only be blocked with a sword or a mirror. You cannot move if a beam touches you.
* Rock Giants - 2x2 square monsters which split into 4 Rock Golems when hit (one of which is already slain by the hit).
* Fegundos - Fiery birds that attempt to fly in whichever direction the player is facing. Bumping into an object causes them to explode, however, over the course of 5 turns they regenerate and rise from the ashes.

General

* Variable lighting and weather effects.
* Possibility to add new room styles into the game.
* Importing files into DROD by dragging and dropping them on the application.
* Better UI for hold selection menu.
* Jump-to-letter in hold selection menu (with Ctrl).
* More information displayed while importing files.
* Importing multiple files at once.
* Enhanced game engine.

Gameplay

* Undoing while placing mimics will go back to the turn before stepping on the potion.
* Locking room edges, so you can't exit a room accidentally.
* A "battle" key as an alternate way to make repeated movements.
* Beethro's sword can be taken away. Without his sword, he cannot fight or hit orbs, but does not trigger trapdoors.
* Almost every character in the game can become playable. This means that you can control both different sworded characters as well as non-sworded characters.
* Cutscenes.

Editor

* Seeing bomb blast radius in editor (with chain reactions) and in-game (without chain reactions).
* A better way to handle story events with important timing.
* Copying NPC scripts from room to room without exporting and importing.
* Improved sound effect handling in a hold.
* Keyboard commands for undoing and redoing in editor.
* Copying serpent-like monsters and obstacles in the room editor.
* Custom artwork for characters.

Scripting

* Scripting command: Relative coordinates.
* Scripting command: "Pathfind to X,Y" and variations of it.
* Scripting command: "Die".
* Scripting command: Set Appearance (available in patch 3.2 and higher)
* Scripted user music.
* Text-script conversion.

Demos

* Information about already uploaded demos will be included along with a player file when exporting it.
* Watching 3.0 demos will skip mimic placing parts completely.
* Toggleable move counter while watching demos.

License

The library which handles connections to the online database (CaravelNet) is closed-source, although the rest of the game remains open-source under the Mozilla Public License and a fully functional executable (minus the CaravelNet connectivity features) can be made with the released source.

Additionally, the artwork, music, and levels composing the new content of The City Beneath are sold commercially with rights reserved. Most of the game is still free. The source code, engine and level editor are still open source, a complete set of artwork is distributed with the demo version, and users can still download and build user holds without having to buy the full game.

Credits

:"DROD:TCB is built off the DROD 2.0 engine (2005), "DROD: Architects' Edition" (2003), and "Caravel DROD" (2002). Certain contributions made in these previous releases carry over to this one."
* Producer; Mike Rimer

* Concept, Direction; Erik Hermansen

* Lead Programmer; Mike Rimer

* Programming; Gerry Jo Jellestad, Matt Schikore

* Linux Port; Gerry Jo Jellestad, Adam Peterson

* Mac OS X Port; Mike Rimer

* Music; Jon Sonnenberg

* Artwork; Erik Hermansen, William Frank, Gerry Jo Jellestad, Mike Rimer, Adam Peterson, Ashley King, Matt Schikore

* Level Design, Feature Design; Mike Rimer, Neil Frederick, Eytan Zweig, Adam Peterson, Clayton Weiss, Erik Hermansen, Matt Schikore

* Story, Continuity; Erik Hermansen, Eytan Zweig, Neil Frederick, Mike Rimer, Clayton Weiss, Matthew Cramp

* CaravelNet Game Interface; Matt Schikore, Mike Rimer

* Web Design; Matt Schikore

* Voice Coordination; Erik Hermansen, Mike Rimer

* Voice Talent; Sten Ryason, Tony Porter, Steve Anderson, Michael Abbott, Erik Hermansen, Brittany Hermansen, Roger "Rescator" Hågensen, Patrick Alexander, Elfstone, Erik Ottosen, Elna, Sean Hunt, Mark Thebridge, Clayton Weiss, Mike Kasprzak, Mike Rimer, Kathy Sherman

* Sound Effects; Mike Rimer

* Sound Editing and Mastering; Mike Rimer

* Testing Coordination; Mike Rimer

* Testing; Eytan Zweig, Neil Frederick, Clayton Weiss, Stefan Michelsson, Wai Lam, Adam Peterson, Mark Thebridge, Sean Hunt, Martin Jacobsen, Stuart Knapton, T Scott Lanigan, Chris Marks, Brad Wall, Matthew Cramp, John Williams, Seth Rimer, Elfstone

* Special thanks; Brittany Hermansen, Olga Rimer

External links

* [http://www.caravelgames.com/ Caravel Games]
* [http://forum.caravelgames.com/ CaravelNet Forum]
* [http://drod.caravelgames.com/ DROD Community Site]
* [http://www.gamesetwatch.com/2007/04/column_beyond_tetris_drod_the.php TCB review on http://www.gamesetwatch.com]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3rdRFu90hTs Video Trailer for DROD: The City Beneath]


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