Note: this is part of a series of levels that I will post. If you have level ideas, please post them, I might use them. Most, but not all of, the details for each level will be posted. However, if you (The Spiral Knights Team) would like to use them, feel free to change anything. These ideas are more for use in brainstorming, than in-game, but they could work for either. With that said, please enjoy!
Level Name:
Kat Clan Camp
Variety Names:
The Kat's Growl
Magical Mysterious Malevolence
A Game of Kat and Knight
Description:
In a dark corner of the Clockworks, an alley of dark shops and tents lays. Kat's dwell here, but not very friendly ones. While the Owlite keeps are filled with tomes and candles to bring light to the wary, these dark realms are filled with shrunken heads and bones. Knights are advised strict caution.
Variety Details:
The Kat's Growl:
These depths are the basic level version. Lots of Spookats and a new pot-style item that can be used: Shrunken Heads. They look like zombie heads and create an explosion upon landing. More than that, they have a chance of causing curse to enemies (and to players!). Yes, I'm aware that undead are immune, but the damage is massive, so. Layout wise, it tends to be one path, twisting and winding around buildings.
Magical Mysterious Malevolence:
These only appear at the bottom of a depth, and contain two arena style rooms in sequence. The first pits the players against hordes of Kats, with a couple zombies, and there is one pad that respawns Shrunken Heads. The second room contains many more zombies, and the final wave is a 'boss,' with either: 2 Carnavons in tier 1, 2 Carnavons and 4 Spookats in tier 2, or 2 Carnavons, 4 Spookats, and 1 Deadnaught in tier 3.
A Game of Kat and Knight:
These depths are slightly more of a maze, and are randomly laid out like a Clockworks Tunnel. Because of this, there is a new Scenario Room that only appears in tier 2; a 'friendly' kat in the middle of a large round area waits for you to talk to him. If you do, he says he has a present for you. He then vanishes and leaves a Grim Spark, but also spawns 3 Carnavons. More than that, the candles on the edge of the area all start glowing green.
So, tell me what you think, give me ideas, share your own, or just bump this thread below!
The fact that its shorthand is KKK isn't exactly appealing. Kat tribe camp or Kat Clan Camp would be more suitable acronyms while still staying rather the same.
As for the levels themselves, they sounds interesting. Not super in-depth but that leaves a lot of designing to the Spiral Knights team. Candlestick Keeps are already the "Spookat" level, so this might be rather redundant in regards to design.