Battal Posted February 24, 2017 Share Posted February 24, 2017 1 minute ago, SToddyz said: http://prntscr.com/ecp2bj Huh, strange. Maybe it's because you're in the Ruins, and not the normal caves? We didn't try it in the Heart. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sinister_Fang Posted February 24, 2017 Share Posted February 24, 2017 Well... crud. I'm excited that the ruins now regenerate, but I've already smashed every ornate chest I came across. This hurts so badly... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Electroely Posted February 24, 2017 Share Posted February 24, 2017 (edited) 1 minute ago, Sinister_Fang said: Well... crud. I'm excited that the ruins now regenerate, but I've already smashed every ornate chest I came across. This hurts so badly... c_spawn() Chests aren't meant to be hammered. It's like hammering pig houses. Edited February 24, 2017 by Electroely Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sinister_Fang Posted February 24, 2017 Share Posted February 24, 2017 Just now, Electroely said: c_spawn() Yeah, I'm gonna have to do that I guess. Don't really want to though. The fun part is gonna be running through the labyrinth again and trying to remember where they were originally. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Escaped Posted February 24, 2017 Share Posted February 24, 2017 (edited) 24 minutes ago, Zeklo said: I have been left with two thoughts after all this: Reveal hidden contents Are these really statues. Or the bodies the ancients left behind? Just what is thulecite? Hide contents If the ancients underwent some "sort of thing", presumably becoming shadow monsters. (or are they even becoming shadows, or being used to like "hatch" them or something) Has Charlie undergone something similar? Just why, does Maxwell say: "I know why you led me back here." "But it won't work." Does she want Maxwell to undergo it? It seems like some answers are being given, but in it's place more questions!?!?! I thought this initial update would sate my hype, but all it has done is amplify it! Oh my god the isopods shells were turned into thulecite from the fuel and used it to make a giant civilization, but somehow overused the fuel they had and killed themselves off, turning them into nightmare fuel. And that dead civilization haunts us throughout the entire game. Is this how *they* make the energy? Seriously though Maxwell literally says "Such a fine material" when you inspect those statues it's the creepiest thing. Either Charlie wants her shadow half removed or her shadow half wants the rest of her body turned into fuel so one of the two has total control. I really hope we get some cinematic on this. Edited February 24, 2017 by Escaped 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sindex Posted February 24, 2017 Share Posted February 24, 2017 (edited) Wow the writers are really pushing the H.P. Lovecraft's "Shadow Over Insmouth," inspiration when it comes to the ancient civilization lore. I kind of assumed that was the direction they were going with before hand. However it seems to be closer to that premise with this update. Now I am wondering even if it's Charlie we will really be facing in the end, or some other eldritch creature (that has taken over her body). Edited February 24, 2017 by Sindex 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SToddyz Posted February 24, 2017 Share Posted February 24, 2017 15 minutes ago, Battal said: Huh, strange. Maybe it's because you're in the Ruins, and not the normal caves? We didn't try it in the Heart. Yeah, that works Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oCrapaCreeper Posted February 24, 2017 Share Posted February 24, 2017 The loooooooooooooooore. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alarsin Posted February 24, 2017 Share Posted February 24, 2017 (edited) Thats... thats weird we cant resurrect him at the ruins... Edited February 24, 2017 by Alarsin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CutChemist Posted February 24, 2017 Share Posted February 24, 2017 Which tentacle hole is it ? I've jumped through all and haven't come across the atrium Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WesleyT245 Posted February 24, 2017 Share Posted February 24, 2017 2 minutes ago, CutChemist said: Which tentacle hole is it ? I've jumped through all and haven't come across the atrium You'll just have to get lucky. My tentacle was in a stalagmite biome. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptainChaotica Posted February 24, 2017 Share Posted February 24, 2017 (edited) Hmm...if thulecite is PEOPLE... _Magicite_, guys! MA. GI. CITE! From Final Fantasy 6! The Espers! Not that I'm saying this is _taken_ from there; just that it's about the same level of creepiness. "You don't mind if I fuel my magic skill-learning with the bodies of your dead family do you?" ZOT. As for what The Ancients did or did not used to look like...I dunno...maybe they just naturally _were_ bug people. I mean, think how many other anthropomorphic (animal here) creatures with something at least approaching a civilization there are, in this game. With pigmen, bunnymen AND fish/frogmen, is it that strange we'd have bugmen? (and women) I kind of like to think they're always looked weird and alien, and that's okay. It's when they got corrupted with EVIL that was the problem... And when Maxwell says "I know why you lured me down here. It's not going to work"...my personal thought is that has NOTHING to do with Charlie. It's Them. Again. They're independent from her, not completely under her control, like she may have thought, and are trying to do...something. Get more power? Resurrect the ancient civilization, complete with epic crumbling and earthquakes as twisted black spires that hurt the very _mind_ to look upon STAB forth from the ground, clawing up above the adventurers into a city of grand, horrible, malevolent beauty? Or "simply" try to turn Charlie into the puppet they want her to be, like Maxwell was... i think _something_...someBODY, as in, an intelligence (or more than one) had some kind of a _goal_ with the Ancients. They saw in them the potential to build? resurrect? activate? SOMEthing, so some brain deliberately gave them the fuel and encouraged them to use it. But, they managed to kill themselves off due to the fuel's dangerous nature--or maybe one heroic/desperate Ancient wiped out his/her own people on purpose, to try and save the world!