The Mansion Fam.3: A Wondrous Place

[aquaMat]

Dear friends,

I'd like to announce that my new mansion THE MANSION FAMILY: A Wondrous Place  is to be released soon.
It is now finished and will be thoroughly tested in this week.

It does feature a few smaller innovations, but also a couple of nods of reference to innovatiuons of other forum-members that have impressed me, like the

Toybox-trick

(recently re-activated by brell) etc.

It's a bit harder than TMF 1 (Mind Mines) but I tried to avoid frustration by adding enough save points. There will be 6 save pedestals, and the size is about 75 rooms.

Hope I have wet your appetite.....    Look forward to release !    

[Mikee]

The Mansion Family 3? I have thing as give ONLY Family Mansion. And what's the Family Mansion 2? :o

[aquaMat]

In another post a couple of weeks ago I had mentioned what's the reason for this:
The Mansion Family 2: Northern Lights, which I had started already back in spring 2007 and which featured among snowy landscapes also a new

magic spell

trick, was not completed (as of now).

I was not entirely satisfied with the snow and ice parts (which are not easy to do) and besides Joe B has done a very good snow job in his Ghosthunter mansion, so I abandoned the TMF 2 project for the time being. I will definitely complete it one fine day, but I guess that has to wait until the Exp.Pack is out, so I can use those features.

It's shame thpugh, as I'd have loved to bring you that new magic spell......  I'm waiting for almost 8 months now to introduce that. Unfortunately I couldn't include it in TMF 3, as thematically it wouldn't have made sense there.

If all else fails, I might build a small new mansion around it sometime.

[SandyBean]

Hi aquaMat !

Sounds like a fantastic mansion, I can't wait for it to be released, since I really enjoyed all your other CM's.  

TMF 2 also sounds very exciting, with snow and all, I think it's great that you are being patient to release it until you have the graphics you really want.  (Hard to do, though I imagine!)  I am going to play TMF;MM again (now for the third time) in preparation for your new one, even though the between mansion is still on hold.  

I'm looking forward to seeing the innovations, and playing a hard mansion.

thanks so much,

SandyBean [smiley=2vrolijk_08.gif]

[aquaMat]

Thanks for the nice words, SandyBean !

I'm waiting for your mansion, too...!

BTW, of course I will wait with my release until your mansion has been released first.
It's always better if there are not several mansions being released at the same time.....

[Semi-Native]

I am very much looking forward to both of your mansions. Jack has been exploring lots of old places lately, and is looking for new real estate.

8-)

[SandyBean]

Thank You,  aquaMat,  that is very Gentlemanly of you !

We are just working on some loose ends now, and are still on schedule for Nov. 1st release, so you should not have to wait too long.  

Take care,

SandyBean [smiley=2vrolijk_08.gif]

[samskelton]

Cool! mansion family 2!? I loved the first, so the third should be just as good!

[aquaMat]

As a sneak preview, I show you a screenshot of a section of TMF3 - A Wondrous Place.

[josephine]

Ooh nice! Can't wait. Also looking forward to SandyBean's new mansion.