--before that goal could be finished. Now, they're back. To finish. The job. (Inception noise) Also, nice (fourth-wall-breaking?) touch on the ancient portal thingie looking like it's covered with police tape. HA... ...Notorious Edited February 24, 2017 by CaptainChaotica 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zeklo Posted February 24, 2017 Share Posted February 24, 2017 So currently you can put any mineral, it seems, into the atrium gateway and it becomes a key. I'm assuming this is part of the whole incomplete business. Spoiler On a side note, the ruins activate when the key is inserted. Where this gateway leads seems to be the source of the power here... Woodie also states: ATRIUM_KEY = "Got it from that big bony hoser.", So it would seem that the stalker will end up dropping this at a later date. So it would seem. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Battal Posted February 24, 2017 Share Posted February 24, 2017 Note - since you can pick where and when to spawn it, you can exploit the Stalker pretty easily by spawning two at once. Just get one of them to attack the other, and since they're evenly matched whoever wins will only have a few hitpoints left. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheKingDedede Posted February 24, 2017 Share Posted February 24, 2017 26 minutes ago, Zeklo said: So currently you can put any mineral, it seems, into the atrium gateway and it becomes a key. I'm assuming this is part of the whole incomplete business. Actually, you can put in almost anything you want into it right now. I got a good laugh out of it when I thought it'd be amusing to give it some Ice Cream. Then, the Ice Cream was somehow turned into a key. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KoreanWaffles Posted February 24, 2017 Share Posted February 24, 2017 20 minutes ago, TheKingDedede said: Actually, you can put in almost anything you want into it right now. I got a good laugh out of it when I thought it'd be amusing to give it some Ice Cream. Then, the Ice Cream was somehow turned into a key. Give it a potato cup. Only a potato cup shall do. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LePietatoLord Posted February 24, 2017 Share Posted February 24, 2017 So how are we able to get the key, other than putting something into the socket and take it out? I've killed the Skeleton boss and he only dropped the Shadow Atrium. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimmyJam Posted February 24, 2017 Share Posted February 24, 2017 When i found the gateway my jaw dropped! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lumina Posted February 24, 2017 Share Posted February 24, 2017 2 hours ago, Sinister_Fang said: Yeah, I'm gonna have to do that I guess. Don't really want to though. The fun part is gonna be running through the labyrinth again and trying to remember where they were originally. Maybe a modder could give you a better command to spawn them at random or something. So you have them back and you have the surprise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zeruul Posted February 24, 2017 Share Posted February 24, 2017 4 hours ago, V2C said: Bug Fixes Caves world gen is now guaranteed to add the Ancient Guardian. Forest world gen is now guaranteed to add the Pig King. Ruins music! Game is FINALLY playable! 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimmyJam Posted February 24, 2017 Share Posted February 24, 2017 You drop the key on the floor when leaving the caves. just fyi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quoth143 Posted February 24, 2017 Share Posted February 24, 2017 So I wonder if this means that the goal isn't initially to fight Charlie but rescue her from Their influence. It could be that Their tact in turning Charlie into a compliant puppet is to manipulate her. Whisper in her ear and add more fuel to an already burning anger towards Maxwell. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
minespatch Posted February 24, 2017 Share Posted February 24, 2017 2 hours ago, GDK7 said: So my drawing wasn't off. Wasn't sure about the profile. Looks interesting. 2 hours ago, ImDaMisterL said: This Atrium Gate maaaaaaaaaaaaaaaan... 2 hours ago, Instant-Noodles said: Ancient Key The top of the key looks like a lion. Could be a reference to the antlion? There seems to be a lot of importance to the antlion, especially with how insect like the civilians of the ruins were. With the tributes, could this mean that the antlion was considered a diety?No, this is not because my first name is Ariel(lion of god). 3 hours ago, Zeklo said: LINE_1 = "It depicts an old civilization. The people look hungry and scared.", LINE_2 = "This tablet is too worn to make out.", LINE_3 = "Something dark creeps over the city and its people.", LINE_4 = "The people are shedding their skins. They look different underneath.", LINE_5 = "It shows a massive, technologically advanced city.", LINE_1 = "A picture of the city, before the fuel.", LINE_2 = "We all know what happens next.", LINE_3 = "They gained such an enviable power...", 1 hour ago, Zeklo said: Actually. I don't think they were normal people. Here's Webber's: ATRIUM_RUBBLE = LINE_1 = "It's a picture of some bug people.", LINE_3 = "There's a lot of black goop in this picture.", LINE_4 = "A picture of bug people escaping their bug outsides!", 2 hours ago, Instant-Noodles said: Ancient Statue (Normal / Night) 2 hours ago, Instant-Noodles said: DAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAw~! Look at da sleepy baby~! 1 minute ago, Quoth143 said: So I wonder if this means that the goal isn't initially to fight Charlie but rescue her from Their influence. It could be that Their tact in turning Charlie into a compliant puppet is to manipulate her. Whisper in her ear and add more fuel to an already burning anger towards Maxwell. 3 hours ago, Zeklo said: LINE_4 = "I know why you led me back here.", LINE_5 = "But it won't work.", Now I can't tell if they're still shipteasing(like the eggnog) or this is just manipulative on both ends of the MAxlie spectrum. Damn, it's like watching a soap opera co-written by H. P. Lovecraft and H. R. Giger. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GLERMZ Posted February 24, 2017 Share Posted February 24, 2017 I can't wait too see all the new cool stuff the Ruins got. Tonight is the night. Anyway i like the fact that you can kill AntLion now, that is huge and the fight is kind cool and easy. Thanks a lot for that. Let the Game Begin! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sinister_Fang Posted February 24, 2017 Share Posted February 24, 2017 Quick question: Does the Antlion drop anything when it dies? Or does it just stop it's rampage? Also, is the sandstorm still going after it's killed? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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